Wednesday, September 20, 2006

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 20 September 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, 20 September 2006


Academic Research

Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit
Institute for the Study of Labor
Discussion Paper
September 2006
IZA DP No. 2301
The Earnings of American Jewish Men: Human Capital, Denomination and Religiosity
Barry R. Chiswick, Jidong Huang
http://ftp.iza.org/dp2301.pdf
[full-text, 35 pages]
For other Discussion Papers from the
Institute for the Study of Labor
see-
IZA Discussion Papers
http://www.iza.org/index_html?lang=en&mainframe=http%3A//www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/index_html%3Fyear%3D2006%26menuTriggered%3Dtrue%26noPageLoaded%3Dtrue/viewAbstract%3Fdp_id%3D2303&topSelect=publications&subSelect=papers


Human Capital, Sport Performance, and Salary Determination of Professional Athletes
Roberto Antonietti
15th March 2006
http://www.dse.unibo.it/wp/561.pdf
For other Working Papers from
University of Bologna - Department of Economics, Strada Maggiore 45, 40125 Bologna
see--
http://www.dse.unibo.it/mysql/wp.php


Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)
COLLECTIVE EMPLOYEE REPRESENTATION SYSTEMS IN JAPAN AND FRANCE
by Isabelle VERRET ROUSSEL
Research Fellow
August 9th 2006
http://www.jil.go.jp/profile/documents/VERRET.pdf
[full-text, 67 pages]

The Quarterly South East Europe Review for Labour and Social Affairs (SEER)
is published in co-operation by the Hans-Böckler-Foundation and the
European Trade Union Institute for Research, Education and Health and Safety.
South East Europe Review (SEER)
Issue 01/2006
http://www.boeckler.de/seer
The current issue of the South-East Europe Review for Labour and Social Affairs (SEER)
focuses on the development of infrastructure, transport and public services and the impacts this has on labour.


Government Reports/Press - International, Federal, State, Local


International

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
Foundation project:
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)
Restructuring and employment in the EU: Concepts, measurement and evidence [18 September 2006]
http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/htmlfiles/ef0638.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.eu.int/pubdocs/2006/38/en/1/ef0638en.pdf
[full-text, 84 pages]

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
Integration of immigrants: Contribution of local and regional authorities [11 September 2006]
http://www.eurofound.eu.int/publications/htmlfiles/ef0622.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.eu.int/pubdocs/2006/22/en/1/ef0622en.pdf
[full-text, 47 pages]

European Training Foundation (ETF)
HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT IN THE EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURHOOD REGION -- COUNTRY BY COUNTRY [18 September 2006]
http://www.etf.europa.eu/PubMgmt.nsf/(getAttachment)/DA807D17E1CE3E8EC12571ED0039DD41/$File/NOTE6TRECV.pdf
[full-text, 71 pages]

European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO)
Quality of work and employment 2006 [7 September 2006]
http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/surveys/EU0609SR01/EU0609SR01.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/surveys/EU0609SR01/EU0609SR01.pdf
[full-text, 18 pages]

European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO)
Gender mainstreaming in surveys [28 August 2006]
http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/reports/TN0608TR02/TN0608TR02.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/reports/TN0608TR02/TN0608TR02.pdf
[full-text, 17 pages]


ILO
Produced for Fourteenth Asian Regional Meeting, Busan, Republic of Korea, 29 August - 1 September 2006
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/relm/rgmeet/asia.htm
Asia Youth Employment
Decent Jobs for the "Millennium Generation" -- VIDEO 5:44 minutes [30 August 2006]
http://audio.ilo.org/ramgen/ilo/dcomm/english/asian_meeting/asia_youthemp.rmvb?usehostname


Federal

Census: Please note: The following publication was formerly known as the Surveys of Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (SMOBE/SWOBE)
2002 Economic Census
Company Statistics Series
Survey of Business Owners
Company Summary: 2002
2002 Survey of Business Owners: Company Summary [14 September 2006]
http://www.census.gov/prod/ec02/sb0200cscosum.pdf
[full-text, 1579 pages]
Note Introductory Page at --
2002 SURVEY OF BUSINESS OWNERS (SBO)
Formerly known as the Surveys of Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (SMOBE/SWOBE)
http://www.census.gov/csd/sbo/index.html
TABLES Only at
http://www.census.gov/prod/ec02/sb0200cscosumt.pdf
[full-text, 1372 pages]


Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention
Disability and Health State Chartbook - 2006 [30 August 2006]
Profiles of Health for Adults With Disabilities
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/dh/chartbook/
or
[full-text Narrative of this book]
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/dh/chartbook/Chartbook%20Text.pdf
[full-text, 22 pages]
        See--
         STATE PROFILES
         http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/dh/chartbook/states.htm


Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Order Code RL33619
Value-Added Tax: A New U.S. Revenue Source?
August 22, 2006
James M. Bickley, Specialist in Public Finance, Government and Finance Division
http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33619_20060822.pdf
[full-text, 35 pages]

Department of Labor (DOL)
Report:
America's Dynamic Workforce - August, 2006 [31 August 2006]
http://www.dol.gov/asp/media/reports/workforce2006/
or
http://www.dol.gov/asp/media/reports/workforce2006/ADW2006_Full_Text.pdf
[full-text, 48 pages]
and
CHART BOOK
http://www.dol.gov/asp/media/reports/workforce2006/ADW2006_Chart_Book.pdf
[full-text, 72 pages]
Press Release 31 August 2006
America’s Workforce: Strong, Competitive and Growing
U.S. Department of Labor Releases Report on State of the U.S. Workforce ­ Labor Day 2006
http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/opa/opa20061537.htm


U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB)
2006
The Department of Labor's 2005 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor
Report Required by the Trade and Development Act of 2000 [6 September 2006]
http://www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2005/tda2005.pdf
[full-text, 684 pages]

Economic Research Service (ERS)  [Department of Agriculture]
Economic Research Report No. (ERR-26) 28 pp, September 2006
The Cost of Living and the Geographic Distribution of Poverty
By Dean Jolliffe
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/ERR26/
or
Full Report
http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/err26/err26.pdf
[full-text, 28 pages]
or
Report Summary
http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/err26/err26_reportsummary.pdf


EEOC
Draft Strategic Plan For Fiscal Years 2007 - 2012 [31 August 2006]
http://www.eeoc.gov/abouteeoc/plan/strategic_07-12/index.html
[full-text]

National Science Foundation (NSF)
NSF 06-325 | August 2006
Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering: Fall 2004 [31 August 2006]
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf06325/
or
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf06325/pdf/nsf06325.pdf
[full-text, 175 pages]
or
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf06325/tables.htm
[detailed statistical tables]

U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC)
Investigation No. NAFTA-103-14
Publication 3881
August 2006
Probable Effect of Certain Modifications to the North American Free Trade Agreement Rules of Origin [30 August 2006]
http://hotdocs.usitc.gov/docs/pubs/103/pub3881.pdf
[full-text, 163 pages]


Institutes/Associations/Commercial

American Enterprise Institute (AEI)
THE STATE OF THE AMERICAN WORKER 2006: ATTITUDES ABOUT WORK IN AMERICA
(Updated August 29, 2006)
http://www.aei.org/docLib/200408301_work14886.pdf
[full-text, 34 pages]

American Rights at Work
THE LABOR DAY LIST: Partnerships that Work [30 August 2006]
http://www.americanrightsatwork.org/docUploads/LDL06finalfullreportlowres%2Epdf
[full-text, 16 pages]
Announcement
THE LABOR DAY LIST: Partnerships that Work
http://www.americanrightsatwork.org/srb/ldl.cfm
See Press Release [30 August 2006]
http://www.americanrightsatwork.org/press/press.cfm?pressReleaseID=41


Pew Charitable Trusts
Pew Research Center
Americans See Less Progress on Their Ladder of Life
September 14, 2006
http://pewresearch.org/social/pack.php?PackID=19
or
http://pewresearch.org/assets/social/pdf/Ladder.pdf
[full-text, 18 pages]


Law

Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)
Japan Labour Review, Summer 2006, Vol. 3. No. 3
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR.htm
or
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/documents/JLR11_all.pdf
[full-text, 121 pages]
SPECIAL EDITION: Current Situations of Work Hours and Vacations in Japan


Statistical Reports

BEA: PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS:  JULY 2006 [31 August 2006]
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/pi0706.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/pi0706.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/pi0706.xls
[spreadsheet]
and
Highlights
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/pi0706_fax.pdf


BEA: GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT:  SECOND QUARTER 2006 (PRELIMINARY) [30 August 2006]
CORPORATE PROFITS:  SECOND QUARTER 2006 (PRELIMINARY) [30 August 2006]
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/gdp206p.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/gdp206p.pdf
[full-text, 16 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/gdp206p.xls
[spreadsheet]
and
Highlights
http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/gdp206p_fax.pdf


BLS: Producer Price Indexes -- August 2006 [19 September 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ppi.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ppi.pdf
[full-text, 18 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/ppi.supp.toc.htm


BLS: CONSUMER PRICE INDEX:  AUGUST 2006 [15 September 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cpi.pdf
[full-text, 19 pages]


BLS: REAL EARNINGS IN AUGUST 2006 [15 September 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: PRELIMINARY MULTIFACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRENDS, 2005 [29 August 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod3.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod3.pdf
[full-text, 5 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/prod3.supp.toc.htm


BLS: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: AUGUST 2006 [1 September 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf
[full-text, 25 pages]
or
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/empsit.supp.toc.htm


BLS: WORKER DISPLACEMENT, 2003-2005 [CORRECTION made 15 September 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/disp.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/disp.pdf
[full-text, 13 pages]
The original release was posted on 17 August 2006.
(Footnote 2 in table 7 was revised on Friday, September 15, 2006.)


Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

From You Tube
Colbert on unions
Black Humor on Labor Unions by Colbert
appropriate for Labor Day as a quick fun synopsis
on what unions can do for employees, as well as a real
(and current) issue taking place in the labor movement.
The clip takes about 3 mins. 15 secs to view.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arSyu4he-kU


Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Uniform Crime Reports
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm
See
CRIME IN THE UNITED STATES 2005 [18 September 2006]
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/05cius/
Please note this includes
POLICE EMPLOYEE DATA
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/05cius/police/index.html

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Institute for Workplace Studies 
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