Do they make a difference? Professional team sports clubs’ effects on migration and local growth: Evidence from Denmark

It is a common argument in Denmark that municipal involvement in professional team sports can be justified on the grounds of local impact. The use of public funds to directly or indirectly subsidise local professional team sports clubs (PTSCs) is often seen as warranted due to the PTSCs’ positive effects on local economic growth or (inbound) municipal migration. However, can PTSCs be associated with tangible effects at all? This question has never been answered properly in a European context. Based on data covering the 2008–2013 period, and using spatial panel regression models, this article examines this issue in relation to three dominant professional sports in Denmark: football (soccer), handball and ice hockey. The study finds effects for only one of the sports examined, with Danish handball clubs exercising a marginal effect on average income. Ice hockey’s effect is negative and football remains insignificant in all models deployed. Concerning migration, negative effects are found in relation to female handball clubs. These findings are consistent with previous research and have implications for local sport policies and managers. Municipal politicians, public authorities or sport managers should no longer rationalise the use of public funds for local PTSCs on the assumption of (tangible) economic effects or population growth, as it appears to be an inefficient use of public money. If policy makers want to increase municipal income or inbound migration, they should engage themselves in developing more appropriate strategies.     

The effect of perceived overqualification on job satisfaction and career satisfaction among immigrants: Does host national identity matter?

Overqualification is a form of person-job misfit that is common among those who reside in a foreign country. It is associated with poor work-related well-being and can inhibit full adjustment to the host society. The goal of our study is to examine the impact of perceived overqualification on job satisfaction and career satisfaction among immigrants. Furthermore, we investigated immigrants’ host national identity as a moderator of the impact of perceived overqualification on job satisfaction and career satisfaction. We analysed longitudinal online survey data from 124 Italian and Spanish immigrants who migrated to Germany between 2000 and 2014. Regression analyses show that perceived overqualification is negatively associated with job satisfaction six months later. Furthermore, host national identity moderates the association between perceived overqualification and job satisfaction: low overqualification is beneficial for job satisfaction whereas high overqualification is a threat for job satisfaction, especially for immigrants who identify strongly with the host society. We do not find corresponding direct and moderating effects on career satisfaction. We conclude that indicators of acculturation, such as host national identity, are worth considering in order to understand the impact of person-job misfit on work-related well-being among immigrants.     

Who is allowed to stay? Settlement deservingness preferences towards migrants in four European countries

Following the refugee crisis, European countries have tried to stimulate the integration of migrants into local society. However, the public, influenced by negative framing of migrants by media and political actors, may feel that not all migrants are equally deserving of settlement. In this study, we obtain greater insight into the public’s attitudes towards migrants by applying the deservingness framework to migrant settlement in four European countries: Belgium, France, the Netherlands, and Sweden, using the CARIN typology (control, attitude, reciprocity, identity, need). We use data from the European Social Survey Round 1 (2002) and Round 7 (2014), and online survey data from 2017. We can draw four main conclusions: 1) (at least) three out of five CARIN-criteria (attitude, reciprocity, and identity) apply to settlement deservingness, 2) the identity criterion is considered the ‘least’ important criterion, while attitude is considered most important, but 3) identity has become increasingly important over time, and 4) there is significant variation in deservingness preferences between countries and over time. Findings indicate that older respondents, men, and Christians are more restrictive towards accepting migrants than younger respondents, women, and Muslims. The role of education is twofold: lower educated individuals value identity more, highly educated individuals value attitude and (future) reciprocity.     

Framing inclusion: The media treatment of irregular immigrants' right to health care in Spain

With the passing of Royal Decree-Law 16/2012, Spain's national health system switched from a model defined by universal and free health care principles, to a private insurance system that excluded large population groups. Based on a qualitative research design, this paper examines the media treatment of undocumented immigrants’ prerogatives to public health care in Spain (2012–2018). The analysis of 234 articles, drawn from three major Spanish newspapers, reveals three frames that underscore the media's "rhetorics of inclusion," which argue for the extension of free medical services to irregular immigrantsa topic traditionally underestimated by the literature. The moralist frame, supported by social justice arguments, is found in tandem with the cost-benefit frame that advocates for immigrants’ health care access as a means for containing medical expenses. The overall predominance of the legalist frame largely relies on arguments that reflect a Spanish political culture rooted in the universality of health rights.     

放射性核素迁移研究展望

本文综述了目前部分放射性核素迁移研究进程,介绍核素迁移的机理、概要介绍研究方法与进展,并指出今后核素迁移研究的发展方向。     

欧盟长期保存项目Planets的体系与特点

简要介绍Planets项目的基本概况,详细描述其在保存计划、内容特征化、保存行为、互操作框架、试验平台等方面的技术实施。Planets项目能够提供长期保存过程中所需的多种工具和服务,推进数字资源长期保存的发展,其很多方面值得借鉴。     

农村中小学生家长随迁型陪读现状及原因分析———以张掖市甘州区农村陪读家长为例简

目前,日渐风行的陪读折射出基础教育的一些问题。课题组对张掖市甘州区农村中小学生家长随迁型陪读的现状进行了调研。调查结果显示：陪读人群所占比例较大,家长和学生对陪读所持态度不同,陪读学生心理压力普遍较大,陪读后多数学生成绩有不同程度的提升,但仍有少数学生成绩无明显变化,甚至下降,陪读学生多数自认有较强的自理能力,但得不到家长的认同,陪读双方娱乐方式单一等等。针对这些问题,从社会、学校、学生自身、家长等方面对陪读原因进行了深入分析。     

《北迁的季节》的空间叙事研究

运用列斐伏尔以及佐伦的空间叙事理论,从地质空间、社会空间和文本空间三个方面来分析《北迁的季节》的空间叙事艺术。萨利赫采用地质空间的对比手法来体现苏丹北方农村和大都市伦敦的差距和象征意义,叙述者和穆斯塔法所在的社会空间则注定了二者无法真正融入苏丹乡村的生活。萨利赫使用的"并置的情节线索""回溯和闪回的叙事手法"以及"反复出现的空间意象"等叙事结构空间性的手段在人物的塑造、主题的表达和深化等方面都起到了重要作用。     

Tongxinluo promotes mesenchymal stem cell tube formation in vitro

Objective  

To study whether Tongxinluo (TXL) can induce angiogenesis in bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), and to investigate the underlying mechanism.     

流动与工作匹配

工作匹配是衡量就业质量的核心指标。本文基于2013年全国高校毕业生就业状况调查数据,通过建立计量回归模型对高校毕业生的区域流动行为与工作匹配的关系进行了实证研究。研究发现:流动能够降低毕业生过度教育的可能性,增加找到专业更匹配、满意度更高工作的机会。相比不流动和其他流动类型,多次流动对工作匹配的促进作用最大。即便同在东部、中部或西部省份就业,曾经发生跨省流动的毕业生也比不流动者找到匹配工作的可能性更大。