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Director, IWS News Bureau
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# posted by SBasefsky : 12:08 PM

Wednesday, December 14, 2005

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 14 December 2005

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, 14 December 2005

Academic Research

European Commission. Economic and Financial Affairs.

Giuseppe Carone (Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs)

Long-term labour force projections for the 25 EU Member States: A set of data for assessing the economic impact of ageing

(EUROPEAN ECONOMY. ECONOMIC PAPERS. No. 235. November 2005. European Commission. Brussels. 214pp. Tab. Free.) KC-AI-05-235-EN-C; ISBN 92-894-8874-3; ISSN 1725-3187

http://europa.eu.int/comm/economy_finance/publications/economic_papers/economicpapers235_en.htm

http://europa.eu.int/comm/economy_finance/publications/economic_papers/2005/ecp235en.pdf

[full-text, 214 pages]

and

ANNEX (DATA)

http://europa.eu.int/comm/economy_finance/publications/economic_papers/2005/ecp235annex_en.xls

[spreadsheet]

Rising Family Income Inequality in the United States, 1968-2000: Impacts of Changing Labor Supply, Wages, and Family Structure

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w11836.pdf

[full-text, 36 pages]

Chulhee Lee

NBER Working Paper No. 11836

Issued in December 2005

---- Abstract -----

http://www.nber.org/papers/w11836

Employment and Disability Institute (EDI)

School of Industrial & Labor Relations, Cornell University

Disability Employment Research Publications

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/query.cgi?connector_1=and&field_1=ancestor.link&op_1=in&value_1=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu%2Fedi&hidden_1=1&connector_2=and&field_2=keyword&op_2=eq&value_2=EDIcat4-DER&advanced=1&format=cover_page&sortby=publication_date=descending

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

International

[New Director, Effective 1 December 2005]

Jorma Karppinen

Director

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

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/press/presspack/general/karppinencv.htm

ILO: Press Release

Globalization failing to create new, quality jobs or reduce poverty

ILO report sees wide gaps in wages, productivity gains [9 December 2005]

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inf/pr/2005/48.htm

KEY INDICATORS OF THE LABOUR MARKET , FOURTH EDITION [9 December 2004]

http://kilm.ilo.org/2005/press/

Executive Summary

http://kilm.ilo.org/2005/press/download/ExSumEN.pdf

[full-text, 10 pages]

A. Trends in the Employment Intensity of Economic Growth

http://kilm.ilo.org/2005/press/download/Chap1AEN.pdf

[full-text, 20 pages

B. Global Trends in Wages by Sector and Occupation

http://kilm.ilo.org/2005/press/download/Chap1BEN.pdf

[full-text, 18 pages]

C. Unit Labour Costs, Productivity and International Competitiveness

http://kilm.ilo.org/2005/press/download/Chap1CEN.pdf

[full-text, 17 pages]

OECD

Press Release

China overtakes U.S. as worlds leading exporter of information technology goods

http://www.oecd.org/document/60/0,2340,en_2649_34487_35834236_1_1_1_1,00.html

Full Report [12 December 2005]

OECD finds that China is biggest exporter of Information Technology Goods in 2004, surpassing US and EU

http://www.oecd.org/document/8/0,2340,en_2649_33703_35833096_1_1_1_1,00.html

Federal

BLS: NEW QUARTERLY DATA FROM BLS ON BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS BY SIZE OF FIRM [8 December 2005]

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

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

[full-text, 20 pages]

BLS: OCCUPATIONAL OUTLOOK QUARTERLY ONLINE, Winter 2005-06, Vol. 49, No. 4

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/ooqhome.htm

A special issue

Charting the projections, 2004-2014

Introduction to the projections

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2005/winter/art01.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

Occupational employment

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2005/winter/art02.pdf

[full-text, 22 pages]

Industry employment

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2005/winter/art03.pdf

[full-text, 10 pages]

Economic growth

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2005/winter/art04.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

Labor force

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2005/winter/art05.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

BLS: MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW ONLINE, November 2005, Vol. 128, Number 11 [7 December 2005]

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

A summary of BLS projections to 2014

Norman C. Saunders

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/11/art1full.pdf

[full-text, 7 pages]

The U.S. economy to 2014

Betty W. Su

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/11/art2full.pdf

[full-text, 15 pages]

Labor force projections to 2014: retiring boomers

Mitra Toossi

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/11/art3full.pdf

[full-text, 20 pages]

Industry output and employment projections to 2014

Jay M. Berman

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/11/art4full.pdf

[full-text, 25 pages]

Occupational employment projections to 2014

Daniel E. Hecker

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/11/art5full.pdf

[full-text, 32 pages]

Census: The Hispanic Population in the United States: 2004 and 2003 [7 December 2005]

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

2004

http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hispanic/ho04.html

and

DETAILED TABLES 2004

http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hispanic/cps2004.html

2003

http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hispanic/ho03.html

DETAILED TABLES 2003

http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hispanic/cps2003.html

Census

Current Industrial Reports

Survey of Plant Capacity: 2004

Issued 8 December 2005

MQ-C1(04)

http://www.census.gov/prod/2005pubs/mqc1-04.pdf

[full-text, 52 pages]

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

A Series on Immigration

Global Population Aging in the 21st Century and Its Economic Implications

13 DECEMBER 2005

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/69xx/doc6952/12-12-Global.pdf

[full-text, 48 pages]

Department of Labor (DOL)

Labor Department Inducts Labor Leader and Philanthropist Into its Hall of Fame

Peter Brennan, Gen. Robert Wood Johnson Memorialized in Ceremony [6 December 2005]

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/opa/OPA20052263.htm

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

The Status of Telework in the Federal Government 2005 [8 December 2005]

http://www.telework.gov/documents/tw_rpt05/

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

Conference Board

For source of the following press release, see

Aligning the Organization: Management and Human Resource Concerns

http://www.conference-board.org/publications/describe.cfm?id=1065

Press Release

Offshoring Poses Crucial Human Resource Challenges At Home As Well As Overseas

Dec. 7, 2005

http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_ID=2771

http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressPrinterFriendly.cfm?press_ID=2771

New EBRI-Commonwealth Fund Research:

Consumer-Directed Health Plan Participants Less Satisfied Than Those With Comprehensive Insurance, Survey Finds [8 December 2005]

http://www.ebri.org/pdf/PR_720_8Dec051.pdf

European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)

See ETUC POSITION on Working Time Directive at

http://www.etuc.org/a/1839

Press Release, 07/12/05

Revision of the working time directive: the ETUC calls on the Council and the Commission to respect European treaties and fundamental rights

http://www.etuc.org/a/1831

Hewitt

7 December 2005

Four in Five Large Firms to Maintain Retiree Drug Coverage and Accept Medicare Subsidies in 2006, But are Less Certain about Future Strategy

Survey of Large Businesses Finds Total Retiree Health Costs Rose 10% This Year

http://was4.hewitt.com/hewitt/resource/newsroom/pressrel/2005/12-07-05.htm

Kaiser Family Foundation

Prospects for Retiree Health Benefits as Medicare Drug Coverage Begins:

Findings from the Kaiser/Hewitt 2005 Survey on Retiree Health Benefits - Report [7 December 2005]

http://www.kff.org/medicare/med120705pkg.cfm

http://www.kff.org/medicare/7439.cfm

FULL REPORT

http://www.kff.org/medicare/upload/7439.pdf

[full-text, 69 pages]

Press Release

FOUR IN FIVE LARGE FIRMS TO MAINTAIN RETIREE DRUG COVERAGE AND ACCEPT MEDICARE SUBSIDIES IN 2006, BUT ARE LESS CERTAIN ABOUT FUTURE STRATEGY

Survey of Large Businesses Finds Total Retiree Health Costs Rose 10% This Year

http://www.kff.org/medicare/med120705nr.cfm

Mercer

Survey shows employees have 'unreasonable' workloads

London, 12 December 2005

http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1204230;jsessionid=FRYJ1N21L2BKUCTGOUFCIIQKMZ0QUI2C

Watson Wyatt

More Companies Implementing Health and Productivity Practices, Watson Wyatt and National Business Group on Health Survey Finds [6 December 2005]

http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=15453

Law

EEOC

NEW GALLUP POLL ON EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION SHOWS PROGRESS, PROBLEMS 40 YEARS AFTER FOUNDING OF EEOC

Survey Says 15% of Workers Perceive Job Bias; Figures Higher for People of Color, Women [8 December 2005]

http://www.eeoc.gov/press/12-8-05.html

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Performance and Accountability Report FY 2005 [2 December 2005]

http://www.eeoc.gov/abouteeoc/plan/par/2005/index.html

NLRB ACTING GENERAL COUNSEL ISSUES REPORT ON FY 2005 OPERATIONS [30 November 2005]

http://www.nlrb.gov/nlrb/press/releases/r2576.htm

http://www.nlrb.gov/nlrb/press/releases/r2576.pdf

[full-text, 12 pages]

Statistical Reports

BLS: JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER: OCTOBER 2005 [13 December 2005]

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

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

[full-text, 13 pages]

BLS: LOST-WORKTIME INJURIES AND ILLNESSES: CHARACTERISTICS AND RESULTING TIME AWAY FROM WORK, 2004 [13 December 2005]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/osh2.nr0.htm

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/osh2.pdf

[full-text, 32 pages]

BLS: VOLUNTEERING IN THE UNITED STATES, 2005 [9 December 2005]

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

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

[full-text, 13 pages]

BLS: EMPLOYER COSTS FOR EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION-SEPTEMBER 2005 [9 December 2005]

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

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

[full-text, 26 pages]

BLS RELEASES 2004-14 EMPLOYMENT PROJECTIONS [7 December 2005]

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

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

[full-text, 8 pages]

See in particular for DETAILS--

MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW ON LINE, NOVEMBER 2005, Volume 128, No. 11 [7 December 2005]

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

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

A Potential Influenza Pandemic: Possible Macroeconomic Effects and Policy Issues

December 8, 2005

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/69xx/doc6946/12-08-BirdFlu.pdf

[full-text, 52 pages]

National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)

[8 December 2005]

Health, United States, 2005 -- With Chartbook on

Trends in the Health of Americans with Special Feature on Adults 55-64 Years

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus.htm

Full-Report

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus05.pdf

[full-text, 550 pages -- may take time to download]

FACTS for FEATURES from the Census Bureau [12 December 2005]

[Special Edition]

Oldest Baby Boomers Turn 60!

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/006105.html

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

Student Achievement in Private Schools: Results from NAEP 20002005 [12 December 2005]

http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2006459

http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pdf/studies/2006459.pdf

[full-text, 36 pages]

_____________________________
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.

# posted by SBasefsky : 6:38 AM

Wednesday, December 07, 2005

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 7 December 2005

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, 7 December 2005

Academic Research

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

European Industrial Relations Dictionary [30 November 2005]

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

The Role of Corporate HR Functions In Multinational Corporations: The Interplay Between Corporate, Regional/National And Plant Level

Elaine Farndale

Jaap Paauwe

CAHRS Working Paper 05 10

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/depts/cahrs/downloads/PDFs/WorkingPapers/WP05-10.pdf

[full-text, 28 pages]

Industrial Relations Overview of the U.S. - Updated November 2005 [web site]

by Stuart Basefsky

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/subjectGuides/IndustrialRelationsOverview.html

The Effect of Firm-Level Contracts on the Structure of Wages: Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data

http://nber15.nber.org/papers/w11829.pdf

[full-text, 38 pages]

David Card, Sara de la Rica

NBER Working Paper No. 11829

Issued in December 2005

---- Abstract -----

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w11829

Human Resource Function Competencies in European Companies

Paul Boselie

Jaap Paauwe

CAHRS Working Paper 05 08

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/depts/cahrs/downloads/PDFs/WorkingPapers/WP05-08.pdf

[full-text, 28 pages]

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

International

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Poverty Reduction Strategies in Asia: ADBI Annual Conference (in Tokyo)

Papers slated for presentation on 9 December 2005

http://www.adbi.org/event/1163.poverty.strategies.asia/events.resources.php?TypeID=21&order=1

Making Markets Work for the Poor: Experiences with Contract Farming in Lao and Cambodia

Sununtar Setboonsarng, PingSun Leung, Junning Cai 28 November 2005

http://www.adbi.org/files/2005.10.rpb16.cambodia.wto.lessons.pdf

[full-text, 13 pages]

Serving the Poorest of the Poor: The Poverty Impact of the Khushhali Bank's Microfinance Lending in Pakistan

Heather Montgomery 28 November 2005

http://www.adbi.org/files/2005.09.28.book.khushhali.microfinance.study.pdf

[full-text, 20 pages]

Poverty Impacts of Trade Liberalization in a Dual-Dual CGE Model: Illustrations for South Asia

Haider Khan 24 November 2005

http://www.adbi.org/files/2005.12.09.cpp.modeling.poverty.impact.pdf

[full-text, 28 pages]

Poverty Strategies in Asia: Growth Plus

John Weiss, Haider Khan 24 November 2005

http://www.adbi.org/files/2005.12.09.cpp.poverty.strategies.asia.pdf

[full-text, 19 pages]

Poverty Targeting and Village Level Governance: A Case study from Uttar Pradesh, India

Pradeep Srivastava 24 November 2005

http://www.adbi.org/files/2005.12.09.cpp.poverty.village.governance.pdf

[full-text, 19 pages]

Macro-modeling of Poverty and the Dual-dual Model

Haider Khan 24 November 2005

http://www.adbi.org/files/2005.12.09.cpp.macromodeling.poverty.dualdual.pdf

[full-text, 38 pages]

Cambodia Enters the WTO: Lessons Learned for Least Developed Countries

Sok S

http://www.adbi.org/files/2005.10.rpb16.cambodia.wto.lessons.pdf

[full-text, 13 pages]

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

Working time options over the life course: Changing social security structures [25 November 2005]

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/htmlfiles/ef05101.htm

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/files/EF05101EN.pdf

[full-text, 100 pages]

OECD Economic Outlook No. 78, November 2005 [29 November 2005]

http://www.oecd.org/document/18/0,2340,en_2649_201185_20347538_1_1_1_1,00.html#pub2

Handout given to journalists

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/41/33/35755962.pdf

[full-text, 15 pages]

Country Summaries

http://www.oecd.org/document/52/0,2340,en_2649_201185_19726196_1_1_1_1,00.html

BRAZIL, CHINA, RUSSIA

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/36/11/20213290.pdf

Special Chapters

http://www.oecd.org/document/2/0,2340,en_2649_201185_2082818_1_1_1_1,00.html

Fedeal

BLS: Occupational Outlook Quarterly Online

Fall 2005, Vol. 49, No. 3 [18 November 2005]

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/ooqhome.htm

Career myths and how to debunk them

Olivia Crosby

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2005/fall/art01.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

Interior designers: Sprucing up space

Jill N. Lacey

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2005/fall/art02.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

Meeting and convention planners

Sadie Blanchard

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2005/fall/art03.pdf

[full-text, 7 pages]

Groupmakers and grantmakers: Jobs in advocacy, grantmaking, and civic organizations

Tamara Dillon

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2005/fall/art04.pdf

[full-text, 9 pages]

Brief items of interest to counselors and students.

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2005/fall/grabbag.pdf

[full-text, 2 pages]

You're a what? Image consultant

Elka Jones

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2005/fall/yawhat.pdf

[full-text, 2 pages]

Preferences of workers in alternative arrangements, February 2005

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2005/fall/oochart.pdf

CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE (CBO)

Corporate Income Tax Rates: International Comparisons

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/69xx/doc6902/11-28-CorporateTax.pdf

[full-text, 60 pages]

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

Background Paper

Quantifying Uncertainty in the Analysis of Long-Term Social Security Projections [16 November 2005]

November 2005

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/68xx/doc6873/11-16-MonteCarlo.pdf

[full-text, 48 pages]

EEOC

COMMISSION APPROVES REVISIONS TO EEO-1 REPORT

New Survey Format for Employers Would Be Effective in 2007 Reporting Cycle [16 November 2005]

http://www.eeoc.gov/press/11-16-05.html

GAO

OFFSHORING OF SERVICES: An Overview of the Issues GAO-06-5, November 28, 2005

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d065.pdf

[full-text, 86 pages]

and

Highlights

http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d065high.pdf

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

ALTERNATIVE PERSONNEL SYSTEMS IN PRACTICE AND A GUIDE TO THE FUTURE [October 2005, online 29 November 2005]

http://www.opm.gov/publications/AlternativePersonnelSystemsOct2005.pdf

[full-text, 34 pages]

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

HAZARDS MAGAZINE (from the Trades Union Congress, UK)

[OCCUPATIONAL CANCER]

See Press Release 25 November 2005

http://www.tuc.org.uk/h_and_s/tuc-11050-f0.cfm

Burying the evidence

[Hazards 92, November 2005]

http://www.hazards.org/cancer/

http://www.hazards.org/cancer/report.htm

RAND

Police Personnel Challenges After September 11

Anticipating Expanded Duties and a Changing Labor Pool [16 November 2005]

Barbara Raymond, Laura J. Hickman, Laura Miller and Jennifer S. Wong

http://www.rand.org/publications/OP/OP154/

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/2005/RAND_OP154.pdf

[full-text, 53 pages]

Press Release [16 November 2005]

RAND STUDY SAYS LOCAL POLICE SHOULD ADDRESS RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION CHALLENGES

http://www.rand.org/news/press.05/11.16.html

Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)

Companies Are Trying to Retain Employees As They Take Flight For New Career Opportunities

Three-quarters of Employees Looking for New Jobs, Says New Survey [16 November 2005]

http://www.shrm.org/press_published/CMS_014714.asp#P-4_0

Watson Wyatt

2005/2006 Strategic Rewards & Pay Practices Survey can be ordered at -

http://www.watsonwyatt.com/research/resrender.asp?id=w-865&page=1

Press Release

Performance Management Programs Need Improvement, Watson Wyatt, WorldatWork Survey Shows [28 November 2005]

http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=15414

The Work Foundation (UK)

Public Services and ICT - FINAL REPORT

How can ICT help improve quality, choice and efficiency in public services [November 2005]

http://www.theworkfoundation.com/pdf/PublicServicesandICTFinal%20Report.pdf

[full-text, 25 pages]

See additional publications of The Work Foundation at

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

Law

World Legal Information Institute
Industrial Relations & Labor Law
http://www.worldlii.org/catalog/51110.html

LLRX.com

Competitive Intelligence - A Selective Resource Guide [20 November 2005]

By Donna Cavallini and Sabrina I. Pacifici

http://www.llrx.com/features/ciguide.htm#online%20tools

Statistical Reports

BEA: GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT: THIRD QUARTER 2005 (PRELIMINARY) [30 November 2005]

CORPORATE PROFITS: THIRD QUARTER 2005 (PRELIMINARY)

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2005/gdp305p.htm

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2005/gdp305p.pdf

[full-text, 15 pages]

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2005/gdp305p.xls

[spreadsheet]

and

Highlights

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2005/gdp305p_fax.pdf

BLS: PRODUCTIVITY AND COSTS Third Quarter 2005, revised [6 December 2005]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod2.nr0.htm

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod2.pdf

[full-text, 18 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

http://www.bls.gov/web/prod2.supp.toc.htm

BLS: METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: OCTOBER 2005 [30 November 2005]

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

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

[full-text, 23 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

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

BLS: CONSUMER EXPENDITURES IN 2004 [29 November 2005]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cesan.toc.htm

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

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BLS: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS: FIRST QUARTER 2005 [18 November 2005]

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

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

[full-text, 12 pages]

BLS: WORKPLACE INJURIES AND ILLNESSES IN 2004 [17 November 2005]

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

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

[full-text, 29 pages]

BLS: REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: OCTOBER 2005 [22 November 2005]

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

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: MASS LAYOFFS IN OCTOBER 2005 [23 November 2005]

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

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

[full-text, 11 pages]

BLS: EXTENDED MASS LAYOFFS IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2005 [17 November 2005]

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

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

[full-text, 22 pages]

Census: Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): 2003 [29 November 2005]

http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe/index.html

Federal Reserve Board (FRB)

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION AND CAPACITY UTILIZATION [17 November 2005]

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

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

[full-text, 19 pages]

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

Facts for Features from the Census Bureau

African-American History Month: February 2006 [5 December 2005]

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/006088.html

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2006/cb06ff-01.pdf

[full-text, 4 pages]

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