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# posted by SBasefsky : 9:38 AM

Wednesday, August 04, 2004

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 4 August 2004

IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
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
________________________________________________________________________

IWS Weekly Bulletin, 4 August 2004

Academic Research

Performance Pay and Teachers' Effort, Productivity and Grading Ethics

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w10622.pdf

[full-text, 60 pages]

Victor Lavy

NBER Working Paper No. w10622

Issued in July 2004

---- Abstract -----

http://papers.nber.org/papers/W10622

Measuring the Effects of Workloss on Productivity With Team Production

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w10632.pdf

[full-text, 27 pages]

Sean Nicholson, Marc V. Pauly, Daniel Polsky, Claire Sharda, Helena Szrek, et. al.

NBER Working Paper No. w10632

Issued in July 2004

---- Abstract -----

http://papers.nber.org/papers/W10632

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

International

From the European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)

Updates for July, 2004

Case examples - Managing the challenge of an ageing workforce

http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/content/source/eu04014a.html

The food and drink sector - what future?

http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/content/source/tn04006a.html

http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/publications/2004/sf_fd_1.pdf

[full-text, 16 pages]

Balancing conflicting pressures

http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/content/source/tn04005a.html

http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/publications/2004/sf_auto_3.pdf

[full-text, 9 pages]

IILS(ILO): ANNOUNCEMENT

2004/2005 PHELAN FELLOWSHIP

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/edu/phelan04.pdf

The award for the year 2004 will be for a candidate from the Asian Region who must apply within the deadline (31st of August 2004).

Details on the Phelan Fellowship are available at http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/edu/phelan.htm

From the Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)

[JAPAN] Main LABOR ECONOMIC Indicators [updated 2 August 2004]

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/estatis/eshuyo/200408/index.htm

OECD Policy Brief:

EURO Area 2004 Economic Survey [27 July 2004]

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/17/33/33626607.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

For additional informations see-

Economic Survey - Euro Area 2004

http://www.oecd.org/document/39/0,2340,en_2649_201185_33618087_1_1_1_1,00.html

From the World Bank

Unleashing Hidden Talents

Inclusive policies toward disabled people can produce big development gains

http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:20230052~menuPK:34457~pagePK:64003015~piPK:64003012~theSitePK:4607,00.html

From the World Bank

China: New Distance Learning Center Launched in Shanghai

http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:20233220~menuPK:34463~pagePK:64003015~piPK:64003012~theSitePK:4607,00.html

Federal

Monthly Labor Review Online [3 August 2004]

July 2004

Vol. 127, Number 7

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

Why size class methodology matters in analyses of net and gross job flows

Cordelia Okolie

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/07/art1full.pdf

[full-text, 10 pages]

Self-employment in the United States: an update

Steven Hipple

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/07/art2full.pdf

[full-text, 11 pages]

Self-employment among older U.S. workers

Lynn A. Karoly and Julie Zissimopoulos

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/07/art3full.pdf

[full-text, 24 pages]

Trends in job demands among older workers, 1992-2002

Richard W. Johnson

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/07/art4full.pdf

[full-text, 9 pages]

BLS: Compensation and Working Conditions Online [28 July 2004]

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

Chart: Percent of Private Industry Workers Participating in Retirement Plans, Selected Periods, 1990-2003 (07/28/2004)

http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20040720ch01.htm

Fatal Occupational Injuries to Athletes, 1992-2002 (07/28/2004)

http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/sh20040719ar01p1.htm

CHINA COUNTRY COMMERCIAL GUIDE FY 2004 (July update)

A Guide to Doing Business in China & Information on Current Economic Conditions

Prepared by: The U.S. Embassy, Beijing

Compiled by: Matthew Gettman, U.S. Commercial Service Stephanie Decker, U.S. Commercial Service

http://www.usembassy-china.org.cn/fcs/doc/complete_and_final.html

[full-text, 150+ pages]

From the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention

From MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report), July 30, 2004 /53 (29); 651-655

Violence-Related Behaviors Among High School Students --- United States, 1991--2003

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5329a1.htm

From the Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), U.S. Dept. of Labor

July 27, 2004: Notice of Availability of Funds and Solicitation for Cooperative Agreement Applications (SGA 04-10)

http://www.dol.gov/ILAB/grants/main.htm#FRN-07-27-04

Text file at-

http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/06jun20041800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2004/04-17043.htm

PDF file at-

http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/06jun20041800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2004/pdf/04-17043.pdf

Combating Exploitive Child Labor through Education in Colombia

Combating Exploitive Child Labor through Education in Guinea

Combating Exploitive Child Labor through Education in Niger

This is a solicitation for cooperative agreement applications. Any amendments issued must be obtained through the Federal Register.

Background Material for SGA 04-10 at-

http://www.dol.gov/ILAB/grants/sga0410/bkgrdSGA0410.htm

OPEN

GAO: 9/11 Commission Report: Reorganization, Transformation, and Information Sharing, by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States,

before the House Committee on Government Reform. GAO-04-1033T, August 3.

http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-04-1033T

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d041033t.pdf

[full-text, 28 pages]

From the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

1.1 Million Homeschooled Students in the United States in 2003 [2 August 2004]

http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2004115

http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2004/2004115.pdf

[full-text, 3 pages]

NIOSH Update:

Most Workplace Bullying is Worker to Worker, Early Findings From NIOSH Study Suggest [28 July 2004]

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/updates/upd-07-28-04.html

From the OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION (OPIC) - an agency of the U.S. Government

[Highly recommended]

INVESTOR'S INFORMATION GATEWAY

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

or for a specific COUNTRY, go to-

http://www.opic.gov/GeneralOPIC/ctrylist.htm

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

Annual Report 2003: Forging New Partnerships

http://www.opic.gov/pdf/publications/03_AnnualReport.pdf

[full-text, 44 pages]

See also Political Risk Insurance

for more on this topic see - http://www.opic.gov/Insurance/

and http://www.opic.gov/Insurance/expertise.htm

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)

OPIC CONCLUDES NEW BILATERAL AGREEMENT WITH HONDURAS

http://www.opic.gov/PressReleases/2004/4-27.htm

More press releases at - http://www.opic.gov/PressReleases/press04.htm

From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)

Airline Information

[Number of Employees] Certificated Carriers (Full-time and Part-time)

http://www.bts.gov/programs/airline_information/number_of_employees/certificated_carriers/index.html

and

P10 - Annual Employee Statistics by Labor Category

http://www.bts.gov/programs/airline_information/number_of_employees/labor_category/

State

Employment in New York State Newsletter , June 2004 [29 July 2004]

http://www.labor.state.ny.us/labor_market/LMI_business/newsletr/current/index.htm

http://www.labor.state.ny.us/pdf/enys0604.pdf

[full-text, 4 pages]

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

Thomas P. Golden of Cornell/ILR's Employment and Disability Insitute (EDI) - see biography at - http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/directory/tpg3/biography.htm - appointed to Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Advisory Panel through July 2008.

See the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Advisory Panel web site

http://www.ssa.gov/work/panel/

APPOINTMENT

http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?dbname=2004_record&page=S8806&position=all

http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?dbname=2004_record&page=D828&position=all

From the Trade Union Confederation (TUC) in the U.K.

NANOTECHNOLOGY: Dangers come in small particles [in Hazards Magazine]

http://www.hazards.org/nanotech/safety.htm

- A TUC fact sheet on nanotechnology is available at:

http://www.tuc.org.uk/h_and_s/tuc-8350-f0.cfm

Press Release [29 July 2004]

Nanotechnology could be the new asbestos

http://www.tuc.org.uk/h_and_s/tuc-8351-f0.cfm

From the Royal Society - Royal Academy of Engineers

Nanoscience and nanotechnologies: opportunities and uncertainties (FINAL REPORT) [29 July 2004]

http://www.nanotec.org.uk/finalReport.htm

Comments:

UK Report: More Hits than Misses on Nanotech [29 July 2004]

http://www.etcgroup.org/article.asp?newsid=475

http://www.etcgroup.org/documents/NR_RSfinreport.finaldoc.pdf

[full-text, 4 pages]

Law

EEOC: FACT SHEET-

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT EPILEPSY IN THE WORKPLACE AND THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA) [28 July 2004]

http://www.eeoc.gov/facts/epilepsy.html

Statistical Reports

BEA: NATIONAL INCOME AND PRODUCT ACCOUNTS [30 July 2004]

. SECOND QUARTER 2004 GDP (ADVANCE)

. REVISED ESTIMATES: 2001 THROUGH FIRST QUARTER 2004

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/gdp204a.htm

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/gdp204a.pdf

[full-text, 34 pages]

or Highlights at-

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/gdp204a_fax.pdf

[1 page]

BEA: PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: JUNE 2004 [3 August 2004]

REVISED ESTIMATES: 2001 THROUGH MAY 2004

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/pi0604.htm

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/pi0604.pdf

[full-text, 25 pages]

and

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/pi0604.xls

[spreadsheet]

and

highlights

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2004/pi0604_fax.pdf

BLS: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS: FOURTH QUARTER 2003 [3 August 2004]

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

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

[full-text, 11 pages]

BLS: EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX-JUNE 2004 [29 July 2004]

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

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

[full-text, 18 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

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

BLS: METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: JUNE 2004 [28 July 2004]

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

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

[full-text, 17 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

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

BLS: WORKER DISPLACEMENT, 2001-2003 [30 July 2004]

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

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

[full-text, 13 pages]

EuroStat: 97/2004 - 3 August 2004

June 2004

Euro-zone unemployment stable at 9.0%

EU25 steady at 9.1%

http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/Public/datashop/print-product/EN?catalogue=Eurostat&product=3-03082004-EN-BP-EN&mode=download

http://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/Public/datashop/print-product/EN?catalogue=Eurostat&product=3-03082004-EN-BP-EN&type=pdf

[full-text, 5 pages]

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

Facts for Features from the Census Bureau

CB04-FF.15 July 29, 2004

Grandparents Day 2004: Sept. 12

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/002319.html

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2004/cb04ff-15.pdf

[full-text, 3 pages]

Census Bureau Says 187,000 Residents Around The North Carolina Outer Banks Could Be Affected by Hurricane Alex [3 August 2004]

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/hurricanes_tropical_storms/002336.html

and

DETAILED TABLES

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

From the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS

Profile of Jail Inmates, 2002 [18 July 2004]

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/pji02.htm

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/pji02.pdf

[full-text, 12 pages]

Press Release at-

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/press/pji02pr.htm

Key U.S Government Reports referenced by the State Department for JULY 2004

9/11 Commission Report-Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.

<http://www.9-11commission.gov/report/911ReportExec.pdf>

Addressing the Challenges of International Bribery and Fair Competition 2004 - U.S. DOC

<http://www.tcc.mac.doc.gov/pdf/2004bribery.pdf>

Border Security: Additional Actions Needed to Eliminate Weaknesses in the Visa Revocation Process

<http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d04795.pdf>

Global Health: U.S. AIDS Coordinator Addressing Some Key Challenges to Expanding Treatment

<http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d04784.pdf>-

Homeland Security - GAO Report

<http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d04682.pdf>

Report from the Field: The USA Patriot Act at Work - U.S. Department of Justice

<http://www.lifeandliberty.gov/docs/071304_report_from_the_field.pdf>

Report of the U.S. Intelligence Community's Prewar Intelligence Assessment on Iraq

<http://intelligence.senate.gov/iraqreport2.pdf>

The World Factbook 2004 - CIA

<http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html>

_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

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