Allocation Structure of Educational Funds in China

Based on Panel Analysis on Gini Coefficient of Educational Expenditure from 2005 to 2018

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10.2991/978-94-6463-012-1_89How to use a DOI?

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Allocation Structure of Educational Funds; Gini Coefficient; Four-Stage Education; Regional Education

Abstract

In this paper, the data of educational funds at all levels in China were divided into five groups for comparison and evaluation by Gini coefficient with respect to the allocation structure by researching the allocation structure of educational funds at the four-stage education in regular primary schools, regular junior secondary schools, regular senior secondary schools and general institutes of higher education based on the educational expenditures at all levels of governments in 31 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions in China from 2005 to 2018. The study found that with the increase of years, the overall Gini coefficient of all levels of education showed a downward trend; the results of regional comparison showed that the central region had the best level of fairness in all levels of education, followed by the western region and the eastern region the worst; in the four-stage education, the contribution of regional differences in regular senior secondary schools is the largest, and that of general institutes of higher education is the smallest. Suggestions are put forward to optimize the allocation structure of educational funds, including further exploring the structural role of educational financial investment while maintaining it at all levels; realizing the transition from equal access to education at all levels in a small region to nationwide; continuing to optimize educational fairness at all levels, focusing on improving the equal access to regular senior secondary schools; strengthening the radiation capacity of Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou and improving the equal access to education at all levels in the eastern region.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Huayun Qiao
AU  - Linbo Si
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/12/09
TI  - Allocation Structure of Educational Funds in China
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Educational Innovation and Multimedia Technology (EIMT 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 816
EP  - 826
SN  - 2667-128X
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-012-1_89
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-012-1_89
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