Teacher Skill Development: Evidence from Performance Ratings by Principals

We examine the dynamic nature of teacher skill development using panel data on principals’ subjective performance ratings of teachers. Past research on teacher productivity improvement has focused primarily on one important but narrow measure of performance: teachers’ value-added to student achievement on standardized tests. Unlike value-added, subjective performance ratings provide detailed information about specific skill dimensions and are available for teachers in non-tested grades and subjects. Using a within-teacher returns-to-experience framework, we find, on average, large and rapid improvements in teachers’ instructional practices throughout their first 10 years on the job as well as substantial differences in improvement rates across individual teachers. We also document that subjective performance ratings contain important information about teacher effectiveness. In the district we study, principals appear to differentiate teacher performance throughout the full distribution instead of just in the tails. Furthermore, prior performance ratings and gains in these ratings provide additional information about teachers’ ability to improve test scores that is not captured by prior value-added scores. Taken together, our study provides new insights on teacher performance improvement and variation in teacher development across instructional skills and individual teachers.     

Gang Lin,Taiwan’s Party Politics and Cross-Strait Relations in Evolution (2008–2018)

Journal of Chinese Political Science -     

Household Entrepreneurship and Social Networks: Panel Data Evidence from Vietnam

Using a unique panel of household businesses for Vietnam, this paper sheds light on the links between households’ and entrepreneurs’ social networks and business performance. We address two related questions. The first question asks if we can find evidence of a differentiated effect of employment of members of the family versus hired workers on the business performance. A second question tackles the respective effects of various dimensions of social networks on business technical efficiency. The hypothesis is that, beyond the channel of labour productivity, entrepreneurs that are confronted with an unfavourable social environment may produce less efficiently and realise a lower output than what could be possible with the same amount of resources. We find evidence of a marginal productivity differential between family and hired labour and highlight results consistent with the presence of adverse social network effects faced by households running a business, in particular ethnic minorities. We also stress the importance of professional networks for successful entrepreneurship.     

缺员仲裁的合法性

在仲裁程序进行中,有时会出现缺员仲裁的问题。国际国内的相关立法与实践对于缺员仲裁合法性的态度存在差异。缺员仲裁既有利于维护仲裁的效率及制度性,又可能导致对当事人意思自治、仲裁程序中当事人平等以及仲裁庭合议等仲裁基本原则的违反。国际仲裁界对于缺员仲裁的态度正日益宽容。     

从我国县乡机构设置现状看制度安排对地方政府组织绩效的影响——基于L县县乡机构设置的实证分析

现有的政府组织绩效评估理论与方法没有考虑到制度安排对政府组织绩效的影响。现行中国县乡政府机构设置烦琐,职能重叠,职责不清,领导职数太多,人员编制规模过大,都是上级政府部门按照有关规定设计的,政府组织绩效不尽如人意是制度安排造成的。只有政府部门“让利与民”,才能使政府真正成为“人民满意的政府”。     

中共成立前后俄共(布)、共产国际对中国工会问题的考察

工会问题是深入讨论俄共(布)、共产国际对中共早期革命影响的关键切入点.本文的讨论挖掘出长期被学界忽略的一个重要侧面,即反映中共领导工运和工会发展的讯息,也是俄共(布)与共产国际派使者来华调查,力图发动城市革命所格外重视的内容.本文在梳理中共建立前后俄共(布)、共产国际获得中国革命讯息各条路径的基础上,将苏俄对中国工会情况接收与回应的动态发展过程予以清晰呈现,从中也反映出相较于以往更为丰富的、中共建党前后的工会发展实态.     

不断完善农村基本经营制度:乡村振兴战略的制度基础

农村基本经营制度是我国经过多年实践摸索出的重要制度安排,是实施乡村振兴战略的制度基础。完善农村基本经营制度,重点在于协调"统"和"分"的关系。应进一步深化农村土地改革,在坚持农村土地集体所有制的基础上,保证土地承包关系长期稳定,健全土地经营权流转机制,充分保障农民的合法权益,为乡村振兴战略提供内生动力。与此同时,农村新型集体经济让农民通过新的组织形式重新结合起来,顺应了生产力的发展要求。适应社会主义市场经济体制,与农村社会基础的变化和传统文化因素相契合,应因地制宜发展壮大农村新型集体经济。具体来说,应积极鼓励引导农村新型集体经济的健康发展,正确认识其多样化发展形式,充分重视农民的主体性作用,通过发展农村新型集体经济推动全方位实现乡村振兴战略。     

新时代强化年轻干部责任担当的思考

新时代强化年轻干部责任担当,调动年轻干部干事创业积极性,是当前及今后一个时期的必解课题。激励年轻干部担当作为,需旗帜鲜明地树立讲实干、重实绩的选人用人导向,积极为敢担当、善作为的年轻干部搭建成长锻炼平台,认真建立完善保障年轻干部担当作为的澄清保护机制。精心培养,真诚关爱,严格管理。