Wednesday, April 12, 2006
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 12 April 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, 12 April 2006
Academic Research
http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12155.pdf [full-text, 67 pages] Thomas J. Kane, Jonah E. Rockoff, Douglas O. Staiger NBER Working Paper No. 12155 Issued in April 2006 ---- Abstract ----- http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12155
By TRAC IMMIGRATION at Syracuse University Your source for comprehensive, independent and nonpartisan information about U.S. federal immigration enforcement http://trac.syr.edu/immigration/index.html Government Studies on Immigration http://trac.syr.edu/immigration/library/ About the TRAC IMMIGRATION PROJECT http://trac.syr.edu/immigration/about.html
The Flow Approach to Labor Markets: New Data Sources and Micro-Macro Links http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12167.pdf [full-text, 43 pages] Steven J. Davis, R. Jason Faberman, John Haltiwanger NBER Working Paper No. 12167 Issued in April 2006 ---- Abstract ----- http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12167
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.
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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, 12 April 2006
Academic Research
- What Does Certification Tell Us About Teacher Effectiveness? Evidence from New York City
International
- Parliament of Australia
- Parliamentary Library
- Chronologies ONline
- http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/online/index.htm
- Economics, Commerce and Industrial Relations Section
- AUSTRALIA:
- Workplace relations reforms: a chronology of business, community and Government responses [5 April 2006]
- http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/online/WorkplaceRelations.htm
- Note: This chronology is complemented by the
- Guide to the Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Bill 2005
- http://www.aph.gov.au/library/intguide/law/workchoicesbill.htm
- European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) Online
- Reconciliation of work and family life and collective bargaining in the European Union [updated version 11 April 2006]
- http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/other_reports/work_family_life.pdf
- [full-text, 68 pages]
- European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO)
- WORKING CONDITIONS in FINLAND [5 April 2006]
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/surveys/FI0603SR01/FI0603SR01.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/surveys/FI0603SR01/FI0603SR01.pdf
- [full-text, 10 pages]
- WORKING CONDITIONS in ESTONIA [5 April 2006]
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/surveys/EE0603SR01/EE0603SR01.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/surveys/EE0603SR01/EE0603SR01.pdf
- [full-text, 13 pages]
- For additional survey data reports on working conditions, see --
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/surveys/surveyreports.htm
- EuroStat:
- Statistics in Focus
- INDUSTRY, TRADE AND SERVICES POPULATION AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- Issue 12/2006
- Use of the Internet among individuals and enterprises [6 April 2006]
- http://epp.eurostat.cec.eu.int/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-NP-06-012/EN/KS-NP-06-012-EN.PDF
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- EuroStat: 45/2006 - 6 April 2006
- Internet usage in the EU25 in 2005
- More than 40% of individuals in the EU25 used the internet at least once a week
- A quarter of households and two-thirds of enterprises had broadband internet access
- 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_04/4-06042006-EN-AP.PDF
- [full-text, 3 pages]
- International Labour Organization (ILO)
- Database on reported incidents of abandonment of seafarers [updated 6 April 2006]
- http://www.ilo.org/dyn/seafarers/seafarersbrowse.home
- Database of reported cases of abandonment [since 1 January 2004]
- This database contains a regularly updated list of vessels that have been reported to the ILO as abandoned in various ports of the world by appropriate organizations. It specifically includes information on seafarers, who have been abandoned and their current status.
- List of All Cases
- http://www.ilo.org/dyn/seafarers/seafarersBrowse.list?p_lang=en
- Search
- http://www.ilo.org/dyn/seafarers/seafarersBrowse.search?p_lang=en
- Detailed List of All Cases
- http://www.ilo.org/dyn/seafarers/seafarersBrowse.listAll?p_lang=en
- BLS: Monthly Labor Review Online
- March 2006
- Vol. 129, Number 3
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/mlrhome.htm
- Lower unemployment in 2005
- Emy Sok
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/03/art1full.pdf
- [full-text, 14 pages]
- Payroll employment in 2005: recovery and expansion
- Robert Stephens, David Langdon, and Brady Stephens
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/03/art2full.pdf
- [full-text, 18 pages]
- Occupational changes during the 20th century
- Ian D. Wyatt and Daniel E. Hecker
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/03/art3full.pdf
- [full-text, 23 pages]
- Projected pension income: equality or disparity for the baby-boom cohort?
- James H. Moore, Jr.
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/03/art4full.pdf
- [full-text, 10 pages]
- Census: A HALF-CENTURY OF LEARNING: HISTORICAL CENSUS STATISTICS ON EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT IN THE UNITED STATES, 1940 TO 2000 [6 April 2006]
- http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/education/introphct41.html
- and
- DETAILED TABLES
- http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/education/phct41.html
- and
- GRAPHS
- http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/education/phct41.html#graphs
- and
- Sources
- http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/education/phct41sources.html
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- IMMIGRATION (collection of selected reports)
- http://www.cbo.gov/publications/collections/immigration.cfm
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- China's Growing Demand for Oil and Its Impact on U.S. Petroleum Markets [8 April 2006]
- April 2006
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/71xx/doc7128/04-07-ChinaOil.pdf
- [full-text, 58 pages]
- CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON CHINA (CECC)
- The following comes from the newly released
- China Human Rights and Rule of Law Update [10 April 2006]
- http://www.cecc.gov/pages/general/newsletters/CECCnewsletter20060404.pdf
- CHINA�S HOUSEHOLD REGISTRATION SYSTEM:
- Sustained Reform Needed to Protect China�s Rural Migrants
- http://www.cecc.gov/pages/news/hukou.php?PHPSESSID=2a368cc24f9646242ab8ec8a708be192
- or
- http://www.cecc.gov/pages/news/hukou.pdf
- [full-text, 14 pages]
- Federal Communication Commission
- High-Speed Services for Internet Access: Status as of June 30, 2005 [3 April 2006]
- Industry Analysis and Technology Division
- Wireline Competition Bureau
- April 2006
- http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-264744A1.pdf
- [full-text, 26 pages]
- General Accountability Office (GAO)
- Selected Immigration-Related Products
- Showing 52 items.
- http://www.gao.gov/docsearch/featured/immigration.html
- GAO: Disability Benefits: Benefit Amounts for Military Personnel and Civilian Public Safety Officers Vary by Program Provisions and Individual Circumstances. GAO-06-4, April 7.
- http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-06-4
- or
- http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d064.pdf
- [full-text, 135 pages]
- and
- Highlights -
- http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d064high.pdf
- Social Security Administration (SSA)
- Social Security Programs Throughout the World: The Americas, 2005
- (released March 2006)
- http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2004-2005/americas/index.html
- [scroll way down to see contents]
- or
- http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2004-2005/americas/ssptw05americas.pdf
- [full-text, 200 pages]
- From AFL-CIO Executive Pay Watch & Corporate Library
- Top 25 Largest CEO Pensions
- http://www.aflcio.org/corporatewatch/paywatch/retirementsecurity/index.cfm
- Press Release [6 April 2006]
- AFL-CIO CEO PayWatch Website Offers Sneak Peak at Top 25 Super-Pensions and Publishes Comprehensive New Data on 2005 CEO Pay
- http://www.aflcio.org/mediacenter/prsptm/pr04062006.cfm
- Brookings Institution
- Identifying Effective Teachers Using Performance on the Job
- Hamilton Project White Paper 2006-01, April 2006
- http://www.brookings.edu/views/papers/200604hamilton_1.htm
- or
- http://www.brookings.edu/views/papers/200604hamilton_1.pdf
- [full-text, 40 pages]
- and
- Policy Brief
- http://www.brookings.edu/views/papers/200604hamilton_1_pb.pdf
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- Employee Benefit Research Institute(EBRI)
- Will More of Us Work Forever? The 2006 Retirement Confidence Survey [4 April 2006]
- April 2006
- EBRI Issue Brief #292
- http://www.ebri.org/pdf/briefspdf/EBRI_IB_04-20061.pdf
- [full-text, 28 pages]
- Executive Summary
- http://www.ebri.org/publications/ib/index.cfm?fa=ibDisp&content_id=3630
- Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
- EBRI NOTES
- April 2006, Vol. 27, No. 4
- 'Changes in the OASI Benefit Distribution Under Various Social Security Reform Alternatives,' and 'Tax Expenditures and Employee Benefits: Estimates From the FY 2007 Budget'
- [Executive Summary]
- http://www.ebri.org/publications/notes/index.cfm?fa=notesDisp&content_id=3632
- or
- http://www.ebri.org/pdf/notespdf/EBRI_Notes_04-20061.pdf
- [full-text, 12 pages]
- See Press Release
- April 11, 2006
- Articles Focus on Social Security, Tax Treatment of Benefits
- http://www.ebri.org/pdf/PR_734_11Apr06.pdf
- Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF)
- Issue Brief:
- Immigrants and Health Coverage: A Primer [4 April 2006]
- http://www.kff.org/uninsured/7088.cfm
- or
- http://www.kff.org/uninsured/upload/Immigrants-and-Health-Coverage-A-Primer.pdf
- [full-text, 4 pages]
- See additional Resources on Immigrants and Health Care Coverage at
- http://www.kff.org/uninsured/immigranthealth.cfm
- A joint survey of the nation and five metropolitan areas by:
- Pew Research Center for the People & the Press
- MARCH 30, 2006
- No Consensus on Immigration Problem or Proposed Fixes
- AMERICA'S IMMIGRATION QUANDARY
- http://www.pewtrusts.org/pdf/PHC_Immigration_joint_0306.pdf
- [full-text, 84 pages]
- Press Release
- No Consensus On Immigration Problem Or Proposed Fixes: America's Immigration Quandary
- April 4, 2006
- Polls/Survey Results
- http://www.pewtrusts.org/ideas/ideas_item.cfm?content_item_id=3308&content_type_id=18&issue_name=Hispanics%20in%20America&issue=25&page=18&WT.mc_id=04/10/2006
- Towers Perrin
- HR SERVICE DELIVERY SURVEY REPORT
- HR SERVICE DELIVERY: CONNECTING PEOPLE, PROCESS and PERFORMANCE [online 29 March 2006]
- http://www.towersperrin.com/hrservices/webcache/towers/United_States/publications/Reports/2005_HRDS_Survey/2005_HRSD_Survey_Report.pdf
- [full-text, 10 pages]
- See also--
- https://www.tphrscsurvey.com/hrservicedelivery/default.asp
- Press Release
- Despite Access to Advanced HR Technologies, HR Continues to Execute Rote Transactions, Towers Perrin Survey Finds
- Employee Self Service Is Growing Rapidly and Reaping Rewards, But Manager Self Service Is Slower to Take Off
- http://www.towersperrin.com/hrservices/global/default.htm
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
- SYSTEMIC TASK FORCE REPORT [4 April 2006]
- To the Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- http://www.eeoc.gov/abouteeoc/task_reports/systemic.html
- or
- http://www.eeoc.gov/abouteeoc/task_reports/systemic.pdf
- [full-text, 74 pages]
- See Press Release-
- http://www.eeoc.gov/press/4-4-06.html
- BLS: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: MARCH 2006 [7 April 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf
- [full-text, 25 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/empsit.supp.toc.htm
- BLS: JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER: FEBRUARY 2006 [11 April 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/jolts.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/jolts.pdf
- League of American Theatres and Producers, Inc.
- Broadway's Economic Contribution to New York City: 2004-2005 Season [5 April 2006]
- http://www.livebroadway.com/econ.html
- Facts for Features from the Census Bureau
- CB06-FFSE.04
- April 5, 2006
- * Special Edition *
- Cinco de Mayo
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/006687.html
- or
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2006/cb06ffse-04.pdf
- [full-text, 3 pages]
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.
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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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