DePaul University

About: DePaul University is a education organization based out in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Context (language use). The organization has 5658 authors who have published 11562 publications receiving 295257 citations.

Will the Boomers Volunteer During Retirement? Comparing the Baby Boom, Silent, and Long Civic Cohorts

Abstract: Data from the 1995 and 2005 waves of the Midlife in the United States panel study were used to compare rates of volunteering among the baby boomers with earlier cohorts and to predict boomers' future volunteering. When age was kept constant through the use of panel data, the first baby boom cohort (born 1946 to 1955) did more volunteering than did the “silent” cohort (born 1936 to 1945), and the silents volunteered more than did the “long civic” cohort (born 1926 to 1935). The author generated regression equations that used nine 1995 variables to predict 2005 volunteering and used the boomers' 2005 values on these variables to predict their 2015 volunteering. These equations slightly predict higher volunteering among the boomers in 2015 than the silents did in 2005. This result, combined with the large size of the boomer cohort, indicates that the total number of elderly volunteers will probably increase in the next decade.

Parties’ Responses to Economic Globalization: What is Left for the Left and Right for the Right?

Abstract: Do parties adjust their economic policy positions in response to the international economy? I explore how international economic conditions affect Western Europe’s welfare states by quantitatively analysing parties’ ideological dynamics over time. Considering the convergence—divergence argument of the globalization literature, I evaluate the hypothesis that economic openness motivates parties to adjust their economic policies. My empirical analyses reveal that both left-wing and right-wing parties do indeed systematically adjust their positions in response to economic changes associated with globalization. However, the results contradict the neoliberal convergence argument, as parties shift in varying directions in response to different indicators of openness. Importantly, the differences between left-wing and right-wing parties’ responses are not statistically significant, pointing to the importance of including right-wing parties in the globalization literature.

Social capital and self-presentation on social networking sites: a comparative study of Chinese and American young generations

Abstract: In recent years, using social networking sites (SNSs hereafter), such as QQ, Xiaonei.com, and Kaixin001.com, has become a popular activity among Chinese Internet users. Yet little is known about whether Chinese users' activities in this emerging online social venue differ from Westerners', reflecting their fundamental cultural orientations such as individualism and collectivism. This study focuses on potential similarities and differences between Chinese and American young generations in the nature of social relationships and self-presentation strategies that they develop and employ on SNSs. A greater level of bonding social capital in SNSs was observed among American young users than their Chinese counterparts, and no significant difference in bridging social capital between the two groups of SNS users was found. Results also revealed that Chinese and American college-aged young generations employed different self-presentation strategies in SNSs. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.