Social investment effects of public education,health care,and welfare service expenditures on economic growth

The purpose of this study is to theoretically and empirically examine whether public spending in education, health care, and welfare service operates as a fruitful investment in welfare states, which has been implied in the literature of social investment arguments. Based on comprehensive review of existing literature, this study suggested a tripartite mechanism of social investment effect of such spending, that is “enhancement of human capital,” “support for labor force participation,” and “job creation.” To find the empirical evidence, a pooled time‐series cross‐section analysis was conducted with the data of 15 advanced welfare states from 1980 to 2015 using estimation technique of fixed‐effect model. The results confirmed that public spending in education, health care, and welfare service had a positive medium‐term as well as long‐term effect on economic performance, while cash‐type welfare spending had an obscure or no visible effect on economy. Government consumption that is a proxy and control variable of size of the welfare state showed a positive effect on real GDP in the medium term but a negative effect in the long run. In conclusion, this study suggests that reinforcing social services should be recognized and dealt with as essence of social investment strategy.     

Driven by Inequalities: Exploring the Resurgence of Domestic Work in U.S. Cities

Domestic work, once the most common occupation for women around the globe, was thought to be well on its way to extinction at the end of the twentieth century. However, in the 1980s and 1990s, evidence began to appear that domestic work was in many places again becoming a growth occupation. My goal in this article is to examine the factors related to the recent expansion of domestic work in countries in the Global North, using the United States as a case study. I draw on U.S. Census data to document the resurgence of domestic work both nationally and in many large cities across the country, and then use multivariate analysis to compare rates of domestic work across these cities. The results indicate that rates of domestic work are highly related to variables measuring structural inequalities (racialization of the labor force, immigration, and economic polarization), while showing little relationship with variables measuring unmet care needs (care dependency ratios, female/maternal labor force participation, and availability of institutional care options). These findings underline the urgency of providing protections to domestic workers and point to the need for scholarship that better theorizes the relationships among unpaid care and different forms of paid care.     

电子商务环境下高校图书馆的信息服务

文章论述了高校图书馆应用电子商务的必要性和可行性,分析了高校图书馆运用电子商务模式的发展前景,提出了电子商务环境下高校图书馆信息服务的策略。     

网络环境下现代档案咨询服务

网络信息技术的发展促使档案咨询服务方式发生了变革,本文提出了网络环境下做好现代档案咨询服务的途径和方法。     

地方政府购买公益性法律服务：方式、挑战与路径选择

地方政府购买公益性法律服务既是深化服务型政府建设、转变政府职能之需要,也是贯彻落实党的十八届三中、四中、五中全会和十九大报告精神之具体体现。从实践来看,项目招标制和项目资助制业已成为地方政府购买公益性法律服务的主要方式,但是,公益性法律社团发育程度低、服务购买范围模糊、保障机制不健全,以及政府监管能力薄弱等因素日益对地方政府购买公益性法律服务构成严峻挑战。为此,建议从购买方式的选择、购买范围的界定、保障机制的夯实、法律服务社团的培育,以及政府监管能力的强化等方面入手,构建综合性的政策框架,以推动地方政府购买公益性法律服务朝着健康有序的方向发展。     

江苏省制造业服务化路径研究

制造业服务化是推动制造业转型升级的方向,是转变经济发展方式的重要着力点。选取了7类不同行业,调研了2012年江苏省百强企业中7个企业,通过案例分析总结了江苏省制造业服务化的现状以及存在的问题。从政府角度,提出了江苏省制造业服务化的总体思路与举措建议。研究认为:政府应加强制造业与生产性服务业的互动融合发展,加快推进高层次制造业服务化,形成政府、企业、社会团体、科研院所四方相结合的工作体系,致力于发展电子商务、提升现代服务业、推进信息化应用、增强科技创新能力、发展高新技术产业等工作。     

物联网视阈下江苏农村信息服务现状与发展对策

在对苏南、苏中、苏北三个区域进行实地调研的基础上,结合物联网环境下农民信息需求的特征,分析物联网在农村信息服务中发挥的作用以及具体实施过程中的问题。尽管现阶段物联网技术在农村信息服务应用中存在着信息获取成本高、概念普及不足、信息主体的信息素质不高等问题,苏南地区基于物联网的智能农业依然取得了一定的成效。因此,普及物联网概念、提升农民信息素质、将物联网应用渗入整个农业生产环节、开展为农户的个性化定制服务成为了物联网环境下改进农村信息服务模式的对策。     

1958—1965年中国邮政网路发展及其影响探析

邮政网路是强化通信事业发展、促进社会进步的必要条件。自“一五计划”后的1958年至“文革”前的1965年,随着我国邮政网路的持续建设,邮政局所在精简中不断发展,且机动运输邮路取得长足进展,邮政运输工具特别是机械化工具获得了大幅进步,进而促进邮政相关业务发展,并对国民经济恢复和建设产生重要影响。     

长江经济带软件与信息技术服务业技术创新效率时空演变及影响因素研究

选取长江经济带软件与信息技术服务业相关数据,利用DEA-BCC模型测算软件与信息技术服务业技术创新效率,并借助自然断裂法和Tobit模型分析区域软件业技术创新效率时空演变特征及影响机理。从静态分析结果看,长江经济带软件业技术创新效率在研究期内呈现先升、后降、再升的螺旋上升态势。从动态分析结果看,技术进步是软件业技术创新效率提升的主要原因。软件业技术创新效率在空间分布上有明显的中间凹陷特征,各地区整体技术创新效率明显上升。科技创新水平、产业结构、对外开放水平、信息化水平、人口密度是影响长江经济带软件业技术创新效率的重要因素,且影响程度存在区域差异。     

我国邮政普遍服务范围研究

分析了目前具有代表性的邮政普遍服务范围界定的观点,探讨了邮政普遍服务界定存在的认识误区,指出应从保护人权的完整、保护公民的通信权、扶助弱势群体和促进经济、文化与社会的发展四方面来界定邮政普遍服务范围。在总结国际经验后提出:通信服务是邮政普遍服务最基本的内容;为充分发挥邮政对经济、文化和社会的促进作用,可适当扩大邮政普遍服务范围;邮政普遍服务范围应随着环境的变化而变化;确认简便、易操作是邮政普遍服务范围界定具有可行性的基础。