Floating population plays an important role in the development of cities,regions,and countries.The economic growth path with Guangdong characteristics is inseparable from the support of highly educated groups.Studying...Floating population plays an important role in the development of cities,regions,and countries.The economic growth path with Guangdong characteristics is inseparable from the support of highly educated groups.Studying the long-term residence intention of the highly educated floating population is helpful for the city to attract and retain talents.From the perspective of social integration,using CMDS 2017 data and taking Guangdong Province for example,this paper studies the influencing factors of long-term residence intention through SPSS logistic regression,taking intra-provincial and inter-provincial floating population with a bachelor’s degree or above as sample.The main conclusions are:(1)Marital and childbearing status is the primitive influencing factor of long-term residence intention among intra-provincial and inter-provincial floating population.Samples with high income,under social insurance system,being female and having non-agricultural hukou,are tend to prefer long-term residence.Samples who connect with the locals and participate in social public welfare are more likely to stay.(2)Personal age and city livability have a significant positive impact on the long-term residence intention of the inter-provincial highly educated floating population,but agricultural hukou and self-employed laborer status will weaken the long-term residence intention of this group.(3)Participation in townsmen/alumni association has a positive effect on the long-term residence intention of the intra-provincial highly educated floating population,and connection with outlanders also promotes the long-term residence intention of this group.(4)The long-term residence intention of inter-provincial highly educated floating population is usually based on reality,therefore they pay more attention to the development,changes,and livability of the destination city.However,the long-term residence intention of intra-provincial highly educated floating population is usually based on perception,so they pay more attention to whether they like the city.Compared with intra-provincial flows,inter-provincial flows have higher economic and emotional migration costs,more institutional barriers,and more life adaptation problems.Therefore,the government should introduce targeted measures to promote social integration and improve long-term residence intention.展开更多
Recently,the Malaysian government has targeted to achieve the 20%renewable-energy goal by 2025.Despite the Malaysian government’s having taken initiatives in promoting the use of renewable energy for more than a deca...Recently,the Malaysian government has targeted to achieve the 20%renewable-energy goal by 2025.Despite the Malaysian government’s having taken initiatives in promoting the use of renewable energy for more than a decade,to date,more than three-quarters of the electricity supply in Peninsular Malaysia is generated from the burning of fossil fuels.Apparently,the development of renewable energy is still slow and in its infancy.The current study intends to identify the predictors(environmentalism,cost,knowledge and personal innovativeness)that influence the residential intention to adopt solar photovoltaic(PV)in Klang Valley.This study adopts the technology acceptance model as the theoretical framework to analyse the mediation effect on perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness between the determinants and the intention to adopt solar PV.Self-administered questionnaires are used to collect data from non-solar PV users who stay in Klang Valley.Structural equation modelling analysis was carried out on the 200 samples from data collection.The findings demonstrated that environmentalism is having a significant impact on the intention to adopt solar PV,followed by knowledge.The perceived usefulness mediates the relationship between the predictors and the intention to use solar PV,although no mediation effect was found for the perceived ease of use.Lastly,several implications are highlighted to the policymakers and solar-market practitioners to improve the existing policies and promote solar PV adoptions among residents.展开更多
文摘Floating population plays an important role in the development of cities,regions,and countries.The economic growth path with Guangdong characteristics is inseparable from the support of highly educated groups.Studying the long-term residence intention of the highly educated floating population is helpful for the city to attract and retain talents.From the perspective of social integration,using CMDS 2017 data and taking Guangdong Province for example,this paper studies the influencing factors of long-term residence intention through SPSS logistic regression,taking intra-provincial and inter-provincial floating population with a bachelor’s degree or above as sample.The main conclusions are:(1)Marital and childbearing status is the primitive influencing factor of long-term residence intention among intra-provincial and inter-provincial floating population.Samples with high income,under social insurance system,being female and having non-agricultural hukou,are tend to prefer long-term residence.Samples who connect with the locals and participate in social public welfare are more likely to stay.(2)Personal age and city livability have a significant positive impact on the long-term residence intention of the inter-provincial highly educated floating population,but agricultural hukou and self-employed laborer status will weaken the long-term residence intention of this group.(3)Participation in townsmen/alumni association has a positive effect on the long-term residence intention of the intra-provincial highly educated floating population,and connection with outlanders also promotes the long-term residence intention of this group.(4)The long-term residence intention of inter-provincial highly educated floating population is usually based on reality,therefore they pay more attention to the development,changes,and livability of the destination city.However,the long-term residence intention of intra-provincial highly educated floating population is usually based on perception,so they pay more attention to whether they like the city.Compared with intra-provincial flows,inter-provincial flows have higher economic and emotional migration costs,more institutional barriers,and more life adaptation problems.Therefore,the government should introduce targeted measures to promote social integration and improve long-term residence intention.
文摘Recently,the Malaysian government has targeted to achieve the 20%renewable-energy goal by 2025.Despite the Malaysian government’s having taken initiatives in promoting the use of renewable energy for more than a decade,to date,more than three-quarters of the electricity supply in Peninsular Malaysia is generated from the burning of fossil fuels.Apparently,the development of renewable energy is still slow and in its infancy.The current study intends to identify the predictors(environmentalism,cost,knowledge and personal innovativeness)that influence the residential intention to adopt solar photovoltaic(PV)in Klang Valley.This study adopts the technology acceptance model as the theoretical framework to analyse the mediation effect on perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness between the determinants and the intention to adopt solar PV.Self-administered questionnaires are used to collect data from non-solar PV users who stay in Klang Valley.Structural equation modelling analysis was carried out on the 200 samples from data collection.The findings demonstrated that environmentalism is having a significant impact on the intention to adopt solar PV,followed by knowledge.The perceived usefulness mediates the relationship between the predictors and the intention to use solar PV,although no mediation effect was found for the perceived ease of use.Lastly,several implications are highlighted to the policymakers and solar-market practitioners to improve the existing policies and promote solar PV adoptions among residents.
