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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,  24 November 2004


Academic Research

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

ADB Institute Discussion Paper No.17

Foreign Direct Investment in East Asia and Latin America: Is there a People's Republic of China Effect?

Busakorn Chantasasawat

K.C. Fung

Hitomi Iizaka

Alan Siu

November 2004

http://www.adbi.org/files/2004.11.dp17.fdi.prc.effect.pdf

[full-text, 32 pages]

From the Asian Development Bank (ADB)

ADBI Discussion Paper 15

Great Expectations: Microfinance and Poverty Reduction in Asia and Latin America [19 November 2004]

http://www.adbi.org/discussion-paper/2004/11/19/817.microfinance.poverty.asia.latin/

From the Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) web site

Slave Redemption When it Takes Time to Redeem Slaves

by Carol Ann Rogers and Kenneth A. Swinnerton, October 2004,

to be presented at Allied Social Sciences Association Meetings in January 2005.

http://www.dol.gov/ilab/programs/oiea/SlaveRedemption.pdf

[full-text, 24 pages]

THE CHANGING NATURE OF CORPORATE GLOBAL RESTRUCTURING: THE IMPACT OF PRODUCTION SHIFTS ON JOBS  IN THE US, CHINA, AND AROUND THE GLOBE

Submitted to the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission

By Dr. Kate Bronfenbrenner

Director of Labor Education Research

Cornell University

and

Dr. Stephanie Luce

Research Director and Assistant Professor

University of Massachusetts Amherst

October 14, 2004

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/international/downloads/News/UsccCornell-umassReport.pdf

[full-text, 95 pages]

See press release at-

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/international/news.html

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


International

UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)

From Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa

See Speeches and Documents at-

http://www.uneca.org/chga/

ECA Press Release No. 28/2004

LABOUR SUPPLY THREATENED BY HIV/AIDS, MEETING TOLD

http://www.uneca.org/eca_resources/Press_Releases/2004_pressreleases/pressrelease2804.htm

European Commission

Social Dialogue Brochure

http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/news/2004/nov/broc_soc-dial_2004_en.html

Promoting Social Dialogue in an enlarged Europe (Manuscript completed in August 2004)

http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/news/2004/nov/2004_1900_en.pdf

[full-text, 28 pages]

From the European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)

Background paper on gender balance [16 November 2004]

http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/content/source/eu04022a.html?p1=emcc_updates&p2=emcc%20updates

From the European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)

Business resilience - anticipation as the key to sustainable business success [12 November 2004]

http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/content/source/eu04021a.html?p1=ef_publication&p2=null

OECD Policy Brief:

Economic Survey of the CZECH REPUBLIC, 2004 [22 November 2004]

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/4/2/33923819.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

For more information, see

Economic Survey of the Czech Republic - 2004

http://www.oecd.org/document/51/0,2340,en_2649_201185_33903667_1_1_1_1,00.html

World Bank:

Four Years ­ Intifada, Closures and Palestinian Economic Crisis: An Assessment [online 22 November 2004]

World Bank, October 2004

http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWESTBANKGAZA/Resources/wbgaza-4yrassessment.pdf

[full-text, 116 pages]

See also-

POVERTY IN THE WEST BANK AND GAZA AFTER THREE YEARS OF ECONOMIC CRISIS

http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWESTBANKGAZA/Resources/wbgaza-povertyaftereconcrisis.pdf

[full-text, 41 pages]

Press Release-

World Bank Report: Palestinian Economy Remains Stagnant After Four Years of Intifada [22 November 2004]

http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:20285216~menuPK:34463~pagePK:64003015~piPK:64003012~theSitePK:4607,00.html

Federal

Older Americans 2004: Key Indicators of Well-Being [18 November 2004]

http://www.agingstats.gov/chartbook2004/default.htm

or

http://www.agingstats.gov/chartbook2004/OA_2004.pdf

[full-text, 160 pages]

Press Release

Federal Forum Reports Americans Aging Well, But Gaps Remain [18 November 2004]

http://www.agingstats.gov/chartbook2004/pr2004.html

or

http://www.agingstats.gov/chartbook2004/Forum%202004%20Older%20Americans%20press%20release.pdf

Census: Computer and Internet Use in the United States: September 2001 Detailed Tables ( PPL-175 ) [19 November 2004]

http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/computer/ppl-175.html

CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE (CBO)

Disability and Retirement: The Early Exit of Baby Boomers from the Labor Force [23 November 2004]

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/60xx/doc6018/11-22-LaborForce.pdf

[full-text, 28 pages]

CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE (CBO)

What Is Happening to Youth Employment Rates? [20 November 2004]

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/60xx/doc6017/11-18-YouthEmployment.pdf

[full-text, 20 pages]

CRS  (Congressional Research Service) Report for Congress

Received through the CRS Web

Guarding America: Security Guards and U.S. Critical Infrastructure Protection

November 12, 2004

Paul W. Parfomak

Specialist in Science and Technology

Resources, Science, and Industry Division

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/RL32670.pdf

[full-text, 32 pages]

or

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/downloads/keyWorkplaceDocuments/CRS/CRSRL32670.pdf

State

New York:

NY'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN OCTOBER BELOW NATIONAL RATE [18 November 2004]

New York Gains over 10,000 Jobs, While Posting Lowest Unemployment Rate in Three Years

http://www.labor.state.ny.us/agency/pressrel/pruistat.htm

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

Center for Government Reform

The Equivalency Poll [15 November 2004]

American Attitudes Toward “A Drink is a Drink”

http://www.retiresafe.org/CenterForGovernmentReform/AES_ExecutiveSummary.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

Survey Results

http://www.retiresafe.org/CenterForGovernmentReform/AES_Results.pdf

[full-text, 12 pages]

Press Release-

Public Questions Whether a Drink is a Drink, Finds Industry Message Misleading

New Survey Finds Majority of Americans Question Efforts Claiming Alcohol Equivalency As a Public Health Issue to Be Suspect, Self-serving

http://www.retiresafe.org/CenterForGovernmentReform/AlcoholEquivalencySurvey.html

Conference Board

The U.S. Leading Index Decreases for a Fifth Consecutive Month

Nov. 18, 2004

http://www.conference-board.org/economics/press.cfm?press_ID=2521

More data and charts at

www.globalindicators.org

From the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)

CO-DETERMINATION IS NOT AN ALIEN CONCEPT IN EUROPE

Brussels, 22/11/2004

http://www.etuc.org/EN/Press/releases/infocons/co-determination.cfm

Hazards [Magazine], issue 88 feature, October-December 2004

Work hoarse (Winter Health Hazard)

http://www.hazards.org/voiceloss/

or

http://www.hazards.org/voiceloss/workhoarse.htm

or

http://www.hazards.org/voiceloss/workhoarse.pdf

November 17 , 2004

Hewitt Study Shows Employees Willing to Take on Greater Health Care Responsibility

Employees Need Support to Move Toward Greater Consumerism

http://was4.hewitt.com/hewitt/resource/newsroom/pressrel/2004/11-17-04.htm

THE INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN'S POLICY RESEARCH

WITH SUPPORT FROM

AFL-CIO, FORD FOUNDATION, LEVI STRAUSS FOUNDATION, MERCK & CO., INC.

THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN THE STATES -2004

MISHA WERSCHKUL AND ERICA WILLIAMS

SERIES EDITORS: AMY B. CAIAZZA, PH.D., AND APRIL SHAW

http://www.iwpr.org/States2004/PDFs/National.pdf

[full-text, 87 pages]

See web site at -

http://www.iwpr.org/States2004/SWS2004/index.htm

From MERCER

US health benefit cost rises 7.5% in 2004, lowest increase in five years [22 November 2004]

http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1162645;jsessionid=VNQRMCXIK0HMECTGOUGCHPQKMZ0QYI2C

LINE (LEADING INDICATOR OF NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT)

November 2004

http://www.shrm.org/line/CMS_010382.pdf

[full-text, 11 pages]

New Economic Indicator Measures Unique Aspects of Job Market; Reports Information Days Before Other Indicators

http://www.kron.com/Global/story.asp?S=2572354

and MAIN SITE at

LINE (LEADING INDICATOR OF NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT)

http://www.shrm.org/LINE/

Traditional Pension Plans Outperformed 401(k) Plans During Last Bear Market, Watson Wyatt Analysis Finds [22 November 2004]

http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=13953

WORK & LIFE BALANCE articles produced by Maggie Jackson for the Boston Globe appear every other week in a column entitled BALANCING ACTS.

Archive of BALANCING ACTS articles (full-text)

http://bostonworks.boston.com/globe/balance/archive.shtml

Law

NLRB General Counsel Arthur Rosenfeld Issues Report on Recent Case Developments (R-2544) [17 November 2004]

http://www.nlrb.gov/nlrb/press/releases/r2544.htm

or

http://www.nlrb.gov/nlrb/press/releases/r2544.pdf

[full-text, 21 pages]

From the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

2005 Standard Mileage Rates Set

http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=131232,00.html

From TRAC Reports Inc.

The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) is a data gathering, data research and data distribution organization associated with Syracuse University.

CIVIL RIGHTS ENFORCEMENT BY BUSH ADMINISTRATION LAGS [22 November 2004]

http://trac.syr.edu/tracreports/civright/106/

Statistical Reports

From the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)

INTERACTIVE DATA FILES

http://www.bea.gov/bea/interactive.htm

For example:

Gross State Product Maps

http://www.bea.gov/bea/regional/gspmap/

BLS: INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS OF HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS FOR PRODUCTION WORKERS IN MANUFACTURING, 2003 [18 November 2004]

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

or

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

[full-text, 18 pages]

BLS: EXTENDED MASS LAYOFFS IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2004 [18 November 2004]

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

or

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

[full-text, 19 pages]

BLS: REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT:  OCTOBER 2004 [19 November 2004]

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

or

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

and

Supplement Files Table of Contents

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

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Hate Crime Statistics, 2003 [22 November 2004]

http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm

or

http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/03hc.pdf

[full-text, 166 pages]

Global Education Database (GED) [22 November 2004]

http://qesdb.cdie.org/ged/index.html

From OPEN DOORS 2004: Report on International Educational Exchange [10 November 2004]

http://opendoors.iienetwork.org/

572,509 international students studied in the U.S. in 2003/2004, a 2.4% drop from last year

http://opendoors.iienetwork.org/?p=49930

Over the past decade, the number of U.S. students  studying abroad has more than doubled.

http://opendoors.iienetwork.org/?p=49941

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