Wednesday, October 12, 2005

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 12 October 2005

IWS Documented News Service
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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,  12 October 2005


Academic Research

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]


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


International

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


Federal

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]


Institutes/Associations/Commercial

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


Law

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/

Statistical Reports

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]


Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

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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