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Arid Land Geography ›› 2022, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (2): 660-669.doi: 10.12118/j.issn.1000–6060.2021.091

• Regional Development • Previous Articles    

Spatial and temporal differences and influencing factors of county human resources in Xinjiang

SUN Jiming1,2(),LI Jian’gang1,2,LEI Jun1,2(),YANG Zhen3,DUAN Zuliang1   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, Xinjiang, China
    2. College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
    3. School of Geography, Geomatics and Planning, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, Jiangsu, China
  • Received:2021-02-08 Revised:2021-06-04 Online:2022-03-25 Published:2022-04-02
  • Contact: Jun LEI E-mail:sunjiming18@mails.ucas.ac.cn;leijun@ms.xjb.ac.cn

Abstract:

This paper selects the data of the fifth and sixth censuses of Xinjiang, in China, to estimate regional human resources based on education fund investment. Due to the accumulation of education investment, the calculation method of human resource change, excluding the accumulation of education investment, was set to analyze the spatiotemporal characteristics of human resources without and with the exclusion of education investment. The influencing factors of the time and space distribution of human resources in counties of Xinjiang are discussed using multiple linear regression and geographical detector techniques. This will provide references for improving the quality of human resources, optimize the spatial allocation of human resources, and provide human resource support to narrow the gap between regional economic development and maintain social stability in Xinjiang. The findings are as follows. (1) Without excluding the accumulation of education investment, the total amount of human resources in Xinjiang increased by 54.89% from 2000 to 2010, with the characteristics of scattered distribution and increasing spatial differences. The per capita human resources increased by 30.71% in 10 years. The regional differences are mainly reflected in the differences between southern and northern Xinjiang, showing the characteristics of low-value agglomeration and high-value dispersion. (2) Excluding the accumulation of human resource investment in education, the counties (cities and districts) that experienced an increase in the total amount of human resources in Xinjiang from 2000 to 2010 were mainly concentrated in southern Xinjiang. Meanwhile, those in the northern and eastern Xinjiang experienced a reduction in the total amount of human resources. The improvement degree of per capita human resources in southern Xinjiang was significantly higher than in northern and eastern Xinjiang. (3) Several factors affect the differences between the spatial and temporal distribution of per capita human resources. Factors, such as employees in secondary and tertiary industries, per capita gross national product, local fiscal revenue, and number of people engaged in health care and social security, are more significantly driven, except for education factors.

Key words: human resources, counties, influencing factors, Xinjiang