On shrinkage least squares estimation in a parallelism problem

In a multi-sample simple regression model, generally, homogeneity of the regression slopes leads to improved estimation of the intercepts. Analogous to the preliminary test estimators, (smooth) shrinkage least squares estimators of Intercepts based on the James-Stein rule on regression slopes are considered. Relative pictures on the (asymptotic) risk of the classical, preliminary test and the shrinkage least squares estimators are also presented. None of the preliminary test and shrinkage least squares estimators may dominate over the other, though each of them fares well relative to the other estimators.     

胡适杂文的艺术初论

本文从解读胡适杂文的文本入手,从文体结构、论证方法、行文造句及文学手法的运用诸方面探讨胡适杂文的表现艺术,指出胡适的杂文有三个突出的艺术特点:其一,结构严密。论证环环紧扣,说理极为有力。其二,清楚明白。一是思想清楚,观点明确;二是语言显浅,明白通俗。其三,议论形象。一是勾勒形象,说理可感;二是善用比喻、富于幽默,全文既通俗浅白,也还生动形象。     

我国人口预期寿命的结构及影响因素研究—基于省级面板数据的分析

基于省级面板数据,本文对预期寿命结构及其影响因素问题进行研究。首先,文章分析了我国整体预期寿命及两性预期寿命的地理分布特性,随时间的变化特点,以及与经济发展水平的关系。然后,建立预期寿命的固定效应模型,分析不同影响因素与预期寿命的关系。研究发现经济发展水平、教育和卫生资源对男性和女性预期寿命会产生不同的影响,其中经济发展水平会显著影响女性预期寿命,而教育对男性预期寿命的影响更显著。由此,经济发展水平的提高会导致两性预期寿命差距的增加,而教育水平的提高和卫生资源投入的增加则可能会降低两性预期寿命的差距。     

中国利率调整对消费作用的实证分析

研究表明,中国利率的变化与国民消费水平增长呈现出一种反向变化的趋势,这一结果与传统的凯恩斯理论、永久性收入假说理论和随机游走理论等相悖,其主要原因是中国的城市消费和农村消费的异质性和“二元结构”特点,不具备上述理论的假设条件。利率机制目前还不是中国调解消费的理想工具,应考虑更多地使用非利率的其他金融手段。     

Asymptotic equivalence of the harrell-davis median estimator and the sample median

This paper presents an asymptotic equivalence result with a sharp rate of convergence forthe sample median and the Harrell-Davis median estimator. The consequences of this result are discussed.     

On a nonparametric test for the mixed-model

Nonparametric tests for the null hypothesis of no treatment effect in the mixed-model experiment which involves n randomly chosen subjects who respond once to each of ρ distinct treatments have been developed by Koch and Sen (1968), These tests were based on the assumption of compound symmetry of the error vectors and on the weaker assumption of diagonal symmetry of the error vectors. This paper considers an alternative (permutationally) distribution-free test under this latter assumption. The new test follows the same type of distribution theory as those in Koch and Sen, but utilizes the inherent invariance structure in a more visable and direct way.     

胡适杂文的艺术初论

胡适的杂文有三个突出的艺术特点:其一,结构严密。论证环环紧扣,说理极为有力。其二,清楚明白。一是思想清楚,观点明确;二是语言浅显,明白通俗。其三,议论形象。一是勾勒形象,说理可感;二是善用比喻、富于幽默,全文既通俗浅白,也还生动形象。     

The Pune Slum Census: creating a socio-economic and spatial information base on a GIS for integrated and inclusive city development

Urban planning systems rarely include the poor. Cities are growing and so is the urban population. Pune is a large city in Western Maharashtra. According to the National Census, 2001, the population of the Pune urban agglomeration is 3.5 million and it is (in some estimates) to reach nearly 6 million by 2021.¹ Out of this, the city of Pune has a 2.5 million people living in it. Forty percent and above of the population live in slums. One of the biggest shortfalls of Pune's urban planning is that it still fails to include the poor in mainstream policies. The reason is that the poor are hardly known about, in fact, even government authorities are unaware about how many poor people there are in Pune. This attitude, and the fact that Shelter Associates (SA) work is closely connected with the poor regarding basic services and housing, started the development of a slum database by SA. Finally, the Pune Municipal Corporation asked us to make a complete census of the slum dwellers in the year 2000. That gave rise to a detailed survey of Pune's slum dwellers, to become, amongst other things, the first ever spatial and socio-economic census processed and analysed on a geographical information system (GIS). The Pune Slum Census has built upon this experience and expanded the communities’ information base, and has created a methodology which the city can use to work on detailed urban planning using a GIS and with the slum database as the base. This article focuses on the Pune Slum Census in progress.