Table 3 Characteristics of the hierarchical structure of the inter-city flow network of highly educated talents locally in the Yangtze River Delta.
Level | No. nodes | Average degree | Average weighted degree | Average closeness centrality | Average betweenness centrality | Density |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Core | 1 | 43.00 | 587.00 | 0.4375 | 280.73 | 0.4946 |
Semi-periphery | 4 | 22.75 | 148.00 | 0.4826 | 95.97 | 0.2210 |
Periphery | 36 | 12.24 | 40.56 | 0.4289 | 28.72 | 0.0857 |
Whole network | 41 | 14.10 | 65.59 | 0.4346 | 42.08 | 0.1101 |