The effectiveness of information interventions to improve domestic food safety among rural consumers

Consumer education on food handling behavior is regarded as an effective method to improve domestic food safety and prevent foodborne illness, but is usually overlooked in rural areas. Using a presurvey and two rounds of postsurveys targeted at rural consumers from China included in a randomized controlled trial, this study investigated the effectiveness of two information interventions—a leaflet with tips for best practices and the leaflet plus consumer education sessions conveyed by phone—and compared them with a control group. Cloth use behavior was the target in the trial and five specific aspects were evaluated: (1) whether the cloth was made of old clothes, (2) whether the one used to clean kitchen tables was also used to wash dishes, (3) whether it was hung to dry, (4) how it was disinfected, and (5) how long the cloth was used before being discarded. Firstly, consumers' behavior was scored by summing the above-mentioned five behaviors. The results estimated using the difference-in-difference model showed that respondents in the leaflet-only group improved to a greater extent than those in the control group, but their difference in progress was not statistically significant until the second round of the postsurvey. Respondents in the leaflet-plus-phone group were quicker to adopt suggested practices and made discernible improvements compared with those in the leaflet-only group in the first round of the postsurvey, but the gap between these groups narrowed to statistically insignificant in the second round of the postsurvey. It was concluded that one consumer education session was effective and made a difference in the long term, whereas more education sessions produced normative behavior at faster rates, showing a significant improvement in the short term. Then, the study estimated the effectiveness of interventions on the five specific behaviors separately. The results were estimated using a probit difference-in-difference model and showed that the suggested behaviors with lower costs or a greater difference from past behaviors were more likely to be adopted by consumers. Consumer education facilitates proper food handling practices among rural households, which should be considered by policy makers.     

社会资本影响农村中小企业非正规信贷可得性的实证研究——基于2008年福建省5设区市的调查数据

采用2008年福建省5个设区市中位于乡镇及以下的中小企业的调查数据,运用因子分析方法和Logistic回归模型就企业主社会资本对农村中小企业非正规信贷可得性的影响进行了实证分析。结果发现:提取的7个公共因子中,熟人信任、普遍信任及规范因子对农村中小企业非正规信贷可得性具有显著的正向影响,而网络规模、网顶、特殊信任、贷款认知性4个因子的影响则不太明显。     

有激情的员工更能创新吗

员工创新绩效是衡量企业创新能力的重要标准。以创造力交互作用观为理论框架,从认知视角考察员工和谐型激情通过创造力自我效能感对创新绩效的作用机制及相应的情境机制。对492份问卷分析发现：和谐型激情对员工创新绩效有正向预测作用;创造力自我效能感中介了和谐型激情与创新绩效的关系;创新氛围感知既调节了和谐型激情与创造力自我效能感的关系,又调节了创造力自我效能感在和谐型激情与创新绩效之间的中介作用。研究结果揭示了员工情感与认知对提高创新绩效的重要意义。     

车险电销客户投保体验迫切改进点的数据挖掘

本文旨在从车险电话销售客户体验调研数据中寻找到车险电话销售客户投保体验的最迫切改进点,以期用较低的成本投入有效地提高车险电话销售成功率和产能。使用SPSS MODELER数据挖掘软件,遵从CRISP—DM数据挖掘方法论,对调研数据进行数据挖掘,得到车险电话销售客户体验最迫切的改进点,并相应提出改进的政策建议。政策建议包...     

成渝地区双城经济圈协同创新发展现状与对策

成渝地区双城经济圈的建设对于当前形成国内大循环的经济发展新格局具有重要的战略意义。本文以成渝地区制造业与生产性服务业协同集聚为研究对象,以城市层面的全要素生产率作为城市高质量发展的衡量指标,利用成渝地区16个城市2005-2018年数据,构建动态面板模型,采用系统GMM的方法实证检验成渝地区双城经济圈制造业与生产性服务业协同集聚对成渝地区城市全要素生产率的影响,并基于DEA-Malmquist的方法对城市全要素生产率进行分解,通过对产业协同集聚和全要素生产率水平的测算构建模型,并实证检验了产业协同集聚对生产率影响的效果,提出通过平台共建、政策共通、市场共融以及人才共用等方面建立一体化协同发展体系推动成渝地区双城经济圈协同创新发展。     

Why Do People Leave? a Study Of Nonsupervisory Restaurant Employees’ Polychronic Time Use Preference and Turnover Intention

ABSTRACT

The purpose of the study was to present a comprehensive view on the associations among polychronicity, job satisfaction, work engagement, and turnover intention within a restaurant context. Using a sample of 252 servers in full-service restaurants, structural equation modeling results found that polychronicity positively linked with job satisfaction, work engagement, and turnover intention. An indirect effect from polychronicity to job satisfaction to turnover intention was found. Results can assist restaurant managers in selecting candidates that best fit their organization. It will also assist employees in determining which career path best matches their personality traits.     

延迟退休年龄:研究进展与若干争议

延迟退休年龄的政策取向在学界引起了广泛争议,焦点主要集中在延迟退休年龄是否会造成"就业挤出"效应及挤出效应的大小、延迟退休年龄是否会改善养老金财务状况。梳理争议各方所得结论的逻辑起点、研究方法、理论基础乃至学科视角将为进一步的理论研究和政策制定提供共识基础和新的切入点。     

The China model view is factually false

ABSTRACT

Using a cross-regional analysis of China, this article shows that the China model view is factually false and the universal model view is factually true. It is the marketization and development of non-state sectors, rather than the strong power of government and the state sector, that have driven the Chinese economy to grow fast and to be increasingly innovative. If China wants to sustain its economic performance, it must stay on the way to continuing marketization. Otherwise, China will fall into stagnation.     

一种有限元并行共轭梯度算法在计算力学中的应用

本文以POSSION方程为研究背景,实现了有限元的并行计算.通过对定解区域进行特殊的划分,达到了不需合成结构刚度矩阵的目的,并在此基础上应用线性方程组的共轭梯度法,使计算的并行性得到了很好的拓展,实现了从网格划分、刚度矩阵的合成到方程求解的并行执行.并将该算法应用在计算力学中.程序在西北工业大学高性能计算中心的HPRX2600上进行了数值实验,结果表明,该方法具有良好的加速比.