Does a universal non-contributory social pension make sense for rural China?

China’s pension reform during the past three decades has allowed a majority of China’s population to be covered by a pension scheme. Of particular note has been the New Rural Pension Scheme (NRPS), a voluntary programme introduced starting in 2009. One goal of our analysis is to assess that pension scheme, using a variety of sources of information including data drawn from recent (2013 and 2015) nationwide China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Surveys (CHARLS). Our analysis involves an exploration of differences between the generosity and structure of the NRPS and other pension schemes currently in place. We also explore the feasibility of reforming the current “quasi-social pension” component of the NRPS by substituting a universal non-contributory social pension pillar. In connection with our assessment of the NRPS, we note the unusually low benefit levels for rural China.     

Can Children Recognize Bodily Expressions of Emotion?

Journal of Nonverbal Behavior - Past research has demonstrated that children understand distinct emotion concepts and can accurately recognize facial expressions of distinct emotions by a young...     

城市森林效益与可持续性研究展望

正确认识城市森林的功能和效益 ,探索不同管理措施对城市森林效益的影响 ,对实现城市森林的可持续性具有十分重要的意义。本文综述了城市森林对生态环境和生态过程产生的影响及生态和社会效益 ;分析了城市森林可持续性的内涵及特征 ;对城市森林可持续性模式及评价标准、城市森林生态学等领域的研究成果和发展方向进行了归纳分析。在分析目前我国城市生态环境面临的问题的基础上 ,进一步提出城市森林是构建城市绿色空间的主体。建设可持续城市森林是实现城市经济和环境可持续发展的重要途径。     

Risk Compensation or Risk Reduction? Seatbelts,State Laws,and Traffic Fatalities*

Objective. The risk compensation hypothesis suggests that drivers enjoying greater safety will drive more recklessly and thereby impose greater risks on nonoccupants. We provide a test of the risk compensation hypothesis in the context of state seatbelt laws and belt use rates. Methods. Fixed‐effects models with policy and demographic variables are estimated using annual state data from 1985 to 2002 to test the effect of seatbelt laws and seatbelt use rates on logged fatality rates for occupants, pedestrians, motorcyclists, and all nonoccupants in separate models. Results. Contrary to the risk compensation hypothesis, the results indicate that both occupants and nonoccupants enjoy greater safety due to state mandatory use laws and increased safety belt use rates. Conclusion. Overall, seatbelt laws and the higher belt use these laws induce do not increase nonoccupant risk exposure. If anything, these laws and the accompanying increase in belt use result in safer driving behavior.     

试论常州大学城的品牌定位

城市品牌蕴含着巨大的经济价值和竞争优势。打造城市品牌,是每一座现代化城市谋求发展的必由之 路。常州在构建特大城市的进程中,应立足于经营城市的视角,探讨与解读“常州大学城”的品牌定位。     

构建独具高职特色的俄语专业课程结构

随着我国经济多元化趋势的日益增强,社会对人才的需求也逐步呈现出多类型的特点。作为直接为社会培养和输送人才的高等教育也发生了很大变化,产生了新的教育类型—高等职业教育。高等职业教育在教学目的、人才培养模式、教学过程等方面均有自己的特点。对于高职院校的俄语专业来说,它是职业教育领域的人文科学,不能套用普通高等院校的固有模式,而现有高职院校俄语专业尚未形成科学实用的教学和人才培养模式。因此,为了提高其教学水平和人才培养质量,必须进行教学改革,构建独具高职特色的课程结构。     

与时俱进--创新高校学生党建工作

面对新形势,高校学生党建工作必须与时俱进.要通过理论创新、组织载体创新、教育与管理创新、阵地创新、队伍创新来开创高校学生党建工作的新局面.     

论林业建设与贫困山区可持续发展

在广大乡村，特别是山区，林业对于乡村群众生活水平的提高和生活质量的改善起着重要作用。林业发展是山区经济发展的核心之一，是解决农村贫困问题的关键。针对贫困山区林业发展存在的问题，提出林业发展必须与山村经济发展要相互协调发展的途径。     

大写大泼融大雅大挥大洒求大新——马书林先生水墨京剧人物赏析

在中国文化领域里,水墨画堪称神州之精粹,京剧则被视为华夏的瑰宝,誉它们为国粹国宝实不为过.将此二者天衣无缝地融为一体,来展示中华民族文化之夺目绚丽的第一人,当属马书林.     

Community Economic Development Strategies in Rural Washington: Toward a Synthesis of Natural and Social Capital*

Abstract Routes to economic development attract considerable attention in community and rural sociology. Social scientists draw increasingly on studies of social capital and environmental surroundings as they examine the factors that facilitate and inhibit economic development. However, few empirical analyses exist that analyze the impact of the combination of social infrastructure and natural capital on different forms of economic development such as on industrial recruitment and self‐development. Using data collected from six communities in Washington State, the interaction of a community's social infrastructure and natural capital on industrial recruitment and self‐development efforts is examined. Results suggest that while natural capital positively impacts a community's successful recruitment of outside industries, it is not significant for a community's level of self‐development. However, a community's social infrastructure, measured by the existence of active civic organizations, local businesses that support local community projects, community‐wide fund‐raising capacity, and extra‐local linkages to nearby communities, state, and national agencies, positively affects both industrial recruitment and self‐development. These findings illustrate the need for communities and local activists to carefully weigh their advantages and potential shortcomings when deciding on an economic development strategy.