IWS Documented News WEEKLY BULLETIN

Upjohn Institute Staff Working Paper 05-124

Do Temporary Help Jobs Improve Labor Market Outcomes for Low-Skilled Workers? Evidence from Random Assignments

http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/05-124.pdf

[full-text, 53 pages]

David Autor(MIT and NBER),Susan N. Houseman (W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research)

October 2005

Abstract

http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/05124wp.html

Work Hours, Wages, and Vacation Leave

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w11693.pdf

[full-text, 48 pages]

Joseph G. Altonji, Emiko Usui

NBER Working Paper No. 11693

Issued in October 2005

---- Abstract -----

http://papers.nber.org/papers/W11693

European Comission

Press Release [20 October 2005]

NANOTECHNOLOGY: COMMISSION LAUNCHES A CONSULTATION ON HOW BEST TO ASSESS THE RISKS

http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/health_consumer/dyna/enews/enews.cfm?al_id=89

see-

Public consultation SCENIHR Opinion on

How to Assess the Potential Risks of Nanotechnologies

http://europa.eu.int/comm/health/ph_risk/committees/04_scenihr/scenihr_cons_01_en.htm

Issues in Labor Statistics

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Summary 05-03 September 2005

Spending by Asian Families [18 October 2005]

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ils/pdf/opbils52.pdf

[full-text, 2 pages]

On October 19, 2005, the Bureau of Labor Statistics launched several new features on its web site.

http://www.bls.gov/bls/features102005.htm

   * Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) Tool

< http://data.bls.gov/oes/search.jsp?data_tool=OES>

--you can readily retrieve wage and employment statistics by occupation and area using this new tool.  For example, you can find out how much registered nurses are paid in different States and different metropolitan areas.

   * Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Profiles

< http://data.bls.gov/GQT/servlet/StartProfile?data_tool=Profile>

--this new online tool allows you to easily generate tables of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses data by industry, by the demographic characteristics of the worker, and by the characteristics surrounding the incident. These tables can be generated in either HTML or Excel format.  This is an online version of the Profiles system that had previously been available only on CD-ROM.

   * Injury and Illness Incidence Rate Calculator and Comparison Tool

< http://data.bls.gov/IIRC?data_tool=IIRC>

--this calculator allows you to compute injury and illness incidence rates for your establishment and to compare your rates with your industry's averages.

   * Changes to Business Employment Dynamics tools--in preparation for the upcoming release of new firm size class data, these data extraction tools for the Business Employment Dynamics database have been modified:

Create Customized Tables (one screen) (requires Java-enabled browser)

< http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/outside.jsp?survey=bd>

 and

Create Customized Tables (multiple screens).

< http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/dsrv?bd>

Office of Immigration Statistics (OIS)

Mapping Immigration: Legal Permanent Residents (LPRs) [October 2005]

http://uscis.gov/graphics/shared/statistics/data/maps/lprmaps.htm

AARP Public Policy Institute

#2005-13

October 2005

Transition Provisions in Large Converted Cash Balance Pension Plans

by Daniel J. Beller

http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/econ/2005_13_pension.pdf

[full-text, 29 pages]

AARP Public Policy Institute

Rethinking the Role of Older Workers: Promoting Older Worker Employment in Europe and Japan

Research Report, October 2005

http://www.aarp.org/research/work/retirement/ib77_workers.html

or

http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/econ/ib77_workers.pdf

[full-text, 32 pages]

European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) for Research, Education and Health and Safety (REHS)

European Economic and Employment Policy Brief

No. 6 ­2005

Social Europe and the Challenge of Globalisation [20 October 2005]

Ronald Janssen

http://www.etui-rehs.org/content/download/1404/9167/file/EEEPB_6-2005.pdf

[full-text, 12 pages]

European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) for Research, Education, Health and Safety (REHS)

and the Hans Boeckler Stiftung's Macroeconomic Policy Institute (IMK)

http://www.boeckler.de/cps/rde/xchg/SID-3D0AB75D-972DD24B/hbs/hs.xsl/36176.html

Euro Area Economic Trends 2006: Time for a New Economic Policy Approach [25 October 2005]

http://www.etui-rehs.org/media/files/imk/time_for_a_new_economic_policy_approach

[full-text, 26 pages]

Human Resources Institute of New Zealand

17 October 2005

Unions go from strength to strength

http://www.hrinz.org.nz/SITE_Default/SITE_HR_Info/SITE_Hot_Stuff/x-files/14052.doc

The PEW Charitable Trusts

Nanotechnologies

[Report]

Principles for characterizing the potential human health effects from exposure to nanomaterials: elements of a screening strategy

http://www.particleandfibretoxicology.com/content/2/1/8

or

http://www.particleandfibretoxicology.com/content/pdf/1743-8977-2-8.pdf

[full-text, 35 pages]

Press Release 24 October 2005

Testing Nanomaterials’ Toxicity: Scientists Develop Elements of a Screening Strategy to Identify Human Health Effects

Grantee Press Releases

Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies

http://www.pewtrusts.org/ideas/ideas_item.cfm?content_item_id=3107&content_type_id=7&issue_name=Nanotechnologies&issue=46&page=7

SHRM

What Will the Future Workplace and Business Environment Look Like?  Will You be Ready? [19 October 2005]

SHRM Releases 2015 Scenarios for the Future of HR Management Report

http://www.shrm.org/press_published/CMS_014418.asp#P-4_0

SHRM Survey:  Diversity Important to Bottom Line

SHRM Releases Its 2005 Survey on Workplace Diversity Practices [25 October 2005]

http://www.shrm.org/press_published/TOC.asp

[This release will appear at the URL above shortly]

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and the Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations

LINE (Leading Indicator of National Employment), OCTOBER 2005

http://www.shrm.org/line/CMS_014467.pdf

[full-text, 11 pages]

Towers Perrin Study Finds Mixed Views of HR Outsourcing [19 October 2005]

Companies See Results in Cost Effectiveness, but Frustration with Service Quality Propels Some Dissatisfaction

http://www.towersperrin.com/hrservices/webcache/towers/United_States/press_releases/2005_10_19/2005_10_19.htm

Towers Perrin

2005 Study of HR Effectiveness

HR OUTSOURCING:  NEW RELATIES, NEW EXPECTATIONS [20 October 2005]

http://www.towersperrin.com/hrservices/webcache/towers/United_States/publications/Reports/2005_HRO/HRO_Report.pdf

[full-text, 24 pages]

Towers Perrin

Employees Seeking Better Information on Compensation and Benefits [14 October 2005]

http://www.towersperrin.com/hrservices/webcache/towers/TP_Monitor/jsp/showdoc_fromtowers.jsp?webc=../../TP_Monitor%2F2005%2F10%2Farticles%2Fmon_article_1005C.htm

Towers Perrin

GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES KEY 2006 BENEFIT NUMBERS

October 17, 2005

http://www.towersperrin.com/hrservices/webcache/towers/United_States/publications/Periodicals/Monitor_Update/2005_10/update_benefit.pdf

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

ADR Report: Part I - ADR in the Federal Sector EEO Process FY 2003-FY 2004 [September 2005, online 18 October 2005]

http://www.eeoc.gov/federal/adr/adr_report_2004/adrpart1.html

or

http://www.eeoc.gov/federal/adr/adr_report_2004/adrpart1.pdf

[full-text, 75 pages]

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Office of General Counsel FY 2004 Annual Report - Summary of Accomplishments [online 18 October 2005]

http://www.eeoc.gov/litigation/04annrpt/index.html

BLS: MASS LAYOFFS IN SEPTEMBER 2005 [25 October 2005]

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

or

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

[full-text, 11 pages]

BLS: USUAL WEEKLY EARNINGS OF WAGE AND SALARY WORKERS: THIRD QUARTER 2005 [20 October 2005]

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

or

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

[full-text, 7 pages]

BLS: REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT:  SEPTEMBER 2005 [21 October 2005]

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

or

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

[full-text, 22 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

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

BLS: COUNTY EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES:  FIRST QUARTER 2005 [20 October 2005]

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

or

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

[full-text, 23 pages]

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

Statewide Education Data Profiles [updated 24 October 2005]

http://nces.ed.gov/programs/stateprofiles/

The Washington Post/Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard University

Survey of Teens in the Greater Washington, D.C. Area

http://www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/upload/-Survey-of-Teens-in-the-Greater-Washington-DC-Area-Toplines.pdf

[full-text, 25 pages]

See press release [24 October 2005]

Survey of Teens in the Greater Washington, D.C. Area

http://www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/7406.cfm

Washington Post articles in regard to the Survey

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2005/10/19/LI2005101900984.html

FACTS for FEATURES from the Census Bureau

CB05-FF.15-2

October 24, 2005 (reissued)

Halloween--Oct. 31, 2005

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/005606.html

or

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2005/cb05ff15-2.pdf

[full-text, 3 pages]

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National Academies Press

Rising Above The Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future

http://books.nap.edu/catalog/11463.html

or

http://www.nap.edu/books/0309100399/html

[read it online free, 504 pages]

Press Release

Broad Federal Effort Urgently Needed to Create New, High-Quality Jobs for All Americans in the 21st Century [12 October 2005]

http://www4.nationalacademies.org/news.nsf/isbn/0309100399?OpenDocument

Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)

Corporate Governance and Value in Brazil (and in Chile)

http://www.iadb.org/res/publications/pubfiles/pubR-514.pdf

[full-text, 60 pages]

R-514

Author: Leal, Ricardo; Carvalhal-da-Silva , André

Published: October 2005

Language: English

Abstract:

http://www.iadb.org/res/index.cfm?fuseaction=Publications.View&pub_id=R-514

European Commission (EC)

Growth and Jobs: Commission tables 19 measures to boost innovation and research

Brussels, 12 October 2005

http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/press/2005/pr1210en.cfm

For more information and examples see MEMO/05/366.

http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/05/366&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=fr

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)

Dublin 18 October 2005

NEW DIRECTOR appointed for the European Foundation

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/press/releases/2005/051018.htm

European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)

The future of telecommunications - still in Europe? [online October 2005]

http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/content/source/eu05018a.html

European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)

Business Creation as a Result of Restructuring Processes [12 October 2005]

http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/content/source/eu05019a.html

European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO) online

Combining family and full-time work [10 October 2005]

http://www.eurofound.ie/working/reports/TN0510TR02/TN0510TR02.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.ie/working/reports/TN0510TR02/TN0510TR02.pdf

[full-text, 47 pages]

International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICTFU)

Annual Survey of Violations of Trade Union Rights 2005

http://www.icftu.org/survey2005.asp?language=EN

or

http://www.icftu.org/www/pdf/survey05/Survey05-EN.pdf

[full-text, 329 pages]

See Press Release

ICFTU Annual Survey: Grim global catalogue of anti-union repression 18/10/2005

http://www.icftu.org/displaydocument.asp?Index=991222870&Language=EN

ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES

INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS

BASIC DOCUMENTS PERTAINING TO HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE INTER-AMERICAN SYSTEM

(Updated to July 2003)

SECRETARIAT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS

SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA 2003

http://www.corteidh.or.cr/publica/Basingl0.pdf

[full-text, 323 pages]

See -

Inter-American Court of Human Rights

http://www.corteidh.or.cr/index_ing.html

or

http://www.corteidh.or.cr/general_ing/index.html

For more publications (many in Spanish), see-

http://www.corteidh.or.cr/public_ing/index.html

The following resource is highly recommended as a source for macroeconomic data.

Compiled by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

[OECD] External Links to Macroeconomic Reports and Data

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/20/9/33813816.html

Includes the most valuable links for an economic overview of 30 Countries, plus the World and the European Union.

For example:

[OECD] World Economy:  External Links to Macroeconomic Reports and Data

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/27/37/18988469.htm

[OECD] European Union: External Links to Macroeconomic Reports and Data

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/28/14/18640945.htm

[OECD] United States: External Links to Macroeconomic Reports and Data

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/27/36/18634782.htm

U.S. Department of Commerce

Economics and Statistics Administration

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

Nonemployer Statistics: 2003  [12 October 2005]

Issued October 2005

NS03-00A-1

http://www.census.gov/prod/2005pubs/ns0300a01.pdf

[full-text, 467 pages]

Population Division

U.S. Bureau of the Census

Washington, DC 20233

Indicators of Marriage and Fertility in the United States from the American Community Survey: 2000 to 2003 [13 October 2005]

http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/fertility/mar-fert-slides.html

Press release 13 October 2005

New Analysis Offers First-Ever State-by-State Look at Links Between Marriage, Fertility and Other Socioeconomic Characteristics

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/fertility/005807.html

EEOC:

See FREEDOM TO COMPETE AWARD (includes briefs on winners)

http://www.eeoc.gov/initiatives/compete/award/index.html

Press Release

EEOC TAKING NOMINATIONS FOR 2006 "FREEDOM TO COMPETE AWARD"

Honoring Best Practices that Promote Fair and Open Competition in the Workplace

http://www.eeoc.gov/press/10-12-05.html

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

DIGEST OF EDUCATION STATISTICS, 2004 [October 2005]

http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d04/

List of Digest 2004 Tables

http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d04_tf.asp

Families and Work Institute

From the "When Work Works" Project

http://familiesandwork.org/3w/index.html

Press Release

2005 NATIONAL STUDY OF EMPLOYERS REVEALS CHANGES IN  WORK LIFE ASSISTANCE OFFERED TO AMERICA’S EMPLOYEES

Small Employers Offer More Flexibility; Large Employers Offer More Benefits

http://familiesandwork.org/press/2005nserelease.html#nse

Migration Information Source (MIS)

14 October 2005

Global Data Center

http://www.migrationinformation.org/GlobalData/

Maps of the Foreign Born in the US

http://www.migrationinformation.org/DataTools/maps.cfm

Who's Where in the United States?

http://www.migrationinformation.org/USFocus/whoswhere.cfm

State Data on the Foreign Born

http://www.migrationinformation.org/USFocus/statemap.cfm

US Historical Trends

http://www.migrationinformation.org/GlobalData/charts2.cfm

Public Citizen

[Data]

2004 Truck Crash Deaths per 100,000 Population (100KP)*

http://www.trucksafety.org/pictures/HOS-chart2%20(3).pdf

Press Release

Oct. 17, 2005

Safety Groups Release List of Most Lethal States for Truck Crashes; Victims Urge Congress to Resist Industry Pressure to Weaken Hours of Service Rule

Government Gives Truckers a Free Pass on Rule Until End of Year; Safety Groups Issue Travelers Alert

http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=2066

RAND

Inspiration, Perspiration, and Time

Operations and Achievement in Edison Schools

Brian P. Gill, Laura S. Hamilton, J. R. Lockwood, Julie A. Marsh, Ron W. Zimmer, Deanna Hill and Shana Pribesh

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2005/RAND_MG351.pdf

[full-text, 292 pages]

and

Summary

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2005/RAND_MG351.sum.pdf

[full-text, 21 pages]

Press Release

October 11, 2005

RAND SAYS MOST PUBLIC SCHOOLS MANAGED BY EDISON SCHOOLS MATCH OR EXCEED GAINS OF COMPARABLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN 4 TO 5 YEARS

http://www.rand.org/news/press.05/10.11.html

EEOC

Questions and Answers About the Association Provision of the Americans with Disabilities Act [17 October 2005]

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

Press Release

FEDERAL LAW PROTECTS THOSE WHO ASSOCIATE WITH THE DISABLED, EEOC AFFIRMS [17 October 2005]

New Document Sheds Light on Little-Known ADA Provision

http://www.eeoc.gov/press/10-17-05.html

ILO: Conditions of Work and Employment Database

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/condtrav/database/index.htm

or

http://www-ilo-mirror.cornell.edu/public/english/protection/condtrav/database/index.htm

International Labour Organization (ILO)

Minimum Wages Database

http://www.ilo.org/travaildatabase/servlet/minimumwages

International Labour Organization (ILO)

Working Time Database

http://www.ilo.org/travaildatabase/servlet/workingtime

International Labour Organization (ILO)

Maternity Protection Database

http://www.ilo.org/travaildatabase/servlet/maternityprotection

BEA: U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES August 2005 [13 October 2005]

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2005/trad0805.htm

or

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2005/trad0805.pdf

[full-text, 48 pages]

or

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2005/trad0805.xls

[spreadsheet]

and

Highlights

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2005/trad0805_fax.pdf

BLS: Producer Price Indexes - September 2005 [18 October 2005]

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

or

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

[full-text, 20 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

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

BLS: CONSUMER PRICE INDEX:  SEPTEMBER 2005 [14 October 2005]

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

or

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

[full-text, 19 pages]

BLS: REAL EARNINGS IN SEPTEMBER 2005 [14 October 2005]

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

or

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

[full-text, 5 pages]

BLS: U.S. IMPORT AND EXPORT PRICE INDEXES - SEPTEMBER 2005 - [13 October 2005]

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

or

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

[full-text, 18 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

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

EuroStat: 127/2005 - 11 October 2005

Employment in hotels and restaurants

4% of total employment in the EU25 in 2004

Large share of young people and women

http://epp.eurostat.cec.eu.int/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/PGP_PRD_CAT_PREREL/PGE_CAT_PREREL_YEAR_2005/PGE_CAT_PREREL_YEAR_2005_MONTH_10/4-11102005-EN-AP.PDF

[full-text, 2 pages]

Federal Reserve Board (FRB)

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION AND CAPACITY UTILIZATION [14 October 2005]

http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g17/current/default.htm

or

http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g17/current/g17.pdf

[full-text, 20 pages]

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Publication

October 17, 2005

Crime in the United States, 2004

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

or

http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius_04/

or

http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius_04/documents/CIUS2004.pdf

[full-text, 538 pages]

and

Summary

http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius_04/documents/CIUS_2004_Section1.pdf

[full-text, 10 pages]

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DISABILITY STATUS REPORTS [First Annual]

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/ped/disabilitystatistics/

or

http://www.DisabilityStatistics.org

Go to bottom center of this home page and use the pull-down menus to access full-text reports

See story at-

Oct. 5, 2005

Gap widens between working-age people with and without disabilities in the workforce, reports shows

By Linda Myers

http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Oct05/Disab.work.rpt.html

Gilles Mourre (Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs)

Wage compression and employment in Europe: First evidence from the structure of earnings survey 2002

(EUROPEAN ECONOMY. ECONOMIC PAPERS. No. 232. September 2005. European Commission. Brussels. 35pp. Tab. Free.) KC-AI-05-232-EN-C; ISBN 92-894-8871-9; ISSN 1725-3187

http://europa.eu.int/comm/economy_finance/publications/economic_papers/2005/ecp232en.pdf

[full-text, 30 pages]

The Labor Market and Macro Volatility: A Nonstationary General-Equilibrium Analysis

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w11684.pdf

[full-text, 38 pages]

Robert E. Hall

NBER Working Paper No. 11684

Issued in October 2005

---- Abstract -----

http://www.nber.org/papers/w11684

Working Paper #504

The Mid-1990s EITC Expansion: Aggregate Labor Supply Effects and Economic Incidence

Jesse Rothstein

Princeton University, Industrial Relations Section

September 1, 2005

http://www.irs.princeton.edu/pubs/pdfs/504.pdf

[full-text, 57 pages]

Princeton University, Industrial Relations Section

Working Paper #502

Layoffs as Part of an Optimal Incentive Mix: Theory and Evidence

Anders Frederiksen. and El½od Takáts†

September 19, 2005

http://www.irs.princeton.edu/pubs/pdfs/502a.pdf

[full-text, 31 pages]

European Commission (EC)

European Industry ­ A Sectoral Overview [5 October 2005]

http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/enterprise_policy/industry/com_2005/sec_2005_1216.pdf

[full-text, 106 pages]

Press Release-

A new integrated industrial policy: to create the conditions for manufacturing to thrive [5 October 2005]

http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/enterprise_policy/industry/index_en.htm

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)

EurLife Database [Statistics]

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/areas/qualityoflife/eurlife/index.php

The following report is available via SourceOECD

OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2005 - Towards a knowledge-based economy [11 October 2005]

http://www.sourceoecd.org/scoreboard

Press Release

Globalisation driving increase in international offshoring of research and development centres, finds OECD report [11 October 2005]

http://www.oecd.org/document/25/0,2340,en_2649_201185_35471385_1_1_1_1,00.html

OECD:

Living longer must mean working longer, says OECD [10 October 2005]

http://www.oecd.org/document/48/0,2340,en_2649_201185_35466736_1_1_1_1,00.html

See the following charts at-

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/60/16/35466761.pdf

Chart 1. Work becomes much less common after the age of 50 but with large country differences

        Percentage of the population aged either 25-49 or 50-64 who are employed, 2004

Chart 2. Effective age of retirement and the official age

Chart 3. Proportion of workers who participated in training during the past four weeks, 2004

OECD Policy Brief:

Economic Survey of the United Kingdom 2005 [12 October 2005]

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/18/34/35473312.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

see also-

Economic Survey of the United Kingdom 2005

http://www.oecd.org/document/43/0,2340,en_2649_201185_35456619_1_1_1_1,00.html

Executive Summary

http://www.oecd.org/document/40/0,2340,en_2649_201185_35461544_1_1_1_1,00.html

BLS: Monthly Labor Review Online [11 October 2005]

September 2005

Vol. 128, Number 9

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

Estimating gross flows consistent with stocks in the CPS

Harley J. Frazis, Edwin L. Robison, Thomas D. Evans, and Martha A. Duff

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/09/art1full.pdf

[full-text, 7 pages]

Analyzing CPS data using gross flows

Randy Ilg

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/09/art2full.pdf

[full-text, 9 pages]

Nonprofit organizations: new insights from QCEW data

Lester M. Salamon and S. Wojciech Sokolowski

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/09/art3full.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

Model-based seasonally adjusted estimates and sampling error

Richard Tiller and Marisa Di Natale

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/09/art4full.pdf

[full-text, 11 pages]

Report

Variations in time use at stages of the life cycle

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/09/ressum.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON CHINA (CECC)

[CHINA] ANNUAL REPORT 2005 [11 October 2005]

http://www.cecc.gov/pages/annualRpt/annualRpt05/index.php

or

http://www.cecc.gov/pages/annualRpt/annualRpt05/CECCannRpt2005.pdf?PHPSESSID=451e72c71f621d3e92a4e725edc99ecd

[full-text, 193 pages]

CHINA: U.S. Commercial Service Web Site

http://www.buyusa.gov/china/en/

Designed as "one stop shopping" for information necessary to conducting business in China including leads and contacts.

A few brief examples are listed below.

CHINA: Country Information

http://www.export.gov/china/country_information/index.asp?dName=country_information

CHINA: Information by INDUSTRY (and Contacts)

http://www.buyusa.gov/china/en/industry.html

Standardization Administration of China

http://www.sac.gov.cn/english/home.asp

Useful Links

http://www.buyusa.gov/china/en/links.html

Frequently Asked Questions (Exporting to China)

http://www.export.gov/china/exporting_to_china/faq.asp

Visitor's Guide

http://www.buyusa.gov/china/en/visitorsguide.html

Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Testimony

Statement of Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Director

Macroeconomic and Budgetary Effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

before the Committee on the Budget U.S. House of Representatives

October 6, 2005

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/66xx/doc6684/10-06-Hurricanes.pdf

[full-text, 23 pages]

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Highlights of Women's Earnings in 2004 [online October 2005]

September 2005

Report 987

http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpswom2004.pdf

[full-text, 40 pages]

Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 66 No. 1

(released September 2005) [online October 2005]

http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v66n1/

or

http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v66n1/v66n1.pdf

[full-text, 124 pages]

Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)

BALLPARK (estimate for a comfortable retirement) -- Free and updated

http://www.choosetosave.org/ballpark/

Press Release [6 October 2005]

Updated Ballpark E$timate® Appears in Two Formats

http://www.ebri.org/pdf/PR_714_6Oct05.pdf

[full-text, 2 pages]

Hudson

Worker Confidence Slips Further as Hudson Employment Index Drops to 96.8 [3 October 2005]

http://www.hudson-index.com/node.asp?SID=5256

or

http://www.hudson-index.com/documents/us-hudson-index-release-100505.pdf

[full-text, 3 pages]

PROFIT SHARING/401(k) COUNCIL OF AMERICA (PSCA)

New survey helps plan sponsors benchmark and shows industry trends [11 October 2005]

http://www.psca.org/PRESS/P2005/oct11-survey.html

(UK) The Work Foundation -- Latest Publications

http://www.theworkfoundation.com/research/publications.jsp

U.S. Government Manual, 2005-06 [11 October 2005]

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/gmanual/index.html

or

Browse at-

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/gmanual/browse-gm-05.html

Examples:

Department of Labor

http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2005_government_manual&docid=201944tx_xxx-45

or

http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2005_government_manual&docid=201944tx_xxx-45.pdf

[full-text, 15 pages]

National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2005_government_manual&docid=201944tx_xxx-83

or

http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2005_government_manual&docid=201944tx_xxx-83.pdf

[full-text, 5 pages]

Findlaw.com

Arbitration & Mediation (ADR)

http://public.findlaw.com/adr/

BLS: JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER:  AUGUST 2005 [12 October 2005]

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

or

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

[full-text, 13 pages]

BLS: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  SEPTEMBER 2005 [7 October 2005]

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

or

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

[full-text, 25 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

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

EuroStat: 124/2005 - 4 October 2005

August 2005

Euro-zone unemployment up to 8.6%

EU25 up to 8.7%

http://epp.eurostat.cec.eu.int/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/PGP_PRD_CAT_PREREL/PGE_CAT_PREREL_YEAR_2005/PGE_CAT_PREREL_YEAR_2005_MONTH_10/3-04102005-EN-BP.PDF

[full-text, 5 pages]

Census 2000 Special Report

Residential Finance Survey: 2001 ­ [5 October 2005]

http://www.census.gov/prod/2005pubs/censr-27.pdf

[full-text, 368 pages]

Congressional Pictorial Directory: 109th Congress [6 October 2005]

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/pictorial/109th/index.html

European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC)

Comparative Report: Policing Racist Crime and Violence [29 September 2005]

http://eumc.eu.int/eumc/material/pub/PRCV/PRCV-Final.pdf

[full-text, 52 pages]

See press release at-

Police need to do more to tackle racist crime in Europe

A new EUMC report finds police forces in many EU Member States to be ill-equipped to respond to racist violence

http://eumc.eu.int/eumc/material/pub/PRCV/MR-194-03-05-04-EN.pdf

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Important news for researchers --

Issues of the Industrial & Labor Relations Review  that are not within 18 months of the most current release are available free of charge on the Internet. Only subscribers can retrieve the current issues. Free issues date from APRIL 2003.

PLEASE NOTE: In order to retrieve the free issues, one must go to the ARCHIVES Pull-Down Menu in the left margin and pick the date(s) of interest. Then click on GO.

See

INDUSTRIAL & LABOR RELATIONS REVIEW

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/ilrreview/

American Enterprise Institute (AEI)

PAPERS AND STUDIES

National Poverty Center

How Do Tax Policies Affect Low Income Workers?

By Kevin A. Hassett

Posted: Monday, October 3, 2005

Publication Date: September 6, 2005

http://www.aei.org/docLib/20051003_HassettSept2005.pdf

[full-text, 36 pages]

WORKING PAPER #503

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS SECTION

September 2005

Union Membership in the United States: The Divergence between the Public and Private Sectors

Henry S. Farber

Princeton University

September 19, 2005

http://www.irs.princeton.edu/pubs/pdfs/503.pdf

[full-text, 30 pages]

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)

Pacts for employment and competitiveness (Database of Case Studies)

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/areas/industrialrelations/pecs/index.htm

[studies completed in 2001 now available by country and firm]

European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) Online

[Comparative Study]

Industrial relations in the Airline Sector [29 September 2005]

http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2005/08/study/index.html

or

http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2005/08/study/tn0508101s.html

ILO, Bangkok:

The following are recent publications on

         Human Trafficking & Labor Migration in the Greater Mekong Sub-region

Analysis report of the baseline survey for the TICW Project Phase II in Yunnan province

by ILO IPEC Task Team of Yunnan Provincial Statistics Bureau

Bangkok: ILO IPEC, 2005

xi, 106 p.

ISBN 92-2-117358-5 (Print version)

ISBN 92-2-117359-3 (Web version)

< http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/../child/trafficking/downloads/yunnan.pdf >

The Mekong challenge - employment and protection of migrant workers in Thailand: national laws/practices versus international labour standards?

by ILO IPEC Mekong Sub-regional Project to Combat Trafficking in Children and Women

Bangkok: ILO IPEC, 2005

vii, 156 p.

ISBN 92-2-017551-7 (Print version)

ISBN 92-2-017552-5 (Web version)

< http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/../child/trafficking/downloads/migrantworkers.pdf >

The Mekong challenge - human trafficking: redefining demand

by ILO IPEC Mekong Sub-regional Project to Combat Trafficking in Children and Women

Bangkok: ILO IPEC, 2005

v, 84 p.

ISBN 92-2-117559-6 (Print version)

ISBN 92-2-117560-X (Web version)

< http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/../child/trafficking/downloads/demand.pdf >

         Poverty Alleviation

Positive action: reducing poverty through social dialogue - a guidebook for trade unions and employers' organizations

by Rosalind Harvey and edited by Chang-Hee Lee

Bangkok: ILO, 2005

88 p.

ISBN 92-2-116151-X

< http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/download/pub05-03.pdf >

Positive action: reducing poverty through social dialogue - a training manual for trade unions

by Rosalind Harvey and edited by Raghwan

Bangkok: ILO, 2005

94 p.

ISBN 92-2-116177-3

< http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/download/pub05-02.pdf >

Cambodia

Report to the Government on employment injury insurance in Cambodia: legislation, financing and administration

Bangkok: ILO Sub-regional Office for East Asia, 2005

xii, 165 p.

ISBN 92-2-117593-6 (Print version)

ISBN 92-2-117594-4 (Web version)

< http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/download/pub05-04.pdf >

OECD

Home High-Level Policy Forum: Ageing and Employment Policies

http://www.oecd.org/document/33/0,2340,en_2649_201185_35420449_1_1_1_1,00.html

Thematic Review

http://www.oecd.org/department/0,2688,en_2649_34747_1_1_1_1_1,00.html

COUNTRY REPORTS (currently 18 available)--

http://www.oecd.org/document/18/0,2340,en_21571361_35042830_27765586_1_1_1_1,00.html

Available now and free are COUNTRY NOTES found at the above URL

For example, see--

OECD urges FRANCE to do more to help older workers

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/52/51/34593805.pdf

OECD Policy Brief:

Economic Survey of Korea 2005 [5 October 2005]

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/33/32/35446408.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

For more information, see --

Economic Survey of Korea 2005 [5 October 2005]

http://www.oecd.org/document/18/0,2340,en_2649_201185_35428626_1_1_1_1,00.html

BLS: [COMPENSATION DATABASE]

NCS Wage Query System

http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/outside.jsp?survey=nc

See OVERVIEW at

http://data.bls.gov/help/pdq/nchlpover.htm

See also--

National Compensation Survey (NCS) --WAGES

http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm

See also --

National Compensation Survey:

GUIDE FOR EVALUATING YOUR FIRM'S JOBS  AND PAY

http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbr0004.pdf

[full-text, 77 pages]

BLS: Compensation and Working Conditions (CWC) Online [28 September 2005]

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

Retirement Plan Design and the Mobile Workforce (09/28/2005)

http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20050926ar01p1.htm

Census: 2004 State and Local Government Employee-Retirement Systems [28 September 2005]

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

or

MARCH 2004 Data at

http://www.census.gov/govs/www/retire04.html

Census: School Enrollment ­ Social and Economic Characteristics of Students: October 2004 ­ [3 October 2005]

http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/school.html

Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists

In collaboration with National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Putting Data to Work: Occupational Health Indicators from Thirteen Pilot States for 2000

October 2005

http://www.cste.org/pdffiles/newpdffiles/CSTEOHIndicatorResultsfinal92705.pdf

[full-text, 82 pages]

Mercer

2006 Worldwide Pay Survey

United Kingdom

London, 3 October 2005

http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml?idContent=1116005

Mercer

2005 China Corporate Benchmark Monitor (CBM)

China

Beijing, 19 September 2005

http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1194985

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month

SHRM Showcases Disability Mentoring Day, October 19th

http://www.shrm.org/press_published/TOC.asp

Please note: an excellent site for more information on this topic is the

EMPLOYMENT and DISABILITY INSTITUTE  (EDI) at

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/edi/

Towers Perrin Projects An 8% Increase In Employer-Sponsored Health Care Costs For 2006 As Annual Cost per Employee Reaches $8,424 [28 September 2005]

After Five Years of Double-Digit Increases, The Crisis Turns Chronic for U.S. Businesses

Some Employers Take Action to Control Costs and Minimize Cost Shift to Employees

http://www.towersperrin.com/hrservices/webcache/towers/United_States/press_releases/2005_09_28/2005_09_28.htm

Towers Perrin U.S. Legislative Tracking Charts -- UPDATED 26 September 2005

Health and Welfare

< http://www.towersperrin.com/hrservices/webcache/towers/jsp/publications_search/../../United_States/publications/Periodicals/Leg_Tracking_Charts/2005_09_26/LTC_HW_2005_09_26.pdf >

[full-text, 24 pages]

Human Resources

< http://www.towersperrin.com/hrservices/webcache/towers/jsp/publications_search/../../United_States/publications/Periodicals/Leg_Tracking_Charts/2005_09_26/LTC_HR_2005_09_26.pdf >

[full-text, 8 pages]

Retirement

< http://www.towersperrin.com/hrservices/webcache/towers/jsp/publications_search/../../United_States/publications/Periodicals/Leg_Tracking_Charts/2005_09_26/LTC_RET_2005_09_26.pdf >

[full-text, 15 pages]

FindLaw

Workers' Compensation

http://injury.findlaw.com/workers-compensation/

BEA: PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS:  AUGUST 2005 [30 September 2005]

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2005/pi0805.htm

or

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2005/pi0805.pdf

[full-text, 13 pages]

or

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2005/pi0805.xls

[spreadsheet]

or

Highlights

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2005/pi0805_fax.pdf

OECD Consumer Prices - Updated: 4 October 2005

http://www.oecd.org/document/24/0,2340,en_2649_201185_35431640_1_1_1_1,00.html

or

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/13/32/35439765.pdf

[full-text 5 pages]

Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy [STATISTICS]

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS - October 2005 Update

http://www.sba.gov/advo/stats/sbfaq.pdf

[full-text, 2 pages]

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Director, IWS News Bureau                *
Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School                        *
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor             *
New York, NY 10016                        *
                                            *
Telephone: (607) 255-2703                *
Fax: (607) 255-9641                       *
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