How Labor Agglomeration Promotes the Development of New Quality Productivity in China’s Regions

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10.2991/978-94-6239-701-9_16How to use a DOI?

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labor agglomeration; new quality productive forces; regional innovation capacity; industrial structure upgrading; green and low-carbon transition

Abstract

Based on provincial-level data from China covering 2010–2022, this study constructs an evaluation framework for regional new-quality productivity across three dimensions: laborers, means of labor, and objects of labor. The entropy-weighted TOPSIS method is employed to measure provincial development levels of new-quality productivity, empirically examining the impact and mechanisms of labor agglomeration on this productivity. The findings reveal that labor agglomeration significantly promotes regional new-quality productivity development, primarily through enhancing regional innovation capacity, facilitating industrial structure upgrading, and accelerating green and low-carbon transformation. Heterogeneity analysis indicates that labor agglomeration exerts a more pronounced effect on new-quality productivity in eastern provinces, provinces with low transportation infrastructure levels, and provinces pursuing economic catch-up. This study provides valuable empirical evidence and policy insights into the enabling effects and implementation pathways of factor agglomeration on new quality productive forces development.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Jiaxin Bu
AU  - Xinyi Gao
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/07/30
TI  - How Labor Agglomeration Promotes the Development of New Quality Productivity in China’s Regions
BT  - Proceedings of the 2026 11th International Conference on Social Sciences and Economic Development (ICSSED 2026)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 151
EP  - 160
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6239-701-9_16
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6239-701-9_16
ID  - Bu2026
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