IWS Documented News WEEKLY BULLETIN

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Competition and Productivity in Japanese Manufacturing Industries

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w11540.pdf

[full-text, 42 pages]

Yosuke Okada

NBER Working Paper No. 11540

Issued in August 2005

---- Abstract -----

http://www.nber.org/papers/w11540

Mexican Entrepreneurship: A Comparison of Self-Employment in Mexico and the United States

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w11527.pdf

[full-text, 55 pages]

Robert Fairlie, Christopher Woodruff

NBER Working Paper No. 11527

Issued in August 2005

---- Abstract -----

http://papers.nber.org/papers/W11527

European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) Online

Comparative Study

Minimum Wages in Europe [3 August 2005]

http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2005/07/study/index.html

or

http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2005/07/study/tn0507101s.html

BLS: Comparative Civilian Labor Force Statistics, 10 Countries, 1960-2004

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

or

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

[full-text, 37 pages]

Census: COUNTY BUSINESS PATTERNS 2003 [8 August 2005]

http://www.census.gov/epcd/cbp/view/cbpview.html

Press Release --

MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 2005

New Census Bureau County Business Report Shows New York Leads in Wages, Los Angeles in Number of Businesses

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/county_business_patterns/005507.html

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

Background Paper

Employment During the 2001­2003 Recovery

7 August 2005

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/65xx/doc6599/08-05-Jobs.pdf

[full-text, 23 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Memorandum                July 5, 2005

Historical Relationship Between the Minimum Wage and Poverty, 1959 to 2005

http://www.chn.org/pdf/crsminimumwage.pdf

[full-text, 4 pages]

Labor Department Streamlines Process for National Guard & Reserve Service Members to File Employment Rights Complaints [3 August 2005]

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/vets/VETS20051286.htm

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

Tabular Summary of Adult Education for Work-Related Reasons: 2002-03 [4 August 2005]

http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2005044

or

http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2005/2005044.pdf

[full-text, 105 pages]

National Council on Disability AUGUST 2005 Publications

http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/2005/publications.htm

Australian Human Resources Institute

The Status & Role of HRM in Australian Organisations: 1995-2005

http://www.ahri.com.au/upload/IHRM%202005%20sheehan3-5-5.pdf

[full-text, 20 pages]

Conference Board

Across the Board® Article

The Indians Are Coming

How management thinkers from India are changing the face of American business.

By Des Dearlove ,  Stuart Crainer

http://www.conference-board.org/articles/atb_article.cfm?id=313

or

http://www.conference-board.org/articles/articlepdf.cfm?ID=313

[full-text, 5 pages]

Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)

EBRI Issue Brief #284

Employment-Based Health Benefits: Trends in Access and Coverage , 8 August 2005

http://www.ebri.org/pdf/briefspdf/EBRI_IB_08-20051.pdf

[full-text, 28 pages]

Press Release

Health Care Access and Coverage Steady From 1997-2002, EBRI Review Reports

http://www.ebri.org/pdf/PR_710_8Aug051.pdf

Executive Summary

http://www.ebri.org/publications/ib/index.cfm?fa=ibDisp&content_id=3574

Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)

EBRI NOTES, August 2005, Vol. 26, No. 8

Retirement Income Security: A Look at Social Security, Employment-Based Retirement Plans, and Health Savings Accounts

http://www.ebri.org/pdf/EBRI_Notes_08-2005.pdf

[full-text, 12 pages]

See PRESS RELEASE - 9 August 2005

EBRI Policy Forum:

Experts Examine Factors Threatening Retirement Security

http://www.ebri.org/pdf/PR_711_9Aug05.pdf

Kaiser Family Foundation

A Consumer Guide to Handling Disputes with Your Employer or Private Health Plan, 2005 Update

August 2005

http://www.kff.org/consumerguide/7350.cfm

or

http://www.kff.org/consumerguide/upload/ExtReview.pdf

[full-text, 119 pages]

See press release, 4 August 2005

http://www.kff.org/insurance/chcm080405nr.cfm

LABOR NEWS Free

(Thanks to Deb Schmidle, Collection Development Librarian, Catherwood Library for the tip)

International Labor Communications Association (ILCA) Online

http://www.ilcaonline.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Topics&file=index

For example, see stories from

PAI (Press Associates Inc.)

http://www.ilcaonline.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=index&catid=&topic=12

Northwest Labor Press

http://www.ilcaonline.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=index&catid=&topic=33

National Council of La Raza

Hispanic Women at Work [29 July 2005]

http://www.nclr.org/content/publications/detail/32940/

or

http://www.nclr.org/files/32940_file_SB6_HispWomen_FNL_.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

2006 SEGAL HEALTH PLAN COST TRENDS SURVEY

http://www.segalco.com/publications/surveysandstudies/2006trendsurvey.pdf

[full-text, 4 pages]

Press Release [5 August 2005]

http://www.segalco.com/pressreleases.html#080505

FindLaw.com

Workers' Compensation

http://injury.findlaw.com/workers-compensation/

LLRX.com

Court Rules, Forms, and Dockets

http://www.llrx.com/courtrules/

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) [DATA]

Job Patterns For Minorities And Women In Private Industry, 2003 [8 June 2005]

http://www.eeoc.gov/stats/jobpat/jobpat.html

or

http://www.eeoc.gov/stats/jobpat/2003/index.html

BLS: COMPUTER AND INTERNET USE AT WORK IN 2003 [2 August 2005]

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

or

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

[full-text, 13 pages]

BLS: Consumer price indexes in nine countries, percent change from same period of previous year, 1995-2005

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

Data compiled by: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, August 5, 2005.

BLS: Unemployment rates in nine countries, civilian labor force basis, approximating U.S. concepts, seasonally adjusted, 1995-2005

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

SOURCE:  U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, August 5, 2005.

BLS: Unemployment rates in the European Union and selected member countries, civilian labor force basis (1), seasonally adjusted, 1995-2005

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

Data compiled by U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics; BLS has not adjusted these data to reflect U.S. labor force concepts.  August 5, 2005.

BLS: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  JULY 2005 [5 August 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 Preliminary Second Quarter 2005 [9 August 2005]

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

or

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

[full-text, 21 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

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

BLS: METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT:  JUNE 2005 [3 August 2005]

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

or

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

[full-text, 21 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

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

International Trade Administration (ITA), Office of Travel & Tourism Industries

See --

OUTBOUND OVERVIEW

http://www.tinet.ita.doc.gov/outreachpages/outbound.general_information.outbound_overview.html

and

INBOUND OVERVIEW

http://www.tinet.ita.doc.gov/outreachpages/index.html#inbound

Press Release August 4, 2005

U.S. SETS NEW RECORDS FOR TRAVEL ABROAD IN 2004

http://www.ita.doc.gov/media/PressReleases/0805/tourism_080405.html

The following web site is recommended for practitioners and students in particular. Registration is FREE.

(Thanks to Maralyn Edid, Senior Extension Associate, Cornell School of Industrial & Labor Relations, for the tip).

SmartEconomist.com

http://smarteconomist.com

Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator

http://dasis3.samhsa.gov/

National Alcohol & Drug Addiction

RECOVERY MONTH (September 2005)

http://www.recoverymonth.gov/2005/default.aspx

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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                *
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Global Development Network (GDN)

FREE Articles on Developing Countries

Knowledge Base

http://www.gdnet.org/knowledge_base/

Research Papers

http://www.gdnet.org/knowledge_base/research_papers/

BROWSE BY COUNTRY (See left margin)

http://www.gdnet.org/knowledge_base/research_papers/browse_by_country/

International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS) at the ILO

WHAT IS INTERNATIONAL LABOUR LAW FOR?

Brian Langille

Geneva, March 2005

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/download/langille.pdf

[full-text, 26 pages]

International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS) at the ILO

KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER AND MIGRATION POLICY MAKING

Christina Boswell

Geneva, October 2004

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/download/boswell2.pdf

[full-text, 18 pages]

Layoffs, Lemons, Race, and Gender

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w11481.pdf

[full-text, 29 pages]

Luojia Hu, Christopher Taber

NBER Working Paper No. 11481

Issued in July 2005

---- Abstract -----

http://papers.nber.org/papers/W11481

Upjohn Institute

Single Mothers, Social Capital, and Work-Family Conflict

Upjohn Institute Working Paper 05-118

Teresa Ciabattari

Sonoma State University

2005

http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/05-118.pdf

[full-text, 37 pages]

Abstract

http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/05118wp.html

Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)

Negotiating free-trade agreements: a guide (2005)

Walter Goode

http://www.apecsec.org.sg/apec/publications/free_downloads/2005.MedialibDownload.v1.html?url=/etc/medialib/apec_media_library/downloads/otherfora_initiatives/fta_rta.Par.0001.File.v1.1

[full-text, 155 pages]

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

Working and employment conditions in Germany [April 2005 online now]

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/files/EF05131EN.pdf

[full-text, 21 pages]

Government of India

Ministry of Labour and Employment

Annual Report 2004-2005

http://labour.nic.in/annrep/annrep2004.htm

Annual Reports for earlier years [from 2001-] are available at-

http://labour.nic.in/annrep/annrep.htm

Hong Kong

Labour Department ANNUAL REPORT 2004

http://www.labour.gov.hk/eng/public/iprd/2004/home/annualreport_1.html

See Figures & Charts at-

http://www.labour.gov.hk/eng/public/iprd/2004/home/annualreport_fig_chart.html

Korea Labor Institute (KLI)

[Korea] Labor Statistics for July 2005

http://www.kli.re.kr/20_english/05_labor/file/200507.pdf

[full-text, 41 pages]

For previous months, go to -

http://www.kli.re.kr/20_english/05_labor/list.asp?tmp_no=2005

General Accountability Office (GAO)

GAO:  Human Capital: Symposium on Designing and Managing Market-Based and More Performance-Oriented Pay Systems. GAO-05-832SP, July 27.

http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-05-832SP

or

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05832sp.pdf

[full-text, 104 pages]

and Highlights -

http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d05832sphigh.pdf

U.S. House. Joint Economic Committee (JEC)

Overview of the CHINESE ECONOMY

http://www.house.gov/jec/publications/109/07-26-05china.pdf

[full-text, 15 pages]

See Press Release  26 July 2005

Chinese Economy is Examined in New JEC Study

http://www.house.gov/jec/press/2005/07-26-05.htm

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

Youth Indicators, 2005: Trends in the Well-Being of American Youth [29 July 2005]

http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2005050

or

http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2005/2005050.pdf

[full-text, 138 pages]

[click on PDFs in left margin for each section]

Press Release 29 July 2005

http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2005/07/07292005.html

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

Student Reports of Bullying: Results from the 2001 School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey [27 July 2005]

http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2005310

or

http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2005/2005310.pdf

[full-text, 53 pages]

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)

NAEP: The NATION'S REPORT CARD --2004 Results

http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/

2004 Long Term Results

http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/ltt/results2004/

NAEP 2004 Trends in Academic Progress:

Three Decades of Student Performance in Reading and Mathematics

14 July 2005

http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pubs/2005/2005464.asp

To download parts of the report, go to -

http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pubs/2005/2005464.asp#pdflist

To download complete report, go to-

http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pdf/main2005/2005464.pdf

[full-text, 148 pages]

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

Education Statistics Quarterly-Vol. 6 Issue 3 [26 Ju;ly 2005]

http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2005612

or

http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2005/2005612.pdf

[full-text, 76 pages]

NIOSH: Just the FAQs: Answering Your Questions About NIOSH Research on Nanotechnology

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/nanotech/faq.html

PLEASE NOTE: The NEW NIOSH PARTNERSHIP concerning NANOTECHNOLOGY

“SnIRC” With a Nano-sized “n” ­ A New NIOSH Partnership

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/nanotech/newsarchive.html#snirc

New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL)

Prevailing Wage Schedules/Updates for 07/01/2005 - 06/30/2006

http://wpp.labor.state.ny.us/wpp/publicViewPWChanges.do?method=showIt

CHANGE TO WIN COALITION (Labor Union Splinter Group)

http://www.changetowin.org/

If you want to be on their mailing list for information, go to --

http://www.facts-online.org/changetowin/join.tcl

DiversityBusiness.com

Diversity Lists for 2004 and earlier years

DIV-LISTS - 2004

http://www.diversitybusiness.com/Resources/DivLists/2004/

Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) Monthly Newsletter [No. 38]

June-July(Part Two), 2005

http://kctu.org/maybbs/view.php?db=kctuinfo2&code=eng_docu&n=38

For this item and earlier editions see --

New Documents

http://kctu.org/maybbs/list.php?db=kctuinfo2&code=eng_docu

Mercer

China and India: Comparative HR Advantages [15 July 2005]

http://www.mercerhr.com/knowledgecenter/reportsummary.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1186125;jsessionid=3ELYMM20TRSAQCTGOUGCHPQKMZ0QYI2C

Mercer

US workers’ trust in management is low

Mercer survey reveals a lack of confidence in top executives

United States

New York, 21 July 2005

http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1187220

Migration Policy Institute

Spotlight on Refugees and Asylees in the United States

By Jeanne Batalova, PhD

Migration Policy Institute

August 1, 2005

http://www.migrationinformation.org/USfocus/display.cfm?id=327

From FindLaw.com

Labor and Employment Law News

http://news.findlaw.com/legalnews/business/labor/

From HAZARDS MAGAZINE

[Thanks to Rory O'Neill, Editor -- who believes this list is up-to-date]

GLOBAL FRAMEWORK AGREEMENTS

http://www.hazards.org/unioneffect/gufagreements.htm

(Listing of agreements concluded between transnational companies and Global Union Federations, identifying those with health, safety and environment clauses.)

BEA: Gross Domestic Product 2nd Qtr (Advance)

NATIONAL INCOME AND PRODUCT ACCOUNTS

. SECOND QUARTER 2005 GDP (ADVANCE)

. REVISED ESTIMATES:  2002 THROUGH FIRST QUARTER 2005

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2005/gdp205a.htm

or

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2005/gdp205a.pdf

[full-text, 34 pages]

and Highlights

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2005/gdp205a_fax.pdf

BLS: CONTINGENT AND ALTERNATIVE EMPLOYMENT ARRANGEMENTS, FEBRUARY 2005 [27 July 2005]

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

or

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

[full-text, 20 pages]

BLS: Producer Price Index Detailed Report Tables  for June 2005 [27 July 2005]

http://www.bls.gov/ppi/home.htm#tables

or

http://www.bls.gov/ppi/ppi_dr.htm#2005

or

http://www.bls.gov/ppi/ppidr200506.pdf

[full-text, 132 pages]

BLS: EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX-JUNE 2005 [29 July 2005]

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

or

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

[full-text, 18 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

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

BLS: Comparative Real Gross Domestic Product Per Capita and Per Employed Person Fifteen Countries 1960-2004 [22 July 2005]

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

BLS: PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS:  JUNE 2005 [2 August 2005]

REVISED ESTIMATES:  2002 THROUGH MAY 2005

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2005/pi0605.htm

or

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2005/pi0605.pdf

[full-text, 27 pages]

or

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2005/pi0605.xls

[spreadsheet]

and

Highlights

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2005/pi0605_fax.pdf

Facts for Features from the Census Bureau

Hispanic Heritage Month 2005: September 15-October 15 [29 July 2005]

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/005338.html

or

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2005/cb05ff-14rev.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

****************************************
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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