The Impact of Job Training Programs on the Reemployment Probability of Dislocated Workers

The Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) of 1982 was enacted with the purpose of helping dislocated workers become reemployed through the provision of job training programs. Using data from the 1984 CPS Displaced Worker Survey, this study analyzes the impact of job training programs on the reemployment probability of dislocated workers. The results suggest that dislocated workers who received classroom training or on-the-job training were more likely to be reemployed. Dislocated workers who received only job search assistance, however, did not benefit from the assistance in terms of higher reemployment probability. In light of the legislative intent of JTPA Title 111 for increasing dislocated workers' human capital, the results suggest that state JTPA agencies should place more emphasis on the classroom training, which provides basic and job skills to dislocated workers.     

Roll Calls, Party Labels, and Elections

We develop a model of legislative policymaking in which individuallegislators are concerned with both policy and reelection. Legislators'preferences are private information, and they have two meansof communicating their preferences to voters. First, they eachhave a "party label" that credibly identifies an interval withinwhich their ideal points must lie. Second, their roll call votesmay convey additional information about their preferences. Eachlegislator must therefore tailor his or her votes to his orher district in order to forestall a reelection challenge fromthe opposing party. In equilibrium, nonsincere voting recordswill occur mostly in moderate districts, where extreme incumbentsare vulnerable to challenges from relatively centrist candidates.In those districts, the most extreme legislators may even chooseto vote sincerely and retire rather than compile a moderatevoting record. Thus, both roll call scores and candidate typeswill be responsive to district type. An empirical test of shiftsin roll call scores of retiring House members in moderate districtsconfirms these findings.     

“从人到案” 破案模式的几个问题

从人到案的侦查破案模式,是指以犯罪嫌疑人为最初的工作对象,以人立案进行侦查的方式.目前,积极推广运用这种破案模式有十分重要的意义,而要充分运用该侦破模式则应具备以下条件建立与之相适应的刑侦体制及运行机制、建立完整科学的刑侦基础业务网络系统、努力开创出依靠群众的新路子.     

A comparison of politics and personality in china and in the U.S.: Testing a “kernel of truth” hypothesis

Based on previous research on social perceptions and cross‐cultural judgments, two assumptions are derived: (1) the nationals of both the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the United States of America (USA) agree that the PRC would be more politically restricted than the USA and that the Chinese would be perceived as more obedient and less independent than Americans; and (2) political dimensions (e.g., restrictedness) are correlated to obedient and dependent personality. A total of 364 PRC and USA students participated in a cross‐cultural study. The results strongly confirmed the two assumptions. The “kernel of truth” hypothesis or social perception accuracy was further supported cross‐culturally. The limitations and implications of this study have been also discussed.     

税收犯罪现象剖析及预防

税收犯罪形式多样 ,危害巨大 ,不仅使国家税款大量流失 ,而且严重地破坏了公平竞争的市场经济原则。造成税收犯罪的主要原因有纳税人受自身利益的驱动、纳税人的税收法制观念淡薄、税收法制不健全以及税务部门的征管能力较弱。遏制和预防税收犯罪必须加大宣传力度 ,增强纳税意识 ;完善税收立法 ;增强税收执法力度 ;规范执法行为 ,提高执法能力。     

社区自治：实现公民参与的有效路径

社区自治和公民参与必须从制度上确保社区自治的独立性、保障性,坚持社区需求本位原则,通过培养公民的参与意识、参与渠道的多样化以及参与层次的拓展等具体路径,使社区自治真正成为公民有效参与国家和社会公共事务的理想平台。     

对我国上市公司独立董事制度的再思考

独立董事制度引入我国九年来,为改善上市公司治理水平发挥了一些积极作用。但实践中,没有充分证据表明该制度对改善公司的治理结构和提高公司的经营水平产生了明显有益的影响。这主要是因为没有处理好独立董事与监事会的关系,以及没有很好的认识到影响独立董事监督功能的诸多因素。     

论构建和谐社区背景下城市社区治理模式的选择

和谐社区是构建和谐社会的基础和切入点。本文通过总结我国城市社区治理模式的实践经验,并结合我国城市社区治理的现状,指出在现阶段构建和谐社区的背景下我国城市社区的治理模式应该是政府推动与社区自治相结合的合作型治理模式。     

从政治文明的视角透视政策过程中的公众参与

公共政策作为公共部门向社会提供的一种公共物品具有无可置疑的公共性。但现实表明,由于政策主体的单一性、缺乏多元化的利益表达和政策参与,公共政策时常会表现出与公共性相违背的一面。所以如何保证政策的公共性是我国政府必须关注的。从政治文明视角来看,当前我国政策过程中公众参与有诸多阻碍因素,推动公众参与对我国政治文明建设有重要意义。促进公众参与实现的途径一是培育参与型的政治文化,创造良好的政策参与氛围,并逐步培养公民政治素质、提高参与技能;二是加快公众参与的法律化、制度化、组织化建设,逐步建立健全公众参与的“通道”,保障公众参与的广度与深度。     

浅析唐诗中的“水月”意象

月是唐诗中出现次数最多的意象之一,特别是其中的“水月”意象——由于其中“水”、“月”相得彰益的视觉特点迎合了我国古代文学推崇的阴柔、含蓄的审美观,形成了“水月”意象的基础原因。因此,在唐诗中诗人常常借助“水月”这一复合意象抒发复杂的情感。