Research Article
Impact of Logistics Development on Economic Growth: An Empirical Research from Guangdong Province in China
| Variable | Factor | Symbol | Definition | Unit |
| Explained variable | Level of economic development | pgdp | Per capita GDP | Yuan | Core explanatory variable | Comprehensive development level of the logistics industry | dl | Overall entropy of the logistics industry | ā | Labor input | lab | Total number of employees in three major industries | Million | Control variable | Government function | gov | Proportion of investment in science, technology, and education with respect to government public expenditures | % | Capital input | cap | Proportion of fixed investment with respect to GDP | % | Degree of opening to the outside | open | Proportion of imports and exports with respect to GDP | % | Urbanization | urb | Proportion of urban population with respect to total population | % |
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