The true effect of students’ employment on the duration of studies

We examine the effect of the first-degree students’ employment on the prolongation of their studies. When employing a popular instrumental variable, the regional unemployment rate, we find a negative impact of students’ employment on duration of studies. Then, adding a predetermined IV – the individual’s employment prior to the beginning of academic studies – turns the estimate positive. Furthermore, we find that the relationship between the extent of students’ employment and duration of their studies depends on their age: among the younger students (aged 22–26), the extent of employment has no effect on the duration of studies, while among the older students, the effect is positive and statistically significant.     

The rationale for an employment guarantee in South Africa

This article considers what would happen if unemployed people in South Africa had a right to a minimum level of regular work on decent terms. It looks at the example of India, where a law was passed in 2005 guaranteeing rural households up to 100 days of work a year at minimum wage rates. More than 55 million households now participate in this programme – a rare example of a policy innovation bringing about significant change in a society. India's employment guarantee has important implications for social and economic policy and gives new meaning to the concept of ‘a right to work’. The article explores how structural inequality limits South Africa's development options, and considers early lessons from South Africa's Community Work Programme to make the case for an employment guarantee in South Africa.     

Wage Effects of Employment Protection Legislation in Taiwan

This study investigates the effects of employment protection on wages. The implementation of employment protection legislation increases employers' firing costs and reduces labor turnover, and, therefore, results in lower wages. Our empirical results show that the implementation of Taiwan's leads to a reduction in wages, the effects of which varies with the stringency of the law's enforcement. In addition, employment protection can lead to a decrease in wage dispersion, implying the worsening of job matches.     

我国城市公关现状：理论、问题与策略研究

城市公关已经逐渐替代城市营销,成为塑造城市形象提升城市竞争力的新手段。本文针对目前国内关于城市公关理论及实践存在的问题进行了分析与整理,发现除了意识上与制度上的缺陷以外,理论上的不足与活动缺乏监督也是影响公关效果的因素。然后本文结合了我国城市公关的实际情况提出了强化城市公关意识、完善城市公关制度保障与科学化公关等相应的建议,并指出了未来城市公关更多依赖于第三方公关服务机构的可能性。     

大学生就业困难原因及对策建议

随着全国各大高校的扩招,大学毕业生人数的逐年增加,就业问题也越发严重。本文在分析了大学生就业困难成因的基础上,针对学生自身、家庭教育、高校培养、企业用人及国家政策等方面提出了解决大学生就业困难问题的建议。     

中国集体劳动关系的政府规制:从“自发救济”到“制度救济”——基于相关文献的研究

随着经济体制的转型,我国的劳动力市场也发生了相应的变化,进而导致了劳动关系也面临着两个转变:由计划经济下的分配用工制度向合同制度转变,由个别劳动关系向集体劳动关系转化的阶段。在两个转变过程中,劳动关系双方的矛盾逐渐显现,出现了集体劳动关系的"自发救济"现象,并且越来越频繁。为了明确解决集体劳动关系"自发救济"的最佳途径,文章主要采用文献回顾的方法进行了研究。     

生生关系视域下的大学英语教学i．

生生关系对于语言教学活动的成功与否起着关键性作用，大学英语教师应该从重视学生个体在班级人际关系中的地位做起，引导发展课堂内合作与竞争的健康人际关系，最终形成良好的班级凝聚力，从而顺利完成大学英语教学任务。     

国家利益视阙下的毛泽东对日外交策略

对日外交,是中国对外交往中的重要组成部分。新中国成立后,毛泽东把建立和发展中日睦邻友好关系放在对外政策的重要地位。他以国家利益为视阙,分析了恢复中日邦交正常化的阻力与可行性,提出了对日外交策略,并于1972年恢复了对日友好关系,促成了对日外交的新发展。     

Decentralization,Economic Development,and Growth in Turkish Provinces

There have been important developments in the decentralization of the government structure in Turkey since the early 1980s. This paper examines economic development and growth in Turkish provinces. It first discusses local government reforms throughout the history of Turkey with the focus on recent reform efforts. It then empirically analyzes the effects of recent decentralization reforms in Turkish provinces using cross-sectional and panel data approaches as well as spatial econometrics. The panel data set consists of sixty-seven provinces from 1976 to 2001. Using the number of local governments per capita and number of local governments per square kilometer of land to indicate decentralization, the analysis examines whether variations in local decentralization across these provinces and across time have significantly affected economic development and growth in those provinces. The findings suggest a weak negative economic effect of decentralization through a number of municipalities per capita. However, the findings do not show any significant effect from the creation of new provinces by separation from the existing ones.