Wednesday, December 20, 2006
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 20 December 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 December 2006
Academic Research
International
American Society of International Law (ASIL)
International Law: 100 Ways it Shapes Our Lives
An interactive, multimedia project developed in conjunction with ASIL's Centennial.
http://www.asil.org/asil100/index.html
or
http://www.asil.org/pdfs/asil_100_ways_05.pdf
[full-text, 56 pages]
Statistical Reports
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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_______________________________
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, 20 December 2006
Academic Research
- IZA (Institute for the Study of Labor)
- IZA DP No. 2518
- by David G. Blanchflower, Alex Bryson, John Forth
- (December 2006)
- Workplace Industrial Relations in Britain, 1980-2004
- http://ftp.iza.org/dp2518.pdf
- [full-text, 40 pages]
- IZA (Institute for the Study of Labor)
- IZA DP No. 2504
- Brian Krogh Graversen, Jan C. van Ours:
- How to Help Unemployed Find Jobs Quickly: Experimental Evidence from a Mandatory Activation Program [December 2006]
- http://ftp.iza.org/dp2504.pdf
- [full-text, 37 pages]
- ILR Impact Briefs
- BRIEF #15
/ December 2006 / WWW.ILR.CORNELL.EDU- Gender, Promotion, and Raises: Sometimes the Advantage Goes to Men
- by FRANCINE D. BLAU
- Professor of Labor Economics (ILR)
- JED DEVARO
- Professor of Labor Economics (ILR)
- http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/briefs/25
- [full-text, 2 pages]
- ILR Impact Briefs
- BRIEF #16
/ December 2006 / WWW.ILR.CORNELL.EDU- Wanted: Locals and Cosmopolitans for Transnational Teams
- by MARTINE R. HAAS
- Professor of Organizational Behavior (ILR)
- http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/briefs/26/
- [full-text, 2 pages]
- IZA DP No. 2518
International
- Asian Development Bank (ADB) & ILO
- Core Labor Standards Handbook [18 December 2006]
- (October 2006)
- http://www.adb.org/Documents/Handbooks/Core-Labor-Standards/default.asp
- See Press Release 18 December 2006 at
- http://www.ilo.org/dyn/ilosite/ilonews.internetPage3News?p_lang=EN&p_internet_news_id=2351
- http://www.ilo.org/dyn/ilosite/ilonews.internetPage3News?p_lang=EN&p_internet_news_id=2351
- OECD
- United States (2006), DAC Peer Review: Main Findings and Recommendations [15 December 2006]
- Review of the Development Co-operation Policies and Programmes of United States
- http://www.oecd.org/document/27/0,2340,en_2649_34603_37829787_1_1_1_1,00.html
- US Aid at a Glance
- http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/42/30/1860571.gif
- [tables and charts]
- See press release at
- http://www.oecd.org/document/27/0,2340,en_2649_201185_37838171_1_1_1_1,00.html
- http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/42/30/1860571.gif
- OECD Economic Outlook No. 80 Annex Tables - Table of Contents
- OECD Economic Outlook No. 80 - Statistical Annex Tables
[December 2006]- http://www.oecd.org/document/61/0,2340,en_33873108_33873325_2483901_1_1_1_1,00.html
- The 61 Statistical Annex Tables have been grouped into 8 categories. Each table listed below, available in Excel, can be consulted by clicking on the relevant heading.
- Demand and output
- http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/6/27/2483806.xls
- Wages, Costs, Unemployment and Inflation
- http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/5/47/2483871.xls
- Key Supply Side Data
- http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/5/49/37841330.xls
- Saving
- http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/5/48/2483858.xls
- Fiscal balances and public indebtedness
- http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/5/51/2483816.xls
- Interest Rates and Exchange Rates
- http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/5/50/2483826.xls
- External Trade and Payments
- http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/5/46/2483884.xls
- Other Background Data
- http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/6/5/2483894.xls
- Demand and output
- Core Labor Standards Handbook [18 December 2006]
- Census
- Statistical Abstract of the United States 2007 [15 December 2006]
- http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract.html
- Press Release 15 December 2006
- 126th Statistical Abstract
- Nearly Half of our Lives Spent with TV, Radio, Internet, Newspapers,
- According to Census Bureau Publication
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/miscellaneous/007871.html
- 126th Statistical Abstract
- Census
- 1878-2007 STATISTICAL ABSTRACT of the UNITED STATES
- http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/past_years.html
- [spreadsheet format for 2006 & 2007]
- See also -- Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970
- Found on this same page.
- Census
- School Enrollment--Social and Economic Characteristics of Students: October 2005 [19 December 2006]
- Detailed Tables
- http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/school/cps2005.html
- Press Release 19 December 2006
- Majority of Undergrads and Grad Students Are Women, Census Bureau Reports
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/education/007909.html
- Majority of Undergrads and Grad Students Are Women, Census Bureau Reports
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- Economic and Budget Issue Brief
- Is Social Security Progressive? [15 December 2006]
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/77xx/doc7705/12-15-Progressivity-SS.pdf
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- SBA
- Office of Advocacy
- The Economic Role of Small Businesses using Large Data Sets:
- An Analysis of the Contributions of Small Firms to Urban Growth
[13 December 2006]- By Steven G. Craig and Janet E. Kohlhase, 2006. [40] pages Houston, Texas 77005
- under contract no. SBAHQ-04-Q-0023
- http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs287tot.pdf
- [full-text, 41 pages]
- Small Business Research Summary
- December 2006 No. 287
- http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs287.pdf
- [full-text, 2 pages]
- December 2006 No. 287
- Statistical Abstract of the United States 2007 [15 December 2006]
- New York
- A Plan to Stabilize and Strengthen New York's Health Care System
- FINAL REPORT of the COMMISSION ON HEALTH CARE FACILITIES IN THE 21ST CENTURY
- December 2006
- http://www.nyhealthcarecommission.org/final_report.htm
- or
- http://www.nyhealthcarecommission.org/docs/final/commissionfinalreport.pdf
- [full-text, 240 pages]
- Press Release 28 November 2006
- Commission on Health Care Facilities in the 21st Century Issues
- Recommendations to Reform Hospitals and Nursing Homes
- http://www.nyhealthcarecommission.org/docs/final/pressrelease.pdf
- Commission on Health Care Facilities in the 21st Century Issues
- A Plan to Stabilize and Strengthen New York's Health Care System
- Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
- Recent
- FAST FACTS From EBRI
- http://www.ebri.org/publications/facts/index.cfm?fa=fastfacts
- December 19, 2006 "What Occupations Are Most Likely to Have Health Care Coverage?"
- December 14, 2006 "Breaking Down Debt by Income Levels for Older Families"
- November 14, 2006 "A Breakdown of Debt for Older Families"
- October 17, 2006 "How Debt Has Increased for Older American Families"
- December 14, 2006 "Breaking Down Debt by Income Levels for Older Families"
- The Lewin Group
- Cost and Coverage Estimates for the "Healthy Americans Act"
- Staff Working Paper
- Prepared By:
- John Sheils, Randall Haught, Evelyn Murphy
- December 12, 2006
- http://www.lewin.com/NR/rdonlyres/37BD21DB-BEFE-4C2F-AFEA-802BDF91EAD7/0/HealthyAmericansActAnalysis.pdf
- [full-text, 29 pages]
- Mercer
- Global pensions risk survey
- UK
- London, 13 December 2006
- http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1252800;jsessionid=QZ15O4AL0MUSCCTGOUGCIIQKMZ0QUJL
- Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
- 2006 U.S. Job Retention [19 December 2006]
- http://www.shrm.org/hrresources/surveys_published/2006%20U.S.%20Job%20Retention%20Poll%20Findings.pdf
- [full-text, 47 pages]
- See Press Release 19 December 2006
- http://www.shrm.org/press_published/CMS_019635.asp#P-4_0
- http://www.shrm.org/press_published/CMS_019635.asp#P-4_0
- Recent
- American Society of International Law and the International Judicial Academy
- International Judicial Monitor
- An international law resource for judiciaries, justice sector professionals, and the rull of law community around the world
- http://www.judicialmonitor.org/current/index.html
- International Judicial Monitor
Statistical Reports
- BEA: State Personal Income: Third Quarter 2006 [20 December 2006]
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrel/SQPINewsRelease.htm
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/spi1206.pdf
- [full-text, 7 pages]
- BLS: Producer Price Indexes - November 2006 [19 December 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ppi.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ppi.pdf
- [full-text, 19 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/ppi.supp.toc.htm
- BLS: CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: NOVEMBER 2006 [15 December 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: U.S. IMPORT AND EXPORT PRICE INDEXES - NOVEMBER 2006 - [14 December 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ximpim.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ximpim.pdf
- [full-text, 15 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/ximpim.supp.toc.htm
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrel/SQPINewsRelease.htm
- UNICEF
- The State of the World's Children 2007
- http://www.unicef.org/sowc07/docs/sowc07.pdf
- [full-text, 160 pages]
- U.S. State Department
- Ending the Trade in Conflict Diamonds: Multilateral Diplomacy and the Kimberley Process [11 December 2006]
- http://www.state.gov/r/pa/scp/2006/77633.htm
- or
- http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/77738.pdf
- See CONFLICT DIAMONDS
- http://www.state.gov/e/eb/diamonds/
- http://www.state.gov/e/eb/diamonds/
- The State of the World's Children 2007
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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