Youth Out of School and Out of Work in Latin America: A Cohort Approach

This paper examines the phenomena of high rates of youth that are out of school and out of work in Latin America. The analysis pursues a dynamic approach by constructing a pseudo-panel from 234 household surveys for 18 countries in the region that allow tracing the life cycle trajectories of different cohorts over time. The trajectories are associated with a series of variables characterizing the household, community, and macro environment in which schooling, and labor market participation decisions take place. The most important result obtained is that the persistently high rates of being out of school and out of work among males are strongly associated with greater shares of women working, which can be generating a “crowding out” effect against men, given slow job creation rates across the region. The analysis also explores the possibility of scarring effects, and finds that higher shares of out of school and out of work youth at ages 15-20 years are associated with lower wages for the same cohorts later in life, at ages 35–40 years, for males and females. As for employment prospects, the analysis finds scarring effects only for females, with greater out of school and out of work youth shares being related to lower proportions of women in the labor market later in the life cycle.     

The Rhetoric of War and Remembrance: An Analysis of President Bill Clinton's 1994 D-Day Discourses

This close textual analysis of President Clinton's discourses in ceremonies commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of D-Day, held on June 6, 1994, considers the rhetorical context and discursive strategies of the president on an international stage. It argues that Clinton employed generational comparisons to emphasize the gifts bequeathed by an older generation and the obligation to advance the goals of democracy in a new era. The four speeches analyzed provide evidence of the force of prudential reasoning in commemorative situations.     

“It's on Time That They Assimilate” – Differential acculturation expectations towards first and second generation immigrants

Research has shown that societal majority members have specific conceptions (i.e., acculturation expectations) about how immigrants should acculturate. These expectations are often less welcoming towards devalued than valued immigrant groups. In a 2 × 2 experiment with a sample of 187 German majority members we show that acculturation expectations also differ in terms of which generation members of the targeted immigrant groups belong to. Our results revealed lower endorsement of integrationism towards the second generation of both valued and devalued immigrants. However, the results indicated that acculturation expectations were particularly unwelcoming towards the second generation of devalued immigrant groups. For valued immigrants, segregationism was lower towards the second generation than towards the first generation. For devalued immigrants in contrast, assimilationism was higher towards the second generation compared to the first generation. Majority members’ tendency to be less willing to endorse cultural maintenance for second generations stands in stark contrast to immigrants’ preference of cultural maintenance and may therefore lead to particularly conflictual societal outcomes. Implications of the findings for future studies are discussed.     

中国家庭三代数字反哺现状及影响因素研究

本文厘清了数字反哺的理论渊源和概念维度,并在家庭传播视域下考察其现状及影响因素。以全国54座城市954个家庭3291位祖孙三代样本的问卷调查数据为基础,我们在数字接入反哺、技能反哺和素养反哺的三大维度上进行了不同世代的分析与对比。就反哺现状而言,年轻世代"给出去的反哺"与年长世代"接受到的反哺"大体能达成共识,但仍有三成左右互相矛盾。在年长世代中,祖代(老年人)虽然在数字媒体的采纳、使用与素养方面都显著低于亲代(中年人),但他们各维度数字反哺的接受程度都显著高于亲代。进一步的影响因素分析也印证了上述发现,个体特征上处于弱势(年龄大、教育程度低、女性、自我效能感低、心理障碍多)但在家庭结构中位居核心(与家人互动频繁深入且关系亲密)的人越有可能接受数字反哺。     

Majority–minority acculturation preferences concordance as an antecedent of attitudes towards immigrants: The mediating role of perceived symbolic threat and metastereotypes

Through an experimental design, we investigated the effects of majority–minority acculturation preferences concordance and immigrants’ generational status on Italians’ attitudes towards Albanian immigrants. The role of perceived threat and metastereotypes in mediating this relationship was examined. Participants (N = 178) were categorized into different levels of culture maintenance and intercultural contact concordance. Findings showed that discrepancies in the contact dimension affected majority members’ attitudes towards immigrants. Both perceived threat and metastereotypes were found to mediate the relationship between contact discrepancies and attitudes towards immigrants. Culture maintenance concordance interacted with immigrants’ generational status in influencing majority members’ attitudes. This research confirmed the importance of taking into account the dynamic and reciprocal relationship between majority and immigrant acculturation preferences, confirming that the most positive attitudes were produced when immigrants were perceived to adopt the same strategy as the majority, especially with respect to intergroup contact.     

Life satisfaction in relation to attitudes towards immigrants among Europeans by generational cohorts

Immigration is a process that affects both the immigrants and the native population. The aim of this present study was to analyse negative attitudes of resident populations towards immigration (ATIs) and the influence of these attitudes on life satisfaction. The main contribution of the work is that it considers the perspectives of 3 generational cohorts. The study sample consisted of 44,721 individuals living in Europe, taken from the European Social Surveys of 2002 and 2014. To model binary dependent variables, we performed logistic regressions. The estimated coefficients are reported in terms of elasticities. Results suggest that Baby Boomers have more hostile ATIs and are less satisfied with their lives compared to Generation X and Generation Y. Income influences ATIs, and life satisfaction. Education only plays a significant role in ATIs. There is no robust empirical evidence of endogeneity: it can be assumed that ATIs represent explanatory factors vis-à-vis life satisfaction. Generation Y seems to be the most open-minded regarding immigration, and rejection of immigrants from poor countries has the strongest negative effect on their life satisfaction. This research, focused on socioeconomic factors that influence ATIs, might help policy-makers to develop sustainable immigration policies that improve the attitudes and well-being of local populations.     

Managers Making Sense of Millennials: Perceptions of a Generational Cohort

The study of generational cohorts has seen an increase in popularity in scholarly and popular literature. Millennials comprise the newest cohort to enter the workplace. This study explores how managers use social categorization to make sense of their Millennial-generation employees. Data were collected through interviews conducted with managers in order to learn how they viewed and described Millennials. Twenty-five managers in the hospitality industry were interviewed. Data were analyzed by searching for membership categorization devices (MCDs), then patterns in usage and meaning of the devices were explored. Three patterns were identified in using MCDs to reference Millennials: “kids”, “age group,” and “Millennials”/variations of the term. These findings are examined in reference to how they may inform managerial behavior as well as guide further study of generational cohorts.     

浅析教学目标分析

在对教学目标来源、作用以及指导思想的基础上,构建了教学目标的分析框架,包括确定学习结果类型、确定目标类型、分析目标任务以及陈述学习目标四部分,简称"两确定、一分析、一陈述",以期望对教师或设计者进行教学目标分析提供支持帮助或借鉴意义。     

Boomers to Millennials: Generational Stereotypes at Work in Academic Librarianship

Over the past 30?years, as the American workforce has become more generationally diverse, library administrators and academic librarians alike have focused on navigating dynamics that arise in a multigenerational workplace. Much scholarly research has been conducted on generational differences; however, most of this research assumes that the individuals studied adhere to or believe in generational stereotypes. This exploratory study used a hybrid experience-perception survey to examine the role or influence generational stereotypes have on academic librarians and how those stereotypes influence the academic library workforce. While few specific generational stereotypes were found to be held by participants, perceptions of generational stereotypes still have a significant influence in academic librarians' interactions with their colleagues. This finding means that regardless of their validity, the impact of generational stereotypes cannot be disregarded in academic library workplaces.