The non-linear effects of life expectancy on economic growth

This paper shows that improvements in life expectancy (LE) had a non-linear effect on income per capita over the 1940-1980 period as this effect was conditional on each country’s initial level of LE. Whereas higher LE had an initial statistically significant negative impact on income per capita in countries with LE under 43 years in 1940, the opposite is true in countries with initial LE over 53 years.     

市售散装茶油品质比较及食品安全分析

本文以12批次市售散装茶油为研究材料,分别对其酸价、过氧化值、黄曲霉毒素B1和苯并[a]芘4个指标进行测定,分析其食用安全性.结果显示,12批次样品的酸价范围为0.63～5.40 mg·g-1,过氧化值范围为0.036～0.660 g/100 g,黄曲霉毒素B1含量为未检出～5.19μg·kg-1,苯并[a]芘含量为1...     

IEC 61850在输电线路纵联保护应用的研究

文章在分析和理解IEC 61850标准的基础上,探讨输电线路的纵联保护功能的建模方法,给出了输电线路纵联距离保护模型的实例.同时.分析了基于IEC 61850映射子集MMS以及ASNI.1的纵联保护通信模式,给出了基于面向对象编程语言C 的纵联距离保护关键类PDIS及PSCH的实例代码.     

基于G1法的飞行签派员资质能力评估

为了强化飞行签派员的人员资质管理,提升签派员的运行控制能力,保证民航行业持续稳定安全,结合法规和国航西南分公司运行控制中心的考核制度,从知识、技能、从业经验、专业任职资格、业绩成果及工作态度等6个方面构建了飞行签派员能力评估体系,采用G1法确定指标权重并进行综合打分,以国航\"7·10\"误关组件导致座舱失压后继续飞行事件为例,对评估指标进行实例验证,为航空公司评估飞行签派员资质能力提供了一套实际可用的量化指标和系统化评估方法。     

2＋1教学模式转变下思政课教法改革思考

思政课在高职院校的教学中与本科院校的教学特点不同,在高职院校培养“应用型人才”的目标下,2＋1教学模式的转变是整体的趋势,在2＋1教学模式下,思政课教学可以分为理论教学与实践教学两个部分,在理论教学中可以采用启发式教学法、讨论式教学法、辩论式教学法、案例式教学法、演讲式教学法、角色互挟式教学法、专题式教学法;在实践教学中可以采用实地考察法、社会调查法、工作实践法,从而提高教学的实际效果。     

Continuity properties of the private core

Let be a sequence of differential information economies, converging to a limit differential information economy (written as ). Denote by the set of all ε-private core allocations, ε ≥ 0 (for ε=0 we get the private core of Yannelis (1991), denoted by ). Under appropriate conditions, we prove the following stability results

从用人单位英语需求角度看高职英语课程改革

通过分析用人单位对应聘者英语水平的要求情况,结合目前高职英语课程设置的状况,提出了高职英语课程改革的可行性建议。为使高职毕业生的英语水平达到用人单位的需求,应引入多元化英语测试体系,采用＂1＋X＂课程设置模式,积极推广职业英语。     

Information and Communications Technology as a General-Purpose Technology: Evidence from US Industry Data

Abstract. Many people point to information and communications technology (ICT) as the key for understanding the acceleration in productivity in the United States since the mid-1990s. Stories of ICT as a 'general-purpose technology' suggest that measured total factor productivity (TFP) should rise in ICT-using sectors (reflecting either unobserved accumulation of intangible organizational capital; spillovers; or both), but with a long lag. Contemporaneously, however, investments in ICT may be associated with lower TFP as resources are diverted to reorganization and learning. We find that US industry results are consistent with general-purpose technology (GPT) stories: the acceleration after the mid-1990s was broad-based – located primarily in ICT-using industries rather than ICT-producing industries. Furthermore, industry TFP accelerations in the 2000s are positively correlated with (appropriately weighted) industry ICT capital growth in the 1990s. Indeed, as GPT stories would suggest, after controlling for past ICT investment, industry TFP accelerations are negatively correlated with increases in ICT usage in the 2000s.     

Modeling differentiated quality standards in the agri-food sector: the case of meat trade in the enlarged EU

Quality standards play an increasingly important role in international agri-food trade, and their functioning as nontariff barriers to trade is widely discussed. We argue that food quality standards imposed by importing countries are more than just border measures and can have profound effects on the market structure of the exporting industry, thereby significantly influencing the supply response. We develop a stylized oligopoly model that accounts for compliance costs (fixed and variable) and investigate alternative policy options to explore different mechanisms an importing county may use to enhance the quality of its imports. The model explicitly recognizes the coexistence of complying and noncomplying firms, which is a situation often found in low-income countries where a small modern export-oriented segment invests in meeting foreign quality standards. We use the adjustment of the Polish meat sector to the tight EU food quality standards as an empirical example. The simulations show that a subsidy scheme can promote compliance with standards and can contribute to an upgrade of the industry in the exporting country, but its marginal effectiveness is diminishing.     

The costs of non-tariff barriers to trade: Evidence from New Zealand

The Costs of Non-Tariff Barriers to Trade: Evidence from New Zealand. — Recent work on trade policy with imperfect competition indicates that the adverse effects of non-tariff barriers to trade exceed those suggested by traditional theory. With market power in foreign supply, setting a restrictive non-tariff barrier will induce foreign exporters to raise their supply prices. The authors use the experiment provided by the comprehensive New Zealand economic reforms of the mid-1980s. Using panel data on export unit values from Germany and the United States to several destinations including New Zealand, they find some evidence for decreased export prices to New Zealand as a result of the dismantling of non-tariff barriers to trade.