Wednesday, November 08, 2006
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 8 November 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, 8 November 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, 8 November 2006
Academic Research
- Upjohn Institute Staff Working Paper 06-130
- Outsourcing, Offshoring, and Productivity Measurement in Manufacturing
- http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/06-130.pdf
- [full-text, 25 pages]
- Susan Houseman
- W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
- e-mail: houseman@upjohninstitute.org
- June 2006
- Revised September 2006
- Abstract
- http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/06130wp.html
- School Quality and the Black-White Achievement Gap
- http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12651.pdf
- [full-text, 55 pages]
- Eric A. Hanushek, Steven G. Rivkin
- NBER Working Paper No. 12651
- Issued in October 2006
- ---- Abstract -----
- http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12651
- The Effects of Education Quality on Income Growth and Mortality Decline
- http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12652.pdf
- [full-text, 48 pages]
- Eliot A. Jamison, Dean T. Jamison, Eric A. Hanushek
- NBER Working Paper No. 12652
- Issued in October 2006
- ---- Abstract -----
- http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12652
- ILR School Theses and Dissertations: A Listing [1946-August 2006]
- Compiled by Susan LaCette
- http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/ilrtheses/
International
- European Commission (EC)
- Employment in Europe 2006 [6 November 2006]
- http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/news/2006/nov/employment_europe_en.pdf
- [full-text, 292 pages]
- European Commission > Employment, Social Affairs & Equal Opportunities >
- SURVEY --
- European Employment and Social Policy
- Fieldwork: May - June 2006
- Publication: October 2006
- http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/news/2006/nov/euro_baro_report_en.pdf
- [full-text, 115 pages]
- Press Release
- Europeans ready to meet challenges of job market according to new EU survey [6 November 2006]
- http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/1507&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- FIFTEEN YEARS OF WORKING CONDITIONS IN THE EU: CHARTING THE TRENDS [7 November 2006]
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int//publications/htmlfiles/ef0685.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/pubdocs/2006/85/en/1/ef0685en.pdf
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Working and Living Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- Fourth European Working Conditions Surveys (2005)
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int//ewco/surveys/EWCS2005/index.htm
- includes
- Fourth European Working Conditions Survey: Résumé
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int//publications/htmlfiles/ef0678.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/pubdocs/2006/78/en/1/ef0678en.pdf
- [full-text, 12 pages]
- and
- Fourth European Working Conditions survey (infosheet)
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int//publications/htmlfiles/ef0652.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/pubdocs/2006/52/en/1/ef0652en.pdf
- [full-text 2 pages]
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
- Sickness, Disability and Work: Breaking the Barriers (Vol. 1) - Norway, Poland and Switzerland [7 November 2006]
- http://www.oecd.org/document/25/0,2340,en_2649_201185_37600345_1_1_1_1,00.html
- [full-text available via SourceOECD at most universities]
- Census
- Current Population Survey (CPS)
- Technical Paper 66 (TP66)
- Design and Methodology
- Issued October 2006
- http://www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/tp-66.pdf
- [full-text, 175 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL31146
- Foreign Students in the United States: Policies and Legislation
- Updated October 11, 2006
- Chad Christian Haddal, Analyst in Immigration Policy, Domestic Social Policy Division
- http://opencrs.cdt.org/rpts/RL31146_20061011.pdf
- [full-text, 18 pages]
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Characteristics of Recent Science and Engineering Graduates: 2003, NSF 06-329 [6 November 2006]
- http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf06329/
- or
- http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf06329/pdf/nsf06329.pdf
- [full-text, 207 pages]
- and
- DETAILED TABLES
- http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf06329/pdf/tables.pdf
- [full-text, 82 pages]
- AARP Public Policy Institute
- Workplace Issues
- Older Worker Training: What We Know and Don't Know [October 2006]
- Research Report
- http://www.aarp.org/research/work/issues/2006_22_worker.html
- or
- http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/econ/2006_22_worker.pdf
- [full-text, 37 pages]
- Neil Charness, Florida State University, Sara J. Czaja, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
- October 2006
- Council for Affordable Health Insurance
- STATE HEALTH INSURANCE INDEX 2006:
- A 50-State Comparison of the Nations Health Insurance Market [26 October 2006]
- http://www.cahi.org/cahi_contents/resources/pdf/StateIndex.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
- November 2006
- EBRI Issue Brief #299
- Employment-Based Retirement Plan Participation: Geographic Differences and Trends, 2005 [2 November 2006]
- http://www.ebri.org/publications/ib/index.cfm?fa=ibDisp&content_id=3761
- or
- http://www.ebri.org/pdf/briefspdf/EBRI_IB_11-20061.pdf
- [full-text, 36 pages]
- Press Release
- More Women Workers Than Men Have a Retirement Plan in Key Employment Group [2 November 2006]
- http://www.ebri.org/pdf/PR_753_02Nov06.pdf
- [New!] INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION (ITCU) web site
- http://www.ituc-csi.org/
- For ENGLISH language use
- http://www.ituc-csi.org/spip.php?rubrique1&lang=en
- Migration Information Source (MIS)
- Trans-Saharan Migration to North Africa and the EU: Historical Roots and Current Trends
- By Hein de Haas, University of Oxford
- November 1, 2006
- http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=484
- URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER KANSAS CITY
- STATE OF BLACK KANSAS CITY
- 2006 EQUALITY INDEX [23 October 2006]
- http://www.ulkc.org/race/2006-equality-index/ULEQUALITYINDEX.pdf
- [full-text, 32 pages]
- EEOC
- TYSON FOODS AGREES TO RESOLVE RACE HARASSMENT AND RETALIATION LAWSUIT [7 November 2006]
- Settlement by EEOC and Private Plaintiffs Mandates Systemic Changes
- http://www.eeoc.gov/press/11-7-06.html
- BLS: JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER: SEPTEMBER 2006 [7 November 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/jolts.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/jolts.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- BLS: EMPLOYMENT COST INDEXSUPPLEMENTAL DATA
- Health insurance, private industry, 12-month percent change in employer costs per hour worked [October 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ect/sp/echealth.pdf
- [full-text, 1 page]
- BLS: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: OCTOBER 2006 [3 November 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm
- and
- 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: PRODUCTIVITY AND COSTS Third Quarter 2006, preliminary [2 November 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod2.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod2.pdf
- [full-text, 14 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/prod2.supp.toc.htm
- Women in National Parliaments [as of 31 October 2006]
- http://www.ipu.org/wmn-e/world.htm
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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