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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,  13 October 2004


Academic Research

Global Demographic Change: Dimensions and Economic Significance

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w10817.pdf

[full-text, 45 pages]

David E. Bloom, David Canning

NBER Working Paper No. w10817

Issued in October 2004

---- Abstract -----

http://papers.nber.org/papers/W10817

Fear of Service Outsourcing: Is It Justified?

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w10808.pdf

[full-text, 41 pages]

Mary Amiti, Shang-Jin Wei

NBER Working Paper No. w10808

Issued in October 2004

---- Abstract -----

http://papers.nber.org/papers/W10808

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

International

From the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)

Framework Agreement on WORK-RELATED STRESS

http://www.etuc.org/en/Press/releases/colbargain/Accord-cadres%20STRESS.pdf

[full-text, 4 pages]

Press Release-

Brussels, 8 October 2004

ETUC, UNICE/UEAPME and CEEP sign AGREEMENT on work-related stress

http://www.etuc.org/EN/Press/releases/colbargain/0810StressEN.cfm

INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION (ILO)

Sectoral Activities Programme

The future of work and quality in the Information Society: The media, culture, graphical sector

Report for discussion at the Tripartite Meeting on the Future of Work and Quality in the Information Society: The Media, Culture, Graphical Sector [18 to 22 October 2004]

Geneva, 2004

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/sector/techmeet/tmmcgs04/tmmcgs-r.pdf

[full-text, 116 pages] - See CONTENTS BELOW

From the KOREA LABOR INSTITUTE (KLI)

e-Labor News

LABOR TRENDS, No. 35, 2004 [8 October 2004

http://www.kli.re.kr/kli_eng/elabor/35/elabr_Frameset2.htm

[in FRAMES]

or

http://www.kli.re.kr/kli_eng/elabor/35/main2.htm

[Separate Document]

Federal

Census: Consolidated Federal Funds Report for Fiscal Year 2003 Issued September 2004

CFFR/03 State and County Areas [7 October 2004]

http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/03cffr.pdf

[full-text, 110 pages]

DETAILED TABLES at-

http://www.census.gov/govs/www/cffr.html

Summary table at -

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/2003cffr-table1.pdf

Press Release [7 October 2004]

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/governments/002939.html

Census: Federal Aid to States for Fiscal Year 2003 [7 October 2004]

FAS/03

Issued September 2004

http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/03fas.pdf

[full-text, 56 pages]

EEOC: Retail Distribution Centers:

How New Business Processes Impact Minority Labor Markets [8 October 2004]

http://www.eeoc.gov/stats/reports/retaildistribution/index.html

or

http://www.eeoc.gov/stats/reports/retaildistribution/retaildistribution.pdf

[full-text, 36 pages]

See Press Release [8 October 2004] at-

http://www.eeoc.gov/press/10-7-04a.html

GAO: Private Pensions:  Airline Plans' Underfunding Illustrates Broader Problems with Defined Benefit Pension System, by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. GAO-05-108T, October 7.

http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-05-108T

or

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05108t.pdf

[full-text, 13 pages]

and

Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d05108thigh.pdf

U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC)

Trade Agreements - Economic Effects Investigations

http://www.usitc.gov/Econfx.htm

U.S.-AUSTRALIA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT: POTENTIAL ECONOMYWIDE AND SELECTED

SECTORAL EFFECTS

Investigation No. TA-2104-11

(Publication 3697; May 2004)

ftp://ftp.usitc.gov/pub/reports/studies/pub3697.PDF

[full-text, 236 pages]

U.S.-BAHRAIN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT: POTENTIAL ECONOMYWIDE AND SELECTED

SECTORAL EFFECTS

Investigation No. TA-2104-15

(Publication 3726; October 2004)

ftp://ftp.usitc.gov/pub/reports/studies/pub3726.PDF

[full-text, 121 pages]

U.S.-CENTRAL AMERICA-DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FREE TRADE AGREEMENT:POTENTIAL

ECONOMYWIDE AND SELECTED SECTORAL EFFECTS

Investigation No. TA-2104-13

(Publication 3717; August 2004)

ftp://ftp.usitc.gov/pub/reports/studies/pub3717.PDF

[full-text, 202 pages]

U.S.-CHILE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT: POTENTIAL ECONOMYWIDE AND SELECTED

SECTORAL EFFECTS

Investigation No. TA-2104-5

(Publication 3605; June 2003)

ftp://ftp.usitc.gov/pub/reports/studies/pub3605.PDF

[full-text, 181 pages]

U.S.-MOROCCO FREE TRADE AGREEMENT: POTENTIAL ECONOMYWIDE AND SELECTED

SECTORAL EFFECTS

Investigation No. TA-2104-14

(Publication 3704; June 2004)

ftp://ftp.usitc.gov/pub/reports/studies/pub3704.PDF

[full-text, 174 pages]

U.S.-SINGAPORE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT: POTENTIAL ECONOMYWIDE AND SELECTED

SECTORAL EFFECTS

Investigation No. TA-2104-6

(Publication 3603; June 2003)

ftp://ftp.usitc.gov/pub/reports/studies/pub3603.PDF

[full-text, 180 pages]

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)

The following press release will be available soon at-

http://www.ebri.org/prrel/index.htm

Retirement Plan Participation Ends Decline; Increases for Full-Time, Full-Year Workers [12 October 2004]

TOWERS PERRIN PROJECTS AN 8% INCREASE IN EMPLOYER-SPONSORED HEALTH CARE COSTS FOR 2005 [6 October 2004]

An End to the Double-Digit Cost Spiral Only Masks Huge Dollar-for-Dollar Cost Increases But the Beginnings of Sustainable Cost Control Are Evident in Some Employer Programs

http://www.towersperrin.com/hrservices/webcache/towers/United_States/press_releases/2004_10_06/2004_10_06.htm

Law

From FindLaw.com

Personnel Policies and Practices FAQ

http://biz.findlaw.com/employment_employer/nolo/faq/EBB2FDB8-D51C-4685-9EA06EDFD801845C.html

Statistical Reports

BLS: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: SEPTEMBER 2004 [8 October 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

Facts for Features from the Census Bureau

CB04-FF.20    October 6, 2004

American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month: November 2004

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/002950.html

or

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2004/cb04ff-20.pdf

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