Cultural determinants of human capital accumulation: Evidence from the European Social Survey

Although economists commonly view the accumulation of human capital as a key driver of economic development, what drives cross-country differences in human capital accumulation remains poorly understood. I use an epidemiological approach involving second-generation migrants to test for a possible cultural gradient in individuals’ propensity towards human capital accumulation. Results indicate a strong relationship between country-of-origin culture and human capital accumulation and are robust to using years of education instead of individuals’ engagement in human capital accumulation as the dependent variable. Drawing on dimensions of cultural differences identified in culture frameworks developed by cross-cultural researchers, results further suggest that cultural emphasis on intellectual autonomy helps explain part of the observed differences in human capital accumulation. However, further work is needed to complete our understanding of the cultural roots of individuals’ propensity towards human capital accumulation.     

新制度主义的制度分析范式:一个归纳性述评

制度分析是当代社会科学领域一个重要的理论分析工具。20世纪70年代以来,经济学、政治学等重新发现了制度对解释现实问题的重要性,形成了新制度主义的制度分析范式。基于共同的逻辑起点、行为假设和理论工具,制度分析范式形成了不同的制度分析途径,如嵌入性制度分析、立宪制度分析、比较制度分析、历史制度分析和多中心制度分析等。制度分析拓展了社会科学的研究对象,增强了社会科学解释和解决现实问题的能力,越来越多的领域被囊括到制度分析中。     

A Stochastic Model with Penalized Coefficients for Spatial Price Comparisons: An Application to Regional Price Indexes in Italy

This paper focuses on a new strand of research that uses stochastic approach for making spatial price comparisons. We propose a novel method to account for the presence of spatial dependencies in consumer prices and consequently in price indexes by imposing penalization conditions on the estimation of traditional CPD models leading to the spatially-penalized country-product-dummy (SP-CPD) model. The paper proposes an appropriate estimation strategy, which enables us to simultaneously estimate all the parameters in the model, including the smoothing parameter of the penalization term instead of determining it externally. In order to estimate spatial price indexes for areas lacking in price data, we suggest applying the kriging methodology to the price indexes obtained from the SP-CPD model. This new approach is applied to official Italian CPI data for constructing regional spatial price indexes for 2014. The results show that price levels are higher in the Northern-Central regions than in the South.     

国际金融课程教学改革研究与实践

国际金融课程的内容特点、教学现状以及应用型人才培养的要求,决定了国际金融课程教学只有重新整合教学内容,改革和创新教学方法,采用多种教学手段及形式,改革教学考核方式,才能很好地完成预期的教学目标。     

收益现值法在旅游资产评估中的应用研究

在经济全球化的条件下,资本的流动性越来越强,资本的逐利本能促使投资人常常进行跨国、跨地区的投资,投资的方式也越来越多样化。在旅游资源得到开发或初步有效开发的地区,直接投资新建项目的机会已经不多。收购、转让、控股和租赁是常见的投资方式。运用收益现值法对3个案例中的旅游资产的现值进行评估分析,较客观地反映了这些特定资产或某一类资产的本金化的价格。     

测算企业营销能力的二次相对评价法

随着营销重要性的日益显现,营销能力成为研究的热点。本文在区分营销能力跟营销实力的基础上,结合二次相对评价方法,提出了基于DEA模型的营销能力的评价方法,在营销业绩的动态变化中测算营销能力。     

认知图式关照下的习语文化可译性

图式理论是一种关于知识的认知过程理论。翻译是运用一种语言把另一种语言所表达的思维内容准确而完整地重新表达出来,是一种跨语言、跨文化、跨社会的交际活动。习语作为一种语言现象,积淀着最深厚的文化底蕴,承载着不同民族的文化特点和文化信息,它们与文化传统紧密相连,不可分割。通过运用认知图式理论对习语文化的可译性问题进行探讨,从而提出习语文化图式可译性主要通过A-A对应法、A-B对应法和A-zero三种方法来实现。     

构建和谐社会与党的执政能力

构建和谐社会和增强党的执政能力,二者是相互促进的辩证关系:构建和谐社会有利于实现党的最终目标,有利于实现党的根本宗旨,有利于巩固党的执政地位,有利于提高党的执政能力;而加强和改善党的领导是构建和谐社会的重要保障和实现途径。     

以就业为导向做好专业建设的实践与探索

专业建设是高职学校改革和发展的重要组成部分,又是课程建设的基础、纲领。本文通过以就业导向做好专业建设的实践,对如何做好高职的专业建设的问题,进行了探索。     

文学与科学相结合:科普社会化的途径研究

科普是科学与人文的交集。在灵活多样的科普途径中,文学途径的优势在于普及科学理性,而科普的根本意义也正在于普及科学理性,因为科学理性是科学的根本和灵魂所在。科学童话既符合科学特质又具有普及性特点,其作用在于深入浅出地介绍科学知识,使少儿在轻松愉快的语境中,学会各种科学知识,增强科学理念。文学途径在科学普及的产业链条中预期会产生很好的社会效益。