Global value chains,large-scale farming,and poverty: Long-term effects in Senegal

This paper presents panel data evidence on the impact of expansion of global value chains and large-scale export-oriented farms in developing countries over almost a decade. We estimate the income effects of wage employment on large-scale farms in the horticultural export sector in Senegal, using data from two survey rounds covering a seven-years period of rapid expansion of the sector. We estimate average income effects as well as heterogeneous income effects, using fixed effects and quantile fixed effects regressions. We find that poverty and inequality reduced much faster in the research area than elsewhere in Senegal. Employment in the horticultural export sector is associated with higher household income and the income effect is strongest for the poorest households. Expansion of the horticultural export sector in Senegal has been particularly pro-poor through creating employment that is accessible and creates substantial income gains for the poorest half of the rural population. These pro-poor employment effects contrast with insights in the literature on increased inequality from rural wage employment.     

传统型美术专业在应用型本科院校中的生存与发展

传统型美术专业是否真的具有培养应用型人才的能力，是值得思考的问题。大众化教育是我国高等教育的新局面，但应用型本科院校中的传统美术专业却逐渐变为冷门。课程改革的迟缓、生源数量的减少、校地合作的局限性等问题，一直困扰着传统型美术专业。如何能够向应用型教育模式转变，是扭转此番尴尬局面的关键。     

通识知识学习对学生就业能力培养的意义分析

日益激烈的人才竞争对学生的就业能力提出了新的、更高层次的要求,通识知识的学习是培养学生的人文素质和综合职业素质的重要途径和方法,本文通过对通识知识学习的深入分析,探讨了通识学习对于提高学生就业能力的影响和意义。     

Informal Employment and the Structure of Wages in India: A Review of Trends

The “alternative”, “atypical” or “informal” workforce has grown in developed and developing countries alike. One of the more recent evolutions of informal employment has been of informal employment within formal enterprises. In the interest of flexibility and cost‐reduction, many formal firms increasingly resort to hiring workers on a temporary or informal basis. Alongside, and perhaps, as a result of the persistence and pervasiveness of informal employment, issues relating to inequality have come to the fore. This paper is motivated by these two intertwining aspects of Indian labor market—informality and wage inequality. Using nationally representative sample data, the paper examines trends in wage inequality among various forms of informal workers, overlaying these findings with broader trends in inequality. Using a regression based inequality decomposition, the paper compares the sources of wage inequality across different employment groups and the reasons for differences in wage inequality.     

浅谈如何提高大学生就业能力

本文以大学生就业能力为切入点,分析大学生就业能力存在不足之处,从高校和大学生两个层面入手,总结如何提高大学生就业能力的做法。     

独立学院经管类专业学生就业竞争力研究——基于陕西省三所独立学院的调查

本文在对陕西三所独立学院进行调查的基础上,试图探索建立适合经管类学生就业竞争力提升的模型,以培养大批素质优良、特长鲜明,能快速切入企业岗位的应用型创新型人才。     

从企业需求与学生就业角度谈卓越工程师计划培养模式的制定

根据国家培养卓越工程师的要求,分析了企业的需求和学生就业的相关问题,西南林业大学计算机与信息学院制定了"立足本土,面向企业,突出林业"的卓越工程师培养模式。该模式分析了云南本土企业对毕业生能力的需求,同时结合学校的特色,培养网络工程师、Java或.Net三类专业人才。在保证基础理论课程学习的同时,采用"3+1"校企合作的模式,培养学生的实践能力和工程素养,从而满足了企业需求,提升了就业率。     

高职文科专业职业指导的新思路——以文秘专业为例

在当前严峻的就业形势下,越来越多的学校和专业都认识到职业指导对学生未来求职和职业生涯的意义,本文从高职文秘专业就业指导的现状分析入手,探讨文秘专业职业指导中存在的问题,并根据现代职场的特色和需求,提出了文秘专业就业指导的四点新思路,力图突破现有的职业指导模式,希望给各高校文科专业的职业指导改革提供借鉴。     

Interlocking Lives: Employment Mobility and Family Fixity in Three Gentrifying Neighbourhoods of Montreal

This article explores the relationship between employment mobility, family fixity, and gentrification in the lives of 36 residents in and extended commuters to Montreal's southwest borough. Once described as the birthplace of industry in Canada, the neighbourhoods of Saint-Henri, Little Burgundy and Point Saint-Charles have undergone sweeping changes in recent decades. Inner-city areas are not necessarily where one expects to find mobile workers, but this is changing due to shifting gender roles, the rise of dual-income households and gentrification. Michael Savage's concept of ‘elective belonging’ proved particularly useful in understanding this connection. With its proximity to childcare, schools, stores and workplaces, the central city permits a more equitable division of labour within the household. Our place-based approach to mobile work enables us to capture a wide spectrum of experience, ranging from people with extended daily commutes to those whose work takes them away from home for days, weeks or months at a time. Our interviews reveal a connection between employment mobility and family gentrification, as upwardly mobile families find ways to localize other aspects of their lives. The simultaneity of mobility and immobility are often essential, especially in dual-income households. One parent's mobility often leads to the relative immobility of other family members.     

The trade-offs between economic efficiency and job creation in olive grove smallholdings

Cooperation among farmers is an effective alternative to reduce production costs in smallholdings of traditional olive groves and increase their low profitability. However, an increase in efficiency reduces working hours and the labour required for the management of farms. This fact can lead to negative effects in rural areas, especially considering the importance of the social aspect of the crop. Therefore, to contribute to the global discussion on the transition towards more sustainable farming, it is important to know, ex ante, what level of employment is generated by olive groves and what could be lost under more competitive and efficient scenarios. The purpose of the work is to quantify the expected impact on employment by the implementation of cooperative management methods in order to generate true and accurate information that can be used in the design of future policies that aim to increase the economic profitability of small olive farms. The results make clear that this way of managing farms, by increasing the efficiency of agricultural work, has a significant negative impact on employment. However, this management formula does encourage the professionalisation of the sector by generating quality employment, in addition to contributing to the preservation of small farms and the socio-cultural and territorial benefits they generate.