Future of Economic Growth for South Korea*

More than 80 percent of US growth between 1950 and 1993 can be attributed to transition dynamics (increases in R&D intensity and educational attainment), with less than 20 percent of growth deriving from population growth. Similarly, growth accounting shows that 80 percent of economic growth in Korea can be attributed to transition dynamics. However, the specific factors that have moved Korea far from its steady state are significantly different from the factors that have done so for the USA. In addition to the growth rates of the two countries, we also analyzed the (steady‐state) level of output per worker to determine where the Korean economy is headed relative to the USA. In 1960, Korea was characterized as poor (0.111) relative to its own steady state (0.765), and incomes were at 11.1 percent of those in the USA. Since then, however, Korea has been growing more rapidly than the USA. In our analysis, we also consider the extreme case where total factor productivity levels converge completely. Interestingly, in this case, the USA and Korea exhibit unconditional convergence similar to what is generally observed in the OECD. As the economy approaches the steady‐state income level, however, the growth rate of output per capita will decline.     

传统儒商文化与现代商人理想人格的型塑

传统儒商文化与现代社会的重要结合点之一,即是从传统商业文化的现代转型出发,将儒商文化作为现代商人理想人格型塑的必要思想资源,从商人精神的觉醒与儒商身份意识的自觉,以地方商帮为依托进行商业文化生态的现代性重建。     

我国农民工平等就业权的法律保障

法律面前人人平等是我国宪法赋予每个公民的基本权利,平等就业权也是宪法和法律所保护的基本权利。我国农民工平等就业权还存在如地方政府政策歧视、工时报酬违规突出、社会保障严重缺乏、就业培训相当有限、事实劳动关系普遍等问题。要确实保障我国农民工的平等就业权就必须改革现有的户籍制度、严格执行《劳动合同法》和《就业促进法》、建立城乡统一的劳动力市场和社会保障制度、完善农民工的表达机制和救济制度。     

网络虚拟财产法律性质之探讨

随着互联网技术在全球的迅猛发展,网络虚拟财产的法律地位引发了争议。我国关于网络虚拟社会的立法工作尚属缺位,但是网络虚拟财产的概念和特征,反映出其在现实社会属于交易工具性质,其价值具有现实社会的债权和物权属性,在现实生活中已经有了司法判例。今后需要结合实践,完善立法,对这一新型的财产形式提供更好的法律规范。     

农村剩余劳动力转移的正反“拉力”与“推力”研究——对宽甸满族自治县“入户调查”资料的分析与思考

通过对宽甸满族自治县的入户调查发现,农村剩余劳动力在城镇从业一定程度上提高了农村家庭的收入水平,但是当前农村剩余劳动力转移存在正反两个方向的四种动力：城市不仅存在吸引农民入城务工的＂拉力＂,也存在将外来务工者推回农村的＂推力＂;而农村不仅存在将剩余劳动力推往城市的＂推力＂,也存在将外出务工者拽回来的＂拉力＂。正是在正反＂拉力＂与＂推力＂的综合作用下,部分农民选择了＂离土不离乡＂或＂离—返交替＂的半农半工模式。因此,小城镇建设具有重要的意义：可以通过发展农村经济＂拉住＂劳动力,以缓解城市就业压力;同时也有利于农民选择适合自己的生产和生活方式,实现农村剩余劳动力的多元化和逐步有序转移。     

农民工返乡创业——基于新农村建设的视角研究

文章通过对农民工返乡创业的发展研究,提出如何抓住金融危机引发的农民工返乡潮,积极采取明确的措施,推进农民工返乡创业,使之成为促进新农村建设的积极因素。     

农民工保险的困境与对策探析

农民工正日益成为中国工人阶级的主要力量,与此同时,农民工权益遭受侵害的现象也日渐突出。按照“五个统筹”的基本要求,从法律制度及政策等方面完善关于农民工的各项制度及规定,切实维护农民的根本利益,这对于转移农村剩余劳动力,扩大农村消费市场,彻底解决“三农”问题,推动宏观经济发展将产生积极的影响。     

“We are all so different that it is just … normal.” Normalization practices in an academic hospital in the Netherlands

Internationally, academic hospitals are giving increasing attention to diversity management. This paper sheds light on the actual praxis of cultural diversity management by professionals in workplace interactions. An ethnographic study in a Dutch academic hospital showed that normalization practices were obscuring diversity issues and obstructing inclusion of cultural minority professionals. The normalization of professionalism-as-neutral and equality-as-sameness informed the unequal distribution of privilege and disadvantage among professionals and left no room to question this distribution. Majority and minority professionals disciplined themselves and each other in (re)producing an ideal worker norm, essentialized difference and sameness, and explained away the structural hierarchy involved. To create space for cultural diversity in healthcare organizations in the Netherlands and beyond, we need to challenge normalization practices.     

Why do you use Yelp? Analysis of factors influencing customers’ website adoption and dining behavior

The number of review websites has increased within the past years since more people rely on online reviews to help their decision-making process. Previous studies have either focused on the attributes of the content posted on review websites (i.e., reviews) or customers’ behavior concerning their selection of review website on which to post reviews. This study, however, extends the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) to investigate the factors that influence individuals’ restaurant review website adoption behaviors to read reviews and make dining decisions. In addition, this study will look at the differences in individuals’ perceptions of various restaurant review websites (i.e., Yelp vs. others). The findings revealed the role of influential factors on individuals’ review website adoption and dining decisions as well as the differences in proposed structural relationships among various restaurant review websites.