Developing a Census Data System in China

China has conducted four population censuses since 1949. A large amount of important information about population, education, employment, migration and urbanization was collected in the most recent 1990 census. This paper will examine main features and key issues of the Chinese population census and the census data. Some fundamental considerations in building a computerized census data system and concerning the ways in which a system might be developed will be discussed. Themain objective and features of the on-going Population GIS of China project will also be examined.     

Federal Economic Statistics: We Are on the Right Track

An overview of changes at the Federal economic statistical agencies. JEL Classification C800     

探索新机制实现新跨越——河南省有色金属地矿业改革发展初探

河南省有色金属地质矿产局在“十一五”期间地矿工作成绩斐然.“十二五”期间,全国地矿业所面临形势是:资源保障能力亟需提高,国外矿产资源利用难度加大,基础地质工作准备不足,地勘行业要为提高资源保障能力作出贡献.河南省有色金属地质矿产局在“十二五”时期要进一步落实地质找矿新机制,高度重视地质项目的实施、成果和质量,以全新的观念开展矿业权管理工作,继续推进境外地质找矿工作,继续加强与大型企业和科研院所的合作,以探索新机制,实施新跨越.     

有效的管理与经济效益--浅析湖南省地矿局属地化四年的财务资产管理实践

文章在简要描述了湖南省地矿局属地化以来的几年中经济增长质量与效益稳步提高的基本情况后,对其创新管理理念,实施集中财权等六项财务资产管理的实践作了系统地介绍,分析了有效的财务资产管理对提高经济效益的贡献。     

坚持以人为本 搞活内部分配——山东省地矿局在搞活工资分配方面的探索与实践

工资分配 ,历来是职工关心的热点和难点问题。山东省地矿局结合地勘单位实际 ,紧紧围绕全局改革发展的中心任务 ,坚持以人为本 ,进一步搞活内部分配 ,在局、队两个层面的工资分配上进行了探索和实践。各地勘单位所采取的分配方式主要包括 :( 1)模拟实行年薪制 ;( 2 )建立以岗位工资为主要内容的岗位绩效工资制度 ;( 3 )以效益工资为主体的浮动工资制度 ;( 4 )以费用包干为主的分配制度     

当代中国家庭生育性别偏好的影响机制研究—基于六普数据的实证分析

提出了一个家庭出生性别选择和生育行为的分析框架。利用2010年中国第六次全国人口普查千分之一抽样数据,建立了当代中国家庭生育选择的多层线性Logistic回归模型。生育男孩概率与母亲个人属性、家庭结构和婚姻模式相关。选择男孩的概率与家庭已生育女孩个数正相关,与已生育男孩个数负相关。人口流动与迁移有减弱家庭男孩偏好的趋向。提高城镇化率和工业化水平比单纯提高人均GDP对家庭生育决策行为具有更大影响。     

Performance measurement in the networked context of convention and visitors bureaus (CVBs)

The management of Convention Bureau offices (CBs) requires coordination of several tourism-related operators and that the CB private/public members’ demand for accountability be met. Building on the argument that CB managers could employ a multi-dimensional performance measurement system (PMS) to face the challenge of managing different stakeholders’ expectations, this study aimed to understand which performance metrics CBs monitor, the group of stakeholders the metrics refer to, and if they are integrated into a formalized PMS. The research is based on multiple case study analyses. The findings indicate that the management function and number of CB partners affect the presence of a multi-dimensional analysis. Managers dedicate their attention to salient stakeholders, whose legitimacy is strongly related to their contribution to the CB (i.e. shareholders and partners providing financial support). The salience perceived by CB managers is resource-dependent and affects the dimensions on which the process of performance measurement focuses. Thus, a single performance measurement model for all CBs that would be useful for dialogue with stakeholders is not feasible.     

Localised Estimates of Dynamics of Multi‐dimensional Disadvantage: An Application of the Small Area Estimation Technique Using Australian Survey and Census Data

Deep and persistent disadvantage is an important, but statistically rare, phenomenon in the population, and sample sizes are usually not large enough to provide reliable estimates for disaggregated analysis. Survey samples are typically designed to produce estimates of population characteristics of planned areas. The sample sizes are calculated so that the survey estimator for each of the planned areas is of a desired level of precision. However, in many instances, estimators are required for areas of the population for which the survey providing the data was unplanned. Then, for areas with small sample sizes, direct estimation of population characteristics based only on the data available from the particular area tends to be unreliable. This has led to the development of a class of indirect estimators that make use of information from related areas through modelling. A model is used to link similar areas to enhance the estimation of unplanned areas; in other words, they borrow strength from the other areas. Doing so improves the precision of estimated characteristics in the small area, especially in areas with smaller sample sizes. Social science researchers have increasingly employed small area estimation to provide localised estimates of population characteristics from surveys. We explore how to extend this approach within the context of deep and persistent disadvantage in Australia. We find that because of the unique circumstances of the Australian population distribution, direct estimates of disadvantage have substantial variation, but by applying small area estimation, there are significant improvements in precision of estimates.     

关于呼和浩特铁路局集装箱站建设规划的建议

随着我国经济快速发展，货主对铁路运输的服务质量提出了更高要求，集装箱运输逐渐成为铁路货运业务中不可或缺的重要部分。以呼和浩特铁路局集装箱办理站为研究对象，探讨集装箱运输存在的问题，分析影响集装箱运输发展的原因，结合内蒙古自治区经济发展及地域特点，提出集装箱办理站的规划意见，为呼和浩特铁路局集装箱办理站规划建设提供参考。     

A Bayesian Model for Estimating Census Undercount,Taking Emigration Data from Foreign Censuses*

The new method of measuring net undercount in a census of population is a variant of demographic analysis and is founded in the belief that the most reliable counts of people are the counts of births and deaths. It has been applied to the 1991 census of England and Wales (E&W). The method has two distinctive features. The first is that it bases its estimates of numbers of emigrants on figures of persons born here and recorded as residents in the 1990–91 censuses of other countries. The corresponding data on immigrants are taken from our own census. The method does not therefore require the data on migratory flows that are an essential component of conventional demographic analysis. The second feature is the Bayesian approach in which (1) each of 30 uncertain elements in the calculations is given an a priori error distribution and (2) three empirical constraints are imposed on the sex-age profile of percentage net undercount. This, in conjunction with a Monte Carlo process, generates an error distribution for net undercount. These merits of the method are offset by the demerit that the calculations must await results from the censuses of the other countries in which substantial numbers of our emigrants reside.