Impact Of Preschool Education Financial Expenditures on The Number of Full-Time Preprimary Teachers in Rural Regions--An Analysis Based on Chinese Provincial Panel Data, 2012-2021

Abstract

Education is an essential problem concerning the whole society, creating citizens with well-educated is the foundation of a good country. Financial expenditure on education is the basic supplement and support of advanced education. However, preschool education has lower attention compared to other seminars. There is a certain gap in allocation. Therefore, the focus of this study is on how education spending affects the number of rural kindergarten teachers, using the quantitative analysis method, from the Economy Prediction System (EPS) database to collect the corresponding panel data of China's provinces during the decade 2012-2021 to analyze and hypothesize, and finally concludes as follows. The amount of kindergarten full-time teachers in rural areas is obviously and positively related to the total investment in preprimary education, and this relationship is more significant in the western region. The study also found that among the items of financial expenditures on preschool education. Spending on products and services, as opposed to pay, benefits, and assistance for individuals and families, had a greater impact on the amount of kindergartens full-time teachers in rural areas. Through the path analysis in the study, we can know that the educational financial expenditure can increase the number of full-time kindergarten teachers in rural areas by increasing the number of kindergartens and students.