我国最低工资标准的就业效应——基于全国和地区的实证研究

利用1996年～2007年全国27个省、直辖市、自治区的面板数据模型,考察了最低工资标准对就业的影响.实证结果表明,最低工资标准的提高对全国总体就业有负影响,但影响力度很小.进一步的地区分析表明,最低工资标准的提高对东、西部地区的就业有负影响,对中部地区的就业则无显著性影响.最后给出了相关的政策建议.     

基于共现聚类分析的西藏入境旅游热点研究

近年来,博客作为新型网络社会化媒体和大数据,为旅游研究提供了新的数据源.文章综合运用高频名词共现法、聚类分析法和社会网络分析法,分析了外国游客撰写的关于西藏的英文博客中的高频事物名词和地域名词.结论显示,外国游客的西藏旅游事物热点分为五大类:藏传佛教与藏族文化、雪域高原风光、旅行服务与过程、气候关注、西藏开放程度,这表明他们不仅关注旅游吸引物资源,而且注重旅游本身的体验过程;其次,西藏入境旅游热点地域分布和外国游客对西藏区域内地域的关注度不均衡,藏东、藏东北和藏北地区获得的关注度总体较高,与其他地域的联系更为密切,而藏西和藏南地区关注度偏低,且与其他地域关系较弱;而与区域外地域的联系上,西藏仅与北京、青海、四川和尼泊尔之间存在较强联系.     

从森林环境经济核算看林业对国民经济的贡献——《联合国粮农组织林业环境与经济核算指南》案例研究

以吉林省吉林市丰满区和蛟河市为案例,运用联合国粮农组织《林业环境与经济核算指南》,对林地和林木资产实物量与价值量、林产品及森林环境服务价值流量核算;估算森林为国民经济其他部门及区域提供的产品和服务价值;通过120户农户家庭抽样调查估算森林为农户家庭带来的产品价值和收入。核算结果较为客观、准确地反映了林业对国民经济和社会发展的贡献,可为制定有利于林业可持续经营的政策提供参考。     

中国能源安全及对策

随着世界能源格局的新一轮变革,能源供应和生产格局同时呈现"多极化"、"多元化"局面,能源权力中心分散化越明显。作为世界能源生产、消费和贸易大国的中国,能源的安全问题面临对外贸易依存度持续走高、运输安全不确定性因素增加、能源地缘政治经济环境更复杂、能源外交等诸多挑战。本文从协调能源消费大国之间关系,加强能源进口供给多元化和油气进口基础设施建设,做好能源安全的区域战略布局,高效开发页岩气等可再生能源,推动能源价格市场化改革以及提升国际能源话语权等方面,提出了世界能源新格局下我国加强能源安全的对策。     

合作社生猪质量供给困境与治理研究——基于集体行动理论的视角

专业合作社成员在空间分布上呈现出明显的地缘性特征,使得合作社对生猪质量控制具有天然的优势,但仍无法避免成员“搭便车”的困境。文章以奥尔森的集体行动理论为指导,设计了选择性激励、允许成员异质性以及强制措施等治理机制,并通过对金诚众和合作社的案例分析,提出扶持合作社进行生猪品牌建设,提高生猪抽检比例,加强猪肉产品的认证管理等政策建议。     

The constraints of Chinese tourists to visit Korea caused by THAAD using Q-methodology

The recent deployment of the THAAD system to South Korea has resulted in complex and controversial issues, particularly in the political, diplomatic, and economic relations between Korea and China [Perlez, J. (2017, May 31). China woos South Korea’s new leader, but the U.S. left behind a spoiler. The New York Times. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/31/world/asia/china-south-korea-xi-jinping-moon-jaein-thaad.html?_r=0]. To minimize its negative impact on international tourism, the underlying psychological mechanisms of Chinese tourists associated with this complex political issue should be determined. As an attempt to resolve the current crisis, this study identified the subjective characteristics of Chinese tourists who cancelled visits to Korea using Q-methodology and classified Chinese tourists’ attitude towards the THAAD issue. Based on respondent’s evaluations on Q-sample statements, four types of Chinese tourists were articulated, namely, patriotism, risk awareness, external dependency, and Lotte sanctions. By delving into tourists’ subjectivity, Q-methodology seems powerful to elicit intrapersonal constraints, which are deeply embedded in an individual’s psychological state. The results showed that the THAAD issue greatly influenced Chinese tourists’ personal values, beliefs, and identities.     

Quality of service and segmentation in the MICE industry: An approximation based on fuzzy logic

This article aims to evaluate the service quality experienced at academic conferences held at the Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja in Ecuador. Our approach is based on fuzzy logic and ideal solutions to calculate a global attendee satisfaction index for specific market segments: Gender, nationality, and age. Current literature on the service quality experienced by conference attendees is still scarce. Our results show that the analyzed segments experience varying levels of satisfaction, and that the more influential attributes to each of them are also different. Our results can be applied to improve the competitiveness of Loja and that of Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja.     

Using social networking websites as a selection tool: The role of selection process fairness and job pursuit intentions

A growing trend in the hospitality industry is openly encouraging applicants to join their social networking sites as part of their recruitment process (0080 and 0185). However, there is a dearth of studies examining how applicants perceive and react to the use of social networking websites in the recruitment and selection process. Therefore, the purpose of the current study was to examine how applicants react to the use of social networking websites as a selection tool. Using experimental methods, participants attending a career fair for hospitality jobs completed a questionnaire after reading about a hospitality company that does or does not use social networking sites in the selection process. The results showed that perceived fairness and job pursuit intentions of applicants were lower for an organization that used social networking websites as a selection tool than an organization that did not use social networking websites as a selection tool.     

Developing energy conservation and carbon reduction indicators for the hotel industry in Taiwan

This study develops and weights energy conservation and carbon reduction (ECCR) indicators for the hotel industry in Taiwan to create an instrument to help address climate change. Eighteen semi-structured interviews were conducted with senior hotel managers, environmental specialists, and government officials to identify the preliminary ECCR framework. An expert panel then was invited to review the structure of ECCR criteria and the compiled criteria in a structure for item modification. An analytic network process questionnaire survey was employed to determine the relative weights of the criteria. The data analysis reveals seven categories in the ECCR framework: communication and participation, top management commitment, energy, water, waste, building, and purchasing. A total of 32 indicators were identified and prioritized in terms of their relative importance to ECCR contributions. The results of this study suggest that the success of ECCR implementation depends primarily on management support and staff engagement. Hotel operators can improve their environmental management by initiating ECCR practices based on the proposed ECCR indicators.     

The regional wage gap in the Spanish hospitality sector based on a gender perspective

In this work we estimate human capital returns in the Spanish hospitality sector using an expanded version of the Mincer wage equation (1974). In addition, wage differences in the main tourist regions are quantified using the wage decomposition of Oaxaca (1973) and Blinder (1973) from a gender perspective. Using data from the 2006 Spanish Wage Structure Survey (Encuesta de Estructura Salarial), all the regions under analysis show lower education returns in the hospitality sector when compared to other private services. The same results are found for the other human capital variables used. There are significant differences in education returns between regions, especially in Catalonia and the Canary Islands. The main wage gap in the Canary Islands and the Madrid region is due to differences in returns in the observed variables, whereas in other regions most of the differences are due to the resources allocated. Furthermore, gender wage differences are found in all the regions. The largest estimated wage gap between men and women occurs in the Balearic Islands followed by Catalonia and the Community of Valencia. In contrast, equality between genders is greater in the Community of Madrid.