Tuesday, August 29, 2006
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 30 August 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, 30 August 2006
Academic Research
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.
_______________________________
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
________________________________________________________________________
IWS Weekly Bulletin, 30 August 2006
Academic Research
- The Levy Economics Institute Working Paper No. 469
- The Changing Role of Employer Pensions: Tax Expenditures, Costs and Implications for Middle Class Elderly
- TERESA GHILARDUCCI
- University of Notre Dame - Department of Economics
- August 2006
- Abstract:
- http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=906607
- ILR Press (an imprint of Cornell University Press)
- WHAT WORKERS WANT, Updated Edition [September 2006]
- Richard B. Freeman; Joel Rogers
- Copublished with the Russell Sage Foundation
- http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=4586
International
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- Long-distance mobility in Europe: Getting the balance right [22 August 2006]
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int//publications/htmlfiles/ef0636.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/pubdocs/2006/36/en/1/ef0636en.pdf
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- ILO Bangkok
- Publications in Asia and the Pacific region in 2006 to date
- CHILD LABOUR
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/pub1.htm
- DISABLED WORKERS
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/pub2.htm
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- EMPLOYMENT RELATED ISSUES
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/pub3.htm
- HUMAN TRAFFICKING
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/library/pub16.htm
- BLS: Monthly Labor Review Online
- August 2006
- Vol. 129, Number 8
- SPECIAL ISSUE--HURRICANE KATRINA
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/mlrhome.htm
- The labor market impact of Hurricane Katrina: an overview
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/08/art1full.pdf
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- Worker mobility before and after Hurricane Katrina
- Richard L. Clayton and James R. Spletzer
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/08/art2full.pdf
- [full-text, 11 pages]
- Hurricane Katrinas effects on industry employment and wages
- Molly Garber, Linda Unger, James White, and Linda Wohlford
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/08/art3full.pdf
- [full-text, 18 pages]
- Response and findings from the CPS on the effects of Hurricane Katrina
- Lawrence S. Cahoon, Diane E. Herz, Richard C. Ning, Anne E. Polivka, Maria E. Reed, Edwin L. Robison, and Gregory D. Weyland
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/08/art4full.pdf
- [full-text, 12 pages]
- The effect of Hurricane Katrina on employment and unemployment
- Sharon P. Brown, Sandra L. Mason, and Richard B. Tiller
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/08/art5full.pdf
- [full-text, 18 pages]
- Conducting the Mass Layoff Statistics program: response and findings
- Sharon P. Brown and Patrick Carey
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/08/art6full.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- Hurricane damage to the ocean economy in the U.S. gulf region in 2005
- Charles S. Colgan and Jefferey Adkins
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/08/art7full.pdf
- [full-text, 3 pages]
- Census
- Current Population Reports
- Consumer Income
- Issued August 2006
- P60-231
- Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2005 [29 August 2006]
- http://www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/p60-231.pdf
- [full-text, 86 pages]
- Census
- American Community Survey Reports
- Issued August 2006
- ACS-02
- By
- Bruce H. Webster Jr.
- Alemayehu Bishaw
- Income, Earnings, and Poverty Data From the 2005 American Community Survey [29 August 2006]
- http://www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/acs-02.pdf
- [full-text, 32 pages]
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- Background Paper
- How CBO Forecasts Income [25 August 2006]
- August 2006
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/75xx/doc7507/08-25-Income.pdf
- [full-text, 46 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL32701
- The Changing Demographic Profile of the United States
- Updated June 7, 2006
- http://ncseonline.org/NLE/CRSreports/06Jul/RL32701.pdf
- [full-text, 31 pages]
- Laura B. Shrestha, Specialist in Demography, Domestic Social Policy Division
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RS21728
- Updated June 7, 2006
- Payday Loans: Federal Regulatory Initiatives
- Pauline Smale, Economic Analyst, Government and Finance Division
- http://opencrs.cdt.org/rpts/RS21728_20060607.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- National Council of La Raza (NCLR)
- Author: NHLA (National Hispanic Leadership Agenda)
- Date: Aug 1, 2006
- An Evaluation of OPM's Efforts to Improve Hispanic Representation in the Federal Workforce
- http://nclr.org/content/publications/detail/41503/
- or
- http://nclr.org/files/41503_file_NHLA_rpt_web.pdf
- [full-text, 33 pages]
- Pew Research Center for the People & the Press
- 69% Say Liberals Too Secular, 49% Say Conservatives Too Assertive
- MANY AMERICANS UNEASY WITH MIX OF RELIGION AND POLITICS
- http://pewforum.org/publications/surveys/religion-politics-06.pdf
- [full-text, 39 pages]
- Press Release
- Many Americans Uneasy with Mix of Religion and Politics
- August 24, 2006
- http://www.pewtrusts.org/ideas/ideas_item.cfm?content_item_id=3574&content_type_id=18&issue_name=Religion%20in%20public%20life&issue=17&page=18&WT.mc_id=08/28/2006
- Public & Commercial Services Union (PCS) - (UK)
- THIRD SECTOR PROVISION OF EMPLOYMENT-RELATED SERVICES
- A report for the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS)
- Steve Davies, Senior Research Fellow. Cardiff School of Social Sciences
- June 2006
- http://www.pcs.org.uk/Shared_ASP_Files/UploadedFiles/5C8650AB-E285-40DB-8F40-D3753C93CBDB_ThirdSectorreportFINALr.doc
- [full-text, 58 pages]
- RAND
- Monitoring Employment Conditions of Military Spouses [21 August 2006]
- http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR324/
- or
- http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2006/RAND_TR324.pdf
- [full-text, 57 pages]
- or
- Summary
- http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2006/RAND_TR324.sum.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- Segal
- 2005 Survey of the Funded Position of Multiemployer Plans [17 August 2006]
- http://www.segalco.com/publications/surveysandstudies/2005fundingsurvey.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- abstract at --
- http://www.segalco.com/taft/pub-taft.cfm?ID=666
- Segal
- 2007 Segal Health Plan Cost Trend Survey [25 August 2006]
- http://www.segalco.com/corporate/pub-corporate.cfm?ID=673
- Towers Perrin
- Executive Summary
- Winning Strategies for a Global Workforce: Attracting, Retaining and Engaging Employees for Competitive Advantage
- http://www.towersperrin.com/tp/getwebcachedoc?webc=HRS/USA/2006/200602/GWS.pdf
- [full-text, 28 pages]
- from press release-
- http://www.towersperrin.com/tp/jsp/hrservices_html.jsp?webc=203/global/spotlight/spotlight_gws.htm
- U.S. Department of Labor Proposes Trade Act Rules [25 August 2006]
- Increased Access to Employment Training Services Proposed for Trade-Affected Workers
- http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/ETA20061362.htm
- See-
- 50760 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 165 / Friday, August 25, 2006 / Proposed Rules
- DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
- Employment and Training Administration
- 20 CFR Parts 617, 618, 665, 671
- RIN 1205AB32
- Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers, Workforce Investment Act; Amendment of Regulations
- AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.
- ACTION: Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM).
- http://www.dol.gov/eta/regs/fedreg/proposed/taa.pdf
- [full-text, 74 pages]
- EEOC
- COURT BARS IMMIGRATION QUERIES IN JOB DISCRIMINATION CASE; JUDGE CITES "CHILING EFFECT" [22 August 2006]
- EEOC Secures Ruling in Minnesota Sexual Harassment Case Against Perkins Restaurant & Bakery
- http://www.eeoc.gov/press/8-22-06.html
- BLS: Number of Jobs Held, Labor Market Activity, and Earnings Growth Among the Youngest Baby Boomers: Results From a Longitudinal Survey Summary [25 August 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/nlsoy.toc.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/nlsoy.pdf
- [full-text, 10 pages]
- BLS: EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT AMONG YOUTH--SUMMER 2006 [25 August 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/youth.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/youth.pdf
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- BLS: EMPLOYEE BENEFITS IN PRIVATE INDUSTRY, 2006 [24 August 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ebs2.toc.htmor
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ebs2.pdf
- [full-text, 1 pages]
- see--
- National Compensation Survey: Employee Benefits in the United States, March 2006 [24 August 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/sp/ebsm0004.pdf
- [full-text, 35 pages]
- Energy Information Administration (EIA)
- CHINA [Energy Overview & Profile] [24 August 2006]
- http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/China/Background.html
- or
- http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/China/pdf.pdf
- [full-text, 17 pages]
- For Information and further distribution to potential applicants
- Global Labour University (GLU) Network
- Master Courses in 'Labour Policies and Globalisation' & 'Labour and Development, Economic Policy, Globalisation and Labour'
- http://www.global-labour-university.org/
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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