Variables for estimating GTFP.

The research conducted theoretical analysis and empirical testing on the relationship between higher education and regional green productivity based on panel data from 30 Chinese provinces from 2003 to 2021. The study’s findings demonstrate that higher education can have a major impact on local green production. In order to determine whether industrial structure upgrading and the digital economy work together to promote the development of green productivity, higher education is added to these factors at the same time as the new economic growth mode transformation in the digital economy era. The research hypothesis aligns with the results, suggesting that higher education and the digital economy collaborate to enhance green productivity levels. Higher education has a more significant impact on green productivity the greater the level of regional economic growth, according to a further nonlinear test utilizing the partial linear function coefficient (PLFC) model. Higher education’s influence on green production varies by place and period, becoming more pronounced as time passes and the degree of regional economic growth rises. In order to fully utilize higher education’s capacity for scientific research, innovation, and talent, as well as to increase the direct contribution of its scientific and technological innovations to the advancement of national industry and production promotion, it is imperative that people actively promote the new type of industrialization, develop the digital economy, and work in tandem with higher education.

本研究基于2003-2021年中国30个省份的面板数据，针对高等教育与区域绿色生产率（green productivity）之间的关联开展了理论分析与实证检验。研究结果表明，高等教育对本地绿色生产（green production）具有重要影响。为探究产业结构升级与数字经济能否协同促进绿色生产率发展，本研究在数字经济时代新经济增长模式转型的背景下，将高等教育纳入上述影响因素范畴。研究假说与实证结果相符，即高等教育与数字经济能够协同提升绿色生产率水平。进一步采用偏线性函数系数（Partial Linear Function Coefficient，PLFC）模型开展非线性检验后发现：区域经济发展水平越高，高等教育对绿色生产率的影响效应越显著。高等教育对绿色生产的影响存在显著的区域与时序异质性，且随着时间推移与区域经济发展水平提升，其影响效应会逐步增强。为充分发挥高等教育在科研、创新与人才培养方面的能力，提升其科技创新对国民产业升级与生产发展的直接贡献，亟需积极推进新型工业化、发展数字经济，并推动其与高等教育协同联动。