Does Advanced Human Capital Structure Provide Positive Feedback on Public Health? Evidence From China

This paper explores the relationship of advanced human capital structure with public health applying the panel threshold regression model in China. The empirical results highlight that the advanced human capital structure has a non-linear single threshold effect on population health indicators. The health-promoting effect of advanced human capital structure is significantly weaker when exceeding the threshold. These asymmetric effects are strongly related to the response of China's health policies. The promotion effect of the advanced human capital structure on public health has significant heterogeneity in different regions. There is a single threshold value in the eastern and central regions, but the threshold value and facilitation effect are different. However, the western region has no threshold. The heterogeneity effects are caused by the different levels of advanced human capital structure. Governments should adopt appropriate public health policies according to the development characteristics of different regions.

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This paper examines the relationship between advanced human capital structure and public health in China using the panel threshold regression model. The results show that the advanced human capital structure has a non-linear single threshold effect on population health indicators. The promotion effect of advanced human capital structure on public health is significantly weakened when surpassing the threshold. These asymmetric effects are closely related to China's health policies. There is significant heterogeneity in the promotion effect of advanced human capital structure on public health in different regions. The eastern and central regions have a single threshold value, but the threshold value and facilitation effect are different. However, the western region has no threshold. The heterogeneity effects are caused by the different levels of advanced human capital structure. Therefore, governments should implement appropriate public health policies according to the development characteristics of different regions.