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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,  6 October 2004


Academic Research

The Effect of College Curriculum on Earnings: Accounting for Non-Ignorable Non-Response Bias

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w10809.pdf

[full-text, 38 pages]

Daniel S. Hamermesh, Stephen G. Donald

NBER Working Paper No. w10809

Issued in October 2004

---- Abstract -----

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w10809

Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Southwest Economy

Issue 5, September/October 2004 [1 October 2004]

Is the Pension System a Liability?

http://www.dallasfed.org/research/swe/2004/swe0405b.html

or

http://www.dallasfed.org/research/swe/2004/swe0405b.pdf

[scroll down for article, - full-text, 7 pages]

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

International

From the Asian Development Bank (ADB]

Asian Development Outlook 2004 Update [4 October 2004]

http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/ADO/2004/update/default.asp

[scroll down to find access by chapter including Statistical Appendix]

or

http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/ADO/2004/update/ado2004-update.pdf

[full-text,  134 pages]

From the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work [27 September 2004]

Issue 313 - Mainstreaming occupational safety and health into education

18/06/2004

http://agency.osha.eu.int/publications/reports/313/en/index.htm

Mainstreaming occupational safety and health into education - Good practice in school and vocational education

http://agency.osha.eu.int/publications/reports/313/en/Mainstreaming_OSH.pdf

[full-text, 154 pages]

Press Release-

Start early and stay safe [27 September 2004]

http://agency.osha.eu.int/news/press_releases/en/28_09_2004/index.htm

AGE DATA from Census of INDIA 2001 [online 4 October 2004]

http://www.censusindia.net/agedata/index.html

Data on Disabled Population  from the Census of INDIA 2001 [August 2004]

http://www.censusindia.net/disability/index.html

(by India, State/Union territory)

What is the economic outlook for OECD countries? An interim assessment

Paris, 21st September 2004

Jean-Philippe Cotis, Chief Economist

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/49/12/33730219.pdf

[full-text, 12 pages]

OECD: The following is a background paper presented at the Workshop on Decentralisation and Poverty Reduction: From Lessons Learned to Policy Action, 29 - 30 September 2004, Paris, France

http://www.oecd.org/document/13/0,2340,en_2649_33935_33683789_1_1_1_1,00.html

For additional documentation, see-

http://www.oecd.org/document/51/0,2340,en_2649_33935_33742259_1_1_1_1,00.html

and press release at

http://www.oecd.org/document/30/0,2340,en_2649_201185_33734110_1_1_1_1,00.html

OECD DEVELOPMENT CENTRE

Working Paper No. 236

DECENTRALISATION AND POVERTY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: EXPLORING THE IMPACT

by Johannes Jütting, Céline Kauffmann, Ida Mc Donnell, Holger Osterrieder, Nicolas Pinaud and Lucia Wegner

Research programme on: Social Institutions and Dialogue

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/40/19/33648213.pdf

[full-text, 59 pages]

OECD Policy Brief:

Economic Survey of FINLAND, 2004 [5 October 2004]

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/21/33/33772557.pdf

[full-text, 12 pages]

For more information, see-

Economic Survey - Finland 2004

http://www.oecd.org/document/26/0,2340,en_2649_201185_33750554_1_1_1_1,00.html

From the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)

Economic Report on Africa, 2004 [29 September 2004]

http://www.uneca.org/era2004/

(access by chapter)

or

http://www.uneca.org/era2004/full.pdf

[full-text, 232 pages]

(This is very slow to load - not recommended).

Press release at-

http://www.uneca.org/eca_resources/Press_Releases/2004_pressreleases/pressrelease2004.htm

World Bank:

World Development Report 2005: A Better Investment Climate For Everyone [28 September 2004]

http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTDEC/EXTRESEARCH/EXTWDRS/EXTWDR2005/0,,contentMDK:20259914~menuPK:477673~pagePK:64167689~piPK:64167673~theSitePK:477665,00.html

[by chapter]

or

http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2005/Resources/complete_report.pdf

[full-text, 288 pages]

Press release at -

http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:20262488~menuPK:34463~pagePK:64003015~piPK:64003012~theSitePK:4607,00.html

Federal

BLS: National Compensation Survey: Occupational Wages in the United States, July 2003 [28 September 2004]

U.S. Department of Labor

Elaine L. Chao, Secretary

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Kathleen P. Utgoff, Commissioner

September 2004

Bulletin 2568

http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbl0658.pdf

[full-text, 188 pages]

BLS: Monthly Labor Review Online, September 2004, Vol. 127, Number 9

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/mlrhome.htm

U.S. import and export prices in 2003

Melissa Schwartz

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/09/art1full.pdf

[full-text, 7 pages]

Declining union density in Mexico, 19842000

David Fairris and Edward Levine

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/09/art2full.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

The diurnal pattern of on-the-job injuries

Kenneth N. Fortson

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/09/art3full.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

Accounting for wages and benefits using the ECI

Jonathan A. Schwabish

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/09/art4full.pdf

[full-text, 16 pages]

Reports

Employment in the information sector in March 2004

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/09/ressum1.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

Post-recession trends in nonfarm employment and related indicators

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/09/ressum2.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

BLS: Compensation and Working Conditions Online  [29 September 2004]

http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/home.htm

Fatal Occupational Injuries from Accidental Gunshot Wounds, 1993-2002 (09/29/2004)

http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/sh20040903ar01p1.htm

Census: International Data Base (IDB) [updated 30 September 2004]

http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbnew.html

Census: Issued August 2004

A Profile Of Older Workers In Maryland [5 October 2005]

Local Employment Dynamics

http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/led-ow-md.pdf

[full-text, 23 pages]

For additional Profiles of Older Workers by State see--

http://lehd.dsd.census.gov/led/05/002/index.html

See Press Release at-

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/employment_occupations/002947.html

NIOSH Publication No. 2004-175:

Nanotechnology and Workplace Safety and Health

30 September 2004

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2004-175/pdfs/2004-175.pdf

[full-text, 2 pages]

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) -- U.S. Government Agency

Information Gateway: Africa and Middle East

http://www.opic.gov/links/links-afr.htm

Information Gateway: Asia and Pacific

http://www.opic.gov/links/links-asia.htm

Information Gateway: Europe and New Independent States

http://www.opic.gov/links/links-euro.htm

Information Gateway: Latin America and Caribbean

http://www.opic.gov/links/links-lac.htm

State

(The following appears on the What's New Page of Workforce New York  http://www.workforcenewyork.org/  for the week of 27 September 2004).

Universal Access-NY (An online toolkit to assess the availability of One-Stop services for individuals with disabilities)

http://www.workforcenewyork.org/univaccess.htm

Universal Access-NY is a complete online planning toolkit, developed by Cornell University's Employment and Disability Institute, that enables a One-Stop Delivery System to assess its practices, and develop work plans to improve physical and programmatic accessibility for all One-Stop customers.

What is Universal Access-NY?

http://www.workforcenewyork.org/univaccessusers.doc

Universal Access-NY Indicators

http://www.workforcenewyork.org/univaccessind.htm

Universal Access-NY Log-In

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/extension/ped/UniversalAccessNY/authentication/log_in.cfm?CFID=3534685&CFTOKEN=28298093

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

Mellon:

2004 Survey of Cash Balance Plans -- Highlights

http://www.mellon.com/hris/pdf/cash_balance_report_highlights.pdf

[full-text, 20 pages]

Analysis and  Commentary on 2004 Survey of Cash Balance Plans

http://www.mellon.com/hris/pdf/cashBalance.pdf

[full-text, 17 pages]

See Press Release at-

http://www.mellon.com/hris/pdf/fyi_10_01_04a.pdf

Watson Wyatt:

Global Compensation Practices [4 October 2004]

http://www.watsonwyatt.com/research/resrender.asp?id=ONL014&page=1

Press Release

Number of Multinational Companies with Centralized Compensation Structures is Growing

Watson Wyatt/WorldatWork Survey Finds Higher Effectiveness Levels at Companies with Centralized Structures

http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=13672

Law

EEOC AND INTEL ENTER MEDIATION PARTNERSHIP TO RESOLVE WORKPLACE DISPUTES [4 October 2004]

EEOC's 72nd National Mediation Agreement and First with Silicon Valley High-Tech Company

http://www.eeoc.gov/press/10-4-04.html

Statistical Reports

BEA: PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: AUGUST 2004 [30 September 2004]

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/pi0804.htm

or

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/pi0804.pdf

[full-text, 13 pages]

or

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/pi0804.xls

[spreadsheet]

and highlights at-

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/pi0804_fax.pdf

BLS: INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS OF MANUFACTURING PRODUCTIVITY AND UNIT LABOR COST TRENDS, 2003 [30 September 2004]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod4.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod4.pdf

[full-text, 18 pages]

BLS: International Comparisons of Manufacturing Productivity and Unit Labor Cost Trends, Supplementary Tables [1 October 2004]

http://www.bls.gov/fls/prodsupptabletoc.htm

BLS: EMPLOYEE TENURE IN 2004 [21 September 2004]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/tenure.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/tenure.pdf

[full-text, 11 pages]

BLS: METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT:  AUGUST 2004 [29 September 2004]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/metro.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/metro.pdf

[full-text, 18 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

http://www.bls.gov/web/metro.supp.toc.htm

Census: DETAILED TABLES

July 1, 2003 State and County Characteristics

Population Estimates Available

http://www.census.gov/popest/estimates.php

State Contacts

http://www.census.gov/population/www/coop/contacts.html

Press Release

Texas Moves Closer to "Majority-Minority" Status, Census Bureau Estimates Show

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/002897.html

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

Facts for Features from the Census Bureau

CB04-FF.19    October 5, 2004

Thanksgiving Day, 2004

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/002938.html

or

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2004/cb04ff-19.pdf

[full-text, 3 pages]

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