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[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 10 January 2007
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, 10 January 2007
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, 10 January 2007
Academic Research
- The Center for Health Workforce Studies (CHWS)
- University at Albany
- School of Public Health
- Rensselaer, N.Y. 12144
- The Center for Health Workforce Studies (CHWS)
- http://chws.albany.edu/
- CENTER REPORTS (available full-text)
- http://chws.albany.edu/index.php?id=11,0,0,1,0,0
- Immigration and the Survival of Social Security: A Political Economy Model
- http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12800.pdf
- [full-text, 40 pages]
- Edith Sand, Assaf Razin
- NBER Working Paper No. 12800
- Issued in December 2006
- ---- Abstract -----
- http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12800
International
- European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)
- Transnational
- Industrial relations developments in Europe in 2005
- http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2006/01/feature/tn0601102f.html
- See also NATIONAL REPORTS from each of the EU Countries for 2005
- http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/annualreports.html
- European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO)
- EWCO Survey Data Reports
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/surveys/surveyreports.htm
- Ireland: Attitudes of employers and employees to the changing workplace [21 December 2006]
- < http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/surveyreports/IE0610019D/IE0610019D.htm >
- EMPLOYER SURVEY
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/surveyreports/IE0610019D/IE0610019D_1.htm
- EMPLOYEE SURVEY
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/surveyreports/IE0610019D/IE0610019D_2.htm
- COMMENTARY
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/surveyreports/IE0610019D/IE0610019D_3.htm
- REFERENCES
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/surveyreports/IE0610019D/IE0610019D_4.htm
- European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO)
- EWCO News Updates
- http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/newsupdates.htm
- Bulgaria: Survey examines migration intentions post-accession (04 January 2007)
- < http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/2006/10/BG0610069I.htm>
- Czech Republic: Cooperation between employers and employees regarding parental leave (04 January 2007)
- < http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/2006/11/CZ0611029I.htm>
- Austria: Training opportunities for older workers (04 January 2007)
- < http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/2006/12/AT0612019I.htm>
- Denmark: Risk factors in long-term sickness absence (04 January 2007)
- < http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/2006/11/DK0611039I.htm>
- Malta: Case studies document practical experience of teleworking (04 January 2007)
- < http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/2006/11/MT0611019I.htm>
- Directorate General of Employment & Training
- Ministry of Labour
- Government of India
- Occupational Educational Pattern of Employees in India [2002 data for the PUBLIC SECTOR]
- http://dget.gov.in/publications/opr/OPRPS2002.pdf
- [full-text, 87 pages]
- Directorate General of Employment & Training
- Ministry of Labour
- Government of India
- World of Work Series
- Facilities for Disabled
- http://dget.gov.in/cirtes/csc/courses/facilitiesfordisabled.pdf
- [full-text, 58 pages]
- INDIA
- Ministry of Labour and Employment
- New Website Address
- http://labour.gov.in/
- The Ministry of Labour Annual Report 2005-2006
- http://labour.nic.in/annrep/annrep2005.htm
- Earlier Annual Reports can be found at-
- http://labour.nic.in/annrep/annrep.htm
- INDIA
- United Progressive Alliance (UPA)
- Report to the People
- UPA Government 2004 - 2006 [May 2006]
- http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2006/may2006/UPAbook2004-06.pdf
- [full-text, 66 pages]
- See Press Release
- http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=18001&kwd
- Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
- 2007 Report on Economic and Social Progress in Latin America:
- Living with Debt: How to Limit the Risks of Sovereign Finance [3 January 2007]
- http://www.iadb.org/res/ipes/2007/index.cfm
- [USE THE PULL-DOWN MENU to go to EACH CHAPTER]
- for List of Figures see
- http://www.iadb.org/res/ipes/2007/figures.cfm?Language=English
- for List of Tables see
- http://www.iadb.org/res/ipes/2007/tables.cfm?Language=English
- See Press Release 3 January 2007
- Role of Multilateral Lending
- http://www.iadb.org/research/homepageDetails.cfm?language=English&conid=56&page=1&frame=1
- ILO
- Social Dialogue
- Workers' Activities
- Labour Education 2006/1
- No. 142
- Globalization and the sectors
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/actrav/publ/142/index.htm
- or
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/actrav/publ/142/142.pdf
- [full-text, 88 pages]
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
- Economic survey of the Euro Area 2007 [4 January 2007]
- http://www.oecd.org/document/40/0,2340,en_2649_201185_37849384_1_1_1_1,00.html
- OECD Policy Brief:
- Economic Survey of the Euro Area 2007 [4 January 2007]
- http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/32/28/37867660.pdf
- [full-text, 12 pages]
- Bureau of Health Professions
- National Center for Health Workforce Analysis Reports
- U.S. Health Workforce Reports
- http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/healthworkforce/
- More of these are found at-
- http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/healthworkforce/reports/
- Databases
- Area Resource File
- http://www.arfsys.com/
- Public Use Files from National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses
- http://datawarehouse.hrsa.gov/NSSRN.htm
- U.S.-CHINA COMMISSION ANNOUNCES THE APPOINTMENT OF JEFFREY L. FIEDLER [4 January 2007]
- http://www.uscc.gov/pressreleases/2007/07_01_04pr.php
- or
- http://www.uscc.gov/pressreleases/2007/07_01_04pr.pdf
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- Historical Effective Federal Tax Rates: 1979 to 2004 [6 January 2007]
- December 2006
- http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=7718&sequence=0&from=7
- or
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/77xx/doc7718/EffectiveTaxRates.pdf
- [full-text, 7 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Tables
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/77xx/doc7718/SupplementalTables.xls
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- Background Paper:
- Housing Wealth and Consumer Spending [6 January 2007]
- January 2007
- http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=7719&sequence=0&from=7
- or
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/77xx/doc7719/01-05-Housing.pdf
- [full-text, 22 pages]
- National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
- Public-Use Data Files and Documentation: Foods and Physical Activity in Public Elementary Schools, 2005 [4 January 2007]
- http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2006106
- or
- http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/frss/downloads.asp#FRSS8
- Calories In, Calories Out: Food and Exercise in Public Elementary Schools, 2005
- http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2006/nutrition/
- List of TABLES
- http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2006/nutrition/03.asp
- Center for PERSONAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES (PAS)
- http://www.pascenter.org/home/index.php
- The Workplace PAS Project [Disabilities]
- http://www.pascenter.org/workplace_pas/index.php
- See also their BULLETIN at -
- http://www.pascenter.org/newsletter/CenterforPASBulletinJan07.pdf
- One can sign up to receive this automatically at-
- http://www.pascenter.org/newsletter/index.php
- Employee Benefit Research Institute(EBRI)
- EBRI NOTES
- January 2007, Vol. 28, No. 1
- IRA Assets, Contributions, and Market Share [9 January 2007]
- and
- Health Insurance Coverage of the Near Elderly, 1994-2005
- http://www.ebri.org/publications/notes/index.cfm?fa=notesDisp&content_id=3774
- or
- http://www.ebri.org/pdf/notespdf/EBRI_Notes_01-20071.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- GALLUP MANAGEMENT JOURNAL SURVEYS
- http://gmj.gallup.com/gmj_surveys/category.aspx?i=10
- Current items available are:
- GMJ Surveys
- Who's Driving Innovation at Your Company?
- http://gmj.gallup.com/content/24472/Whos-Driving-Innovation-at-Your-Company.aspx
- Worker Disengagement Continues to Cost Singapore
- http://gmj.gallup.com/content/22720/Worker-Disengagement-Continues-to-Cost-Singapore.aspx
- Why Dilbert Is Right
- http://gmj.gallup.com/content/21802/Why-Dilbert-Is-Right.aspx
- At Work, Feeling Good Matters
- http://gmj.gallup.com/content/20311/At-Work-Feeling-Good-Matters.aspx
- Grim News for Japan's Managers
- http://gmj.gallup.com/content/17242/Grim-News-for-Japans-Managers.aspx
- Wake-Up Call for Thailand, Inc.
- http://gmj.gallup.com/content/16285/Wake-Up-Call-for-Thailand-Inc.aspx
- The Limits of Employee Training
- http://gmj.gallup.com/content/14497/The-Limits-of-Employee-Training.aspx
- Engagement Keeps the Doctor Away
- http://gmj.gallup.com/content/14500/Engagement-Keeps-the-Doctor-Away.aspx
- All Eyes on Ohio
- http://gmj.gallup.com/content/12295/All-Eyes-on-Ohio.aspx
- Getting Personal in the Workplace
- http://gmj.gallup.com/content/11956/Getting-Personal-in-the-Workplace.aspx
- Beyond the Dot-Com Bust
- http://gmj.gallup.com/content/9841/Beyond-the-Dot-Com-Bust.aspx
- Great Britain's Workforce Lacks Inspiration
- http://gmj.gallup.com/content/9847/Great-Britains-Workforce-Lacks-Inspiration.aspx
- Disengaged Employees Cost Singapore $4.9 Billion
- http://gmj.gallup.com/content/1207/Disengaged-Employees-Cost-Singapore-4.9-Billion.aspx
- Bringing Work Problems Home
- http://gmj.gallup.com/content/1078/Bringing-Work-Problems-Home.aspx
- Warning: Corporate Scandals May Demoralize Employees
- http://gmj.gallup.com/content/826/Warning-Corporate-Scandals-May-Demoralize.aspx
- Who Cared?
- http://gmj.gallup.com/content/427/Who-Cared.aspx
- Talk of Ages
- http://gmj.gallup.com/content/430/Talk-of-Ages.aspx
- Think Big, Act Small
- http://gmj.gallup.com/content/433/Think-Big-Act-Small.aspx
- The Gender Question
- http://gmj.gallup.com/content/436/The-Gender-Question.aspx
- What Your Disaffected Workers Cost
- http://gmj.gallup.com/content/439/What-Your-Disaffected-Workers-Cost.aspx
- Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), Singapore
- IPS Working Papers No. 17. January 2007
- Singapore: The Art Of Building A Global City
- by Sanjeev Sanyal
- http://www.ips.org.sg/publications/index-wp.htm
- Hewitt
- Hewitt Associates Research Shows Impact That Pivotal Employees Have on Business Results [8 January 2007]
- Data Establishes Link Between Shareholder Value and Companies Ability to Attract and Retain Top Performers
- http://www.hewittassociates.com/Intl/NA/en-US/AboutHewitt/Newsroom/PressReleaseDetail.aspx?cid=3411
- Kaiser Family Foundation
- Snapshots: Health Care Costs
- Health Care Spending in the United States and OECD Countries [3 January 2007]
- January 2007
- http://www.kff.org/insurance/snapshot/chcm010307oth.cfm
- Mercer
- Executive pay in European financial services companies - survey
- UK
- London, 9 January 2007
- http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1254330;jsessionid=ZRXGIM2HKUXUECTGOUFCIIQKMZ0QUJLW
- Pew Charitable Trusts
- Analysis: The Complicated Politics of Free Trade, Unrestricted Trade Makes for Strange Political Bedfellows
- January 4, 2007
- http://www.pewtrusts.org/ideas/ideas_item.cfm?content_item_id=3857&content_type_id=18&issue_name=Public%20opinion%20and%20polls&issue=11&page=18&WT.mc_id=01/08/2007
- For CHARTS -- see --- http://pewresearch.org/obdeck/?ObDeckID=116
- For DETAILS -- see -- http://pewresearch.org/reports/?ReportID=77
- and http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=299
- RAND
- Nanomaterials in the Workplace: A Summary of the RAND Policy and Planning Workshop on Occupational Safety and Health January 4, 2007
- Eric Landree
- http://www.rand.org/pubs/testimonies/CT269/
- or
- http://www.rand.org/pubs/testimonies/2007/RAND_CT269.pdf
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- Segal/Sibson
- 2007 REPORTING & DISCLOSURE CALENDAR for BENEFIT PLANS [December 2006]
- http://www.segalsibson.com/publications/r&dcalendar/2007.html
- or
- http://www.segalsibson.com/publications/r&dcalendar/2007.pdf
- [full-text, 27 pages]
- Abstract
- http://www.segalsibson.com/corporate/pub-corporate.cfm?ID=699
- Segal
- 2007 REPORTING & DISCLOSURE CALENDAR for MULTIEMPLOYER PLANS [December 2006]
- http://www.segalco.com/publications/r&dcalendar/2007.html
- or
- http://www.segalco.com/publications/r&dcalendar/2007.pdf
- [full-text, 24 pages]
- Abstract
- http://www.segalco.com/taft/pub-taft.cfm?ID=698
- Wall Street Journal
- Markets Data Center -- FREE [New version launched January 2007]
- http://online.wsj.com/mdc/public/page/marketsdata.html
- Need Help Finding Tables?
- http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB116716548881759827.html
- take a tour of new features.
- http://online.wsj.com/submkt/tourc/MDCtour_2007.html
- Watson Wyatt
- Employee Ratings of Senior Management Dip, Watson Wyatt Survey Finds [4 January 2007]
- http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=16887
- Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- Asian Development Bank Institute
- NGO Law and Governance: A Resource Book [4 January 2007]
- http://www.adbi.org/book/2007/01/04/2086.ngo.law/
- or
- http://www.adbi.org/files/2007.12.26.book.ngo.law.governance.pdf
- [full-text, 136 pages]
- 2006 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary [1 January 2007]
- http://www.uscourts.gov/newsroom/yearend06.pdf
- [full-text, 15 pages]
- Abstract:
- Federal Judges' Pay: "Constitutional Crisis"
- NLRB GENERAL COUNSEL ISSUES REPORT ON FY 2006 OPERATIONS [3 January 2007]
- http://www.nlrb.gov/shared_files/Press%20Releases/2006/R-2611%20Summary%20of%20Operations.pdf
- [full-text, 13 pages]
- Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
- County Estimates of Compensation by Industry, 20032005 [29 December 2006]
- http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/lapi1206.htm
- Tables for all areas for 19982005 can be accessed interactively at
- www.bea.gov/bea/regional/reis
- BLS: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: DECEMBER 2006 [5 January 2006]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf
- [full-text, 26 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/empsit.supp.toc.htm
- BLS: METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: NOVEMBER 2006 [3 January 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/metro.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/metro.pdf
- [full-text, 21 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/metro.supp.toc.htm
- Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention
- Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
- January 5, 2007 / Vol. 55 / Nos. 51 & 52
- Recommended Immunization Schedules for Persons Aged 0--18 Years --- United States, 2007
- http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5551a7.htm
- or
- http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5551-Immunization.pdf
- [full-text, 4 pages]
- Order Code 97-1011 GOV
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Updated April 18, 2006
- Salaries of Members of Congress: A List of Payable Rates and Effective Dates, 1789-2006
- Paul E. Dwyer, Specialist in American National Government, Government and Finance Division
- http://www.senate.gov/reference/resources/pdf/97-1011.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- Facts for Features from the Census Bureau
- CB07-FF.03
- January 4, 2007
- Women's History Month: March 2007
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/009383.html
- or
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/cb07ff-03.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- RAND
- I Want You!
- The Evolution of the All-Volunteer Force
- By: Bernard D. Rostker
- http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG265/
- or
- RESEARCH BRIEF
- http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/2006/RAND_RB9195.pdf
- [full-text, 5 pages]
- News Release 14 September 2006
- http://www.rand.org/news/press.06/09.14.html
- General Accountability Office (GAO)
- Securing, Stabilizing, and Rebuilding Iraq: Key Issues for Congressional Oversight. GAO-07-308SP, January 9, 2007
- http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-308SP
- or
- http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d07308sp.pdf
- [full-text, 120 pages]
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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