论IMF与WTO在国际收支平衡问题上的分工合作关系

由于外汇措施和贸易措施具有交叉性质,IMF与WTO在实践中形成了以技术方法来确定IMF在国际收支平衡问题上管辖权的传统。在外汇问题上,WTO必须向IMF磋商,IMF对于国际收支平衡例外的磋商具有评估的性质,而对于外汇措施是否符合IMF协定所做出的决定则构成法律裁决。印度国际收支平衡案专家组将与IMF磋商看作可以自由裁量的内容值得商榷。西方国家因国际收支逆差而欲抛开IMF而取WTO争端解决机制来解决人民币汇率问题是行不通的。     

Does local access to employment services reduce unemployment? A GIS analysis of One-Stop Career Centers

The paper uses Geographic Information System to investigate (1) the location of One-Stop Career Centers in Southern California, (2) their level of accessibility to unemployed workers of various demographic groups, (3) their proximity to employment opportunities, and (4) the effect of these spatial relations on Census tract unemployment. We build on the non-profit literature on accessibility to social service providers and on spatial mismatch research that emphasizes the gap between places of work and residence. We argue that One-Stops can play an important role in bridging this gap. We find that One-Stops are well positioned to serve the unemployed, although accessibility varies by race/ethnicity, age, and location. Access to One-Stops reduces local unemployment, particularly in neighborhoods with limited employment opportunities. This effect is larger for groups who experience limited mobility due to gender or race, such as black and female job seekers.

人体皮肤索沟局部肥大细胞脱颗粒率的观察

本文观察人体皮肤索沟局部肥大细胞脱颗粒率变化。发现生前皮肤损伤局部脱颗粒率在皮肤受在处及距受压边缘０～１．０ｍｍ区域明显升高（＞４９％），与死后皮肤索沟有显著差异（Ｐ＜０．００１）。作者认为损伤局部肥大细胞脱颗粒率明显升高（＞４９％）可作为人体生前索沟的诊断依据。     

浅谈我国下岗、失业成因与对策

目前就业压力大的最根本原因是劳动力和生产资料发展不平衡,劳动力供求矛盾突出。解决的关键在政府,需统筹兼顾,强化宏观调控,就业形势方可得以改善。     

The quality of the legal system and labor market performance around the world

Using data on 75 countries for six years in the period 1995–2003, this paper analyzes empirically whether and to what extent the quality of the legal system affects the performance of the labor market. According to the regression results, a legal system characterized by a dependent judiciary, biased courts, a lack of intellectual property protection and a lack of integrity increases unemployment and lowers the employment level. The magnitude of the effect seems to be substantial, particularly among young people.

Trends of Marxian Ratios in South Korea, 1980–2014

ABSTRACT

This article explores the dynamics and contradictions of capital accumulation in South Korea from 1980 to 2014 by analysing the rates of surplus value and profit and criticises two theses of financialisation and income-led growth. The rate of surplus value soared after 2000 because the real wage growth was contained by the neo-liberal onslaught against workers. The profit rate consistently declined after 1987, paving the way for the 1997 crisis and its main driver was the rising organic composition of capital. After the 1997 crisis, the profit rate rebounded for six years thanks to the intensified exploitation of workers. From 2002 until the 2008 global financial crisis, the rate of profit dropped again. However, contrary to the financialisation thesis, there has been no substantial transfer of surplus value from the real sector to the financial sector. Our results also show that the accumulation rate determined income distribution, not vice versa, contradicting the income-led growth strategy, now popular among the Korean progressives. Marxian macro-dynamics is operating as usual in Korea.     

The Unexpected Effects of No Pass,No Drive Policies on High School Education

Since 1988, 27 states have introduced No Pass, No Drive laws, which tie a teenager's ability to receive and maintain a driver's license to various school-related outcomes—most commonly, enrollment and attendance. Enrollment-Based No Pass, No Drive policies, in 21 states, target both enrollment and attendance, and have negligible effects on dropout rates. However, these policies decrease the Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate (AFGR) by between 1 and 1.7 percentage points. This lower graduation rate stems from students delaying their dropout decision by up to two years. As a result, these students are retained in the ninth and tenth grades, increasing 9th-grade enrollment by 3.6 percent relative to 8th-grade enrollment the year prior; this causes an artificial reduction in the graduation rate, rather than a reduction in the true likelihood that a student will graduate. Truancy-Based No Pass, No Drive policies, in five states, target only attendance—teens that fail to meet a minimum attendance requirement lose their driver's license. However, these policies allow students to drop out of school without facing this penalty. These policies increase the annual dropout rate by between 23 and 34 percent (1 to 1.6 percentage points).     

Employment Status,Social Capital,and Political Participation: A Comparison of Unemployed and Employed Youth in Geneva

Abstract: This paper examines the relationships between employment status, social capital, and the participation of young people in different kinds of political activities such as contacting, consumer, and protest activities. We focus on the role of social capital for political participation, addressing three related questions: Do unemployed and employed youth display different levels of social capital and political participation? Does social capital favor the political participation of unemployed and employed youth? Is social capital more important for unemployed youth than for employed youth? To address these questions we compare long‐term unemployed youth to regularly employed youth using original survey data. Our analysis suggests that the employment status has only a limited impact on political participation, affecting only consumer actions. In contrast, the social capital resulting from associational involvement is positively correlated to political participation. However, rather than countering the effect of exclusion from the labor market, it plays a similar role for unemployed youth and employed youth.     

反思交强险费率与交通违章挂钩——问题出在哪里?

保监会制定的《机动车交通事故责任强制保险费率浮动暂行办法》规定"保险费率与交通事故挂钩"。这一规定为保险费率与交通违章挂钩今后的"复活"埋下了伏笔。这种做法偏离了机动车交通事故责任强制保险的目的与宗旨,扭曲了交强险费率浮动机制的功能和本来的作用,有偏离法律法规的规定之嫌,且偏离了科学合理的原则。其实质是借用行政权力来强迫人们交纳不科学不合理的交强险费用。     

中国失业：特征与对策

近年来,我国的失业问题日益凸现并构成对我国经济发展和社会稳定的尖锐挑战。我国当前失业具有城镇失业人口创历史新高,总量矛盾、结构矛盾与素质矛盾并存,“需求瓶颈”、“体制瓶颈”与“观念瓶颈”并存,隐性失业与隐性就业并存,经济高增长与城镇高失业并存等五大特征。缓解我国不断增长的就业压力,从根本上说来应实施经济发展与扩大就业并举的新战略和更为积极的就业政策。