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

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
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


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/
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/


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
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]


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
or
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2006/cb06ff-01.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]

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Institute for Workplace Studies *
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