MIND THE GAP: UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE NEW EU REGIONS

Abstract.  The paper surveys the theoretical and empirical literature on regional unemployment during transition in Central and Eastern Europe. The focus is on optimal speed of transition (OST) models and on comparison of them with the neo-classical tradition. In the typical neo-classical models, spatial differences essentially arise as a consequence of supply side constraints and institutional rigidities. Slow-growth, high-unemployment regions are those with backward economic structures and constraints on factors mobility contribute to making differences persistent. However, such explanations leave the question unanswered of how unemployment differences arise in the first place. Economic transition provides an excellent testing ground to answer this question. Pre-figuring an empirical law, the OST literature finds that the high degree of labour turnover of high unemployment regions is associated with a high rate of industrial restructuring and, consequently, that low unemployment may be achieved by implementing transition more gradually. Moreover, international trade, foreign direct investment and various agglomeration factors help explain the success of capital cities compared to peripheral towns and rural areas in achieving low unemployment. The evidence of the empirical literature on supply side factors suggests that wage flexibility in Central and Eastern Europe is not lower than in other EU countries, while labour mobility seems to reinforce rather than change the spatial pattern of unemployment.     

Status quo and countermeasures of energy audit in oil and gas field enterprises

To develop energy audits in oil and gas field enterprises has important and realistic significance. Chinese energy audit in oil and gas field enterprises is still in the exploratory stage, the paper puts forward some countermeasures and proposals through the analysis on status quo to identify the shortcomings.     

建立高校二级财务管理运行机制的思考

随着我国高等教育改革的逐步深化,高校办学规模急剧扩大,财务管理内涵日益丰富,高校原有的财务管理体制已经无法适应新的办学要求,建立高校二级财务制度,规范二级财务管理已迫在眉睫。本文从分析构建高校二级财务管理制度必要性入手,提出了建立高校二级财务管理运行机制的思路,并对二级财务管理的绩效评价指标进行了简单设计。     

Econometric Causality

This paper presents the econometric approach to causal modelling. It is motivated by policy problems. New causal parameters are defined and identified to address specific policy problems. Economists embrace a scientific approach to causality and model the preferences and choices of agents to infer subjective (agent) evaluations as well as objective outcomes. Anticipated and realized subjective and objective outcomes are distinguished. Models for simultaneous causality are developed. The paper contrasts the Neyman–Rubin model of causality with the econometric approach.     

九型人格理论在高校招聘配置工作中的应用

高校教师招聘进来后,必须优化配置。然而,每一个人力资源个体因性格不同,其对组织的适应性和需求不尽相同,加大了招聘配置整合的难度。本文从高校招聘配置的三大原则出发,运用九型人格理论,探讨了如何提高高校招聘配置工作的有效性。     

天然气输送支干线生产管理探讨

天然气输送管线安全运行面临风险,本文主要对天然气输送管线生产管理进行探讨。     

高校物资采购的质量控制对策研究

基于采购制度、对供应商管理、采购人员素质等的限制,导致高校物质采购的质量还存在不少的问题,本文希望通过分析高校物资采购中存在的问题,提出提高高校物资采购质量的具体对策。     

基于SWOT分析的江苏绿色物流发展研究

随着经济的发展和人们环境意识的提高,社会对物流的需求和要求越来越高。绿色物流作为一种环境友好型的物流方式,将会成为未来的发展方向。运用SWOT分析法,从外部机会、外部威胁、内部优势、内部劣势等四个角度分析江苏省实施绿色物流的条件,并对发展江苏绿色物流提出一些建议。     

基于工程建设三类因素内部关系的工程目标评价研究

工程建设的目标可分为质量、进度及资源投入目标,从工程建设全生命周期来看,三大目标之间相互制约、相互影响,总体关系可归纳为统一性（替代关系）与制约性（平衡关系）。这两大关系的不同影响导致总体目标发生变化,初始目标与最终目标之间的演化博弈过程可以用马尔可夫转移矩阵来表示。文章将最终的演化稳定策略细分为6类。马尔可夫矩阵体现了工程建设中的中期控制的动态变化过程,对目前工程建设中广泛推广Turnkey模式缺乏中期控制是个有益的补充。     

国有企业专业技术人才流失问题初探

由于体制机制等因素的制约,国有企业中的专业技术人才的待遇、地位、福利等与他们的期望值有一定的差距,造成了国有企业中的专业技术人才流失,这个问题已经制约着国有企业的可持续发展,如何采取切实可行的措施加以解决成为摆在我们面前的迫切问题。