金融危机下企业经济性裁员的法律思考

在金融危机影响下,企业常常以经济性裁员来减少企业的人力成本支出,这是企业经营自主权的体现。但这种经济性裁员涉及人数多,稍有不慎就会产生严重的法律后果和社会影响。所以,在劳动合同法规范下,经济性裁员必须符合法定条件,履行法定程序。本文从法律适用的角度出发,在论述金融危机下企业经济性裁员的法律后果与影响的基础上,对我国现行经济性裁员的法律规定及存在的问题进行了具体分析,并对金融危机下完善我国企业经济性裁员制度提出了若干建议。     

国际金融危机后东南亚地缘经济格局的探析

2008年国际金融危机爆发后,世界经济的发展受到严重打击。不论是欧洲地区此起彼伏的债务危机,还是美国经济的萎靡不振,全球经济笼罩在金融危机的阴影之下。然而,亚洲地区尤其是东南亚各国和中国的经济发展受金融危机的影响相对较少,仍保持着较好的发展态势。本文从经济增长、进出口贸易和投资三个角度探究国际金融危机后东盟10国地缘经济格局的变化。     

Are Voters Equal under Proportional Representation?

We develop and apply a new conceptual framework and measure for evaluating electoral systems, focusing on (in)equality in parliamentary representation. Our main arena of interest is proportional representation with districts, an electoral system employed by more than half of democratic states, and we draw on an almost entirely overlooked fact: Electoral regimes vary substantially within countries, with some voters casting their ballot in semi‐majoritarian districts of few representatives and others in large and proportional ones. This within‐country institutional variation, we contend, affects representational (in)equality. Evaluating equality in parliamentary representation, we demonstrate that districted proportional representation often leads to overrepresentation of voters supporting right‐leaning parties. Utilizing district‐level data from 20 Western parliamentary democracies and complementing our within‐country approach with a cross‐country analysis, we further show that where parliaments are elected by large and small districts, representational inequality among voters is greater compared with countries in which parliament is elected by even‐magnitude districts.