Wednesday, September 08, 2004

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 8 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,  8 September 2004


Academic Research

CPI Bias from Supercenters: Does the BLS Know that Wal-Mart Exists?
http://papers.nber.org/papers/w10712.pdf
[full-text, 32 pages]
Jerry Hausman, Ephraim Leibtag
NBER Working Paper No. w10712
Issued in August 2004
---- Abstract -----
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W10712


Explaining the Evolution of Pension Structure and Job Tenure
http://papers.nber.org/papers/w10714.pdf
[full-text, 50 pages]
Leora Friedberg, Michael Owyang
NBER Working Paper No. w10714
Issued in August 2004
---- Abstract -----
http://papers.nber.org/papers/W10714


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

International

From the Asia Regional Information Center (ARIC)
ISSUES IN FOCUS
Outsourcing and its Impact on Asia
http://www.aric.adb.org/default1.asp?handler=infocus&switch=107

From the ILO Library
World Labour News [current awareness service]
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/support/lib/resources/newsfeed.htm

From the European Commission
WTO Dispute Settlement
US Byrd Amendment  -WTO says eight WTO Members may retaliate against the US
Joint Press statement by Brazil, Canada, Chile, the EU, India, Japan, Korea, and Mexico, Brussels, 31 August 2004
http://europa.eu.int/comm/trade/issues/respectrules/dispute/pr010904_en.htm


Federal

America's Dynamic Workforce - August, 2004 [online 6 September 2004]
http://www.dol.gov/asp/media/reports/workforce/toc.htm
Press Release-
U.S. Department of Labor Releases Report on State of the Workforce on Labor Day
Opportunities, Challenges Facing America's Workforce
Department of Labor Report Available Online
http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/opa/opa20041765.htm

Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 3, 2004
Current Employment Statistics
Highlights
August 2004
http://www.bls.gov/ces/ceshighlights.pdf
[full-text,  11 pages]


CDC: Surveillance Summaries September 3, 2004 / Vol. 53 / No. SS-7
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
Surveillance for Fatal and Nonfatal Injuries — United States, 2001
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5307a1.htm
or
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/ss/ss5307.pdf
[full-text, 60 pages]

From the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
The Budget and Economic Outlook: An Update
September 2004
A Report to the Senate and House Committees on the Budget
http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=5773&sequence=0
or
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/57xx/doc5773/08-24-BudgetUpdate.pdf
[full-text, 80 pages]

State

Employment in New York State Newsletter, July 2004 [3 September 2004]
http://www.labor.state.ny.us/labor_market/LMI_business/newsletr/current/index.htm
or
http://www.labor.state.ny.us/pdf/enys0704.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

From United for a Fair Economy & Institute for Policy Studies (IPS)
Executive Excess 2004:
Campaign Contributions, Outsourcing, Unexpensed Stock Options and Rising CEO Pay [31 August 2004]
11th Annual CEO Compensation Survey
http://www.faireconomy.org/press/2004/EE2004.pdf
[full-text, 37 pages]
See press release at-
http://www.faireconomy.org/press/2004/EE2004_pr.html

From PROFESSIONAL SAFETY JUNE 2004 www.asse.org (American Society of Safety Engineers)
Worker Protection
Latino Workers in the Construction Industry: Overcoming the language barrier improves safety
By R. Fernando Vázquez and C. Keith Stalnaker
http://www.asse.org/0604vasquez.pdf
[full-text, 5 pages]

From the Business and Professional Women's (BPW) Foundation
Workingwomen Speak Out [Survey Results]
http://www.bpwusa.org/pdf/surveyresults.pdf
[Full-text, 24 pages]

Executive Summary
http://www.bpwusa.org/pdf/lrexecsumm.pdf
[full-text, 2 pages]

Press Release
LABOR DAY REPORT
SURVEY OF 7,000 WORKINGWOMEN DEFINES KEY VOTER BLOC
August 30, 2004
Embargoed Until 1 p.m., Wednesday, September 1, 2004
http://www.bpwusa.org/template.cfm?Section=PressReleases&NavMenuID=384&template=PressReleaseDisplay.cfm&PressReleaseID=76


From MDRC-
Married and Poor: Basic Characteristics of Economically Disadvantaged Couples in the U.S. - MDRC Working Paper [July 2004]
David J. Fein, Ph.D.
Abt Associates
http://www.mdrc.org/publications/393/workpaper.html
or
http://www.mdrc.org/publications/393/workpaper.pdf
[full-text, 27 pages]


Implementing Financial Work Incentives in Public Housing: Lessons from the Jobs-Plus Demonstration — Overview [from MDRC]
Alissa Gardenhire-Crooks with Susan Blank, James A. Riccio
http://www.mdrc.org/publications/392/overview.html
or
http://www.mdrc.org/publications/392/overview.pdf
[full-text, 1 page]


From the RAND Corporation under contract with the Department of Labor
The 21st Century at Work: Forces Shaping the Future Workforce and Workplace in the United States [17 February 2004]
Lynn A. Karoly and Constantijn W. A. Panis
http://www.rand.org/publications/MG/MG164/
FULL REPORT:
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2004/RAND_MG164.pdf
[full-text, 306 pages]
SUMMARY:
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2004/RAND_MG164.sum.pdf
[full-text, 31 pages]
Press Release (17 February 2004) at
http://www.rand.org/news/press.04/02.17.html

See Also - RAND Research Brief:
The Future at Work — Trends and Implications [17 February 2004]
http://www.rand.org/publications/RB/RB5070/


Law

From the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)
The Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics, 2002 (August 2004)
http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook
updated as new material becomes available.
(Scroll Down this page to find the data, tables, polls, etc.)

From the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Significant Cases
http://www.opm.gov/lmr/sc/index.asp
See also -
Labor-Management Relations (in the Federal Government)
http://www.opm.gov/lmr/index.asp
and/or
Employee Relations (in the Federal Government)
http://www.opm.gov/er/index.asp


U.S. Department of Labor Files Friend of the Court Brief Supporting Low-Wage Worker [31 August 2004]
http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/opa/OPA20041730.htm



Statistical Reports

BLS: National Compensation Survey:
Occupational Wages in the United States, July 2003
U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
August 2004
Summary 04-03
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbl0635.pdf
[full-text, 16 pages]


BLS: PRODUCTIVITY AND COSTS Second Quarter 2004 [2 September 2004]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod2.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod2.pdf
[full-text, 14 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/prod2.supp.toc.htm


BLS: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  AUGUST 2004 [3 September 2004]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf
[full-text, 24 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/empsit.supp.toc.htm


Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

From the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education: School Year 2001-02 [online 7 September 2004]
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2004/rev_exp_02/
or
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2004/2004341.pdf
[full-text, 17 pages]


Facts for Features from the Census Bureau
CB04-FF.16    August 31, 2004
Halloween 2004: Oct. 31
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/002498.html
or
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/cb04-ff.16.pdf
[full-text, 3 pages]


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Institute for Workplace Studies *
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