加入世贸组织与广东民族地区的经济发展

本文论述了新时期广东民族地区的经济现状与发展问题。认为现在是广东民族地区取得突破性发展的最好时机。     

论江泽民的经济全球化思想

经济全球化思想是江泽民同志“三个代表”重要思想的有机组成部分,内容丰富,论述深刻,主要包括经济全球化的性质问题,两重性问题,发展中国家面临的抉择问题,中国的应对战略以及对经济全球化前景的展望等。深入研究江泽民同志的经济全球化思想对于建设中国特色社会主义具有重要的理论意义和现实意义。     

Rhetoric and Reality of Economic Self-sufficiency Among Rural,Low-Income Mothers: A Longitudinal Study

This study examined the contributions of maternal labor force participation and marital status on economic self-sufficiency over time for rural mothers. Data were from 174 rural families participating in three waves of data collection in Rural Families Speak. χ ² and multiple logistic regression were utilized. Results revealed only one-third of mothers moved toward economic self-sufficiency over three years. Maternal education, employment status, and weekly work hours were associated with improved economic well-being. Compared to single-parent families, unmarried-couple and married-couple families had increased odds of improving economically. In an analysis of all mothers with partners, married or unmarried, martial status was not significant in economic improvement. Findings suggest the role of marriage in welfare reform for rural families should be reconsidered.

Fringe benefits and income inequality

In this paper, we analyze the distribution of fringe benefits among workers and underline its implications for income inequality. To this end, we develop a positional approach to inequality based on the concept of rent as a potential link between positions and their rewards. We hypothesize that workers extract rent in the form of benefits in industries with worker leverage (in the form of unioniziation, internal labor market, and public employment) or share rent with firms in highly profitable industries that endure for efficiency wage reasons. On the basis of a unique dataset from Israel, we test these hypotheses by estimating the probabilities of obtaining benefits according to industries’ structural features while controlling for cross-industrial differences in workers’ demographic and human capital characteristics. The analyses reveal that benefits are determined by structural factors, representing a separate dimension of the rewards attached to positions, different from earnings. We further stress the importance of incorporating fringe benefits into inequality research, given that benefits together with earnings stratify workers and evidently signify structured positions in the economy.     

Economic design of acceptance sampling plans for truncated life test using Frechet distribution

In this article designing of acceptance sampling plans for the truncated life test is proposed using economic approach by assuming that the lifetime of a product follows Frechet distribution based on median. The optimal sampling plans to meet the consumer’s confidence level with minimum total cost are designed. Efficiency of the proposed plan is also analyzed.     

Electricity consumption and economic growth in Nigeria: Evidence from cointegration and co-feature analysis

The paper investigates the causality relationship between energy consumption and economic growth for Nigeria during the period 1980–2006. The results of our estimation show that real gross domestic product (rGDP) and electricity consumption (ele) are cointegrated and there is only unidirectional Granger causality running from electricity consumption (ele) to (rGDP). Then we applied Hodrick–Prescott (HP) filter to decompose the trend and the fluctuation components of the rGDP and electricity consumption (ele) series. The estimation results show that there is cointegration between the trend and the cyclical components of the two series, which seems to suggest that the Granger causality is possibly related with the business cycle. The paper suggests that investing more and reducing inefficiency in the supply and use of electricity can further stimulate economic growth in Nigeria. The results should, however, be interpreted with caution because of the possibility of loss in power associated with the small sample size and the danger of omitted variable bias that could result from the use of bi-variate analysis.     

社会主义与经济危机内在关系的理论分析——兼论马克思危机理论的丰富和发展

传统观点认为资本主义经济危机是资本主义内在制度性矛盾不可调和的必然产物，但经济危机并不是资本主义所特有的现象。不同的经济体制和经济形式会产生不同类型的经济危机表现形式。社会主义在其自身的经济运行过程中也存在着经济危机的可能性，但社会主义经济危机可以通过国家宏观调控措施进行有效预防和规避。从动态和本质的视角分析社会主义与经济危机的内在关系，不仅是对马克思危机理论的进一步丰富和发展，也为社会主义经济运行与政府调控的良性博弈明确了思路。     

Global Governance in the Making: Prospects for a New World Order in Tackling Economic Injustice

One of the proposed solutions to economic justice is the concept of global governance, a world order wherein nations, formerly self-seeking and sovereign, would unselfishly cooperate towards solving problems with worldwide repercussions. Is this a utopian ideal or is this an immediate reality? To what extent is this possible, much less achievable?     

生态资本主义的哲学批判

环境问题已经是资本主义各种矛盾的集中体现,在日益严峻的环境和生态问题的压力下,资本主义试图调和人与自然环境的关系,构建一种生态化的资本主义,即生态资本主义。但它面临许多无法解决的困境和问题。如何全面准确地认识和评价生态资本主义,对于我国建设可持续发展的社会具有重要的启示意义。     

马克思唯物史观思想的两个维度——从《1857—1858年经济学手稿》谈起

考察马克思在政治经济学研究中对唯物史观的运用是全面理解其唯物史观思想的重要途径。在《1857—1858年经济学手稿》中,马克思一方面用物质生产力对资本主义社会的各种经济现象做了深刻分析,另一方面又强调这些现象和物质生产力都是在劳动实践的基础上不断发展着的。他对资本主义社会的研究包括纵的和横的两个维度,既唯物主义地说明了社会各因素之间的关系,又唯物主义地说明了这些因素的历史发展。以往我们对唯物史观的纵的维度重视不够,对其历史性缺乏深度挖掘,没有全面反映马克思的唯物史观思想。