从英国到中国:《见字如面》节目让大众重温写信时光

Letters as a way of communication have long given way to phone calls and WeChat messages in China.But a TV show called Letters Alive, is helping bring this old way to keep in touch back into the present.     

On the Measurements of Board Composition: Poor Consistency and a Serious Mismatch of Theory and Operationalization

Over two dozen operationalizations of board composition can be identified from the empirical literature. A structural equations confirmatory factor analysis (LISREL 8.03) suggests that these operationalizations do not constitute a single construct of board independence. Instead, analyses strongly indicate three separate constructs. Common operationalizations of board composition, then, are neither tenable surrogates for one another nor are they interchangeable. Implications for empirical aggregation of studies, theory/measurement convergence, and the current corporate governance public policy debate are discussed.     

农户的非农参与和农业劳动供给研究——来自中国西部山区的证据

对不完全市场下的农业劳动供给研究,普遍采用不可分性或禀赋依赖假设,即农户的生产决策受消费相关因素的影响,而不是基于利润最大化目标。这种假设只对缺乏非农兼业或市场参与机会的农户成立,故应在决策研究中考虑农户受市场约束的异质性。利用内生选择的切换模型和陕西周至山区的农户调查数据,对农户的非农参与及农业劳动供给决策进行的实证研究表明：金融可及性和人力资本的分布特征决定了农户非农活动的参与及类型,反映了不完全市场对农户的约束状况,进而决定了农业劳动供给决策的影响机制。纯农户的农业劳动供给行为,除了受农户的生计资本影响外,还受其家庭结构等相关因素的影响。     

Survey Stated Some Left-behind Children Could Not Distinguish Colors or Watch Traffic Light

It is hard for Shi Aihua,professor of preschool education in Nanjing Xiaozhuang University,to get rid of the lonely and wordless facial expression of a little girl.When the old professor,with 30 years of teaching experience,passed through a village,she tried to talk with a little girl who was squatting and looking down in silence while tying vegetables     

为中国马儿打造“金靴”的爱尔兰小伙儿

正马术一直以来被看作是贵族运动,看着经过训练的纯种栗色马闲庭信步,小步快跑,接着抬起前蹄越过固定障碍真是一种享受!当观众为骑手和马匹还有优雅的表演鼓掌时,又有多少人想起为钉蹄师这一幕后英雄喝彩呢?亚瑟·贾奇就是一位幕后英雄。这位27岁的爱尔兰小伙儿选择当一个钉蹄师为马儿打造最合适的蹄铁,而不是做一个引人注目的骑手。他说,他能够为马制作合适的蹄铁,让马儿走得更加舒适。贾奇在重庆凤凰湾马会工作,这是重庆的一所贵宾     

报纸如何应对来自网络的挑战

21世纪的报业迎来了来自互联网的冲击。广播、电视与网络的三次冲击,能撼倒报业这棵古老的“大树”吗?报业应在这场冲击中怎样不断调整自我、完善自我、加速变革,是媒体特别是报业讨论的热门话题,报业应在21世纪的新闻竞争中立于不败之地。     

贯彻落实“三个代表”促进新闻出版业的发展

新闻出版工作者要深刻理解江泽民同志"三个代表"的重要思想,落实到实际工作中,要做到三个方面要服务于社会主义经济建设,促进社会生产力的发展,宣传和探索生产力的新形式、新特点,重视"科学技术是第一生产力"的思想,注重有关劳动者素质提高的选题;要顺应先进文化的前进方向,构建有中国特色的文化体系,要弘扬民族优秀的传统文化,学习和借鉴先进的外来文化,提高民族文化的国际竞争力;要维护人民群众利益,了解人民群众的文化需求和接受心理,规范文化市场,满足人民的精神文化需求,为人民群众奉献体现时代特色的精神产品.