Tuesday, January 30, 2007
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 31 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, 31 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, 31 January 2007
Academic Research
- Upjohn Institute Working Paper 07-132
- Manufacturers' Outsourcing to Employment Services
- http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/07-132.pdf
- Matthew Dey, Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Susan Houseman, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
- Anne Polivka, Bureau of Labor Statistics
- December 2006
- Abstract
- http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/07132wp.html
- Do Employment Protections Reduce Productivity? Evidence from U.S. States
- http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12860.pdf
- David H. Autor, William R. Kerr, Adriana D. Kugler
- NBER Working Paper No. 12860
- Issued in January 2007
- ---- Abstract -----
- http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12860
International
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- Employment and labour market policies for an ageing workforce and initiatives at the workplace - National overview reports by COUNTRY [24 January 2007]
- Employment and labour market policies for an ageing workforce and initiatives at the workplace - National overview report: United Kingdom
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/051/en/1/ef07051en.pdf
- [full-text, 14 pages]
- Employment and labour market policies for an ageing workforce and initiatives at the workplace - National overview report: Spain
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/0510/en/1/ef070510en.pdf
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- Employment and labour market policies for an ageing workforce and initiatives at the workplace - National overview report: Finland
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/054/en/1/ef07054en.pdf
- [full-text, 12 pages]
- Employment and labour market policies for an ageing workforce and initiatives at the workplace - National overview report: France
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/055/en/1/ef07055en.pdf
- [full-text, 10 pages]
- Employment and labour market policies for an ageing workforce and initiatives at the workplace - National overview report: Germany
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/056/en/1/ef07056en.pdf
- [full-text, 17 pages]
- Employment and labour market policies for an ageing workforce and initiatives at the workplace - National overview report: Greece
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/057/en/1/ef07057en.pdf
- [full-text, 13 pages]
- Employment and labour market policies for an ageing workforce and initiatives at the workplace - National overview report: Italy
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/058/en/1/ef07058en.pdf
- [full-text, 11 pages]
- Employment and labour market policies for an ageing workforce and initiatives at the workplace National overview report: The Netherlands
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/059/en/1/ef07059en.pdf
- [full-text, 10 pages]
- International Labour Organization (ILO)
- Global Employment Trends 2007 [25 January 2007]
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/stratprod.htm
- or
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/global.htm
- Brief of Report
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/download/getb07en.pdf
- [full-text, 12 pages]
- Press Release 25 January 2007
- Global Employment Trends 2007
- Global unemployment remains at historic high despite strong economic growth
- Modest gains in reducing working poverty
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inf/pr/2007/2.htm
- OECD
- CHINA (Reports, Documents, & Other Items)
- http://www.oecd.org/infobycountry/0,2981,en_2649_201185_1_70342_1_1_1,00.html
- OECD Policy Brief:
- Economic Survey of Spain 2007 [23 January 2007]
- http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/6/17/37916699.pdf
- [full-text, 12 pages]
- See also
- Economic survey of Spain 2007
- http://www.oecd.org/document/9/0,2340,en_2649_201185_37919177_1_1_1_1,00.html
- OECD
- OECD SOCIAL, EMPLOYMENT AND MIGRATION WORKING PAPERS NO. 46
- MINIMUM WAGES, MINIMUM LABOUR COSTS AND THE TAX TREATMENT OF LOW-WAGE EMPLOYMENT [18 January 2007]
- Herwig Immervoll
- http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/30/34/37930738.pdf
- [full-text, 24 pages]
- OECD
- Worldwide Statistical Sources
- http://stats.oecd.org/source/
- BLS: Compensation and Working Conditions Online
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/home.htm
- Change Comes to the National Compensation Survey Locality Wage Bulletins [24 January 2007]
- by James E. Smith and Robert W. Van Giezen
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20070122ar01p1.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/print/cm20070122ar01p1.htm
- BLS: Monthly Labor Review Online [26 January 2007
- December 2006
- Vol. 129, Number 12
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/mlrhome.htm
- Industry dynamics in the Washington, DC, area: has a second job core emerged?
- Gerald Perrins and Diane Nilsen
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/12/art1full.pdf
- [full-text, 18 pages
- Employment change by occupation, industry, and earnings quartile, 2000-05
- Randy Ilg
- (Coming soon)
- Price transmission: from crude petroleum to plastics products
- Jonathan C. Weinhagen
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/12/art3full.pdf
- [full-text, 10 pages]
- Price and expenditure measures of petroleum products: a comparison
- Abby L. Duly, Jeffrey A. Harris, Ara M. Khatchadourian, Rozi T. Ulics, and Melissa C. Wolter
- (Coming soon)
- Report
- Item replacements and hedonic quality adjustments in apparel price indexes
- Craig Brown and Anya Stockburger
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/12/art5full.pdf
- [full-text, 11 pages]
- Report
- Proportion of workers in selected pay ranges by region and State, 2005
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/12/ressum.pdf
- [full-text, 4 pages]
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2008 to 2017 [24 January 2007]
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdoc.cfm?index=7731&type=1
- or
- http://mirror1.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/77xx/doc7731/01-24-BudgetOutlook.pdf
- [full-text, 191 pages]
- Also
- Mandatory Programs
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/77xx/doc7731/MandatoryPrograms.pdf
- [full-text, 21 pages]
- Order Code RS22583
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- January 26, 2007
- Executive Compensation: SEC Regulations and Congressional Proposals
- Michael V. Seitzinger, Legislative Attorney, American Law Division
- http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22583_20070126.pdf
- [full-text, 4 pages]
- Order Code RL33777
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Privatization and the Federal Government: An Introduction
- December 28, 2006
- Kevin R. Kosar, Analyst in American National Government, Government and Finance Division
- http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33777_20061228.pdf
- [full-text, 36 pages]
- Population Reference Bureau
- CHINA [Materials, documents, reports, links...]
- http://www.prb.org/Countries/China.aspx
- EEOC
- TARGET CORP. TO PAY $775,000 FOR RACIAL HARASSMENT [26 January 2007]
- EEOC Settles Suit for Class of African American Employees; Remedial Relief Included
- http://www.eeoc.gov/press/1-26-07.html
- Legal Information Institute (LII)
- Labor and Employment Laws of the Fifty States, District of Columbia and Puerto Rico
- http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/Table_Labor.htm
- BLS: UNION MEMBERS IN 2006 [25 January 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/union2.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/union2.pdf
- [full-text, 12 pages]
- METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: DECEMBER 2006 [30 January 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/metro.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/metro.pdf
- [full-text, 22 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/metro.supp.toc.htm
- Order Code RL33832
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Genetic Testing: Scientific Background for Policymakers
- January 26, 2007
- Amanda K. Sarata, Analyst in Genetics, Domestic Social Policy Division
- http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33832_20070126.pdf
- [full-text, 13 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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