Wednesday, March 22, 2006
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 22 March 2006
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, 22 March 2006
Academic Research
International
Census: 2002 Economic Census Survey of Business Owners Company Statistics Series Issued March 2006 SB02-00CS-HISP Hispanic-Owned Firms: 2002 [21 March 2006] http://www.census.gov/prod/ec02/sb0200cshisp.pdf [full-text, 631 pages] National Science Foundation (NSF) Main Web Site for Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/wmpd/start.htm
Social Security Administration (SSA) Social Security History http://www.ssa.gov/history/history.html
Social Security Administration (SSA) National Average Wage Index [1951-2004] Updated October 14, 2005 http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/COLA/AWI.html
Social Security Administration (SSA) The Work Site Employment Support For People with Disabilities http://www.ssa.gov/work/index.html
Women's Bureau Women in the Labor Force in 2005 -- Quick Facts [March 2006] http://www.dol.gov/wb/factsheets/Qf-laborforce-05.htm
State
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.
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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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
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IWS Weekly Bulletin, 22 March 2006
Academic Research
- Upjohn Institute Staff Working Paper 06-126
- Wages, Layoffs, and Privatization: Evidence from Ukraine
- http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/06-126.pdf
- [full-text, 44 pages]
- J. David Brown, John S. Earle, Vladimir Vakhitov
- February 2006
- Abstract
- http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/06126wp.html
- Upjohn Institute Staff Working Paper 05-125
- Does Privatization Hurt Workers? Lessons from Comprehensive Manufacturing Firm Panel Data in Hungary, Romania, Russia, and Ukraine
- http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/05-125.pdf
- [full-text, 49 pages]
- J. David Brown, John S. Earle, Álmos Telegdy
- November 2005
- Revised February 2006
- Abstract
- http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/05125wp.html
- Employee Screening: Theory and Evidence
- http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12071.pdf
- [full-text, 34 pages]
- Fali Huang, Peter Cappelli
- NBER Working Paper No. 12071
- Issued in March 2006
- ---- Abstract -----
- http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12071
- Wages, Layoffs, and Privatization: Evidence from Ukraine
International
- EUROPA > European Commission > Employment & Social Affairs > EURES
- EURES - The European Job Mobility Portal
- http://europa.eu.int/eures/home.jsp?lang=en
- European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) Online
- Temporary Agency Work [22 March 2006]
- http://www.eiro.eurofound.ie/thematicfeature14.html
- and
- Temporary agency work in an enlarged European Union [22 March 2006]
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/files/EF05139EN.pdf
- [full-text, 58 pages]
- European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) Online
- EIROnline: EIRObserver [1997-2004]
- http://www.eiro.eurofound.ie/eirobserver.html
- ILO Bureau of Employers' Activities
- Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers
- A Guide For Employers' Organizations
[7 March 2006]- by Gary Rynhart
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/actemp/papers/2006/poverty_guide.pdf
- [full-text, 25 pages]
- For other publications from the Bureau of Employers' Activities, see --
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/actemp/publ/pubs.htm
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/actemp/publ/pubs.htm
- OECD Policy Brief:
- Economic Survey of Ireland 2006
[2 March 2006]- http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/28/47/36204794.pdf
- [full-text, 12 pages]
- See also--
- Economic Survey of Ireland 2006
- http://www.oecd.org/document/48/0,2340,en_2649_201185_36157872_1_1_1_1,00.html
- EURES - The European Job Mobility Portal
- BLS: Foreign Labor Statistics [Most Requested Data by Country]
- http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?i
- BLS: Occupational Outlook Quarterly Online [13 March 2006]
- Spring 2006
- Vol. 50, Number 1
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/ooqhome.htm
- The 2004-14 job outlook in brief
- Introduction
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2006/spring/introduction.pdf
- [full-text, 4 pages]
- Table of occupations
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2006/spring/table.pdf
- [full-text, 40 pages]
- Index to the "Brief"
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2006/spring/index.pdf
- Beyond the "Brief"
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2006/spring/beyond.pdf
- GRAB BAG
- Brief items of interest to counselors and students.
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/grabbag.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2006/spring/grabbag.pdf
- includes--
- * Temporary work: Short-term jobs with long-term potential
- * Opportunities for law librarians
- * Internships in aging: Prepare for a trend
- * TED in print
- You're a what?
- Polysomnographic technologist
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/yawhat.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2006/spring/yawhat.pdf
- OOCHART
- High-paying occupations with many job openings, projected 2004-14
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/oochart.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2006/spring/oochart.pdf
- http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?i
- Press Release, 21 March 2006
- Growth of Hispanic-Owned Businesses Triples the National Average
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/business_ownership/006577.html
- Growth of Hispanic-Owned Businesses Triples the National Average
- Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering March 2006 Update
- http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/wmpd/pdf/march2006updates.pdf
- [full-text, 105 pages]
- See EMPLOYMENT TABLES at
- http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/wmpd/employ.htm
- http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/wmpd/pdf/march2006updates.pdf
- New York State
- PREVAILING WAGE DATABASE
- http://www.labor.state.ny.us/workforceindustrydata/uiwages.shtm
- PREVAILING WAGE DATABASE
- Good Jobs First
- Good Jobs First is a non-profit, non-partisan resource center promoting smart growth for working families.
- MAKING THE CONNECTION: Transit-Oriented Development and Jobs [16 March 2006]
- http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/pdf/makingtheconnection.pdf
- [full-text, 115 pages]
- Published in co-operation by the Hans-Böckler-Foundation and the European Trade Union Institute for Research, Education and Health and Safety
- SEER: South-East Europe Review for Labour and Social Affairs
- The development of social dialogue and trade unions in south-east europe
- Volume 8 · Number 3
- http://www.boeckler.de/seer
- or
- http://www.boeckler.de/pdf/SEER_2005_3_complete.pdf
- [full-text, 160 pages]
- Institute for Women's Policy Research
- Solving the Nursing Shortage through Higher Wages [8 March 2006]
- http://www.iwpr.org/pdf/C363.pdf
- [full-text, 40 pages]
- Press Release 8 March 2006
- New Study Links Nurse Shortage to Nurse Pay
- Unions Raise Nurses' Pay and Increase Nurse/Patient Staffing Ratios
- State and Metropolitan Data and Rankings
- http://www.iwpr.org/pdf/PressRelease2_8_06.pdf
- Pew Charitable Trusts
- Pew Research Center
- Social Trends Report
- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
- 22% of Americans Have a Relative in a Mixed-Race Marriage
[14 March 2006]- http://www.pewtrusts.org/pdf/PRC_social_marriage_0306.pdf
- [full-text, 7 pages]
- Press Release 14 March 2006
- Public opinion and polls
- Social Trends Poll: 22 Percent Of Americans Have A Relative In A Mixed-Race Marriage
- http://www.pewtrusts.org/ideas/ideas_item.cfm?content_item_id=3282&content_type_id=18&issue_name=Public%20opinion%20and%20polls&issue=11&page=18&WT.mc_id=03/20/2006
- RAND & New England Journal of Medicine
- Who Is at Greatest Risk for Receiving Poor-Quality Health Care? [16 March 2006]
- http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/354/11/1147
- or
- http://content.nejm.org/cgi/reprint/354/11/1147.pdf
- [full-text, 10 pages]
- Press Release March 15, 2006
- RAND STUDY FINDS ALL SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS AT RISK FOR POOR QUALITY HEALTH CARE
- http://www.rand.org/news/press.06/03.15b.html
- Work Foundation
- Papering Over the Cracks? Rules, Regulation and Real Trust
- Provocation Series Volume 2 Number 1
- http://www.theworkfoundation.com/pdf/cracks4.pdf
- [full-text, 39 pages]
- Press Release 27-02-2006
- Regulatory reflex in danger of destroying not building trust in business
- http://www.theworkfoundation.com/newsroom/pressreleases.jsp?ref=189
- Good Jobs First is a non-profit, non-partisan resource center promoting smart growth for working families.
- ERI (Economic Research Institute)
- Distance Learn Center
- Employment Law
- http://www.eridlc.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=hrlaws.main
- ILO Social Dialogue, Labour Law and Labour Administration Department (DIALOGUE) - Social Dialogue
- Termination of Employment Digest [International]
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/ifpdial/publ/publ_emp.htm
- World Legal Information Institute
- Industrial Relations & Labor Law
- http://www.worldlii.org/catalog/51110.html
- Distance Learn Center
- BEA: REAL TOURISM OUTPUT GREW 4.8 PERCENT IN 2005
- Employment Grows More Slowly
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/tour405.htm
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/tour405.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/tour405.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- and
- Background on TOURISM SATELLITE ACCOUNTS
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrel/tourbackground.htm
- BLS: Comparative Unemployment Rates [10 March 2006]
- Unemployment rates in the European Union and selected member countries, civilian labor force basis (1), seasonally adjusted, 1995-2006
- ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ForeignLabor/flseur.txt
- Unemployment rates in nine countries, civilian labor force basis, approximating U.S. concepts, seasonally adjusted, 1995-2006
- ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ForeignLabor/flsjec.txt
- ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ForeignLabor/flseur.txt
- BLS: Producer Price Indexes -- February 2006 [21 March 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ppi.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ppi.pdf
- [full-text, 19 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/ppi.supp.toc.htm
- BLS: CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: FEBRUARY 2006 [16 March 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cpi.pdf
- [full-text, 24 pages]
- BLS: REAL EARNINGS IN FEBRUARY 2006 [16 March 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/realer.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/realer.pdf
- [full-text, 5 pages]
- BLS: METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: JANUARY 2006 [17 March 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/metro.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/metro.pdf
- [full-text, 22 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/metro.supp.toc.htm
- EuroStat: 35/2006 - 17 March 2006
- Fourth quarter of 2005 compared to fourth quarter 2004
- Euro-zone labour cost up by 2.4%
- EU25 up by 2.9%
- http://epp.eurostat.cec.eu.int/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/PGP_PRD_CAT_PREREL/PGE_CAT_PREREL_YEAR_2006/PGE_CAT_PREREL_YEAR_2006_MONTH_03/3-17032006-EN-AP.PDF
- [full-text, 4 pages]
- Federal Reserve Board (FRB)
- G.17 (419)
- March 17, 2006
- INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION AND CAPACITY UTILIZATION
- http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/G17/Current/default.htm
- or
- http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/G17/Current/g17.pdf
- [full-text, 18 pages]
- Census
- Population Characteristics
- Current Population Reports
- Issued March 2006
- P20-556
- Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2004 [15 March 2006]
- By Kelly Holder
- http://www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/p20-556.pdf
- [full-text, 18 pages]
- Social Security Administration (SSA)
- [Most] Popular Baby Names
- http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/
- Social Security Administration (SSA) & National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
- Social Security Administration's Death Master File
- http://www.ntis.gov/products/ssa-dmf.asp
- Population Characteristics
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.
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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