A critical approach to wage devaluation: The case of Spanish economic recovery

In line with the orientation of EU economic policy, the Spanish government has favoured a strategy of internal devaluation as a way of adjusting price levels within the currency union. The results of empirical studies indicate that the internal devaluation applied in Spain does not seem to have attained the desired goals in terms of reducing the relative prices of exports and consolidating a model of growth based on external demand. Indeed, the estimates drawn up show that tailwinds – the depreciation of the euro and the fall in risk premium as results of the measures taken by the ECB, greater economic activity by trading partners and the fall in the price of oil – exercised a decisive influence in the trends followed by the prices of exports and the balance of trade during the period of crisis management in Spain.     

Reconsidering the philanthropic foundation minimum payout policy under a “new normal”

With the increasing salience of foundations in many policy fields, and recent changes in market conditions, policies towards foundations designed decades ago seem outdated. In this article we suggest reassessing foundation payout minimums. To examine the impact of payout rates on grantmaking foundations lifespan and performance under “new normal” economics, we simulate multiple foundations lifecycles using Monte Carlo methods in diverse capital market conditions, with varied investment and payout strategies.We find that while under past market regime perpetuity seems to be a given, under more probable future scenarios, foundations might face increasingly early mortality and endowment depletion, limiting their potential impact. Furthermore, lower payout rates allow for higher lifetime grantmaking, higher mean annual grantmaking, and lower giving volatility. Accordingly, we suggest a tiered payout policy, in line with foundations’ missions and proper financial planning.     

How much is too much: Does the size of income support transfers affect labor supply?

Cash transfer programs pursue mainly protective objectives, but can also impact rural livelihoods by inducing investments in productive activities and changing household labor allocation. We adopt a continuous treatment approach to quantify how households’ labor supply responds to transfer size. We find a shift from paid labor to own farm labor and find that the transfer size is well within a level that would have disincentive effects on time spent on own farm activities. The switch from paid to own farm labor occurs at lower levels of transfers for labor-constrained households, and at higher levels for non-labor constrained households.     

在现实主义和现代主义的视野里寻求和谐生存之道——论D·H·劳伦斯的《儿子与情人》

D.H.劳伦斯在小说《儿子与情人》中,通过批判现实主义手法描述了主人公保罗的爱情悲剧和家庭悲剧,揭示了英国工业文明对自然环境及人类和谐生存状态的破坏。同时,作为一个现代主义作家,劳伦斯探索了人的潜意识及如何在现代文明中构建和谐生存之道。劳伦斯认为,人类只有与自然界保持和谐的关系、重建两性之间和谐、自然的关系,才能克服现代文明社会带来的弊端,实现生存状态的和谐。劳伦斯对人类生存困境的探索不仅为同时代人提供了获得救赎的全新思路,在当今呼唤和谐社会的时代,仍为我们提供了有益的借鉴。     

傣泰民族起源与傣泰民族文化圈的形成新探

中国古代不存在一个可成其为民族的越人族体,泰人也不是越人演变而来的,傣泰民族在汉代以前的历史的追溯已无意义。傣泰民族可追溯的源流在汉代云南滇中,并随后向南迁移到今天的云南南部及东南亚一带。由于傣泰民族在长期的历史迁移与发展中保持了水稻种植、“勐-阪”制度与文化的复制模式,使傣泰民族的先民们能在长期的迁移过程中定居并壮大起来,从而在今天形成了一个傣泰民族居住的文化圈。傣泰民族文化圈是一个文化地理概念,基于共同的民族渊源关系,人们互相理解、宽容、合作、开展社会与经济的交流,共同促进民族与文化的发展,是当代理解傣泰民族文化的新思维。     

《白孔雀》——劳伦斯哲学探索的起点

劳伦斯的哲学思想贯穿在他的所有作品中,他的第一部小说《白孔雀》则是他以文学的形式探索哲学的起点.他的宇宙观是:宇宙是以对立物而存在的.他在《白孔雀》里着重探讨了理性与直觉、肉体与精神、自然与文明的对立关系.正是这部作品为他今后的创作奠定了基础.     

试论劳伦斯小说对生命哲学的探索

劳伦斯的整个文学创作过程,也是他对生命哲学的探索过程。《白孔雀》,揭示了理性与直觉、肉体与精神、自然与文明的对立关系;《儿子与情人》,继续了性爱题材的生命哲学探索;《虹》与《恋爱中的女人》,则集中展示了劳伦斯的以“血的意识”为标志的生命哲学探索;《查特莱夫人的情人》是他探索生命哲学的“天鹅之歌”,倾注他毕生对人类命运的艺术思考,达到了他探索生命哲学的顶峰。     

中国粮食科技体制改革回顾与展望

系统回顾中央级粮食行业科研机构从新中国成立到现在的体制变迁。在分析粮食科技创新体系形成和发展过程的基础上,结合“十二五”粮食科技体制发展情况,提出我国科技体制发展的趋势。     

我国鸭苗价格波动的周期性研究

在分析影响我国鸭苗价格周期性波动原因的基础上,利用X12季节调整法与H-P滤波模型法对我国鸭苗价格周期波动进行研究。结果表明:鸭苗价格波动具有周期性,周期平均长度为33个月,每个周期具有非对称性,每一周期的持续上涨时间低于持续下降时间。提出建立鸭苗生产的资格准入制度和标准许可证制度、合理控制鸭苗供给规模、保持国际和国内肉鸭市场信息畅通和加强肉鸭的疫病防治工作等相关的建议。     

新中国60年劳伦斯研究之考察与分析

中国的劳伦斯研究从20世纪30年代开始起步,自80年代起走向繁荣。在80年代,劳伦斯笔下的性描写是学者关注的中心,也鼓舞和启发了中国作家对人性的深入探索。90年代之后,中国学者对劳伦斯研究的范围不断扩大,对其创作中的工业文明与大自然的冲突主题、两性关系主题、死亡与再生主题,非理性心理描写、原始主义等问题都进行了深入探究,也对其作品中的象征隐喻手法进行了全面的分析。精神分析、生态批评、比较文学,以及原型批评、解构主义批评、叙事学、伦理学批评等研究方法,都应用于劳伦斯研究,取得了可观的成绩。另一方面,中国的劳伦斯作品翻译良莠不齐,研究的低水平重复、缺乏学术规范现象也十分严重。