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Table 8

Mechanism test results

Mechanism	Attract investment agglomeration				Attract high-quality talent
Groups	Total	East	Central	West	Total	East	Central	West
DID	0.197*	0.254**	−0.037	0.254	0.054	0.132	0.157**	−0.050
	(1.89)	(2.18)	(−0.27)	(1.15)	(1.11)	(1.27)	(2.25)	(−0.58)
lnGDP	0.950***	−0.479	0.146	1.286**	0.098	0.035	0.615**	−0.094
	(3.26)	(−1.47)	(0.27)	(2.55)	(0.71)	(0.11)	(2.06)	(−0.50)
pplive	−0.061	0.729	0.721	−0.963	0.412**	1.041**	0.147	0.119
	(−0.11)	(1.04)	(1.43)	(−0.86)	(2.07)	(2.06)	(0.60)	(0.38)
cityrate	0.038***	0.067***	0.030*	0.023*	0.001	0.011	−0.009	0.001
	(3.27)	(4.16)	(1.69)	(1.68)	(0.18)	(1.65)	(−1.19)	(0.42)
Constant	3.566	3.064	2.131	9.086	4.383**	−1.121	4.571**	7.475***
	(0.75)	(0.51)	(0.49)	(1.01)	(2.59)	(−0.26)	(2.13)	(3.09)
Observations	2,275	722	735	781	1,833	548	555	702
R−squared	0.822	0.875	0.841	0.657	0.927	0.923	0.912	0.942

Mechanism	Attract investment agglomeration				Attract high-quality talent
Groups	Total	East	Central	West	Total	East	Central	West
DID	0.197*	0.254**	−0.037	0.254	0.054	0.132	0.157**	−0.050
	(1.89)	(2.18)	(−0.27)	(1.15)	(1.11)	(1.27)	(2.25)	(−0.58)
lnGDP	0.950***	−0.479	0.146	1.286**	0.098	0.035	0.615**	−0.094
	(3.26)	(−1.47)	(0.27)	(2.55)	(0.71)	(0.11)	(2.06)	(−0.50)
pplive	−0.061	0.729	0.721	−0.963	0.412**	1.041**	0.147	0.119
	(−0.11)	(1.04)	(1.43)	(−0.86)	(2.07)	(2.06)	(0.60)	(0.38)
cityrate	0.038***	0.067***	0.030*	0.023*	0.001	0.011	−0.009	0.001
	(3.27)	(4.16)	(1.69)	(1.68)	(0.18)	(1.65)	(−1.19)	(0.42)
Constant	3.566	3.064	2.131	9.086	4.383**	−1.121	4.571**	7.475***
	(0.75)	(0.51)	(0.49)	(1.01)	(2.59)	(−0.26)	(2.13)	(3.09)
Observations	2,275	722	735	781	1,833	548	555	702
R−squared	0.822	0.875	0.841	0.657	0.927	0.923	0.912	0.942

Source(s): Authors’ own work