EARNINGS IN BRITISH REGIONS IN 1948

U ntil a few years ago, information on regional variation in earnings within Great Britain was almost entirely lacking, but this important deficiency in British statistics is now on the point of being remedied. Some of the recent Inland Revenue Reports give data on Schedule D and E income classified by region, and although their interpretation requires some care, they provide much valuable information. In addition, the 1948 Census of Production reports, unlike their predecessors, contain regional data on wages and salaries for a large number of trades.     

空中神鹰盛会珠海

天下珠海，蓝天盛会。两年一届的珠海航展留给了人们耳目一新的感觉。     

CHANGES IN DEMAND FUNCTION IN COURNOT OLIGOPOLY

Abstract.  The effects of change in the market (inverse) demand function are systematically analysed for Cournot oligopoly without product differentiation. The general comparative-static results are stated using the original data on firms' cost functions and inverse demand function. Three special models are examined in light of our results. The stability condition is shown to be insufficient for determinate comparative statics.     

城乡差异和人口流动中的收益与风险机制

本文根据城乡差异导致农村人口流向这一社会现象出发,利用社会收益与风险进行比较分析,表明城乡社会收益与风险的分配不均是人口流动的根源所在,通过人口流动这一再分配过程减少收益与风险梯度差,使城乡收益与风险的分配达到Pareto最优状态,从而不断推动我国城市化发展进程。     

中国农村劳动力非农就业的性别差异

中国农村劳动力的非农就业对促进农村经济发展,缩小城乡差距无疑具有积极的意义,同时非农就业的性别差异更是一个值得经济学家和社会学家关注的课题。本文运用微观数据,用Probit模型来研究中国农村劳动力就业的性别差异、影响农村劳动力非农就业选择的影响因素,以及各因素对不同性别农村劳动力非农就业的不同影响。     

中部崛起中的六省旅游联动发展

中部崛起关系我国经济发展的全局,具有重要战略意义.借鉴长三角地区成功发展的启示,中部地区要实现崛起必须在发挥六省各自优势的同时,充分进行区域协作,实行区域联动.在目前六省竞争有余、协作不足的情况下,有必要利用旅游资源丰富、互补性强,旅游产业发展态势良好的有利条件,充分发挥旅游业关联带动作用明显、区域协作性强的产业特质,以旅游业为联动的首选行业,进行协作,实现旅游资源、客源市场共享,域内各级政府与旅游企业间的联动.并以此为范例,带动其他产业的协作与联动,开创六省上下一条心、紧抓机遇共谋崛起的良好局面.     

THE DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH IN URBAN CHINA AND IN CHINA AS A WHOLE IN 1995

The composition, inequality and determinants of wealth among households in urban China in 1995 are studied. In addition, we compare the wealth distribution in urban China with the wealth distribution in rural China and present the first estimates of inequality in the distribution of household wealth in China as a whole. The results show that housing wealth makes up a large part of net worth in urban China. Most urban Chinese households keep a bank account; debts are unusual. A household's net worth is strongly related to its income and location. Net worth is more unequally distributed among urban households than among rural households. However, compared to the situation in most industrialized countries, net worth in urban China and in China as a whole appear to be rather equally distributed.     

THE ROLE OF TRANSACTIONS IN KIND IN DEVELOPING ECONOMIES

The paper is concerned with non-monetized transactions which are dimensionally important in developing countries. The notion of degree of monetization attaches to all real flows. It is necessary to analyze non-monetized transactions in order to a have a better understanding of the producing and consuming activities of households which contribute a large part of national product in less developed countries. Among different non-monetized flows, particular attention is paid to the use of the output of own production for different purposes. A survey of Indian information on the degree of non-monetization shows that it is different for different flows: highest for consumption, intermediate for current inputs and lowest for investments. Cross section Indian data indicate that the degree of non-monetization is expected to fall with the improvement in the average household expenditure and urbanisation but it may rise if development occurs largely through agricultural improvement. Some of the Indian findings may apply to other developing countries as well. Normally, estimates of expenditure elasticities based on cross section data are obtained from consumption expenditure on a particular item (e) and the aggregate consumption expenditure (E) without going into the question of the degree of non-monetization of either element. Since traditional models of consumer behaviour apply only to the relation between money expenditure on a particular item (e_m) and the aggregate money expenditure (E_m), it is suggested that the relation between e and E should be broken down into relations between (i) e_m and E_m, (ii) e_k and E_k where these are the corresponding kind elements and (iii)among E, E_m and E_k. Some estimates of elasticity based on this scheme are presented indicating that the procedure is reasonable and suggesting that this type of analysis would probably furnish a suitable framework for answering relevant questions in the field.