Wednesday, December 07, 2005
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 7 December 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, 7 December 2005
Academic Research
International
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Industrial Relations & Labor Law
http://www.worldlii.org/catalog/51110.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.
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
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]
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
- or
- 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
- 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]
- 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/
- or
- 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/
- or
- 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/
- 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
- 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
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2005/gdp305p.pdf
- [full-text, 15 pages]
- or
- 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
- or
- 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
- or
- 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
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cesan.pdf
- (this may not open temporarily - damaged file)
- BLS: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS: FIRST QUARTER 2005 [18 November 2005]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cewbd.nr0.htm
- or
- 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
- or
- 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
- 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: MASS LAYOFFS IN OCTOBER 2005 [23 November 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: EXTENDED MASS LAYOFFS IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2005 [17 November 2005]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/mslo.nr0.htm
- or
- 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
- or
- http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g17/current/g17.pdf
- [full-text, 19 pages]
- 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
- or
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2006/cb06ff-01.pdf
- [full-text, 4 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.
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Stuart Basefsky
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
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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