Once NEET,always NEET? A synthetic panel approach to analyze the Moroccan labor market

In many regions of the world, the persistent, and growing, proportion of young people who are currently Not in Employment, Education or Training—a group increasingly referred to as NEET—is of global concern. This is no less true of Morocco: about 30% of the Moroccan population between age 15 and 24 are currently NEET. Drawing from various rounds of Moroccan Labor Force Surveys, this paper contributes to understanding the complex dynamics of labor markets in developing countries. First, it identifies the socioeconomic determinants of Morocco's NEETs. Second, employing a synthetic panel (SP) methodology in the context of labor market analysis, the paper describes how the condition of NEETs changes over time. One striking, and worrisome, pattern that emerges from the 2010 SP data is that, even after 8 years, a majority of the NEETs remained outside either the labor market or education, with very little chance of moving out of their situation. Their chronic stagnancy confirms the powerful effect that initial conditions have on determining young people's future outcomes. It also highlights the absence of corrective mechanisms and policy interventions within the Moroccan political economy landscape that could help to change NEETs' outcomes along the line.     

Valuing a Change in a Fishing Site without Collecting Characteristics Data on All Fishing Sites: A Complete but Minimal Model

Resource economists are often asked to value a proposed change at one, and only one, recreational site; the model we develop and estimate is applicable for those cases. The application is valuing the elimination of fish consumption advisories on a large bay on Lake Michigan. The model is minimal but complete: complete in that the choice set is not restricted, minimal in that only two conditional indirect utility functions are estimated. It is utility-theoretic and one does not have to collect characteristic data on all of the other fishing sites in the region. Data include the number of trips each individual currently takes to Green Bay, answers to "would you prefer to fish Green Bay under conditions A or B?" and how often each angler says they would fish Green Bay under different sets of conditions.     

Assessing the Potential Impact of Avian Influenza on Poultry in West Africa: A Spatial Equilibrium Analysis

We analyse the potential economic impacts of avian influenza (AI) in Nigeria, using a spatial equilibrium simulation model. Depending on the size of the affected areas, the direct impact of the spread of AI along the two major migratory bird flyways would be a loss of about 4% of national chicken production. However, the indirect effect – consumers’ reluctance to consume poultry if AI is detected, causing a decline in chicken prices – is generally larger than the direct effect in our simulation. We estimate that Nigerian chicken production would fall by 21% and chicken farmers would lose US$250 million of revenue if the worst‐case scenario occurs. The negative impact would be unevenly distributed in the country, and some states and districts would be seriously affected. The study shows that, while most attention has focused on preventing a global influenza pandemic, preventive measures are also needed at the national, regional and local levels, because AI could potentially have a major negative impact on the poultry industry and the livelihood of smallholder farmers in many regions in West Africa.     

GIS热点问题综述

有关GIS网络化，数据共享与OGIS，数据质量问题，多媒体，可视化虚拟GIS，多维GIS，面向对象GIS，工程学问题，数字地球等GIS热点问题，本文作了综合性的介绍、分析和总结，作者并就此进行了评述。     

基于国土资源大数据应用的土地资源管理模式创新研究

国土资源数据作为基础国情信息,在国民经济和社会发展中发挥着极为重要的作用。基于创新、协调、绿色、开放、共享的新发展理念,加强国土资源大数据的分析、挖掘与应用,是"大数据"时代国土资源发展的迫切需要。通过对浙江、贵州、南京、武汉等省市的国土资源大数据应用进行分析,总结了国土资源大数据应用的基本模式,分析了当下国土资源大数据应用的主要问题,并进一步提出了对策建议。     

浙江省新农村建设空间发展研究

结合浙江省自然、经济和社会情况，将全省新农村建设分为北部平原区、沿海区和山地丘陵区三个区域。对三个区域的新农村建设的空间情况进行宏观分析，并选取具有代表性的三个县级单位，对新农村建设中的农村居民点分布特征、农居点复垦潜力进行研究。提出浙江省新农村建设分区域的空间发展原则。     

耕地资源信息系统中空间数据的管理与实现

通过介绍当前空间数据库管理系统的应用现状,对当前常见的几种数据管理方式,如混合型数据管理方式、集成型数据管理方式进行分析,比较其各自的特点.在此基础上,针对耕地资源信息系统的实际情况,提出了采用二进制方式对空间数据进行组织存储,而采用标示码的方式将空间数据和属性数据进行连接.     

中国森林公园供给分析及效率研究

运用数据包络分析法(DEA)对2003~2012年中国森林公园的供给效率进行评价。结果表明:政府投资不足制约了森林公园的发展;森林公园供给的综合效率整体水平较低;技术效率相对较为平衡;产出的增长速度低于投入的增长速度,存在分工不明确、缺乏专业经营管理经验等问题。因此,森林公园应将生产组织多元化与政府干预相结合,从而提高森林公园的供给效率,促进森林旅游业的发展与森林生态资源的保护。     

广义立体土地资源资产价值研究

研究目的：通过对土地概念演进分析，指出土地资源资产不仅有广义和狭义之分，而且有平面与立体之别，其土地资源资产价值必然表现出广义立体价值形态。研究方法基于对土地资源资产概念在理论与实践中认识的深化，应用资源经济学和生态经济学方法，对广义立体土地资源资产价值进行理论分析。研究结论广义立体土地资源资产价值的提出和应用有利于合理增加供给，抑制过度需求，调节供需矛盾：有利于提高土地资源资产利用的效率和集约度；有利于农地的保护：有利于将资源资产纳入国民经济核算体系，有利于对土地资源资产实施系统管理。     

基于SDE的GIS空间和属性数据在RDBMS中的集成

介绍SDE是怎样将空间数据存储在关系数据库中，并在此基础上介绍存储在关系数据库中的空间数据是如何与也在同一数据库中的非空间属性数据进行链接的。