Unmet home care service needs of rural older adults with Alzheimer's disease: a perspective of informal caregivers

This study assessed unmet service needs of rural older adults with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and identified factors that were related to these needs. Data were collected from 109 informal caregivers of AD patients. Over half of the patients experienced unmet service needs in 1 or more areas of activities of daily functioning. Informal caregiver burden and patient's gender and functional status were significantly related to patients' unmet service needs. Patients' use of formal services was marginally related to their unmet service needs. To better address patients' service needs, a comprehensive needs assessment should be conducted with both patients and their caregivers.     

Trends of Income Inequality Among the Elderly in Korea

This study investigates the overall trend of inequality among the elderly in Korea and to examine what the most influential factor is for these changes. Although inequality among the elderly is far greater than it is for any other group, little attention has been given to how inequality changes over time. Used are data from the Urban Household Survey with five‐year intervals from 1986 to 2006. The results show that inequality within a cohort increases over time and that earnings and benefits from occupational retirement plans are the most influential factors on overall inequality changes. In addition, the impact of public transfers has gradually increased during the past twenty years. The results imply that our society needs to enact a social policy for lessening earnings inequality in the labor market and to increase public transfers for the elderly.     

The World Implications of the ＂Chinese Road＂ in the Context of Globalization

中国建国60年来和改革开放30年来所取得的巨大成就,使世界热衷于讨论是否存在某种“中国模式”或“北京共识”。“模式”包含着两层含义,一是发展道路的独特性,二是发展道路的可输出性和可效仿性。从前一层含义上来看,中国的发展的确创造出了一个独特的中国模式。中国发展道路是在中国人追求民族独立和现代化的历史背景下,在最终选择了马克思主义的条件下而实现的,其本质就是选择走社会主义道路而拒绝资本的扩张和奴役。全球化伴随着全球资本力量的无限膨胀,世界政治、经济都沦于世界资本主义的奴役之下,中国的发展道路正是在这个背景下显示出其独特性。同时,中国也不会向外输出自己的发展模式,通过对和谐、平等和多样性的追求,中国道路的成功将改变现有国际规则和全球发展观念。中国道路在全球化时代中具有世界性的意义。     

农林特产资源保护与可持续利用评价体系及评价模型

提升农林特产资源禀赋水平,构建农林特产资源可持续利用评价体系,对于建设特色农业意义重大.通过农林特产资源的价值分析,得出影响农林特产资源价值构成的要素,即经济效益、社会效益、生态效益,并以其为准则,运用层次分析法建立了农林特产资源保护与可持续性评价指标体系,而且该指标体系涵盖了农林特产资源保护状况的信息;最后利用模糊数学工具和已建立的指标体系构建了农林特产资源保护与可持续性评价的模糊综合评判数学模型.     

族群与教育不平等:我国西部少数民族教育获得的一项实证研究

摘 要：本文通过梳理国内外有关族群（民族）分层的文献,认为有必要把“民族”纳入到中国的市场转型和社会分层理论框架之中,并从教育获得的角度对这一问题进行实证分析。影响中国少数民族教育获得的因素主要包括：城乡地域区隔、职业结构（阶层）、文化差异和国家政治进程（政策变迁）。基于对2004年中国西部抽样调查数据分析,作者发现：（1）基础教育阶段入学的族群差异主要由城乡差别和阶层不平等造成,族群不平等已不显著;（2）少数民族子女高中升学概率依然显著低于汉族,其原因部分在于城乡、地域和阶层因素,部分在于少数民族和汉族的文化差异（如语言环境）等因素;（3）与汉族教育不平等的代际传递模式不同,少数民族教育不平等的代际传承以资源转化模式为主,从而影响了不同族群在教育扩展中的获益程度。总体而言,虽然中国西部少数民族的教育获得仍显著落后于汉族,但其教育不平等更多地来自城乡和阶层之间的差异。     

预算立法中若干问题的意见与建议

预算立法的关键是要明确预算过程中公民、人大以及政府之间的权责关系。在我国宪法的框架下,预算立法的实质是通过人民代表大会制度来规范政府的预算行为。我国现行的《预算法》在三者关系方面还没有理顺,新近征求意见的《预算法(修改稿)》虽有所改进,但在预算立法宗旨,预算的公开性、完整性,预算编制标准,预算审批以及调整等方面尚存在值得商榷的地方。本文就这些问题提出了意见与建议。     

农民工就业满意度及其影响因素研究——基于北京市抽样调查数据

针对农民工群体的就业状况问题,以北京外来农民工为研究对象,基于抽样调查数据,在问卷量表的基础上构建了就业满意度指数,分别分析了农民工背景信息、工作情况、收人情况以及主观感受对就业满意度的影响。通过建立多元回归模型,揭示了多种因素如何共同作用影响就业满意度的高低,特别揭示了收入增加和收入公平性,是提升就业满意度的重要手段。     

Asymptotic distributions in affiliation networks with an increasing sequence

A central limit theorem for a linear combination of all the maximum likelihood estimators with an increasing dimension for affiliation networks has been established. Simulation studies are provided to illustrate the asymptotic results.     

Drinking: Another glass ceiling? Social drinking and alcohol use among women in Korea

Korean society is experiencing a rapid increase in alcohol consumption among women. Research on women's alcohol use has focused mostly on problems and pathological symptoms associated with alcohol use. Focusing only on problems of alcohol use risks overlooking some important social phenomena where alcohol use is a medium. We examined the association between marital status, childcare responsibility, employment status and social drinking behaviour. Our aim was to examine how these factors influence women's alcohol consumption in order to provide an empirical explanation of how the traditional division of labour limits women's social drinking practices. Findings show that women are structurally excluded from social drinking behaviour due to domestic responsibilities (as a wife and a mother). In other words, social drinking has become another glass ceiling for women. Key Practitioner Message: ● Attention should be given to structural influences on women's alcohol use; ● It is important to consider gender inequality in both formal and informal domains.     

一类基于非参数回归的条件异方差检验

现有基于参数模型构造的条件异方差检验往往存在模型设定偏误问题。为了避免模型误设对检验结果的影响,并且同时捕获多种条件异方差现象,本文基于非参数回归构造了不依赖于特定模型形式的条件异方差检验统计量。该统计量可视作条件方差和无条件方差之间差异的加权平均,在原假设成立时渐近服从标准正态分布。数值模拟结果一方面表明本文统计量具有良好的有限样本性质,另一方面也说明条件均值模型误设会导致错误地拒绝条件同方差的原假设,凸显了本文引入非参数方法构造条件异方差检验的必要性。实证分析采用本文统计量探讨了国际主要股指收益率的条件异方差现象,得到了与Engle (1982)不同的检验结果,可能意味着股指收益率呈现出非线性动态特征。