“大周边”战略与未来中阿关系

2006年是中阿开启外交关系50周年。面对当前和今后波谲云诡的世界政治经济格局的严峻挑战,中国必须在“大周边”外交战略视野下对未来中阿关系做出重新定位,在未来的中阿关系构建中应当立足长远战略,矫正目前单一的能源优先的外交政策,避免短视和功利性,牢固树立可持续的发展观,将未来中阿关系全面提升为“战略伙伴”关系。     

Determinants of maltreatment substantiation in a sample of infants involved with the child welfare system

Children under one year of age are highly vulnerable to child maltreatment, which can lead to serious immediate and long-term physical and mental health consequences. Child welfare workers encounter unique challenges when assessing allegations of maltreatment involving infants. This study identifies correlates of maltreatment substantiation in a sample of 793 infants less than one year of age investigated by child welfare. It is based on data from the 2003 Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (CIS-2003), a national study of reports of child maltreatment. The analysis consisted of two stages. First, bivariate analyses were conducted using unadjusted odds ratios and chi-square tests on variables known to be associated with substantiation. In the second stage, a logistic regression was performed to examine these associations in a multivariate model.Multivariate findings suggest that certain vulnerabilities present in the primary caregiver, such as substance abuse and few social supports, as well as the child's positive toxicology at birth are associated with substantiated infant maltreatment. Exposure to domestic violence, which is reported mostly by the police, and physical harm stemming from maltreatment are strongly associated with substantiation, whereas reports of physical abuse and neglect have an inverse relationship. The authors discuss these results and implications for policy and programs.     

RCEP关税调整及其对区内贸易的影响

为分析RCEP对RCEP自贸区内货物贸易的影响,以中国的进口关税为切入点,结合2000～2013年中国海关进口数据和2005～2014年WITS关税数据,研究RCEP关税削减产生的影响。研究认为,根据中国对其他RCEP成员国的关税承诺,进口自贸区内90%的产品将最终实现零关税,其中来自日本、韩国的进口商品将得到比其他RCEP成员国更大幅度的关税削减或免除; 日本和韩国的中间品、消费品,澳大利亚和新西兰的资源密集型产品,东盟国家的技术密集型中间品、资源密集型中间品,均将随着关税削减而增长; 中国与RCEP国家间的产业内分工将进一步深化,产业间贸易也将为满足消费者的需求提供更丰富的选择。     

公私合作（

被视为新公共治理一部分的公私合作制（PPP）,迄今为止作为一个概念还没有形成共识性定义。大多学者采用与个案相关的事实描述,对PPP诸多属性特征的概括和侧重各有不同。根据德国关于PPP的文献进行分析,从经济学、政治学和法学视角出发,在PPP参与者的身份、目标和相互关系等议题进行探讨的基础上,对PPP跨学科的属性特征进行确认,以实现对PPP概念的统一理解。     

欧盟对非能源政策及其对中国的影响

随着非洲能源价值的凸显,加上目前欧盟正面临着能源匮乏的现实问题,欧盟开始更加注重在非洲的能源利益。自2005年以来,欧盟出台了一系列对非政策文件,加快调整非洲政策步伐,最终确立了非洲—欧盟能源伙伴关系。这不仅对欧非双方产生重要影响,也对中国在非洲的能源政策提出了新的挑战。     

RCEP助推中国构建双循环新发展格局的路径分析

《区域全面经济伙伴关系协定》(RCEP)的签署对于推进中国构建双循环新发展格局具有重要意义,以特定产业以及价值链为例,分析RCEP推动中国双循环新发展格局构建的途径。研究认为,RCEP的签署有利于中国进一步参与国际经贸规则谈判和全球经济治理,具体来说,通过外贸和投资路径,有利于关税减让以及区域内经贸规则的统一,促进中国与RCEP其他成员国之间的经贸往来,进而提高国内的生产和社会福利水平; 通过产业转型升级路径,能够促进中国相关产业更好地参与全球范围内的市场竞争和资源配置,巩固中国在区域和全球范围内产业链中的地位,推动中国产业转型升级; 通过国内改革路径,进一步扩大开放,深化市场准入制度、营商环境、国有企业等改革,更好地形成有利于构建双循环新发展格局的国内环境。     

Bridging between academia and the workplace: lessons learned about translational research on work-family balance

ABSTRACT

Balancing work and family is a continuous and growing challenge, requiring carefully chosen coping strategies. In spite of the growing amount of research on work-family balance, successful, long term solutions are still not readily available to most workers who are trying to cope with the tensions involved in fulfilling both work and family roles. One possible explanation for this lack of translation of research findings in applied settings may lie in how we do work-family research. The present research note presents translational research as a solution to bridge academia and the workplace. More specifically, it shares our experience of a participatory approach to translational research that was adopted in an interdisciplinary research project on work-family balancing strategies. The main objective of this research note is to provide an example of how translational research was carried out in this kind of community-initiated study, and how this approach can facilitate short-term, concrete applications of the knowledge gained from and with the research partners.     

Gender,nonstandard schedules,and partnership quality in the UK: Exploring heterogeneous effects through a quasi-experiment

This study adopts a potential outcomes framework to explore how nonstandard schedules (i.e., employment during nights, evenings, and weekends) affect partnership quality (PQ). Competing theories of positive and negative selection are proposed based on the contention that there will be heterogeneous returns to partnerships from nonstandard schedules (in terms of penalties and benefits) that will depend on how and why partners have selected into these arrangements. Mahalanobis Distance Matching techniques are then employed to mimic blocked randomization, simulate potential outcomes and identify patterns of heterogeneous effects using a sample of 21,766 workers in co-resident partnerships included in the UK Household Longitudinal Study (2010–2017). Results indicate that after correcting for baseline selection, weekend work only negatively affects PQ for mothers, whilst nonstandard hours take their most negative effect on PQ when worked by women without children. Maternal nonstandard hour work, on the other hand, is shown to positively affect PQ. However, results suggest this positive effect may often be obscured by patterns of negative selection. That is, the mothers most commonly observed in nonstandard hours are in partnerships that stand to benefit the least. In contrast, consistent patterns of positive selection into both nonstandard days and hours are observed for men without children, demonstrating the centrality of bargaining power and household constraints for selection. Such findings highlight the need to consider complex and gendered processes of household and socioeconomic selection when studying the relationship between nonstandard schedules and outcomes relating to family cohesion.     

Decision-making in Swiss home-like childbirth: A grounded theory study

Background

Decision-making in midwifery, including a claim for shared decision-making between midwives and women, is of major significance for the health of mother and child. Midwives have little information about how to share decision-making responsibilities with women, especially when complications arise during birth.