scholarly journals Modeling the Commuting Travel Activities within Historic Districts in Chinese Cities

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mao Ye ◽  
Miao Yu ◽  
Zhibin Li ◽  
Fengjun Yin ◽  
Qizhou Hu
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Historic District ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Historic Districts ◽  
Explanatory Variables ◽  
Home Based ◽  
Endogenous Variables

The primary objective of this study is to analyze the characteristics of commuting activities within the historical districts in cities of China. The impacts of various explanatory variables on commuters’ travels are evaluated using the structural equation modeling (SEM) approach. The household survey was conducted in the historical districts in Yangzhou, China. Based on the data, various individual and household attributes were considered exogenous variables, while the subsistence activity characteristics, travel times, numbers of three typical home-based trip chains, trip chains, and travel mode were considered as the endogenous variables. Commuters in our study were classified into two main groups according to their working location, which were the commuters in the historic district and those out of the district. The modeling results show that several individual and household attributes of commuters in historic district have significant impacts on the characteristics of travel activities. Additionally, the characteristics of travel activities within the two groups are quite different, and the contributing factors related to commuting travels are different as well.

scholarly journals Determinants of access to the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine: a preliminary approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Brigitte Renata Bezerra de Oliveira ◽  
Ana Iza Gomes da Penha Sobral ◽  
Marcelo Luiz Monteiro Marinho ◽  
Marcos Felipe Falcão Sobral ◽  
André de Souza Melo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Development ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Income Poverty ◽  
Socioeconomic Indicators ◽  
Extreme Poverty ◽  
Explanatory Variables ◽  
Endogenous Variables ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background The determinants of access to immunizers are still poorly understood, leading to questions about which criteria were considered in this distribution. Given the above, the present study aimed to analyze the determinants of access to the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine by different countries. Methods The study covered 189 countries using data from different public databases, and collected until February 19, 2021. We used eight explanatory variables: gross domestic product (GDP), extreme poverty, human development index (HDI), life expectancy, median age, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases, COVID-19 tests, and COVID-19 deaths. The endogenous variables were total vaccine doses, vaccine doses per thousand, and days of vaccination. The structural equation modeling (SEM) technique was applied to establish the causal relationship between the country's COVID-19 impact, socioeconomic variables, and vaccine access. To support SEM, we used confirmatory factor analysis, t-test, and Pearson's correlation. Results We collected the sample on February 19, and to date, 80 countries (42.1%) had already received a batch of immunizers against COVID-19. The countries with first access to the vaccine (e.g., number of days elapsed since they took the first dose) were the United Kingdom (68), China (68), Russia (66), and Israel (62). The countries receiving the highest doses were the United States, China, India, and Israel. The countries with extreme poverty had lower access to vaccines and the richer countries gained priority access. Countries most affected by COVID (deaths and cases) also received immunizers earlier and in greater volumes. Unfortunately, similar to other vaccines, indicators, such as income, poverty, and human development, influence vaccines' access. Thus affecting the population of vulnerable and less protected countries. Therefore, global initiatives for the equitable distribution of COVID need to be discussed and encouraged. Conclusions Determinants of vaccine distribution consider the impact of the disease in the country and are also affected by favorable socioeconomic indicators. The COVID-19 vaccines need to be accessible to all affected countries, regardless of their social hands.

scholarly journals Utilization of Tax Incentives, Tax Services and Existence of Tax Sanctions on Tax Compliance in Submitting SPT and Micro Business Sustainability at Kediri City during COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 463-469
Author(s):  
Amin Tohari ◽  
Andy Kurniawan ◽  
Basthoumi Muslih
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Tax Compliance ◽  
Tax Incentives ◽  
Sem Analysis ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Tax Revenue ◽  
Business Sustainability ◽  
Tax Incentive ◽  
Endogenous Variables

This study aimed to analyze the utilization of tax incentives, tax sanctions, and tax services on tax compliance in submitting SPT and analyze them on micro business sustainability in Kediri City during Covid-19 pandemic. This study was a causality research design, using quantitative approach to examined the effects between exogenous and endogenous variables. The population were all micro business entrepreneurs in Kediri City with the sample size were 130 entrepreneurs. The analysis was used Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analysis of SmartPLS program. The results showed that uutilization of tax incentives, tax service and the existence of tax sanctions had a positive and significant effect on tax compliance. Besides, tax service had a positive and significant effect on the business sustainability, but only tax incentives and tax sanctions had a positive and negligible effect on business sustainability. Kediri City needed to continue the existence of tax incentives, supervise on tax sanctions, improve tax services and motivate micro business entrepreneurs to submitting their SPT. So that, tax revenue of local government grows as expected. Meanwhile, to maintain micro business sustainability, local government with KPP Pratama Kediri has to guide and develop micro business entrepreneurs’ knowledge about tax effects for their own benefits. Keywords: business sustainability, tax compliance, tax incentive, tax sanctions, tax service.

Establishing Early Foundations to Promote Emotional Competence in Preschool Children

2021 ◽  
pp. 193672442110543
Author(s):  
Jasleen Kaur ◽  
Anupam Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Emotional Competence ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
Home Learning ◽  
Role Of Parents ◽  
The Impact

The primary objective of this paper is to design the framework for enhancing the emotional competence of preschool children by examining the perspective of parents’ involvement with children staying at home. The paper also discusses (1) the concept of social-emotional competence and its importance for preschool children; (2) the concept of emotional competence, happiness, home learning, and sharing among children; and (3) the role of parents in promoting emotional competence in preschool children. The paper examined the impact of home learning, happiness, and sharing habits on the emotional competence of preschool children by using Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) 2.0. The respondents included 358 randomly selected parents in two districts of Punjab state of India who have children aged 3 to 6 years. The results showed that happiness and home learning had a significant positive impact on the emotional competence of preschool children. However, sharing habits did not impact emotional competence to a significant extent in the current study.

Home-Based Teleshopping and Shopping Travel

2005 ◽  
Vol 1926 (1) ◽  
pp. 212-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher E. Ferrell
Keyword(s):  
San Francisco ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Information And Communications Technologies ◽  
Home Shopping ◽  
Bay Area ◽  
Home Based ◽  
Communications Technologies ◽  
Shopping Trips ◽  
Shopping Travel

Structural equation modeling techniques were used to explore the tradeoffs that people make when teleshopping from home. Early in the development and growth of online shopping, many assumed that it would become a direct substitute for traditional retail (out-of-home) shopping and thereby reduce shopping trips and vehicle miles traveled. A growing body of research on the interplay between the use of information and communications technologies suggests that people shop and travel for a multitude of reasons that depend on the interplay between lifestyle, availability and convenience of shopping opportunities and the demands of other activities during the day. Using the San Francisco Bay Area Travel Survey 2000 from California, this paper performs an activities analysis to investigate these relationships. Time use variables predict the amount of time each individual spends during the day on work, maintenance, discretionary, and shopping activities both inside and outside the home. These activities are used to predict the amount of shopping travel each person undertook. Results suggest that people substitute home teleshopping time for shopping travel time and that teleshoppers take fewer shopping trips and travel shorter total distances for shopping purposes. Variables constructed to represent the degree to which people are “time-starved” from the demands of their work and maintenance activities revealed that female heads of households tend to teleshop more, make more shopping trips and shopping trip chains, do more out-of-home shopping, and shop travel for longer periods than the rest of the survey population.

Public Transit Market Research of Low-Income Commuters Using Attitude-Based Market Segmentation Approach: Case Study of Fushun, China

2017 ◽  
Vol 2671 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Long Cheng ◽  
Xuewu Chen ◽  
William H. K. Lam ◽  
Shuo Yang ◽  
Da Lei
Keyword(s):  
Market Segmentation ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Public Transit ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Transit Services ◽  
Segmentation Approach ◽  
Transit Market ◽  
Attitudinal Characteristics

In China, low-income commuters are usually concentrated in peripheral settlements outside downtown areas, where travel services are inadequately provided. These commuters are dependent on fewer travel options, considering their affordability. Based on the recognition that public transit is an important mode to enhance low-income commuters’ travel mobility, a comprehensive attitude-based market segmentation analysis was performed to identify distinct market segments to best serve the needs of each segment and to develop plans to increase transit usage. First, a detailed household survey was conducted in Fushun, China, to obtain commuters’ attitudes toward daily travel. Then, factor analysis was utilized to explore latent attitudinal factors. The structural equation modeling investigated the correlations between attitudes and public transit usage. The k-means clustering was then employed to partition the transit market into several subgroups. Finally, five segments of transit market with distinct attitudes were identified by three dividing variables, namely, the desire for comfort, the need for reliability, and environmental awareness. Low-income commuters in the same segment share homogeneous travel preferences while those in other segments possess different attitudes. The attitudinal characteristics, socioeconomic profile, and mode choice behavior in each segment were examined and discussed. Policies that best meet the needs of each submarket were proposed. These transit-related strategies included building a reliable operation environment, improving the level of service of existing facilities, implementing demand-response transit services, and providing public propaganda and education toward environmental protection.

scholarly journals The Effect of Training and Ability on the Performance of Employee at Disaster Management Bureau of Central Kalimantan Province

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 87-90
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation Modeling ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Exogenous Variables ◽  
Central Kalimantan ◽  
Endogenous Variables ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect

Abstract This study aims to examine and determine the effect of training and ability on the performance of employee at Disaster Management Bureau of Central Kalimantan Province. The results of this study are expected to contribute to the discourse of science in the field of human resource management. This is an explanatory research which explains the relationship between exogenous variables and endogenous variables. It took 34 employees as the sample by implementing saturated sampling as the method. The data were analyzed with Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) using PLS software. The results showed training and ability have direct and positive effect on the performance of employee at Disaster Management Bureau of Central Kalimantan Province.

Home-Based Telecommuting and Quality of Life: Further Evidence on an Employee-Oriented Human Resource Practice

2009 ◽  
Vol 104 (2) ◽  
pp. 395-402 ◽  
Author(s):  
Severin Hornung ◽  
Jürgen Glaser
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Human Resource Practice ◽  
Home Based ◽  
Flexible Working ◽  
Work Family

Building on previous research, further evidence for the potential of home-based telecommuting as an employee-oriented human resource practice is provided from a study in the German public administration. Survey data from 1,008 public employees were analyzed using structural equation modeling. Mean age of the sample was 43.6 yr. ( SD = 8.8 yr.), and 27.5% (277) of the participants were women. Analysis supported the roles of higher Autonomy and lower Work-Family Conflict as psychological mediators between Telecommunication Intensity and both Job Satisfaction and Quality of Life. Implications for the design of flexible working arrangements are discussed.

scholarly journals Understanding the Attitudes and Purpose for the Usage of Self-service Technologies (SSTs) at the Airports

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 7034-7039
Keyword(s):  
Perceived Risk ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Endogenous Variables ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Self Service ◽  
Self Service Technology

This study tried to understand the intention of technology adoption for web-based self-service technology (SST) pertaining to the airline sector in India. A survey-based approach was employed to acquire 458 responses. These responses were obtained from passengers who were using the airline’s service. The passengers were from three international airports that are located in Chennai, Hyderabad, and Bangalore. The partial least square structural equation modeling technique was employed to investigate the hypothesis. To recognize the influences on web-based SST(endogenous variables), along with the concept of adoption purpose as per the air passengers’ perceptions, the initial qualitative study joined the resultant literature examination in correspondence with the interview with focus groups. The following are the exogenous factors applied in the study; apparent usefulness: apparent ease of usage, trustworthiness, perceived risk, supposed behavioral regulator, subjective standard, word-of-mouth reports, apparent playfulness, and approach and adaptation purpose. Results specify factors that suggestively affect the intention to employ SSTs. Theoretical as well as managerial implications are deliberated on.

scholarly journals Pengurangan Subsidi Pupuk dan Kenaikan Tingkat Suku Bunga terhadap Kesejahteraan Petani Lada Indonesia

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
La Diadhan Hukama
Keyword(s):  
Interest Rates ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Estimation Method ◽  
Coefficient Of Determination ◽  
Estimation Model ◽  
Explanatory Variables ◽  
Price Subsidy ◽  
Endogenous Variables ◽  
P Fertilizer ◽  
The Impact

Fertilizer Price Subsidy Reduction and Increase in Interest Rates Pepper Farmers Welfare in Indonesia, This aims of this study are to explain the influence of price subsidy reduction of fertilizer and to measure the impact of increasing interest rates for farmers welfare in Indonesia by using the model of simultaneous equations system estimation model with the condition of each equation is identified excessive, then the parameter estimation method was used Two Stage Least Squares (2 SLS). Based on the analysis results show the model prediction coefficient of determination (R2) ranged from 52% to 98%. This shows the diversity of each endogenous variable can be explained quite well by the explanatory variables in each structural equation. Explanatory variables in each equation are jointly significant enough to explain the diversity of endogenous variables, which is shown from the statistical value of F ranges between 2.678 to 172.427.Artikel ini merupakan post print yang sudah terbit di Jurnal Dikta Ekonomi Volume 7, Nomor 3, Desember 2010 / Muharram 1431 H

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