How to Promote the Commencing Salary of University Graduates ? ——An Empirical Study on the Effectiveness of Reservation Wage Du Jiang, Zhang Dongming June 29, 2017 (Peking University)Abstract：Reservation wage refers to the lowest expectation of university graduates seeking employment, and commencing salary is the objective pricing and reality feedback of the labor market, where a reasonable reservation wage can hopefully raise the commencing salary level. Although the mechanisms of the two are different, the influencing factors remain basically consisten...
Wage Increase and innovation in Chinese Enterprises Zhuang Ziyin, Yang Yuqi, Li Hongwu June 29, 2017 Abstract: Recent years have seen a continual wage increase in enterprises in China.According to the wage theory, the rise in labor price will prompt firms to adopt labor-saving technologies, which means that high wage will induce enterprise innovation. In this paper, data from China's industrial enterprises are used to analyze the influence of wage increase on innovation with the following find...
Revision on the measurement of Consumers' willingness to pay for GM and Non GMO Soybean Oil—Based on 579 questionnaires from Beijing City Zhou Haiwen, Li Tengfei, Wang Zhigang June 29, 2017 (School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Renmin University of China, Beijing, 100872, Academy of State Administration of Grain, Beijing, 100037)Abstract: In recent years, there has been an increasing supply of genetically modified foods on the market, and both their quantity and variety are continually growing. However, the widespread lack of scientific knowledge of transgenic t...
Do High-tech Products Serve More Distant Destinations? Evidence from China Zhang Hongsheng, Fu Yingjie,Yang Gaoju, Feng Han June 29, 2017 (School of Economics, Zhejiang University; College of International Economics and Trade, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics;School of Economics and Management, Hangzhou Normal University)Abstract: Since the implementation of the reform and opening up policy, China’s foreign trade has been developing rapidly, but, despite its bulky size, China’s foreign trade is still not strongly com...
Regional Difference and Spatial Pattern of Teacher Allocation during Compulsory Education: The Shanghai Case Wu Jing and Song Xuecheng June 29, 2017 (School of Public Administration, East China Normal University)Abstract: A balanced allocation of teacher resources is the key to educational equity and quality of compulsory education. This study analyzes the regional difference and spatial pattern across districts in Shanghai city, using relevant data from the Statistical Yearbook 2007-2016 by Theil index decomposition method, gravity center ...
Expansion of Higher Education and Economic Growth in China： An Empirical Analysis Based on the Provincial Panel Data Qin Yong， Wang Xiaokun June 29, 2017 (School of Economics and Trade, Nanjing Audit University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 211815, China)Abstract: Based on the panel data of 31 provinces in the mainland of China for 2004-2013, an empirical test was conducted by applying the fixed effect model and the method of gradual variable addition, the results yielded from which show that the expansion of the scale of higher education has a significant...