The intergenerational transmission of income mobility between mothers and their young adult daughters: The mediating role of their daughters' educational attainment

This study examines whether the daughters' educational attainment mediates the intergenerational transmission of economic mobility between mothers and their young adult daughters. To create mother–daughter dyads, two data sets were combined: The National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79) and the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 79 for Children and Young Adults (NLSY79 CY). A total of 2,456 dyads were included for analysis. We used a mediation model to explore the relationship between mothers' income and their young adult daughters' income. Mothers' income was associated with their young adult daughters' educational attainment and income. The mediation model indicated partial mediation of the relationship between mothers' income and their young adult daughters' income via their young adult daughters' educational attainment. Addressing issues of income inequality among mothers may serve as a buffer against the low upward mobility across generations for their young adult daughters raised by low-income mothers. It is imperative to provide programs and financial assistance for mothers to bolster their income and thereby their daughters' educational attainment and income in young adulthood and therefore improve economic mobility from mothers to daughters.     

Socioeconomic status and the dynamics of preferences for income inequality in the United States, 1978–2016

Although considerable evidence indicates that public preferences for income inequality and redistribution vary across socioeconomic groups (i.e., occupation and income), much less is known about the temporal dynamics of these preferences. The purpose of this study is (a) to examine whether the attitudinal distance between managerial/professional workers and unskilled manual workers has changed (converged or diverged) over time and to (b) explore the reasons for and implications of the dynamics of preferences in the past several decades. Using data from the General Social Survey 1978–2016 (23 time‐points; N = 27,211), this study finds that the influence of occupational class has lost some of its significance in shaping public preferences for income inequality and that the declining effect of occupation can be explained in part by the attitudinal convergence between better‐ and less‐educated citizens. Findings suggest that proequality coalitions across educational boundaries play a remedial role in bridging the occupational divide over government redistribution in the United States.     

Are Economic Development and Education Improvement Associated with Participation in Transnational Terrorism?

Using transnational terrorism data from 1980 to 2000, this study empirically examines the relationships between frequency of participation in transnational terrorism acts and economic development and education improvement. We find an inverse U‐shaped association between the frequency of various nationals acting as perpetrators in transnational terrorism acts and per capita income in their respective home countries. As per capita incomes increase from relatively low levels, frequencies of participation in transnational terrorism increase. However, at sufficiently higher levels of per capita income, further increase in per capita income is negatively associated with the rate of participation in transnational terrorism. Education improvement from elementary to secondary is positively correlated with frequency of participation in transnational terrorism events, whereas further improvement from secondary to tertiary level is negatively correlated with participation in transnational terrorism. We also find that citizens of countries with greater openness to international trade, lower degree of income inequality, greater economic freedom, larger proportion of population with tertiary education, and less religious prevalence participate in transnational terrorism events less frequently.     

信贷需求抑制视角下农户环境友好型农业技术采纳行为分析

通过构建一个两期动态投融资的理论框架,分析信贷需求抑制、非农收入对农户环境友好型农业技术采用的影响,进一步运用黑龙江、浙江、河南和四川4省957份农户数据采用IV-Heckit和cmp模型进行实证检验,并以家庭其他成员参与金融项目数作为工具变量解决内生性问题。结果表明:我国农村存在着严重的信贷需求抑制问题,信贷需求抑制显著负向影响农户环境友好型农业技术采用行为及强度,非农收入对此有明显的缓解作用;非农收入对于资金需求大、普及程度高的有机肥采用影响显著,对资金需求小的秸秆还田采用影响不显著。最后,针对研究结论提出了加强渠道建设、推动绿色金融、深化金融创新等政策建议。     

农户分化、乡土依赖与集体收益分配权退出

基于3个农村改革试验区716个农户的微观数据,实证分析农户分化、乡土依赖对农户集体收益分配权退出意愿的影响。结果表明,农户的不断分化并未提高其集体收益分配权退出意愿,分化程度较高的农户更倾向于继续持有集体收益分配权,土地、宅基地的退出对集体收益分配权退出意愿未产生显著影响,但对所在村的心理依赖水平有着显著的反向影响,即在集体收益分配权的退出中,对其退出意愿产生影响的更多是农户对乡土的心理依赖,而非现实依赖。这要求在进一步探索中,既要有改革的紧迫感,完善退出机制,引导符合条件的农户理性退出集体收益分配权,也要有历史的耐心,充分尊重农户的乡土情结。     

表面摩擦驱动收卷的玻纤布卷驱动力特征

与传统股权相比,扶贫股在出资、股权类型、权利内容、收益分配、退出机制、风险防范等方面形成了许多创新做法,但存在制度回应弱、效益吸引力不够、相关利益协调不足、长效的收益分享机制缺失、平台治理参与局限等深层次问题。据此,应立足中国实践,在集体股的框架内,明确扶贫股的法律属性,以集体股制度创新为路径,从制度层面规范扶贫股。     

农村土地流转过程中农民权益的有效保护

当前在农村土地流转过程中农民权益得不到有效保护,主要表现为:流转价格偏低,固定不变;流转收益分配不合理;土地的农业用途被改变;农民的知情权、参与权、决策权被侵犯等。其原因主要为:农村土地产权不明晰,所有权主体虚位;农民权益保护相关制度不完善;基层政府对土地流转的不当干预;土地流转市场服务体系不健全等。为了加强对土地流转过程中农民的权益的保护,需要明晰农村土地产权,明确规定农村集体土地归行政村一级农民集体所有,并完善相关制度;减少乡镇府的不当干预,强化乡镇政府对土地流转的指导与监管;培育县、乡两级土地流转市场化服务环境等。     

保险素养、收入差异与农民商业保险参与

乡村振兴战略的实施激发了农民在“医、养、住、行”等方面对美好生活的追求,与之对应的各类保险保障需求也随之涌现。对保险素养影响农民商业保险参与的机理进行了阐释,并使用陕西省565户农户的调查数据,实证检验了保险素养对农民商业保险参与选择的影响,以及农民个人收入差异对保险素养影响其商业保险参与的调节效应。研究表明,保险素养会显著促使农民商业保险参与概率增加3.1%。此外,个人经济收入差异对保险素养促进农民商业保险参与并未发挥出调节作用,即提升个人收入水平并不会增强保险素养对农民商业保险参与的促进作用。因此,有必要采取提高农民保险素养、有针对性地开发设计符合农民诉求的保险产品等措施促进农民商业保险消费,进而促进商业保险在农村地区的发展。