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Tan, Soo Jiuan; Tambyah, Siok Kuan – Social Indicators Research, 2011
This study examines generalized trust and trust in institutions in Confucian Asia, covering six countries namely, China, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam, and one dependent region, Hong Kong. Using data from the 2006 AsiaBarometer Survey, our study affirms the reliability and validity of using a two-item scale to measure…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Trust (Psychology), Reliability, Validity
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Tao, Hung-Lin – Economics of Education Review, 2010
By specifying different goals of educational spending across districts, it is found that input (spending) equality and cost minimization improve both the Gini indexes of the college admission rate and public educational spending per student across different districts for the case of Taiwan. While complete output equality is not feasible, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Admission, Equal Education, Educational Finance
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Tseng, Paul T. Y.; Yen, David C.; Hung, Yu-Chung; Wang, Nana C. F. – Government Information Quarterly, 2008
The objective of this article is to explore the experience of reconciling the strategic information system (IS) management with the radical transition of the Information Technology (IT) infrastructure in Taiwan's Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) between 1998 and 2003. This investigation will be beneficial for the implementation of IT projects, as…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Information Technology, Foreign Countries, Content Analysis
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Liu, Jin-Tan; Hammitt, James K.; Jeng Lin, Chyongchiou – Economics of Education Review, 2000
Including family background variables in the wage equation significantly decreases estimated returns to a worker's own schooling. Using data on family members' schooling, this paper identifies family background's substantial effects on returns to schooling in Taiwan. The father's schooling is more important than the mother's in explaining wage…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Characteristics