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Cornell Higher Education Research Institute (CHERI) Working Paper #71

June 1, 2005

CRAFTING A CLASS: THE TRADE OFF BETWEEN MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS AND ENROLLING LOWER-INCOME STUDENTS

by  Ronald G. Ehrenberg, Liang Zhang and Jared M. Levin*

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/cheri/wp/cheri_wp71.pdf

[full-text, 26 pages]

The following  items will appear in

NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2005, Volume 20

Mark Gertler and Kenneth Rogoff, Editors

Conference held April 8-9, 2005

Forthcoming from The MIT Press [conference papers]

Job Loss, Job Finding, and Unemployment in the U.S. Economy over the Past Fifty Years

Robert E. Hall

Hoover Institution and Department of Economics, Stanford University

National Bureau of Economic Research

rehall@stanford.edu

stanford.edu/˜rehall.

February 19, 2005

http://www.nber.org/books/macro20/macro05/hall.pdf

[full-text, 42 pages]

Work and leisure in the US and Europe: Why so different?

Alberto Alesina, Edward Glaeser, Bruce Sacerdote

March 2005

http://www.nber.org/books/macro20/macro05/sacerdote.pdf

[full-text,  72 pages]

European Commission--Employment, Social Affairs, and Equal Opportunity

WOMEN & MEN in DECISION-MAKING--DATABASE, INDICATORS, & MORE

http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/women_men_stats/index_en.htm

DATABASE

http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/women_men_stats/measures_in4_en.htm

INDICATORS

http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/women_men_stats/indicators_in5_en.htm

European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) Online

Thematic Feature

Unskilled workers (May 2005)

http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/thematicfeature10.html

European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)

EMCC user survey

http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/content/source/eu05009a.html

European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC) -- BY COUNTRY

http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/country.htm

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA)

Evaluation Instruments Bank (EIB) [DATABASE] [3 June 2005]

http://eib.emcdda.eu.int/

[includes Alcoholism & Workplace information]

Search by Keywords

http://eib.emcdda.eu.int/?nNodeId=4517

Full-text Search

http://eib.emcdda.eu.int/index.cfm?fuseaction=public.Content&nNodeID=4725

Search by Categories

http://eib.emcdda.eu.int/?nnodeId=4733

Site Map

http://eib.emcdda.eu.int/index.cfm?fuseaction=public.SiteMapDisplay&sLanguageISO=EN

Monday 6 June 2005 (ILO/05/26)

ILO Director-General says global jobs crisis puts democracy, freedom at risk

Says creating trillions in growth, but only a trickle of jobs is unsustainable

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inf/pr/2005/26.htm

Japan Institute for Labor Policy and Training (JILPT)

JAPAN LABOR REVIEW

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR.htm

See-

Vol.2, No.2

Spring 2005 [online 12 May 2005]

BLS: Monthly Labor Review Online

May 2005

Vol. 128, Number 5

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

Real compensation, 1979 to 2003: analysis from several data sources

Joseph R. Meisenheimer II

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/05/art1full.pdf

[full-text, 20 pages]

Improving estimation and benchmarking of State labor force statistics

Sharon P. Brown

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/05/art2full.pdf

[full-text, 9 pages]

Factors affecting beef and cattle producer prices movements

Marta Norton

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/05/art3full.pdf

[full-text, 9 pages]

Price transmission within the PPI for intermediate goods

Jonathan Weinhagen

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2005/05/ressum.pdf

[full-text, 7 pages]

BLS: Compensation and Working Conditions Online

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

The Relationship Between Labor Costs and Inflation: A Cyclical Viewpoint (05/24/2005)

http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20050517ar01p1.htm

Census: Geographic Area Statistics: 2003 [7 June 2005]

Issued May 2005

M03(AS)-3

Annual Survey of Manufactures

http://www.census.gov/prod/2005pubs/am0331as1.pdf

[full-text, 153 pages]

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

CBO Testimony

Statement of Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Director

Defined-Benefit Pension Plans: Current Problems and Future Challenges

before the Committee on Finance United States Senate June 7, 2005

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/64xx/doc6414/06-07-PBGC.pdf

[full-text, 14 pages]

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

Economic and Budget Issue Brief

2 June 2006

What Is a Current-Law Economic Baseline?

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/64xx/doc6403/EconomicBaseline.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

GAO: Federal Disability Assistance: Wide Array of Programs Needs to be Examined in Light of 21st Century Challenges GAO-05-626, June 2, 2005

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05626.pdf

[full-text, 47 pages]

and

Higlhights

http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d05626high.pdf

GAO: Survey of Program Officials: Review of Federal Programs Supporting People with Disabilities. GAO-05-695SP, June 2.

http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-05-695SP

or

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05626.pdf

[full-text, 47 pages]

GAO: Federal Disability Assistance: Wide Array of Programs Needs to be Examined in Light of 21st Century Challenges. GAO-05-626, June 2.

http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-05-626

or

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05626.pdf

[full-text, 47 pages]

and

Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d05626high.pdf

GAO: Private Pensions: Government Actions Could Improve the Timeliness and Content of Form 5500 Pension Information. GAO-05-491, June 3.

http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-05-491

or

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05491.pdf

[full-text, 61 pages]

and

Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d05491high.pdf

GAO: Private Pensions: Recent Experiences of Large Defined Benefit Plans Illustrate Weaknesses in Funding Rules GAO-05-294, May 31, 2005

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05294.pdf

[full-text, 62 pages]

and

Highlights

http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d05294high.pdf

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

The Condition of Education 2005 [1 June 2005]

http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2005094

or

http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2005/2005094.pdf

[full-text, 382 pages]

Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 65 No. 4

(released May 2005)

http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v65n4/index.html

Printed copies of this document are scheduled for release in mid-June 2005.

Reassessing the Relationship Between Disability Insurance and Workers' Compensation

by James B. Lockhart III

http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v65n4/v65n4p1.html

or

http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v65n4/v65n4p1.pdf

[full-text, 2 pages]

Workers' Compensation, Social Security Disability Insurance, and the Offset: A Fact Sheet

by Virginia Reno, Cecili Thompson Williams, and Ishita Sengupta

http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v65n4/v65n4p3.html

or

http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v65n4/v65n4p3.pdf

[full-text, 4 pages]

Workers' Compensation: A Background for Social Security Professionals

by Ann Clayton

http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v65n4/v65n4p7.html

or

http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v65n4/v65n4p7.pdf

[full-text, 9 pages]

Compensating Workers for Permanent Partial Disabilities

by Peter S. Barth

http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v65n4/v65n4p16.html

or

http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v65n4/v65n4p16.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

Benefit Adequacy in State Workers' Compensation Programs

by H. Allan Hunt

http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v65n4/v65n4p24.html

or

http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v65n4/v65n4p24.pdf

[full-text, 7 pages]

The Fraction of Disability Caused at Work

by Robert T. Reville and Robert F. Schoeni

http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v65n4/v65n4p31.html

or

http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v65n4/v65n4p31.pdf

[full-text, 7 pages]

Design and Implementation Issues in Swedish Individual Pension Accounts

by R. Kent Weaver

http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v65n4/v65n4p38.html

or

http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v65n4/v65n4p38.pdf

[full-text,  19 pages]

State Department

2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report [3 June 2005]

http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/47255.pdf

[full-text, 258 pages]

Press Release [3 June 2005]

2005 Report:

Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000: Trafficking in Persons Report

http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2005/

United States International Trade Commission (USITC)

The Impact of Trade Agreements Implemented Under Trade Promotion Authority

Investigation No. TA-2103-1

Publication 3780

1 June 2005

http://hotdocs.usitc.gov//docs/pubs/332/pub3780.pdf

[full-text, 142 pages]

Global Companies - Global Unions Global Research - Global Campaigns: An International Conference

Crowne Plaza Times Square, 1605 Broadway, New York, NY 10019

February 9 - 11, 2006

CONFERENCE HOME PAGE

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

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION and CALL FOR PAPERS

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/globalunionsconference/papers/en/en.pdf

[full-text, 3 pages]

Conference BROCHURE (Flyer)

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/globalunionsconference/pdfs/flyer.pdf

REGISTRATION

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/globalunionsconference/registration/

REGISTRATION FORM

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/globalunionsconference/registration/form/registration.pdf

Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)

June 2005 EBRI Issue Brief

The Muskegon Access Health ‘Three-Share’ Plan: A Case History

  http://www.ebri.org/ibpdfs/0605ib.pdf

[full-text, 32 pages]

Press Release

New Research From EBRI:

How an Initiative to Expand Health Care Coverage In Muskegon, MI, Has Fared After More Than 5 Years

http://www.ebri.org/prrel/index.htm

or

http://www.ebri.org/prrel/PR_702_07June05.pdf

[full-text, 2 pages]

European Trade Union Institute (ETUI)

European Economic and Employment Policy Brief (series)

http://www.etui-rehs.org/employment_and_economic_policies/publications/european_economic_and_employment_policy_brief

2/2005

Ronald Janssen: The broad economic policy guidelines 2005 2007: A basis for European economic revival?

http://www.etui-rehs.org/content/download/1127/6614/file/EEEPB_2-05.pdf

[full-text, 13 pages]

Human Rights Campaign Foundation

The State of the Workplace for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Americans 2004

http://www.hrc.org/Template.cfm?Section=Get_Informed2&Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=27214

[full-text, 43 pages]

See press release

Monday, June 6, 2005

NEW HRC REPORT REVEALS CORPORATE AMERICA LEADING IN PROTECTING GAY AND TRANSGENDER EMPLOYEES

http://www.hrc.org/Template.cfm?Section=Press_Room&CONTENTID=27229&TEMPLATE=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm

Examining the Evidence:  The Impact of the Los Angeles Living Wage Ordinance on Workers and Businesses [2 June 2005]

David Fairris, David Runsten, Carolina Briones, Jessica Goodheart

http://www.losangeleslivingwagestudy.org/

-The study is the first living wage research in the country to use rigorous random sample surveys of workers and employers affected by a living wage law.

Executive Summary

http://www.losangeleslivingwagestudy.org/Executive_Summary_Living_Wage_Study.pdf

[full-text, 11 pages]

POLITICAL ECONOMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE

LIVING WAGE LAWS IN PRACTICE: The Boston, New Haven and Hartford Experiences

Mark D. Brenner, Assistant Research Professor, PERI

&

Stephanie Luce, Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts-Amherst Labor Center

http://www.umass.edu/peri/pdfs/RR8.pdf

[full-text, 123 pages]

SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management)

Employee Development Survey Report [2005]

http://www.shrm.org/hrresources/surveys_published/Employee%20Development%20Survey%20Report%20-%20%20A%20Study%20by%20SHRM%20and%20Catalyst.pdf

[full-text, 52 pages]

[The above is available to SHRM Members]

Press Release [6 June 2005]

As Baby Boomers Reach Retirement and Companies Face a Labor Shortage, Developing Current Employees Should be the Answer

Research Shows Employee Development Has Positive Return on Investment

http://www.shrm.org/press_published/CMS_012854.asp#P-4_0

Watson Wyatt (UK)

Is work-life balance a driver for employee turnover? [8 June 2005]

http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=14734

World Economic Forum (WEF)

Women’s Empowerment: Measuring the Global Gender Gap [16 May 2005]

http://www.weforum.org/pdf/Global_Competitiveness_Reports/Reports/gender_gap.pdf

[full-text, 23 pages]

See Press Release [16 May 2005]

World Economic Forum Launches New “Gender Gap Index” Measuring Inequality between Women and Men in 58 Countries

http://www.weforum.org/site/homepublic.nsf/Content/World+Economic+Forum+Launches+New+%E2%80%9CGender+Gap+Index%E2%80%9D+Measuring+Inequality+between+Women+and+Men+in+58+Countries

EEOC, FORD, UAW, CLASS MEMBERS VOICE APPROVAL OF LANDMARK RACE DISCRIMINATION SETTLEMENT [1 June 2005]

Ford to Pay African American Employees $8.55 Million, Provide 280 Apprenticeships, and Revamp Selection Method for Skilled Trade Apprenticeship Program

http://www.eeoc.gov/press/6-1-05.html

Full-text of Settlement Agreement --

Robinson v. Ford Motor Company

http://www.findjustice.com/ms/practice/civil/Ford/index.htm

BLS: Comparative Civilian Labor Force Statistics, 10 Countries, 1960-2004 [13 May 2005]

ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ForeignLabor/flslforc.txt

or

http://www.bls.gov/fls/flslforc.pdf

[full-text, 37 pages]

BLS: JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER:  APRIL 2005 [7 June 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:  MAY 2005 [3 June 2005]

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

or

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

[full-text, 24 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

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

BLS: PRODUCTIVITY AND COSTS First Quarter 2005, Revised [2 June 2005]

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

and

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

[full-text, 34 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

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

BLS: METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT:  APRIL 2005 [1 June 2005]

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

or

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

[full-text, 11 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

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

BLS: WORK EXPERIENCE OF THE POPULATION IN 2003 [3 June 2005]

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

or

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

[full-text, 9 pages]

Japan Institute for Labor Policy and Training (JILPT)

[JAPAN]  Main Labor Economic Indicators [updates on 2 June 2005]

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/estatis/eshuyo/200506/index.htm

Economic and Budget Issue Brief

 A series of issue summaries from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

JUNE 1, 2005

Third-Party Financing of Federal Projects

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/63xx/doc6399/06-01-thirdpartyfinancing_brief.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

Entrepreneurship Research Institute

The Eugenio Pino and Family Global Entrepreneurship Center/Florida International University

Entrepreneurship in the U.S.: 2004 Assessment [1 June 2005]

http://www.entrepreneurship.fiu.edu/entrepreneurship_us.htm

or

http://www.entrepreneurship.fiu.edu/pdf/all.pdf

[full-text, 142 pages]

UNIFORM CRIME REPORTS

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

Preliminary Annual Uniform Crime Report, January to December, 2004

Crime in the United States [7 June 2005]

http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/2004/04prelim.pdf

[full-text, 18 pages]

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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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