Wednesday, March 08, 2006
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 8 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, 8 March 2006
Academic Research
http://users.wbs.ac.uk/group/irru/publications/warwick_papers
Making it in America: Social Mobility in the Immigrant Population http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12088.pdf [full-text, 32 pages] George J. Borjas NBER Working Paper No. 12088 Issued in March 2006 ---- Abstract ----- http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12088
Immigration in High-Skill Labor Markets: The Impact of Foreign Students on the Earnings of Doctorates http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12085.pdf [full-text, 48 pages] George J. Borjas NBER Working Paper No. 12085 Issued in March 2006 ---- Abstract ----- http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12085
Government Reports/Press - International, Federal, State, Local
International
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, 8 March 2006
Academic Research
- Warwick Papers in Industrial Relations
- Recent Warwick Papers
- Paul Marginson
- Between Europeanisation and Regime Competition: labour market regulation following EU enlargement
- Warwick Papers in Industrial Relations series, No 79
- http://users.wbs.ac.uk/cms_attachment_handler.cfm?f=cc06a51f-3dd4-4a2d-aaf4-b27e2d4faed2&t=wpir79.pdf
- [full-text, 24 pages]
- Rita Donaghy - Responses from: John Cridland, Frances O'Grady and William Brown
- The Changing Landscape of Employment Relations in Britain
- Warwick Papers in Industrial Relations series, No 78
- http://users.wbs.ac.uk/cms_attachment_handler.cfm?f=ba3d06bd-d81a-4649-91c0-d92fed6a2bfa&t=wpir78.pdf
- [full-text, 20 pages]
- Mark Hall
- How are employers and unions responding to the Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations?
- Warwick Papers in Industrial Relations series, No 77
- http://users.wbs.ac.uk/cms_attachment_handler.cfm?f=c808e01b-6633-4025-9ee2-ba9c49d87d1b&t=wpir77.pdf
- [full-text, 21 pages]
- Paul Marginson
International
- European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) Online
- SPAIN:
- Government proposes new gender equality legislation
[24 February 2006]- http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2006/02/feature/es0602106f.html
- EuroStat: 29/2006 - 6 March 2006
- 8 March 2006: International Women's Day
- A statistical view of the life of women and men in the EU25
- 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_03/3-06032006-EN-BP.PDF
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- EuroStat: Statistics in Focus
- How is the time of women and men distributed in Europe? - Issue number 4/2006 [6 March 2006]
- http://epp.eurostat.cec.eu.int/portal/page?_pageid=1073,46587259&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&p_product_code=KS-NK-06-004
- or
- http://epp.eurostat.cec.eu.int/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-NK-06-004/EN/KS-NK-06-004-EN.PDF
- [full-text, 12 pages]
- OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development)
- The Gender, Institutions and Development Data Base
- http://www.oecd.org/document/23/0,2340,en_2649_33947_36225815_1_1_1_1,00.html
- [Gender Discrimination Database]
- Actual DATABASE is in SPREADSHEET FORMAT at
- http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/19/28/36223936.xls
- Press Release
- OECD Development Centre database charts discrimination against women
- http://www.oecd.org/document/19/0,2340,en_2649_201185_36234003_1_1_1_1,00.html
- Actual DATABASE is in SPREADSHEET FORMAT at
- SPAIN:
- BLS: Change is coming to the ECI (Employment Cost Index) [3 March 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ect/sp/ecsm0001.htm
- BLS: Monthly Labor Review Online [1 March 2006]
- February 2006
- Vol. 129, Number 2
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/mlrhome.htm
- Business Employment Dynamics: tabulations by employer size
- Shail J. Butani, Richard L. Clayton, Vinod Kapani, James R. Spletzer, David M. Talan, and George S. Werking Jr.
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/02/art1full.pdf
- [full-text, 20 pages]
- Understanding the employment measures from the establishment and household surveys
- Mary K. Bowler and Teresa L. Morisi
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/02/art2full.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- From supermarkets to supercenters: employment shifts to the one-stop shop
- Michael H. Strople
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/02/art3full.pdf
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- Internet collection at the Bureau of Labor Statistics: an option to report
- Stephen Cohen, Dee McCarthy, Richard Rosen, and William J. Wiatrowski
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/02/art4full.pdf
- [full-text, 11 pages]
- Trends in retirement plan coverage over the last decade
- Stephanie Costo
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/02/art5full.pdf
- [full-text, 7 pages]
- Report
- A visual essay: Volunteering in the United States
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/02/ressum.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- Shail J. Butani, Richard L. Clayton, Vinod Kapani, James R. Spletzer, David M. Talan, and George S. Werking Jr.
- BLS:
- MLR: Editor's Desk (Monthly Labor Review)
- Korea and Sweden record largest manufacturing productivity increases in 2004 [22 February 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/tedhome.htm
- BLS: Compensation and Working Conditions Online
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/home.htm
- Another Retirement Savings Option: Roth 401(k) Plan (02/22/2006)
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20060221ar01p1.htm
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20060221ar01p1.htm
- BLS: Issues in Labor Statistics
- Summary 06-02 / January 2006 .. U.S. Department of Labor .. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Comparing characteristics and expenditures of consumer units in selected income ranges [22 February 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/ils/pdf/opbils54.pdf
- [full-text, 2 pages]
- Census
- Household Economic Studies
- Health Status, Health Insurance, and Health Services Utilization: 2001
- Issued February 2006
[28 February 2006]- P70-106
- http://www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/p70-106.pdf
- [full-text, 15 pages]
- Census
- Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Survey: 2004 [7 March 2006]
- http://www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/ict-04.pdf
- [full-text, 51 pages]
- Census
- Annual Capital Expenditures Survey (ACES): 2004 [7 March 2006]
- http://www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/ace-04.pdf
- [full-text, 76 pages]
- GAO: Employee Compensation: Employer Spending on Benefits Has Grown Faster Than Wages, Due Largely to Rising Costs for Health Insurance and Retirement. GAO-06-285, February 24.
- http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-06-285
- or
- http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d06285.pdf
- [full-text, 61 pages
- and
- Highlights -
- http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d06285high.pdf
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Science and Engineering Indicators 2006 [23 February 2006]
- http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsb0601
- or
- http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind06/
- or
- http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind06/pdfstart.htm
- or
- VOLUME 1 full-text
- http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind06/pdf/volume1.pdf
- [full-text, 521 pages]
- and
- VOLUME 2: APPENDIX TABLES full-text
- http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind06/pdf/volume2.pdf
- [full-text, 571 pages]
- See in particular
- Chapter 3: Science and Engineering Labor Force
- http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind06/c3/c3h.htm
- or
- http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind06/pdf/c03.pdf
- [full-text, 40 pages]
- Chapter 3: Science and Engineering Labor Force
- http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ect/sp/ecsm0001.htm
- The Clearinghouse on International Developments in Child, Youth and Family Policies at COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
- http://www.childpolicyintl.org/
- Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
- Fast Facts from EBRI
- FFE #18, Feb. 23, 2006
- Distribution of Older Population�s Average Annual Income
- http://www.ebri.org/pdf/publications/facts/fastfacts/fastfact022306.pdf
- To see EBRI Notes from January, go to -
- IRA and Keogh Assets and Contributions, and Income of the Elderly Population, Age 65 and Over, 2004
- http://www.ebri.org/pdf/notespdf/EBRI_Notes_01-20061.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- IRA and Keogh Assets and Contributions, and Income of the Elderly Population, Age 65 and Over, 2004
- Freelancers Union
- 2006 Report: CREATIVE WORKERS COUNT
- New York City's Arts Funding Overlooks Individual Artists Needs
- By Sara Horowitz, Stephanie Buchanan, Monica Alexandris, Rachel Crocker Ford, Stefanie Syman
- http://www.workingtoday.org/stf/pdf/arts_report_2006.pdf
- [full-text, 12 pages]
- Press Release
- Creative Workers Count [23 February 2006]
- http://www.workingtoday.org/stf/arts_report_2006.php
- Creative Workers Count [23 February 2006]
- FRIEDRICH-EBERT-STIFTUNG (FES)
- A New Dynamic for Peace? Post-Tsunami Reconstruction and its Impact on Conflict Resolution
- Case Studies from India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand
- http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/iez/03258.pdf
- [full-text, 40 pages] - may load slowly, be patient
- For other free PDF publications from FES, see -- http://library.fes.de/library/english/index.html
- RAND
- Education Occasional Paper
- Making Sense of Charter Schools: Evidence from California [21 February 2006]
- Ron Zimmer and Richard Buddin
- http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/2006/RAND_OP157.pdf
- [full-text, 10 pages]
- http://www.childpolicyintl.org/
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- Immigration Policy in the United States, February 2006
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/70xx/doc7051/02-28-Immigration.pdf
- [full-text, 31 pages]
- Immigration Policy in the United States, February 2006
- BEA: PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: JANUARY 2006 [1 March 2006]
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/pi0106.htm
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/pi0106.pdf
- [full-text, 14 pages]
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/pi0106.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- and
- Highlights
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/pi0106_fax.pdf
- BLS: PRODUCTIVITY AND COSTS Fourth Quarter and Annual Averages, 2005 Revised [7 March 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod2.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod2.pdf
- [full-text, 24 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/prod2.supp.toc.htm
- BLS: STATE AND REGIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT, 2005 ANNUAL AVERAGES [1 March 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/srgune.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/srgune.pdf
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- BLS: MAJOR WORK STOPPAGES IN 2005 [3 March 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/wkstp.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/wkstp.pdf
- [full-text, 12 pages]
- BLS: America's Youth at 18: School Enrollment and Employment Transitions Between Ages 17 and 18 [24 February 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/nlsyth.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/nlsyth.pdf
- [full-text, 10 pages]
- BLS: MASS LAYOFFS IN JANUARY 2006 [23 February 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/mmls.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/mmls.pdf
- [full-text, 10 pages]
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/pi0106.htm
- The following is a unique service provided by the Catherwood Library at the ILR School, Cornell University.
- KEY WORKPLACE DOCUMENTS full-text are available at-
- http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/keydocs/
- These are broken into the following categories
- * Federal Publications
- http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/
- This includes documents listed by year.
- Some of these documents have been assembled into particular collections such as
- * U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/eeoc/
- * Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue Briefs
- http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/crs/
- * Glass Ceiling Commission (1991-1996)
- * http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/glassceiling/
- One will find in addition documents under the following headings for which there is copyright clearance
- * Associations and Institutes
- http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/institutes/
- * International Publications
- http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/intl/
- and
- * ILR IMPACT BRIEFS -- a new series produced at the ILR School
- http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/impactbrief/
- Clear examples of Key Workplace Documents are the DUNLOP COMMISSION Reports --
- Fact Finding Report : Commission on the Future of Worker-Management Relations, John Thomas Dunlop, U.S. Dept. of Labor, and U.S. Dept. of Commerce [May, 1994]
- http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/276/
- The Dunlop Commission on the Future of Worker-Management Relations - Final Report, U.S. Commission on the Future of Worker-Management Relations [1994]
- http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/2/
- KEY WORKPLACE DOCUMENTS full-text are available at-
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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