Basic Public Services, Population Migration and Regional Economic Growth

摘要

The innovation of this paper is to propose a newimpact path that by attracting migrant population, basic public services canstimulate national economic growth significantly. Based on the “cost-benefit”theory, this paper takes basic public services into the population migrationdecision-making model, then builds an endogenous economic growth model by usingpopulation immigration as an increase of human capital. Theoretical analysisfinds that basic public services can attract people to move in positively andpromote regional economic growth indirectly. Based on the above conclusions,this paper presents that, we should increase fiscal transfer payments inbackward areas, develop and improve the equalization system of basic publicservices while adapting to local conditions. And some related policies andstatutes need to be published by government at the same time, such as policiesof talent attraction and investment promotion policies to promote orderlypopulation flow and balance the distribution of population, to make sureregional economy develops healthily.