On the dual structure of allocation of human resources in education
Owing to the differences of nature of education at different levels, there is an essential dual structure in China’s allocation of human resources in education. The nature of compulsory education as public good, as well as higher education as quasi-public good, determines the different means of allocation of human resources within respective educational level. While the allocation of human resources in compulsory education should be primarily regulated by the state and secondarily adjusted by the market, the allocation of human resources in higher education should be primarily adjusted by the market and secondarily regulated by the state at macro level.