人力资本和能源对我国的东部沿海地区经济增长贡献的分析.pdf

II Research on Human Capital and Energys Contribution to Economic Growth of Chinas Eastern Coastal Provinces and Cities Abstract Economists have always focused on the issues about economic growth. Healthy economic growth of a country or region is the key symbol of its long-term development. Human capital and energy source are boosters for economic growth and playing important roles in modernization process. They are able to improve the level of human capital, develop and utilize new energy to enable a country to take a place in increasingly heated international competition. China’s economic development has made remarkable achievements with average annual growth rate above 8% since 1978. In 2010, The gross national product of China exceeded that of Japan and became the second-largest economy. The research results of scholars at home and abroad have proved that human capital and source of energy are the crucial factors promoting the economic growth of a country or region. The eastern coastal areas of China have geographical advantage, abundant material and human resources. With the further development of Chinese reforming and opening policy, the astonishing speed and quality of economic growth has attracted close attention of the world. What kind of effect on earth has energy source and human capital had in the economic growth of costal area? Based on Schultz and Lucas’ theories of economic growth and the system resource constraints theories of energy, this article qualitatively analyzed the relationship among human capital, energy source and economic growth. After that, according to the statistical data from 1990