Effect of Participation of Foreign Migrant Workers in Labour Market on Native Workers: Evidence Based on Change Noticed in College Premium in Taiwan ROC

Using Manpower Utilization Survey data for 14 years from 1999 to 2012, we applied the DDDD (Differences–in–differences–in–differences–in–differences) estimation method to check if rising presence of foreign migrant workers in Taiwan’s domestic labour market had any impact on employment opportunities and wages earned by native Taiwanese workers over time. We used the data capturing the effect of college premium (viz., the additional cost to be borne for getting admission into college) paid by the natives on domestic wage rate during this period. College premium is an indicator of demand and supply for educated labour and we intend to see if the premium has grown with time when influx of foreign migrant workers has grown too. From the results, two interesting phenomena caught our attention. First, labour policy adopted by the Government in Taiwan has played an important role in increasing the influx of foreign workers into domestic labour market, which resulted in significant change in college premium paid by the natives. And, this effect lasted even when instances of strikes and reported cases of labour disputes were relatively higher. Second, the effect of the policy has been varying across genders as our data shows that policy on employment of foreign workers has affected job opportunities of native men workers more than it affected job opportunities of their female counterpart.     

Are Chinese nationals’ attitudes to wildlife tourist attractions different from those of other nationalities?

Many wildlife tourist attractions (WTAs) have negative impacts on animal welfare and species conservation. In the absence of regulation, raising standards requires tourists to create market pressure by choosing to attend WTAs with benefits for wildlife. We surveyed respondents from five countries – China, Australia, Canada, UK, and USA – to quantify how attitudes to captive animals, and towards WTAs’ outputs and standards, may vary with nationality. Our aim was to provide a firm basis for behaviour change interventions to alter current patterns of tourist consumption of WTAs. All respondents agreed on the importance of conservation and animal welfare, but Chinese respondents were twice as likely to believe that WTAs would not be allowed to exist if they were bad for animals, and that WTAs’ promotional materials were reliable indicators of welfare and conservation standards. These findings indicate Chinese respondents had fundamentally similar attitudes to those from the other countries, but differed in how those attitudes were likely to be applied. Chinese tourists may experience more barriers to aligning their actions with their values with respect to WTAs. Removing these barriers may require information campaigns to highlight the lack of regulation, and the unreliability of some WTAs’ promotional materials and tourists’ reviews.     

高校辅导员和大学生互建信任关系的重要性与实现途径

辅导员是高校学生管理工作中必不可少的中坚力量。辅导员与学生的关系是高校中最为突出和直接的人际关系,二者建立互相信任的关系尤为重要。论文分析了高校辅导员与大学生相互缺乏信任的表象,阐述其危害,进一步明确了互建信任关系的重要性,并从四个方面讲述了建立信任关系的实现途径。     

重大疫情下高校辅导员开展思想政治工作的五个着力点

新型冠状病毒感染的肺炎疫情防控过程中,高校大学生是一个不容被忽视的群体。抗疫是近期大学生思想政治教育工作的重中之重,事关大学生身心健康成长的根本利益,事关立德树人教育根本任务的实现。     

加强新时代高校宿舍舍长队伍建设,助力“00后”大学生成长成才

加强新时代高校宿舍舍长队伍建设,更有利于积极发挥高校宿舍育人阵地的作用,高校宿舍舍长在教育管理工作中的重要性不可忽视。论文提出从提高新时代宿舍舍长工作的站位、加强宿舍舍长的角色认同与培养、加强宿舍舍长管理机制的制度建设三个方面,加强高校宿舍舍长队伍的建设,助力新时代“00后”大学生的成长成才。     

“双高”背景下北京高职院校招生困境和发展路径研究

“双高”建设背景下,培养服务区域发展的高素质技术技能人才成为高职教育的重要任务。这就要求高职院校首先要稳定办学规模,提升办学质量。而北京地区生源数量减少,非首都功能疏解等因素加大了招生工作困难。该研究从主客观因素及政策层面深入探讨了北京高职院校的招生困境,就当前职业教育面临的发展机遇,从对外宣传及学校内涵式建设的角度重点探索了“双高”背景下有效拓宽招生发展的路径。     

高职学生乡村振兴意愿与影响因素研究——基于广东交通职业技术学院的调研分析

乡村振兴战略是党的十九大提出的一项重大战略,其中人才振兴是乡村振兴的基础,但农村客观上存在很多难以短时间解决的困难,青壮年、大学生都倾向于留在大城市工作,人才紧缺已经成为限制农村发展的重要瓶颈,如何让更多的大学生参与助力乡村振兴中的研究具有重要的社会意义和现实意义。本文针对高职大学生群体进行研究,在“互联网+”时代背景下,分析了高职大学生的就业创业特点、参与乡村振兴的意愿动机,和内外部的影响因素等,试图寻找适合当代大学生投身乡村振兴的方法和模式,同时,也从大学生的角度提出了如何建立健全相关的国家、社会和学校的支持体系。     

跨境电商英语沟通中的语用移情策略研究

跨境电商的飞速发展离不开跨境电商英语沟通质量的提升,跨境电商英语沟通是在交流过程中,买卖双方传递、共享信息和感情的过程。运用语用学的移情理论,结合跨境电商英语沟通特点,从礼貌语、委婉语、模糊语和幽默语等方面,建构语用移情策略,有助于缩短买卖双方的心理距离,达到预期的语用效果,推动畅通有效地跨境电商沟通。     

互文性理论视角下大学英语写作教学方法探析

互文性理论认为每个语篇都是对其他语篇的吸收和转化，语篇不是孤立的，总是存在于语篇网络中。互文性是西方结构主义和后现代主义文化思潮中产生的文本理论，但是目前对于互文性理论的研究多以文学批评理论的研究和文学作品研究为主，作为教学策略应用于英语教学的研究则为数不多。本文通过探讨互文性理论指导下大学英语写作教学的实践意义及目前大学英语写作教学存在的问题，提出了笔者在教学实践中所积累的几点写作教学法，以期为大学英语写作教学模式提供新的思路。     

构建高校大学生党员教育新模式探索

为进一步提升高校党建实效,高校大学生党员教育工作亟待创新型机制,笔者以高校志愿工作为突破口,通过分析志愿工作之现状,探索其和学生党员教育工作的联动机制,旨在为当前学生党员教育工作注入新的生机和活力。