Wednesday, April 26, 2006
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 26 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, 26 April 2006
Academic Research
http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12091.pdf [full-text, 52 pages] Elhanan Helpman NBER Working Paper No. 12091 Issued in March 2006 ---- Abstract ----- http://www.nber.org/papers/w12091
ILR Impact Briefs http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/impactbrief/ Government Reports/Press - International, Federal, State, Local
International
World Bank World Development Indicators 2006 [22 April 2006] http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/DATASTATISTICS/0,,contentMDK:20899413~pagePK:64133150~piPK:64133175~theSitePK:239419,00.html or http://devdata.worldbank.org/wdi2006/contents/index2.htm World Bank Global Monitoring Report 2006 [20 April 2006] http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTDEC/EXTGLOBALMONITOR/EXTGLOBALMONITOR2006/0,,contentMDK:20810084~menuPK:2199415~pagePK:64218950~piPK:64218883~theSitePK:2186432,00.html or http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTGLOBALMONITORING2006/Resources/2186625-1145565069381/GMR06Complete.pdf [full-text, 248 pages] and Executive Summary http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTGLOBALMONITORING2006/Resources/2186625-1145565069381/GMR06_ExecSum.pdf [full-text, 6 pages] and Statistical Annex http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTGLOBALMONITORING2006/Resources/GMR06_annex.pdf [full-text, 24 pages] Federal
http://www.eeoc.gov/policy/docs/race-color.html or http://www.eeoc.gov/policy/docs/race-color.pdf [full-text, 57 pages] Statistical Reports
[updated 31 March 2006] http://www.ipu.org/wmn-e/world.htm
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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, 26 April 2006
Academic Research
- Trade, FDI, and the Organization of Firms
- BRIEF #6 / APRIL 2006 / http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/
- Faculty Tenure and the Gap between Policy and Practice
- by PAMELA S. TOLBERT
- Professor of Organizational Behavior (ILR)
- WESLEY D. SINE
- Professor, Johnson Graduate School of Management (Cornell)
- SANGCHEN PARK
- ILR School
- http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/impactbrief/6/
- Faculty Tenure and the Gap between Policy and Practice
International
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO)
- Annual review of working conditions in the EU: 2005-2006 [18 April 2006]
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/annualreports.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/reports/EU0603AR01/EU0603AR01.pdf
- [full-text, 68 pages]
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- Employee Financial Participation in the European Union (infosheet) [19 April 2006]
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/htmlfiles/ef0587.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/files/EF0587EN.pdf
- [full-text, 2 pages]
- European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) Online
- COMPARATIVE STUDY
- Employment relations in SMEs [February 2006] (online 12 April 2006)
- http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2006/02/study/index.html
- or
- http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2006/02/study/tn0602101s.html
- European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)
- COMPANY RESTRUCTURING CASE STUDIES
- Danish Steel Works
- http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/content/source/dk06001s.html
- Swedish Postal Services: (20 April 2006)
- http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/content/source/se06002s.html
- Ericsson Microwave Systems: (20 April 2006)
- http://www.emcc.eurofound.eu.int/content/source/se06001s.html
- European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO)
- See also
- WDI DATA 2006 (for Selected Indicators and Years)
- http://devdata.worldbank.org/data-query/
- Press Release
- World Bank Data Show Growth Rates Converging Among Developing Regions [22 April 2006]
- http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:20897094~menuPK:34463~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html
- WDI DATA 2006 (for Selected Indicators and Years)
- Press Release
- Progress On Millennium Development Goals Suggests Global Effort Working, Says World Bank-IMF Report
- Reduced child mortality, increased school enrolment, and lower poverty signal that better governance, increased aid, mutual accountability bearing fruit, says Global Monitoring Report on the MDGs
- http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:20895381~pagePK:64257043~piPK:437376~theSitePK:4607,00.html
- Progress On Millennium Development Goals Suggests Global Effort Working, Says World Bank-IMF Report
- BEA:
- Summary Estimates for Multinational Companies: Employment, Sales, and Capital Expenditures for 2004 [20 April 2006]
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/mnc2004.htm
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/mnc2004.pdf
- [full-text, 9 pages]
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/mnc2004.xls
- [spreadsheet -- includes 1988-2004 data]
- BLS:
- ISSUES in LABOR STATISTICS
- Summary 06-03 / March 2006 .. U.S. Department of Labor .. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Women Still Underrepresented Among Highest Earners [19 April 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/ils/pdf/opbils55.pdf
- [full-text, 2 pages]
- Census
- Population Estimates and Projections
- Issued April 2006
- P25-1135
- Domestic Net Migration in the United States: 2000 to 2004 [20 April 2006]
- http://www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/p25-1135.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- Census: 2002 Economic Census
- Survey of Business Owners
- Company Statistics Series
- Issued April 2006
- SB02-00CS-BLK
- Black-Owned Firms: 2002 [18 April 2006]
- http://www.census.gov/prod/ec02/sb0200csblk.pdf
- [full-text, 468 pages]
- Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention
- The Incidence and Economic Burden of Injury in the United States [18 April 2006]
- http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/Economic_Burden_of_Injury.htm
- This groundbreaking book, released by Oxford University Press in April 2006, is available for purchase at the publishers website: http://www.us.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Medicine/PublicHealth/?view=usa&ci=9780195179484 .
- See also--
- Economic Costs of Injuries
- http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/Cost_of_Injury.htm
- Productivity Losses Due to Injuries
- http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/Cost_of_Injury-Productivity_Losses.htm
- PowerPoint Slides
- http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/CostOfInjury041706.ppt
- See also--
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL33351
- Immigration Enforcement Within the United States
- April 6, 2006
- Alison Siskin, Coordinator, Andorra Bruno,Blas Nunez-Neto, Lisa M. Seghetti, and Ruth Ellen Wasem Domestic Social Policy Division
- http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33351_20060406.pdf
- [full-text, 82 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL33362
- Unemployment Insurance: Available Unemployment Benefits and Legislative Activity
- April 14, 2006
- Julie M. Whittaker, Analyst in Applied Microeconomics, Domestic Social Policy Division
- http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33362_20060414.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL32944
- Health Insurance Coverage for Retirees
- Updated March 28, 2006
- Hinda Chaikind, Specialist in Social Legislation, Domestic Social Policy Division
- http://opencrs.cdt.org/rpts/RL32944_20060328.pdf
- [full-text, 26 pages]
- DOL: WAGE DETERMINATIONS ONLINE
- http://www.wdol.gov/
- SCA DIRECTORY OF OCCUPATIONS (Fifth Edition) [20 April 2006]
- http://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compliance/whd/wage/SCADirV5/SCADirectVers5.pdf
- [full-text, 146 pages]
- OPA News Release: [04/20/2006]
- Department of Labor Announces Fifth Edition of Service Contract Act Directory of Occupations
- http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/esa/ESA20060641.htm
- http://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compliance/whd/wage/SCADirV5/SCADirectVers5.pdf
- GAO: Workplace Safety and Health: OSHA Could Improve Federal Agencies' Safety Programs with a More Strategic Approach to Its Oversight. GAO-06-379, April 21.
- http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-06-379
- or
- http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d06379.pdf
- [full-text, 67 pages]
- and
- Highlights -
- http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d06379high.pdf
- ODEP News Release: [04/12/2006]
- College Students With Disabilities Ready for Summer and Full-Time Employment
- Labor Department Releases Free Database on CD
- http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/odep/odep20060663.htm
- Summary Estimates for Multinational Companies: Employment, Sales, and Capital Expenditures for 2004 [20 April 2006]
- Conference Board
- Leadership Development in Asia-Pacific: Identifying and Developing Leaders for Growth [12 April 2006]
- http://www.conference-board.org/publications/describe.cfm?id=1111
- Press Release
- Companies in Asia-Pacific are Looking for Home-Grown Leaders
- http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_ID=2853
- Companies in Asia-Pacific are Looking for Home-Grown Leaders
- From HAZARDS MAGAZINE
- WORKERS' MEMORIAL DAY ACTIVITIES 28 APRIL 2006 [World-wide]
- http://www.hazards.org/wmd/wmdlinks.htm
- National Committee on Pay Equity
- 25 April 2006 = EQUAL PAY DAY
- EQUAL PAY DAY KIT for 2006
- http://www.pay-equity.org/day-kit.html
- RAND
- Protecting Emergency Responders, Volume 4
- Personal Protective Equipment Guidelines for Structural Collapse Events
[24 April 2006]- http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG425/
- or
- http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2006/RAND_MG425.pdf
- [full-text, 113 pages]
- This monograph is the fourth in a series of RAND publications, Protecting
- Emergency Responders. Other volumes in the series are the following:
- Protecting Emergency Responders: Lessons Learned from Terrorist Attacks (Jackson,
- Peterson et al., 2002)
- http://www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/2006/CF176.pdf
- [full-text, 109 pages]
- Protecting Emergency Responders, Volume 2: Community Views of Safety and
- Health Risks and Personal Protection Needs
(LaTourrette et al., 2003)- http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/2005/MR1646.pdf
- [full-text, 169 pages]
- Protecting Emergency Responders, Volume 3: Safety Management in Disaster and
- Terrorism Response
(Jackson, Baker et al., 2004).- http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2004/RAND_MG170.pdf
- [full-text, 156 pages]
- Press Release 24 April 2006
- RAND STUDY PROPOSES GUIDELINES TO BETTER PROTECT EMERGENCY RESPONDERS AT LARGE BUILDING COLLAPSES
- http://www.rand.org/news/press.06/04.24.html
- RAND STUDY PROPOSES GUIDELINES TO BETTER PROTECT EMERGENCY RESPONDERS AT LARGE BUILDING COLLAPSES
- Leadership Development in Asia-Pacific: Identifying and Developing Leaders for Growth [12 April 2006]
- EEOC COMPLIANCE MANUAL
- SECTION 15: RACE & COLOR DISCRIMINATION
- Press Release
- EEOC ISSUES POLICY GUIDANCE SPECIFIC TO RACE AND COLOR DISCRIMINATION [19 April 2006]
- New Compliance Manual Section and Question & Answer Fact Sheet Address Wide Range of Contemporary Workplace Issues
- http://www.eeoc.gov/press/4-19-06.html
- EEOC ISSUES POLICY GUIDANCE SPECIFIC TO RACE AND COLOR DISCRIMINATION [19 April 2006]
- BEA: Gross State Product
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/regional/gsp/
- Updated Historical GSP estimates for 1963-76 [21 April 2006]
- See also
- Gross State Product (GSP) Interactive Map
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/regional/gspmap/
- BLS: REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: MARCH 2006 [21 April 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/laus.pdf
- [full-text, 20 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/laus.supp.toc.htm
- BLS: MASS LAYOFFS IN MARCH 2006 [20 April 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/mmls.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/mmls.pdf
- [full-text, 10 pages]
- BLS: USUAL WEEKLY EARNINGS OF WAGE AND SALARY WORKERS: FIRST QUARTER 2006 [20 April 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/wkyeng.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/wkyeng.pdf
- [full-text, 7 pages]
- BLS: REAL EARNINGS IN MARCH 2006 [19 April 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: CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: MARCH 2006 [19 April 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cpi.pdf
- [full-text, 25 pages]
- BLS: FOREIGN-BORN WORKERS: LABOR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS IN 2005 [14 April 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/forbrn.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/forbrn.pdf
- [full-text, 12 pages]
- BLS: Producer Price Indexes - March 2006 [18 April 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ppi.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ppi.pdf
- [full-text, 20 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/ppi.supp.toc.htm
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/regional/gsp/
- Women in National Parliaments
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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