Wednesday, May 03, 2006
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 3 May 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, 3 May 2006
Academic Research
International
International Labour Organization (ILO) Authentic text of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (bilingual version in English and French) www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/norm/download/mlc2006bilingual.pdf [full-text, 206 pages]
Federal
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 *
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Telephone: (607) 255-2703 *
Fax: (607) 255-9641 *
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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
________________________________________________________________________
IWS Weekly Bulletin, 3 May 2006
Academic Research
- No. 2005-12-A
- Office of Economics Working Paper
- U.S. International Trade Commission
- William Greene*
- January 2006
- Growth in Services Outsourcing to India: Propellant or Drain on the U.S. Economy?
- http://hotdocs.usitc.gov/docs/pubs/research_working_papers/EC200601A.pdf
- [full-text, 64 pages]
- Japan Institute of Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)
- Changes in relative wages in Japan: 1984-2003. The role of supply and demand
- Ciro Baldi
- Japan Institute of Labour Policy and Training - Visiting Researcher
- Draft March 27, 2006
- http://www.jil.go.jp/profile/documents/Baldi_jp.pdf
- [full-text, 66 pages]
- Cornell Higher Education Research Institute (CHERI)
- Working Paper 89
- Does it Take an Expert to Lead Experts?
- An Empirical Study of Business School Deans
- Amanda H. Goodall, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
- http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/cheri/wp/cheri_wp89.pdf
- [full-text, 24 pages]
- Office of Economics Working Paper
International
- Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
- Public Debt around the World: A New Dataset of Central Government Debt
- http://www.iadb.org/res/pub_desc.cfm?pub_id=DBA-005
- Published: March 2006
- Publication File:
- http://www.iadb.org/res/publications/pubfiles/JP_publicdebtdata.zip
- International Labour Organization (ILO)
- Produced for the Bureau for Employers' Activities of the International Labour Organization
- by faculty members of the University of Geneva International Organizations MBA
- The Effective Employers' Organization (2006)
- A series of "hand-on" guides to building and managing effective employers' organizations
- (1) GOVERNANCE
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/actemp/papers/2006/guide_1_governance.pdf
- [full-text, 52 pages]
- (2) STRATEGY
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/actemp/papers/2006/guide_2_strategy.pdf
- [full-text, 58 pages]
- (3) ADVOCACY
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/actemp/papers/2006/guide_3_advocacy.pdf
- [full-text, 64 pages]
- (4) REVENUE BUILDING
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/actemp/papers/2006/guide_4_revenue.pdf
- Public Debt around the World: A New Dataset of Central Government Debt
- BLS Kid's Guide [Updated 27 April 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/k12/index.htm
- BLS: Monthly Labor Review Online
- April 2006
- Vol. 129, Number 4
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/mlrhome.htm
- Changes affecting the Employment Cost Index: an overview
- Richard E. Caroll
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/04/art1full.pdf
- [full-text, 3 pages]
- Employment Cost Index publication plans
- Fehmida Sleemi
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/04/art2full.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- Seasonal adjustments in the Employment Cost Index
- E. Raphael Branch and Lowell Mason
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/04/art3full.pdf
- [full-text, 10 pages]
- Accounting for missing data in the Employment Cost Index
- Song Yi
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/04/art4full.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- Introducing 2002 weights in the Employment Cost Index
- Stephanie L. Costo
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/04/art5full.pdf
- Beginning in March 2006, ECI estimates were modified to reflect 2002 employment counts; disruptions to the most-aggregated historical series from this change alone were slight
- Report
- A visual essay: international labor market comparisons
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/04/ressum.pdf
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- Richard E. Caroll
- EEOC
- DIVERSITY IN THE FINANCE INDUSTRY [26 April 2006]
- http://www.eeoc.gov/stats/reports/finance/index.html
- or
- http://www.eeoc.gov/stats/reports/finance/finance.pdf
- [full-text, 19 pages]
- FMCS: 13th National Labor-Management Conference, August 16-18, 2006
- http://www.fmcs.gov/internet/itemDetail.asp?categoryID=229&itemID=17884
- National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
- Health, United States, 2005--TREND TABLES updated March 2006
- http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus.htm
- TREND TABLES Updated March 2006--
- These tables were updated as of March 2006 and differ from the printed book.
- http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/hus/updatedtables.htm
- Includes
- Table 27. Life expectancy at birth, at 65 years of age, and at 75 years of age, according to race and sex: United States, selected years 1900-2003
- http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus05.pdf#027
- or
- ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Publications/Health_US/hus05tables/Table027.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- Table 48. Deaths from selected occupational diseases for persons 15 years of age and over: United States, selected years 1980-2003
- http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus05.pdf#048
- or
- ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Publications/Health_US/hus05tables/Table048.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- Table 27. Life expectancy at birth, at 65 years of age, and at 75 years of age, according to race and sex: United States, selected years 1900-2003
- USITC
- Commercial Availability of Apparel Inputs (2005):
- Effect of Providing Preferential Treatment to Apparel From Sub-Saharan African, Caribbean Basin, and Andean Countries
- Compilation of Reports Requested in 2005
- Investigation No. 332-465 [March 2006]
- http://prototype.usitc.gov/ind_econ_ana/research_ana/pres_cong/documents/pub3848FullVersion332-465.pdf
- [full-text, 69 pages]
- Women's Bureau
- Nontraditional Occupations for Women in 2005 [online March 2006]
- http://www.dol.gov/wb/factsheets/nontra2005.htm
- http://www.bls.gov/k12/index.htm
- Economic Policy Institute (EPI)
- by Lawrence Mishel and Joydeep Roy
- Rethinking High School Graduation Rates [20 April 2006]
- http://www.epinet.org/content.cfm?id=2335
- or
- http://www.epi.org/books/rethinking_hs_grad_rates/rethinking_hs_grad_rates-FULL_TEXT.pdf
- [full-text, 108 pages]
- See press release, 20 April 2006
- http://www.epi.org/newsroom/releases/2006/04/060420-highschoolpr-final.pdf
- http://www.epi.org/newsroom/releases/2006/04/060420-highschoolpr-final.pdf
- HSBC
- [An International Survey]
- The Future of Retirement 2005 Survey [27 April 2006]
- http://www.hsbc.com/public/groupsite/retirement_future/en/_overview_future_of_retirement_2005.jhtml
- and
- Summary
- http://www.hsbc.com/hsbc/retirement_future/2005-research-summary
- and
- Download options
- http://www.hsbc.com/hsbc/retirement_future/2005-research-summary/download-the-report
- and
- FULL REPORT (in English)
- http://a248.e.akamai.net/7/248/3622/5d4393a0c726bf/www.img.ghq.hsbc.com/public/groupsite/assets/retirement_future/hsbc_future_of_retirement.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- The Pew Charitable Trusts
- Findings: Attitudes Toward Immigration In the Pulpit and the Pew
- April 26, 2006
- Polls/Survey Results
- http://www.pewtrusts.org/ideas/ideas_item.cfm?content_item_id=3329&content_type_id=18&issue_name=Hispanics%20in%20America&issue=25&page=18&WT.mc_id=05/01/2006
- Findings: Attitudes Toward Immigration In Black and White
- April 26, 2006
- Polls/Survey Results
- http://www.pewtrusts.org/ideas/ideas_item.cfm?content_item_id=3331&content_type_id=18&issue_name=Public%20opinion%20and%20polls&issue=11&page=18&WT.mc_id=05/01/2006
- April 26, 2006
- RAND
- Nanomaterials in the Workplace
- Policy and Planning Workshop on Occupational Safety and Health
[online 25 April 2006]- http://www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/CF227/index.html
- or
- http://www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/2006/RAND_CF227.pdf
- [full-text, 50 pages]
- Press Release, April 25, 2006
- RAND REPORT SAYS GREATER EFFORT NEEDED TO PROTECT WORKERS FROM HEALTH RISKS POSED BY NANOMATERIALS
- http://www.rand.org/news/press.06/04.25.html
- RAND REPORT SAYS GREATER EFFORT NEEDED TO PROTECT WORKERS FROM HEALTH RISKS POSED BY NANOMATERIALS
- by Lawrence Mishel and Joydeep Roy
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- Background Paper
- Medical Malpractice Tort Limits and Health Care Spending
- April 2006
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/71xx/doc7174/04-28-MedicalMalpractice.pdf
- [full-text, 82 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL31934
- Textile and Apparel Rules of Origin in International Trade
- May 23, 2003 [online 21 April 2006]
- Bernard A. Gelb, Specialist in Industry Economics, Resources, Science, and Industry Division
- http://opencrs.cdt.org/rpts/RL31934_20030523.pdf
- [full-text, 15 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RS21728
- Updated May 23, 2005
- Payday Loans: Federal Regulatory Initiatives
- Pauline Smale, Economic Analyst, Government and Finance Division
- http://opencrs.cdt.org/rpts/RS21728_20050523.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- Background Paper
- BEA: GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT: FIRST QUARTER 2006 (ADVANCE) [28 April 2006]
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/gdp106a.htm
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/gdp106a.pdf
- [full-text, 13 pages]
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/gdp106a.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- and
- Highlights
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/gdp106a_fax.pdf
- BEA: Services and Goods Sectors Both Strong Despite Slowdown in 2005
- Advance Estimates of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by Industry
[27 April 2006]- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/gdpind05.htm
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/gdpind05.pdf
- [full-text, 5 pages]
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/gdpind05.xls
- [spreadsheet of Charts and Tables]
- and
- Highlights
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/gdpind05_fax.pdf
- BLS: PRODUCTIVITY AND COSTS BY INDUSTRY - MANUFACTURING, 2004 [2 May 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prin.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prin.pdf
- [full-text, 9 pages]
- BLS: PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: MARCH 2006 [1 May 2006]
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/pi0306.htm
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/pi0306.pdf
- [full-text, 12 pages]
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/pi0306.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- and
- Highlights
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/pi0306_fax.pdf
- BLS: EMPLOYMENT CHARACTERISTICS OF FAMILIES IN 2005 [27 April 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/famee.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/famee.pdf
- [full-text, 10 pages]
- BLS: EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX-MARCH 2006 [28 April 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/eci.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/eci.pdf
- [full-text, 26 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/eci.supp.toc.htm
- BLS: Local Area Personal Income, 2004 [25 April 2006]
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/mpi0406.htm
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/mpi0406.pdf
- [full-text, 9 pages]
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/mpi0406.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/gdp106a.htm
- Energy Information Administration (EIA)
- The latest Annual Chronology for 2005 is available here:
- Annual Oil Market Chronology
- http://www.eia.doe.gov/cabs/AOMC/0009.html#a2005
- The latest Overview chronology summarizing oil prices from 1970-2005 is available here:
- http://www.eia.doe.gov/cabs/AOMC/Overview.html
- U.S. Commercial Service, Department of Commerce
- Doing Business In China: A Country Commercial Guide for U.S. Companies [27 January 2006]
- http://www.buyusainfo.net/docs/x_3265405.pdf
- [full-text, 227 pages]
- Trade Information Center, U.S. Department of Commerce
- Export Programs Guide A Business Guide to Federal Export Assistance, 2006 edition [February 2006]
- http://www.ita.doc.gov/media/Publications/abstract/epg2006desc.html
- or
- http://www.ita.doc.gov/media/Publications/pdf/epg_2006.pdf
- [full-text, 42 pages]
- FOREIGN-TRADE ZONES BOARD FY 2004 (66th Annual Report) [online February 2006]
- http://www.ita.doc.gov/media/Publications/pdf/ftz2006FINAL.pdf
- [full-text, 60 pages]
- United States Department of State
- Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism
- Country Reports on Terrorism [online 28 April 2006]
- http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/c17689.htm
- or
- http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/65462.pdf
- [full-text, 292 pages]
- Press Release 28 April 2006
- http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/rm2/65482.htm
- Fact Sheet
- http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/fs/2006/63453.htm
- http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/rm2/65482.htm
- Facts for Features from the Census Bureau
- Father�s Day: June 18 [28 April 20006]
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/006794.html
- or
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2006/cb06ff08.pdf
- [full-text, 3 pages]
- The latest Annual Chronology for 2005 is available here:
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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