“家业一体”:另一种农民城市化模式

在城市化背景下,农村流动群体如何融入城市并实现身份转换是一个焦点议题。本文发现,除了“关系—聚居”和“个体—家庭”拆分两种主导模式外,还存在“家业一体”的农民进城模式,即借用非正式就业的方式在城市获得稳定生计,实现在城市共居一地和家庭发展的目标。本文通过研究W市N社区44个家庭案例发现,家庭劳动力、居住地的空间资源和家庭关系网络均有助于“业”的建立,而“家业一体”的优势条件也嵌入家庭为了下一代发展的不同阶段,推动代际接力和下一代成为市民。本文提出,“家业一体”内含的代际接力和伦理实践是农民城市化的一般行动机制,凸显了完整家庭的价值基础以及在城市空间的实践意义,由此构成另一种农民城市化的路径。

Asian Trade Integration and the Decoupling Debate of Business Cycles

＂Decoupling＂ refers to the divergence of business cycles among different countries, while ＂re-coupling＂ corresponds to the convergence or the synchronization of business cycles among different countries. The decoupling debate is popular in the field of economics, especially after global financial crisis. As trade integration increased among Asian countries, business cycle synchronization among these countries was expected to increase through trade transmission. The aim of this study is to discover whether there has been decoupling or convergence of business cycles through various trade channels. However, theoretically, increased trade can lead to business cycle synchronization either rising or falling. Inter-industry trade resulting in higher specification will induce less synchronized business cycles, while intra-industry trade could lead to increased business cycle synchronization. Thus, it is important to distinguish between intra- and inter-industry trade flows. Both correlation and dynamic factor models are utilized to study the evolution of global business cycle linkages. Results indicate that the world factor has become less important in explaining macroeconomic fluctuations from sub-period 1961-1984 to sub-period 1985-2007, while regional factors do not play an important role in explaining aggregate volatility, with the expectation of consumption. Overall, the explanatory power of country factors increases. Domestic consumption and domestic investment variances are more driven by country and idiosyncratic factors than by the world factor, contrary to the output growth fluctuations. Regional factors and country factors also play a more prominent role in explaining gross import fluctuations than in explaining gross exports. Results cast doubt on the strong forms of both the decoupling and the re-coupling hypothesis.

A Feasibility Study for New Transport Connections between Italy and Algeria

The present study is part of the Executive Scientific Project 2 in the ItalMed Project which aims to elaborate a feasibility study for new transport connections between Italy and Algeria. The main objectives of the study are to increase the degree of economic integration between the two countries and improve commercial exchanges and direct investments in Algeria by Italian private companies. Moreover, the study tries to promote Italy＇s role as logistic platform for Mediterranean Countries along the east-west and north-south corridors and to improve the capacity of Italian regions to manage international cooperation programs on transport and logistics, finally, to support regional entrepreneurship in the foreign services sector.

城乡融合进程中的农商互补机制研究——以安溪茶叶产销为个案

在推进城乡融合的背景之下,如何构建城乡有机连接的机制是一项有待深入研究的议题。不同于以往研究主要从农工互补结构出发的讨论,本文以安溪茶叶产销为个案,探讨农商互补结构推动家与业在城乡两地扎根的现象和机制。伴随茶叶的流动,安溪商人形成了覆盖全国的经营网络,并与地方社会形成农商互补关系。通过对乡缘关系的盘活和超越,茶商推动了生意和家庭在城市的扎根,并在不断的乡村回返中实现了对乡村产业的反哺。流通渠道的数字化赋予了农商互补结构新的意涵,也为地方产业发展提供了新动力。