School quality and rural in-migration: Can better rural schools attract new residents?

Studies in the nonmetropolitan population change literature have largely focused on the role of natural amenities and economic restructuring, but few have focused on the role of public services. This paper addresses the question of whether public services in nonmetropolitan counties, specifically the outcomes of public schools, could attract migrants. We use a Poisson regression technique little-used in the migration literature to control for push and pull factors driving migration patterns and control for school quality. Results show that better schools can draw migrants to nonmetropolitan areas. Marginal effects are larger for nonmetropolitan counties not adjacent to metropolitan areas.     

It’s never too late to join the revolution! – Enabling new modes of production in the contemporary Danish food system

ABSTRACT

The Danish food system has undergone a transition in the past 10–20 years, in which new quality conventions have evolved. Examples include increasing organic production and consumption, and increasing interest in local food, experience, community, taste and gastronomy. This article explores what influences if and how these new food trends are expressed in the food system. We conduct a comparative case study involving three product categories: craft beer, specialty flour and organic broilers. Craft beer and specialty flour have undergone a revolution, in which new flavours, products, practices and social relations are generated; by contrast, organic broilers have remained a relatively stable product category. The case studies demonstrate that the revolution is not just taking place in one domain, but it implies a multidimensional reconfiguration of the food system where an emphasis on multiple quality aspects and diversification of the product category is important. However, food trends are not the invention of the individual producer, but serve as common conventions that products can be related to, although their interpretation is not pre-given. In addition, a transition presupposes a shared vision and a coordination of activities among the actors in the food system or the mobilization of new actors who share this vision.     

Combining growth and level data: An estimation of the population of Belgian municipalities between 1880 and 1970

Economic historians that study long-term changes during the nineteenth and twentieth century are fundamentally restricted by the availability of qualitative data. As a result, researchers are forced to either impute missing data, or otherwise combine datasets in some way. In this article, we demonstrate the versatility of state-space models in addressing these problems. Not only do they enable us to compose large data series of high quality, they also provide a clear estimate of how reliable this data is, allowing any subsequent analyses to take this reliability into account. We illustrate the advantages of a state-space model using the population of Belgian municipalities as a case study. By combining growth and level data, we are able to compute yearly population statistics of over 2600 municipalities from 1880 to 1970.     

城市人居环境与满意度评价研究

从安全、舒适、和谐、方便等原则出发,选择建筑质量等5个准则,房型设计等56个因素作为调查与评价因子,建立城市人居环境满意度评估的基本框架,运用社会调查统计法对城区代表居住地域进行综合评价,指出南京市区人居环境总体处于发展阶段,并提出各居住地域人居环境优化措施和方案。     

中国人口文化素质指数及其空间分异

在构建人口文化素质指数的基础上,结合我国文化教育现状,对我国近十年的人口文化素质指数进行了定量与定性分析。结果表明:我国人口文化素质指数正在快速提高,但整体水平较低;人口文化素质指数的空间差异明显,东部最高,中部次之、西部最低,低于全国平均水平的省域主要位于西部;近2/3的省域发散趋异,收敛趋同的省域不到1/3,向上发散趋异的省域主要位于东、中部,向下发散趋异的省域主要位于西部,空间差异有扩大的趋势;人口文化素质指数与人口城市化水平、经济发展水平分别存在显著的线性关系和对数关系。     

广州居民及游客视域内的亚运会服务质量保障研究

2010年广州亚运会日益临近,亚运会的接待服务质量直接关系到广州和中国的形象。本文从广州居民、国际游客和国内游客三大客源群体的视角,运用实证研究方法,分析了亚运会交通、安保和服务培训三大核心服务体系质量提升诉求的异同之处,并为广州亚运会服务质量的改善提出了针对性建议。     

旅游发展对中国旅游成熟目的地居民生活质量影响的感知研究

本文以中国成熟旅游目的地周庄为典型案例,以生活质量理论为视角,探讨成熟旅游目的地旅游业发展对目的地居民生活质量影响的感知,为旅游部门制定依靠旅游业促进居民生活质量水平提高的公共政策提出依据.     

地方性环境立法与经济全要素生产率关系的研究

本文在测算2004—2017年区域层面全要素生产率指数基础上,运用双重差分法全面考察了地方政府环境立法对于全要素生产率的影响。研究发现：中国整体全要素生产率面临严峻的下滑,尤其在2009—2014生产面全要素生年间更加明显,且东中西部区域间TFP指数分布情况在空间上呈“非线性”特征。地方环境立法对地方全要素生产率具有显著的促进作用,然而过度的环境规制措施却不能显著推动经济质量的提升、实现波特效应。     

博物馆工作与未成年人的人文素质教育

社会教育是博物馆固有的职能之一,因此,它肩负着育人的使命。关爱特殊群体,贴近未成年人的健康成长,是博物馆工作中的重中之重。     

浅谈新时期图书馆员的继续教育

本文论述了新时期图书馆员继续教育的含义、必要性以及继续教育的内容,并针对目前图书馆员队伍的现状,提出了图书馆员继续教育的途径和如何开展馆员继续教育的问题。