Anchoring talent to regions: the role of universities in graduate retention through employment and entrepreneurship
研究了大学学科组合的专业化与多样化如何影响毕业生在就读地区的就业和创业留存率，发现集聚效应在两种留存方式上作用不同，且大学的知识供给在不同地理背景下均有影响。
Drawing on the concept of human capital externalities, this paper investigates universities’ contribution to regional economies by analysing two types of graduate retention: labour retention (graduates employed in the region where they studied) and entrepreneurship retention (graduates starting businesses in the region where they studied). Using a panel of English universities (2010/11–2015/16), the paper examines the extent to which the specialization and diversification of universities’ subject mix influences graduate retention rates across urban and non-urban areas. Findings show that agglomeration dynamics affect labour and entrepreneurship retention differently, and that universities’ knowledge offer (subject specialization) matters across diverse geographical contexts.