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Link education to industrial upgrading: a comparison between South Korea and China

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Purpose – Why is the “education to industrial innovation” equation not working in China? Why has education development contributed to South Korea’s success but not promoted technology development and industrial upgrading in China? The purpose of this paper is to compare South Korea and China and try to address that puzzle. The author will also identify which mediating factors are crucial in linking education development to industrial innovation and industrial upgrading. Design/methodology/approach – This study will use the historical comparative method to
compare South Korea and China. The author will try to explore the differences in education and industrial upgrading in the two countries, and identify which factors are producing different educational development effects, mainly by narrative comparison. Data will mainly come from online databases such as Statistics Korea, the Center on International Education Benchmarking, the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, China Education Statistics and the World Bank, as well as from second-hand resources.
Findings – In summary, this research has revealed that education itself or the production of human capital may not be sufficient conditions for technology innovation or industry upgrading. For human capital to affect industrial upgrading positively, it is not enough for the Chinese government just to invest in education. Other intermediating market and social contexts are crucial too,especially the allocation of resources between the private and the public sectors, and the existence of a proper employment structure.
Originality/value – The role of education in economic development for the developing world is debated a lot. However, there is little development study research which directly explores the relationship between education and industrial upgrading via macroeconomic analysis. In a globalized world, the situation of international industrial value chains is an important element for sustainable long-term development. Industrial structures and their transformation are becoming more and more important for developing countries. While most past research has treated the absorbing economy’s structure as a condition that determines education’s contribution to development, this paper will treat the industrial structure as the dependent variable, and analyze how education would contribute to the
upgrading of industrial structure and, in turn, be of benefit to sustainable economic development.

Keywords China, Economic development, South Korea, Human resources, Industrial upgrading Paper type Research paper

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Judul Seri

Asian Education and Development Studies

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Penerbit

: Emerald Group., 2015

Deskripsi Fisik

Asian Education and Development Studies Vol. 4 No. 2, 2015 pp. 163-179

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English

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DOI 10.1108/AEDS-02-

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Vol. 4 No. 2, 2015

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KIMIA

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