Analysis of necessary conditions.

Equal rights to rent and purchase affects the supply of compulsory education resources. How to promote the balanced compulsory education resources supply in the context of equal rights to rent and purchase is currently a hot issue amongst government and society. To achieve such balance, conducting research in the context of equal rights to rent and purchase becomes crucial. However, existing research has yet to provide sufficient explanations for the differentiated paths for realizing the balanced compulsory education resources supply in practice. This study uses 31 cities in China as case samples and jointly applies fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis and the ‘technology–organization–environment’ (TOE) framework. The findings are summarized as follows. Firstly, the balanced compulsory education resources supply in the context of equal rights to rent and purchase is affected by six key technological, organizational, and environmental factors. Namely, data co-construction and sharing, technological infrastructure, attention allocation, government information disclosure, policy support for equal rights to rent and purchase, and level of urban economic development. Secondly, the linkage matching of technological, organizational and environmental conditions forms diversified configurations that drive the balanced compulsory education resources supply in the context of equal rights to rent and purchase. These configurations include the ‘organization’ driving model, ‘technology–environment’ driving model, ‘technology–organization–environment’ driving model, and ‘technology-organization’ driving model. Finally, eastern, central and western China are driven by different configuration paths. Amongst them, eastern China has relatively good basic conditions at the technological, organizational and environmental levels. The combination of different conditions can drive the balanced compulsory education resources supply in a ‘different paths lead to the same destination’ manner. Although the development in central China is somewhat restricted, the radiation and impetus from eastern China, in combination with the different conditions in central China, can drive the balanced compulsory education resources supply. Western China shows no advantages at the technological, organizational and environmental levels. Faced with restrictions in organizational and environmental conditions, the government in western China should develop the necessary technological conditions to drive the balanced compulsory education resources supply.

租购同权（equal rights to rent and purchase）对义务教育资源供给具有显著影响，在租购同权背景下推动义务教育资源供给均衡，当前已是政府与社会共同关注的热点议题。要实现这一均衡目标，在租购同权背景下开展相关研究显得尤为关键，但现有研究尚未对实践中实现义务教育资源供给均衡的差异化路径给出充分阐释。本研究以中国31个城市为案例样本，联合运用模糊集定性比较分析（fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis）与“技术-组织-环境（TOE）”框架，研究结论总结如下：其一，租购同权背景下的义务教育资源供给均衡受六大关键技术、组织与环境因素影响，分别为数据共建共享、技术基础设施、注意力配置、政府信息公开、租购同权政策支持以及城市经济发展水平；其二，技术、组织与环境条件的联动匹配形成了多类驱动租购同权背景下义务教育资源供给均衡的组态路径，具体包括组织驱动型、技术-环境驱动型、技术-组织-环境驱动型以及技术-组织驱动型；其三，中国东、中、西部地区分别由差异化的组态路径驱动，其中东部地区在技术、组织与环境层面均具备相对较好的基础条件，通过不同条件的组合能够以“殊途同归”的方式推动义务教育资源供给均衡，尽管中部地区发展受到一定制约，但依托东部地区的辐射带动作用并结合自身差异化条件，仍可推动义务教育资源供给均衡，西部地区在技术、组织与环境层面均无明显优势，面对组织与环境条件的制约，西部地方政府应通过培育必要的技术条件以推动义务教育资源供给均衡。