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

What Does Certification Tell Us About Teacher Effectiveness? Evidence from New York City
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

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


Federal

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]


Institutes/Associations/Commercial

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


Law

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


Statistical Reports

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


Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

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]

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Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School *
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor *
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