基于可变区间权重的中期用电量半参数预测模型

由于数据变化规律的多样性,中期电力负荷的波动有着不同于短期、长期负荷的特点。基于电力系统复杂性的研究视角,重点讨论了中期负荷预测过程中模型的不确定性、参数的时变特性以及负荷波动的周期性规律。根据中期负荷的数据特性,建立了基于非参数修匀的半参数模型,定义了函数区间的划分粒度以及模型权重的求解方法,提出了基于可变区间权重的动态预测方法,给出了基于经验模态分解和波动能量分析的噪声序列提取、检验方法。试验研究结果表明,气候因素对用电消耗的影响最大,经济因素次之;从选取的指标来看,不同时期的影响因素对于模型的解释能力是时变的;所提方法能够对电力负荷进行精确的多粒度、多维度分析,进而掌握其局部变化规律,可有效用于电力系统中期负荷预测。     

中国城镇居民消费差距的动态演进及分类决定

论文将测量个人收入分配差距的基尼系数方法引入到城镇居民消费差距的测定中。采用1992-2008年我国城镇居民各收入分组的消费数据,计算了食品、衣着、家庭设备用品及服务、医疗保健、交通通讯、文教娱乐、居住七类消费分项指标的差距及其对总消费差距的贡献,并通过反事实方法模拟分析分项指标对总体消费差异的影响。研究发现:第一,城镇居民消费差距与收入差距保持同步的发展趋势,但消费基尼系数一般小于同期收入基尼系数;第二,尽管恩格尔系数的持续下降一直成为平抑居民消费差距的最重要因素,但其对总体差距的贡献程度呈逐步弱化态势;第三,交通通讯和文教娱乐消费,尤其是前者,已逐步成为影响居民总体消费差距的重要力量;第四,虽然居民家庭设备消费差距一直高居不下,但是其对总体消费差距影响程度呈现出逐步弱化趋向。     

我国住宅市场财富效应研究

通过对我国总体数据的实证分析发现,预期收入增长对总消费具有显著正的影响;预期住宅价格对总消费也有显著正的影响,即我国住宅市场财富效应是显著存在的。这与最近关于OECD国家住宅市场研究中的结论是相吻合的。     

房价波动、 收入水平对住房消费的影响——基于SYS-GMM估计方法的区域差异分析

基于生命周期-持久收入假说,在一般随机Ramsey模型的基础上,推导包含房价、收入和财富的住房消费函数,利用2002年至2013年31个省直辖市的面板数据,采用两步System-GMM估计方法考察我国房价波动和居民收入水平对住房消费的影响.实证结果表明:房价波动对全国居民住房消费具有显著的抑制作用;其中,滞后期和当期房价波动与当期住房消费负相关,挤出效应明显;未来一期房价波动与住房消费变化方向一致,存在积极的财富效应;此外,房价波动对东中西部各地区居民住房消费的抑制作用存在较大差异,西部地区抑制效应最为明显;滞后期住房消费与当期住房消费变动方向一致,人均可支配收入波动和人均年底储蓄余额对我国人均住房消费都起着重要的支撑作用.     

Measuring longevity achievements under welfare interdependencies: a case for joint life expectancy indicators

Whereas period life expectancy constitutes an intuitive indicator of the survival conditions prevailing at a particular period, this paper argues that, given the existence of welfare interdependencies, that widespread indicator is nonetheless an incomplete measure of the longevity achievements relevant for human well-being. The central importance of coexistence for human-beings implies that usual life expectancy measures should be complemented by joint life expectancy indicators, which measure the average coexistence time under particular survival conditions. After a study of the theoretical foundations of ‘single’ and ‘joint’ life expectancy indicators, it is shown that joint life expectancy measures tend to enrich significantly the comparison of longevity achievements across countries and periods. Moreover, the introduction of joint life expectancy indicators—as a complement to conventional life expectancy measures—into multi-variable indexes such as the United Nations’ HDI is also shown to affect international rankings of standards of living to a non negligible extent.

Sense of coherence and social support – Resources for subjective well-being and health of the aged in Finland

In this study we explored if the psychological and social resources of aged people (over 75 years) in Finland predict their subjective well-being and experienced state of health (n = 348). Data were taken from a larger Finnish survey on living conditions. Based on previous research on younger people we formed a model where morbidity, experienced quality of social support and sense of coherence together with economic resources are the predictors of both experienced state of health and subjective well-being. LISREL (8) path analysis was used to test the model. The model providing the most parsimonious explanation of the data suggested that a strong sense of coherence and high experienced quality of social relationships are strongly related to subjective well-being. Experienced state of health was associated with morbidity and subjective well-being, but there was no significant relationship between subjective well-being and morbidity.     

Living Arrangements and Quality of Life Among Chinese Canadian Elders

This paper examines the role of living arrangements in thequality of life of community-dwelling Chinese elders (aged 65 andover) currently residing in Vancouver and Victoria, BritishColumbia. Data are based on a random sample of 830 persons[response rate = 71.5%], who were interviewed in their homes inthe language of their choice in 1995–96. Three dimensions ofquality of life – satisfaction, well-being and social support –are examined for married men and women [living with spouse alonevs. living intergenerationally] and widowed women [living alonevs. living intergenerationally]. Few differences are found formarried persons, especially women; for widows, living alonesignificantly reduces quality of life in a number of areas.Regression analyses indicate that living arrangements are not asignificant predictor of life satisfaction or well-being formarried men and women. For widows, living arrangements determinewell-being but not life satisfaction.Overall, age, health status, and social support (havingfriends/confidante) are better predictors of quality of life forelderly Chinese Canadians than are living arrangements. Findingshighlight the importance of: empirically distinguishing maritalstatus and living arrangements in studying the quality of life ofelders; not homogenizing Chinese Canadian seniors with regard toliving arrangements; and focussing on Chinese elderly widows wholive alone as a group at risk of low well-being.     

江苏省农村居民食物消费需求研究

通过对当前江苏省农村居民食物消费需求总体水平的分析,可以发现食物消费支出在整个生活消费支出中所占比重随收入变动将会产生什么样的变化。而对食物消费需求结构从边际消费倾向、需求弹性等方面加以分析,可以发现各类食物的消费需求受收入和价格变动的影响程度及方向,从而为改善江苏省农村居民食物消费结构提供理论支持。     

公务员职务消费制度改革刍议

职务消费是维持政府机构正常运转所必须支付的成本。它是一把"双刃剑",管理得当,有利于整个社会的良性运作;管理不当,则会导致财政资金的大量流失。因此,必须对公务员职务消费制度进行改革,将其纳入制度化、货币化、规范化轨道,以规范公务员职务消费行为,在降低政府运行成本的同时,提高政府的行政效能。     

构建健康消费的责任伦理规约

随着我国经济的迅速发展以及全球化时代的来临,我国东部的许多发达地区步入了消费社会。大众消费方式在很大程度上与西方消费社会相类似。文章在深入考察西方消费社会产生的历史过程的基础上,结合中国现代化建设的具体现实,剖析中国大众消费呈现的不合理现象,指出在现代中国大众消费领域中普遍存在的责任伦理缺失。这对于我国构建健康的消费环境极为重要。