Are Confucius Institutes Building Blocks or Stumbling Blocks for Foreign Students in China: An Empirical Study of 190 Countries (1999–2015)

作     者：Dongyang Chen Wei Ha 

作者机构：Graduate School of Education/Institute of Economics EducationPeking University100871 BeijingChina Peking University 

出 版 物：《ECNU Review of Education》 (华东师大教育评论（英文）)

年 卷 期：2020年第3卷第2期

页      面：235-253页

学科分类：0502[文学-外国语言文学] 050201[文学-英语语言文学] 05[文学] 

基　　金：The author(s) received no financial support for the research  authorship  and/or publication of this article 

主　　题：Confucius Institute foreign students in China impact evaluation of policies two-way fixed effects 

摘      要：Purpose:This study investigates the impact of Confucius Institutes on China’s international education ***,it examines whether the establishment of Confucius Institutes has a gravitational effect on the scale of foreign students coming to ***,it discerns whether there are any association between the establishment of Confucius Institutes and the attributes of foreign students based on the type of program they ***,it identifies whether there are any differences in the impact of Confucius Institutes based on constraints such as the number of foreign students,income levels,cultural distance,and geographical ***/Approach/Methods:Based on the trade gravity model and the push–pull theory,we estimated a two-way fixed-effects model using panel data of all source countries from 1999 to ***:Results show that Confucius Institutes have helped China attract more foreign students on Chinese government scholarships,with each Institute increasing such enrolment by 1.3%.However,Confucius Institutes have resulted in a drop in the total number of foreign students studying in China,especially nondegree *** substitution effect means that the Institutes actually help China improve the composition of its foreign *** heterogeneity analysis shows that the substitution effect is primarily driven by the main source ***,this study suggests that China should establish more Confucius Institutes in Africa and Eastern Europe to maximize the catalyzing effect of Confucius ***/Value:In contrast to previous studies on foreign scholarship in China,this study examines all 190 source countries from 1999 to *** comprehensive study also explores the heterogeneous effects of foreign students on trade across economic,cultural,and geographical domains.