Abstract:

Education has the purpose of serving economic and social development, and the efficiency of resource allocation in the higher education system has become an important factor affecting the quality of economic development. This study focuses on the relationship between the higher education system resource allocation and economic and social development, and constructs a research framework for the entire process of “resource supply-education construction-social development”.The network two-stage DEA model and Malmquist index are comprehensively used to examine the efficiency of resource allocation in the higher education system of 30 provinces and cities in China from 2006 to 2020. And the Tobit model was used to explore the factors that affect the efficiency of resource allocation in the higher education system from three dimensions: government, market, and universities. The results show that the overall efficiency of resource allocation in China’s higher education system is showing a trend of improvement year by year, but the efficiency performance of the two sub-stages of output-oriented and economic-oriented is different. The low efficiency in the economic stage is a key factor restricting the improvement of resource allocation efficiency in the higher education system. Therefore, the Chinese government should promote the continuous improvement of resource allocation efficiency in the higher education system by strengthening macroeconomic regulation, improving the quality of resource supply, formulating development plans tailored to local conditions, and focusing on clearing obstacles to scientific research transformation.

Key words: higher education resource allocation, whole-process, network two-stage, DEA model