Wednesday, September 29, 2004

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 29 September 2004

IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies                 Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations          Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor                  Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016                      Director, IWS News Bureau
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IWS Weekly Bulletin,  29 September 2004


Academic Research

Migration, Social Standards and Replacement Incomes: How to Protect Low-income Workers in the Industrialized Countries Against the Forces of Globalization and Market Integration
http://papers.nber.org/papers/w10798.pdf
[full-text, 42 pages]
Hans-Werner Sinn
NBER Working Paper No. w10798
Issued in September 2004
---- Abstract -----
http://www.nber.org/papers/w10798


Government Reports/Press - International, Federal, State, Local

International

Employment in Europe 2004 Report [23 September 2004]  - See full-text by chapter below.
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/news/2004/sep/eie2004_en.html
Foreword, Table of Contents and Executive Summary [Recent Trends and Prospects]
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/employment_analysis/eie/eie2004_forew_toc_sum_en.pdf
[full-text, 17 pages]
Chapter 1 Panorama of the European labour markets
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/employment_analysis/eie/eie2004_chap1_en.pdf
[fulll-text, 42 pages]
Chapter 2  Key Determinants of Labour Market Performance
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/employment_analysis/eie/eie2004_chap2_en.pdf
[full-text, 35 pages]
Chapter 3  Employment structures in Europe and the US: the role of skills, wages and final demand
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/employment_analysis/eie/eie2004_chap3_en.pdf
[full-text, 61 pages]
Chapter 4  Labour market transitions and advancement: temporary employment and low-pay in Europe
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/employment_analysis/eie/eie2004_chap4_en.pdf
[full-text, 28 pages]
Chapter 5 Globalisation and Labour Markets: a European perspective
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/employment_analysis/eie/eie2004_chap5_en.pdf
[full-text, 41 pages]
Statistical Annex
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/employment_analysis/eie/eie2004_stat_annex_en.pdf
[full-text,  49 pages]


From EUROCADRES  (Council of European Professional & Managerial Staff)
Working time of professionals and managers [27 September 2004]
EUROCADRES is worried by the inadequate proposal of the European Commission:
Press release(27 September 2004)
 <http://www.eurocadres.org/EN/info/04/2-04-022.pdf>
See also: EUROCADRES reply to the European Commission (2 July 2004)
<http://www.eurocadres.org/en/info/04/2-04-021.pdf>
 EUROCADRES comments,  (March 2004)
<http://www.eurocadres.org/EN/action/work/1f-005.pdf>
Results of the surveys.
 <http://www.eurocadres.org/EN/who/3c-002.pdf>


Erasmus Mundus: 82 European universities launch programme
IP/04/1121 - Brussels, 22 September 2004
http://europa.eu.int/comm/external_relations/news/ip04_1121.htm
See-
ERASMUS MUNDUS
http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/mundus/index_en.html


Employment-Intensive Investment Branch
International Labour Office, Geneva
The Construction Sector in the People's Republic of China: Policy analysis on sectoral development and employment challenges
June, 2004
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/recon/eiip/publ/setp/setp15.pdf
[full-text, 42 pages]


ILO: SEED Working Paper No. 47
Series on Women’s Entrepreneurship Development and Gender Equality — WEDGE
The Challenges of Growing Small Businesses: Insights from Women Entrepreneurs in Africa [September 2004]
by Pat Richardson, Rhona Howarth and Gerry Finnegan
http://www.ilo.org/dyn/empent/docs/F1534684809/WP47-2004.pdf
[full-text, 134 pages]


ILO: EMPLOYMENT STRATEGY PAPERS
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/publ/researchpap.htm#esp

2004/1 Macroeconomic reforms and a labour policy framework for India - Jayati Ghose (ISBN: 92-2-115269-3)
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/download/esp1.pdf
or
http://www-ilo-mirror.cornell.edu/public/english/employment/strat/download/esp1.pdf
[full-text, 45 pages]
2004/2 Macroeconomic reforms, labour market and labour policies: Chile, 1973-2000 - Guillermo Campero (ISBN: 92-2-115332-0)
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/download/esp2.pdf
or
http://www-ilo-mirror.cornell.edu/public/english/employment/strat/download/esp2.pdf
[full-text, 34 pages]
2004/3 Employment and labour market effects of globalization: Selected issues for policy management - Haroon Bhorat & Paul Lundall (ISBN 92-2-115334-7)
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/download/esp3.pdf
or
http://www-ilo-mirror.cornell.edu/public/english/employment/strat/download/esp3.pdf
[full-text, 79 pages]
2004/4 Successful employment and labour market policies in Europe and Asia and the Pacific Claire Harasty (ISBN: 92-2--115196-4)
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/download/esp4.pdf
or
http://www-ilo-mirror.cornell.edu/public/english/employment/strat/download/esp4.pdf
[full-text, 49 pages]
AND MORE....


From the International Labour Organization (ILO)
International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour
Child Labour: A textbook for university students [2004]
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/ipec/publ/download/pol_textbook_2004.pdf
[full-text, 311 pages]

From the ILO's International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour
GIRL CHILD LABOUR STUDIES in  four volumes [2004]
   * Girl child labour in agriculture, domestic work and sexual exploitation: Rapid assessments on the cases of the Philippines, Ghana and Ecuador - Volume 1
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/ipec/publ/download/gcl_vol1_2004.pdf
[full-text, 381 pages]
   * Girl child labour in agriculture, domestic work and sexual exploitaiton: a comparative analysis, cases of Ghana, Ecuador, Philippines - Volume 2
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/ipec/publ/download/gcl_vol2_2004.pdf
[full-text, 193 pages]
   * Global child labour data review: a gender perspective - Volume 3
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/ipec/publ/download/gcl_vol3_2004.pdf
[full-text, 221 pages]
   * A selected annotated bibliography on girl child labour: a gender perspective - Volume 4
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/ipec/publ/download/gcl_vol4_2004.pdf
[full-text, 200 pages]


Federal

BLS: Highlights of Women's Earnings in 2003 [27 September 2004]
U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
September 2004
Report 978
http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpswom2003.pdf
[full-text, 41 pages]

From the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
CBO's Economic Forecasting Record
An evaluation of the economic forecasts CBO made from January 1976 through January 2002 [23 September 2004]
September 2004
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/58xx/doc5840/09-23-EconomicForecast.pdf
[full-text, 42 pages]

LONG-RANGE FISCAL POLICY BRIEF
CBO A series of issue summaries from the Congressional Budget Office
No. 12, September 22, 2004
How Pension Financing Affects Returns to Different Generations
http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=5822&sequence=0
or
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/58xx/doc5822/09-22-PensionBrief.pdf
[full-text, 6 pages]


State

[6 September 2004]
NO HOLIDAY FOR MISSOURI'S OUTSOURCED WORKERS:
OUTSOURCING, EXECUTIVE CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND THE 2004 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
Labor Day September 2004
http://www.stl-jwj.org/news_items/NO_HOLIDAYreport.pdf
[full-text, 21 pages]


Employment in New York State Newsletter, August 2004 [27 September 2004]
http://www.labor.state.ny.us/labor_market/LMI_business/newsletr/current/index.htm
or
http://www.labor.state.ny.us/pdf/enys0804.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]


Institutes/Associations/Commercial

[Global Labor Institute]
Cornell labor institute hosts global workplace forum in New York City [23 September 2004]
By Linda Myers
http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicle//04/9.23.04/Global_Labor_forum.html

The following is a new course taught as a collaboration between the ILO's International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS) & Cornell's School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR).
Workers' Rights as Human Rights
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/edu/cornell/index.htm
Program
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/edu/cornell/program.pdf
Instructors
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/edu/cornell/instruc.htm
Resources
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/edu/cornell/resources.htm
Flyer
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/edu/cornell/flyer.pdf
New Course!
ILR 608 Meets 'live' via video conference with faculty and students at the ILO in Geneva, Switzerland
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/international/Students/courses/ILOandILR608.html


From the Brookings Institution
Demographic Pressures on Public Pension Systems and Government Budgets in Open Economies [27 September 2004]
http://www.brookings.edu/views/papers/bryant/20040922.pdf
[full-text, 78 pages]
The Brookings Institution, September 2004
Ralph C. Bryant, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies
Abstract
http://www.brookings.edu/views/papers/bryant/20040922.htm

From the Brookings Institution
Wanted: New Ideas for Jobs Debate
http://www.brookings.edu/metro/20040924_metroview.htm
Web Exclusive, September 24, 2004
Bruce Katz, Vice President and Director, Metropolitan Policy Program
Bob Giloth, Director of Family Economic Success, Annie E. Casey Foundation

From Watson Wyatt
Employees Facing New Plan Designs, Significant Benefit Changes During Open Enrollment Season
Watson Wyatt Identifies Seven Trends for 2005
http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=13656


2004: 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers [22 September 2004]
About this year's list-
http://www.workingmother.com/100BEST_2004.html
2004: 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers
http://www.workingmother.com/bestlist.html
{Select the company from the box at top of page and/or use pull-down menu to get profiles)
Best of the Best - TOP 10 Companies
http://www.workingmother.com/top10.html
How we choose
http://www.workingmother.com/choosebest.html
2004 Family Champion
http://www.workingmother.com/story3.html


Law

From the European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) Online
European Court of Justice issues decision in EWCs case [22 September 2004]
http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2004/09/feature/eu0409203f.html


EEOC: See also Youth@Work at-
http://www.eeoc.gov/initiatives/youth/index.html
And the MAIN WEB SITE for
Youth at Work at-
http://youth.eeoc.gov/
EEOC LAUNCHES 'YOUTH@WORK' INITIATIVE TO EDUCATE TEEN EMPLOYEES ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES [21 September 2004]
New Web Site, National Outreach and Partnerships to Focus on Emerging Issue
http://www.eeoc.gov/press/9-21-04a.html


From ADAPT-Centro Studi "Marco Biagi"
Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia
Viale Berengario 51 - 41000 MODENA
tel. +39.059.2056742
fax +39.059.2056743
The International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations
Volume 20, Issue 3, 2004
http://www.csmb.unimo.it/journal/abstracts/issue3_04.html


Statistical Reports

BEA: GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT:  SECOND QUARTER 2004 (FINAL) [29 September 2004]
CORPORATE PROFITS:  SECOND QUARTER 2004 (REVISED)
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/gdp204f.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/gdp204f.pdf
[full-text, 15 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/gdp204f.xls
[spreadsheet]
and highlights at
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/gdp204f_fax.pdf



BEA: State Personal Income: Second Quarter 2004 [28 September 2004]
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/spi0904.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/spi0904.pdf
[full-text, 11 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/spi0904.xls
[spreadsheet]


BLS: NATIONAL CENSUS OF FATAL OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES IN 2003 [22 September 2004]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cfoi.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cfoi.pdf
[full-text, 17 pages]


BLS: PRODUCTIVITY BY INDUSTRY: WHOLESALE TRADE, RETAIL TRADE, AND FOOD SERVICES AND DRINKING PLACES, 2003 [24 September 2004]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prin.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prin.pdf
[full-text, 7 pages]


BLS: MASS LAYOFFS IN AUGUST 2004 [23 September 2004]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/mmls.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/mmls.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]


Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

Facts for Features from the Census
CB04-FF.18 September 23, 2004
Veterans Day 2004: Nov. 11
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/002827.html
or
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2004/cb04ff-18.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]


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