Who Will Pay for Long‐Term Care in the UK? Projections Linking Macro‐ and Micro‐Simulation Models

The long‐term care funding system continues to attract much debate in the UK. We produce projections of state and private long‐term care expenditure and analyse the distributional impact of state‐financed care, through innovative linking of macro‐ and micro‐simulation models. Variant assumptions about life expectancy, dependency and care costs are examined and the impact of universal state‐financed (‘free’) personal care, based on need but not ability to pay, is investigated. We find that future long‐term care expenditure is subject to considerable uncertainty and is particularly sensitive to assumed future trends in real input costs. On a central set of assumptions, free personal care would, by 2051, increase public spending on long‐term care from 1.1 per cent of GDP to 1.3 per cent, or more if it generated an increase in demand. Among the care‐home population aged 85 or over, the immediate beneficiaries of free personal care would be those with relatively high incomes.     

坚持以人为本，提高学生管理工作水平

以人为本是科学发展观的本质和核心。如何坚持以人为本，加强对学生经常化的思想政治教育，提高学生工作的针对性、有效性，以及学生管理工作水平，是高校学生工作者必须认真研究和探讨的问题。     

培养企业人才 培育企业文化

从企业长远发展的战略高度，结合企业实际，从强化意识用人才、多种渠道聚人才、公开择优选人才、形式多样育人才、依靠制度管人才和凭借事业留人才等多角度以及企业文化在企业管理中的重要作用，研究了人才工作和企业文化建设的重要性。企业文化是企业腾飞之魂，企业文化塑造企业形象，企业文化规范企业行为，企业文化能促进企业的有效管理。山西省交通监理总公司成立十年多来，之所以取得较好的成绩，先后被国家建设部和交通部评为“全国先进建设监理单位”，最重要的一点就是将质量与企业文化相结合，建立、健全了一套完整的以质量和诚信为中心的企业文化，以此来不断提高监理服务质量，不断发展壮大，并取得了较好的社会效益和经济效益。     

新建本科院校人才培养模式的研究与应用

通过调查新建本科院校学生、师资和教学资源现状,分析此类院校目前人才培养中存在的问题,提出了针对新建本科院校的几种人才培养模式,并总结了沈阳工程学院近几年发展中人才培养的做法,为不同办学规模、定位和人才培养理念的新建本科院校提供选择和参考的模式。     

China''''s Stock Market: New Year, New Trends

On February 5th,the last trading day in the Year of the Pig,continued the falling trend in China's A-share market,and large companies like PetroChina lifted restrictions on sales of large volume heavyweight shares.The Shanghai Stock index dropped by 1.55 percent,which completely broke people's belief in the stock market as China moved into the New Year.     

经济体制改革:人民主人翁地位的经济保证

在我国经济体制转轨中 ,人民对自己的主人翁地位问题给予特别的关注。本文试图从理论上说明 ,计划经济体制本身并不能落实人民主人翁地位 ,只有社会主义市场经济才能从机制上解决这个问题。     

"以人为本"的经济学分析

“以人为本”被运用到企业人力资源管理层面，从经济学意义上说，应该是企业和员工双方为了解决现实中由于信息不对称引所起的各种问题而作出的一种经济行为，是一种理性的选择。     

100-day Countdown Celebrated in China

The spring comes,and the summer is not far away.In the approaching green season,China will hold a grand sport meeting,which Chinese and other nations thirst for.Chinese people welcomed the upcoming Olympic Games in various Ways on April 30,100 days ahead of the gala.     

以人为本 构建企业安全可持续发展的探讨

建设安全、和谐的发电企业,要树立科学发展观,做到以人为本。加强以人为本管理,用科学发展观统领发电企业,要以“奉献清洁电能,服务和谐社会”为主线,充分发挥电力在构建和谐社会中的支撑点作用,妥善处理各方面突出矛盾,协调好各种利益关系,实现全面、安全、协调、可持续发展。     

Older people and convenience in meal preparation: a European study on understanding their perception towards vegetable soup preparation

A sample of 768 seniors over 65 years, living in eight European countries, was interviewed to investigate perceptions, preferences and attitudes towards convenience in preparation of vegetable soups. In each country, a range of seven vegetables soups varying in preparation levels required before consumption was identified. The first part of the interview (in‐depth interview) was carried out by using the Repertory Grid Method, an effective method to describe perceptions of foods using consumers' own language. Overall, vegetable‐related foods with convenience in preparation were perceived in similar ways across the countries. Older adults tended to describe ready vegetable soups mainly making associations related to preparation, rather than on their own preferences and evaluations. Conversely, fresh vegetables requiring all preparation or considerable preparation (cut fresh vegetables) were mainly associated with attributes such as taste, freshness, health benefits and familiarity with the product. The second session of the interview was based in part on the Theory of Planned Behaviour. A component measuring the extent to which it is felt necessary to eat convenience foods (perceived need) was assessed as well. Generally speaking, older people did not seem to view positively the consumption of convenience foods. Additionally, they did not feel the need to consume these products nor do they have the intention to consume them in the forthcoming month. Pleasure associated with performance of the behaviour was the most important determinant of intention to eat convenience foods in Germany, Denmark and Sweden. Perceived need was the most important factor in determining the intention to eat convenience foods in the UK, Poland and Portugal. Perceived control and subjective norms were the most important factors influencing the intention to eat convenience foods in Italy. The encouragement of consuming ‘ready‐meals’ might represent an opportunity to have healthier food choices and to reduce the risk a monotonous diet for older people who cannot or do not know how to cook, combined with a low interest in food‐related activities such as cooking.