The effect of paid maternity leave on low-income families' welfare use in the US

Despite the critical role that paid maternity leave can assume in the economic lives of low-income families, research to date has paid insufficient attention to whether paid maternity leave reduces welfare use for low-income families. Using the Current Population Survey (CPS) March Supplement 2007–2014 with the difference-in-difference (DiD) technique, this study finds a significant policy effect of paid maternity leave on reducing the probability of using Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), TANF benefit amounts and TANF participation length. This study confirms that paid maternity leave is likely to prevent low-income families from using welfare during job interruptions stemming from the birth of a child. Given that TANF is often associated with negative political and social connotations, paid maternity leave can be used as an important social policy to improve economic security as well as offer empowerment in overall social standing for low-income mothers. The discussion focuses on the implications of the findings in a broader context of American welfare states.     

A qualitative case study of a Korean former addict’s existential self‐interpretation and identity transformation

This study explored the case of a former addict, focusing on his existential self‐interpretation and identity transformation process. This study began from the question of whether philosophical processes related to existential self‐interpretation could lead to the formation of the concept of bottoming out and of identity transformation. To answer this question, the study analyzed the case of a male in his mid‐forties who was addicted to drugs for approximately 30 years and has only recently maintained abstinence. The study used the phenomenological approach to determine the meaning drugs held for him in each stage, and what drug‐related identity he had in each stage. Further, this study identified the integrative implications of these meanings in terms of existential self‐interpretation and identity transformation. The four different identities the man identified for the four stages of his life were juvenile delinquent, gang member, half‐gangster, and breadwinner, and the associated meanings drugs had for him during each period were “glue,” “filthy,” “leeches,” and “abstinence,” respectively. Finally, this study elucidated the integration of these meanings through the hermeneutic circle, identified the social welfare implications of the findings, and developed educational recommendations.     

构建社会主义和谐社会与民族自治地方立法

如何构建社会主义和谐社会,这是目前我国民族地区共同面临的时代主题。本文从民族自治地方立法的视角对此进行研究,较深刻地阐述了民族自治地方立法与构建社会主义和谐社会的关系及其对构建社会主义和谐社会的重要作用。     

Noninformative priors for the between-group variance in the unbalanced one-way random effects model with heterogeneous error variances

For the unbalanced one-way random effects model with heterogeneous error variances, we propose the non-informative priors for the between-group variance and develop the first- and second-order matching priors. It turns out that the second-order matching priors do not exist and the reference prior and Jeffreys prior do not satisfy a first-order matching criterion. We also show that the first-order matching prior meets the frequentist target coverage probabilities much better than the Jeffreys prior and reference prior through simulation study, and the Bayesian credible intervals based on the matching prior and reference prior give shorter intervals than the existing confidence intervals by examples.     

A phenomenological case study on immigrant workers' gambling addiction in Korea

This study explores the experiences that have led some of Korea's immigrant workers into gambling addiction and examines possible social welfare services that could support treatment. Immigrant workers' gambling experience as aliens in Korea was analyzed through the methodology of a phenomenological case study. The participants, who voluntarily consented to the study, were five immigrant workers addicted to gambling. Data were collected through one‐on‐one, in‐depth interviews over 6 months, starting in July 2018. The essential themes that emerged in the interviews were “changing strategies for survival,” “forgetting oneself without any sense of responsibility or shame,” “gambling as routine daily life,” “obsession with making a fortune in one go,” and “no home to return to.” Based on its results, this study makes suggestions for the prevention of gambling addiction in immigrant workers. Further, future research needs to be broadened to analyze nationwide cases of immigrant workers with more diverse demographic backgrounds.     

虚拟思维是实践思维的新形态

"用实践的眼光看待一切"的实践思维,是马克思哲学用来分析和把握世界的一种基本方法。它源自实践,随着实践的发展而发展,在不同时代表现出不同的形式。虚拟思维是当代人类实践活动的催生物,是实践思维在当代的新发展、新形态。     

基于住房“过滤”模型的住房福利政策的影响分析

住房“过滤”论近年来主要用于住房福利的研究,文章从我国目前的市场情况出发,建立住房三市场“过滤”模型,分析了“两限房”和经济适用房在处于低级市场并且被低收入者购买、处于中级市场被中级收入者购买等情况下对住房市场的影响;“廉租房”实行实物配租和货币补贴这两种情况下对住房市场的影响,并给出了结论和建议。     

“人肉搜索”的政府规制

“人肉搜索”在中国引发的巨大争议促使人们从不同角度来研究这个问题。我国特有的制度和社会因素造成了“人肉搜索”的兴盛,目前主要有五种类型。尽管其会带来网络暴力、侵犯个人隐私的恶果,但也有弘扬社会正义、反腐监督等积极方面。因此政府应重视对“人肉搜索”的规制,扬长避短。在当前没有直接的法律依据规范网民的“人肉搜索”行为的情况下,政府可以通过转变职能,创新规制方式,运用行政指导管理网络把关人,加强行业自律,最终达到规范“人肉搜索”的目的。     

梵曲“啰哩嗹”与中国戏曲的传播

本文对戏曲中普遍使用的“啰哩（口连）”的来源、使用场合及其与戏曲传播的关系进行了讨论,指出“啰哩（口连）”是梵曲,最迟晋时已传入中原;它一般在祭戏神时、婚恋场合、乞讨时、烘托气氛时演唱;元代的“啰哩（口连）”——吉普赛人,其波斯发音Luri,有乞讨和婚恋的意思;宋元时的路歧人在诣多方面与啰哩人相似,路歧应是Luri的另一种译法;路歧人、啰哩人在我国戏曲的传播中发挥了重要作用。