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

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/


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


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]


Federal

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]


Institutes/Associations/Commercial

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 Nation’s 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]


Law

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


Statistical Reports

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 INDEX—SUPPLEMENTAL 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

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

Women in National Parliaments [as of 31 October 2006]
http://www.ipu.org/wmn-e/world.htm

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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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