Enter the Dragon: Have Imports from China Hurt Wages in Manufacturing?

While it is often argued that imports from China are depressing manufacturing wages in recipient countries, this has never been tested using cross‐country data. This article investigates the effect of increased import penetration from China on the wages of workers (total, skilled and unskilled) in the manufacturing sector of 100 economies from 1976 to 2008. The econometric analysis finds no evidence suggesting that import penetration of manufactured goods from China has a statistically significant effect on real manufacturing wages (skilled, unskilled and total) in either developed or developing economies. This may be because Chinese exports are too heterogeneous to strongly affect any particular industry in recipient economies or because foreign consumers are differentiating products made in China from those made locally based on country and brand loyalty and preconceived notions of quality.     

Appearance-related consumption among dating,cohabiting and married consumers: a comparison between men and women

This paper explores press releases, a neglected area of retail and marketing research, from leading British supermarket retailers over a two-year period to December 2002. Major themes for press releases are found to be products and services, corporate social responsibility, and corporate affairs and performance, although individual retailers show different emphases. A stakeholder engagement approach demonstrates how the releases seek to build networks of common interest, which is particularly demonstrable in relation to support for British farming and charitable activities. However it is noted that both these could be considered “easy targets”, grateful for any support they can obtain.     

国际贸易中劳工标准之争的博弈分析及中国对策

劳工标准问题产生已久,在GATT和WTO多边体制中的历史也可以说是源远流长,但一直没有达到当前这么高的重视程度。近年来,发达国家以关注人权为理由,反复提出劳工标准问题,并极力把劳工标准与国际贸易挂钩。本文在研究国际贸易中劳工标准争端的发展历程的基础上,分析了发达国家与发展中国家对此问题的不同立场,并进一步分析了两种立场博弈可能产生的结果,最后阐述了我国在劳工标准问题上的原则以及对策。     

Employee Relation Programs and Hotel Performance

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of employee relations programs (ERP) on organizational performance in the lodging industry. ERP provides employees with opportunities to participate in planning and improving work-related tasks. Four items were used to measure employee relations: formal complaint-resolution programs, participation programs, attitude surveys, and suggestion systems. Further, three types of organizational performance measures, namely employee turnover, labor productivity, and revenue per available room (RevPAR) were used. Findings indicated that ERP led to higher labor productivity and RevPAR.     

外部化会计人员的关系协调问题探讨

在我国所特有的浓重人情色彩背景下,外部化会计人员的工作如何得以正常开展,需要考虑其与各关系方的协调问题,在恰当处理和协调好与各方关系人的关系的基础上,广泛实施会计人员外部化则不失为解决诸多现实问题的有益思路。     

论印巴关系的现状及其中的中国角色

当今世界格局更多的呈现区域化发展趋势,同一地区的国家在资源整合和优势合作上有着更多的便利,南亚区域合作联盟同样是基于地区发展的目的成立,该地区的两个主要国家印度与巴基斯坦关系的改善成为本地区进一步发展的重要促进力量,而与该地区有着深刻的地缘因素联系的中国,在印巴关系与该区域发展中都扮演着十分重要的角色。     

劳资关系研究的理论脉络与进展

随着经济体制、社会结构和发展方式的多重转型,中国已经逐渐步入现代社会发展的高风险阶段。而劳资关系在社会经济结构变迁中扮演的关键角色以及在风险社会发展过程中的重要影响作用,使相关主体之间的矛盾与冲突问题成为了当前最为突出的社会经济问题之一。为有效协调劳资关系、控制社会风险、构建和谐社会,有必要对国内外劳资关系研究的主要理论成果进行回溯检视。本文分别从经济学、管理学、社会学三个不同的学科领域梳理分析了国外劳资关系研究的理论脉络,其中,着力解析和阐发了马克思经典的劳资关系理论;归纳提炼了国内学者对我国劳资关系的特征、劳资冲突形成的原因、劳资关系中政府行为问题以及工会问题研究的最新进展,并在比较分析的基础上对国内外劳资关系理论研究及未来趋势进行了简要的述评。     

The Political Economy of Real Exchange Rate Behavior: Theory and Empirical Evidence for Developed and Developing Countries, 1960–2010

Empirical results of testing the PPP hypothesis have constantly shown that relative prices do not converge to the same level, either in the short or the long run. Therefore, the PPP explanation of the real exchange rate does not provide a reasonable measure of competitiveness at the international level. This article puts forth a different approach based on the works of Ricardo, Marx, Harrod and Shaikh. It argues that the real relative unit labor cost is the main factor explaining the long-run behavior of the real exchange rate. The second section of the article explains the theoretical underpinnings of our approach. The third section analyzes the role of the real interest rate differential in explaining real exchange rate misalignments. In the fourth section, we present a graphical analysis of the interrelation among the real effective exchange rate, the real unit labor cost ratio, the short-run real interest rate differential and the trade balance for 16 OECD countries, Taiwan and three developing countries for the period 1960–2010. The fifth section investigates the long-run relationship between the latter three indexes through co-integrating and error correction models using the ARDL–ECM framework. The last section provides our conclusions.