Monday, March 26, 2007
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 28 March 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, 28 March 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.
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, 28 March 2007
Academic Research
- A joint study of the International Labour Office (ILO)
- and the Secretariat of the World Trade Organization (WTO)
- Prepared by Marion Jansen, Economic Research and Statistics Division, World Trade Organization
- Eddy Lee, International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS), International Labour Office
- Trade and Employment: Challenges for Policy Research [2007]
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/download/eddy.pdf
- [full-text, 115 pages]
- International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS) at the ILO
- Discussion paper
- DP/170/2007
- Employment in the development agenda: Economic and social policies [in re INDIA] [2007]
- T. S. Papola
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/download/dp17007.pdf
- [full-text, 37 pages]
- Trade and Workforce Changeover in Brazil
- http://papers.nber.org/papers/w12980.pdf
- [full-text, 36 pages
- Marc-Andreas Muendler
- NBER Working Paper No. 12980
- Issued in March 2007
- ---- Abstract -----
- http://www.nber.org/papers/w12980
- and the Secretariat of the World Trade Organization (WTO)
International
- Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- TECHNICAL NOTE
- Labor Issues in Public Enterprise Restructuring [December 2006]
- http://www.adb.org/Documents/Reports/Labor-Issues-PublicEnterpriseRestructuring/Labor-Issues-PER.pdf
- [full-text, 42 pages]
- Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- GENDER, LAW, and POLICY in ADB OPERATIONS: A TOOL KIT [December 2006]
- http://www.adb.org/Documents/Manuals/Gender-Toolkit/glp-toolkit.pdf
- [full-text, 126 pages]
- European Commission > EU and the world > External Trade
- WTO Dispute Settlement
- EU files first written submission in EU WTO case against Boeing subsidies
- Geneva, 22 March 2007
- http://ec.europa.eu/trade/issues/respectrules/dispute/pr220307_en.htm
- More:
- * Read the Memo
- * http://ec.europa.eu/trade/issues/respectrules/dispute/memo220307_en.htm
- * Boeing-Airbus WTO dispute
- * http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dispu_e/cases_e/ds353_e.htm
- * EU-US 1992 Large Civil Aircraft Agreement
- * http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/html/119237.htm
- European Commission > Economic and Financial Affairs > Indicators
- KEY INDICATORS FOR THE EURO AREA [22 March 2007]
- http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/indicators/key_euro_area/key_euro_en.pdf
- [full-text, 12 pages]
- Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
- Research Department
- Working Papers
- WP-591
- Corporate Governance in Latin America [16 March 2007]
- http://www.iadb.org/res/publications/pubfiles/pubWP-591.pdf
- [full-text, 92 pages]
- Author:
- Chong, Alberto, Lopez-de-Silanes, F.
- Published: March 2007
- Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
- The Informal Sector in Jamaica [December 2006, online March 2007]
- http://idbdocs.iadb.org/wsdocs/getdocument.aspx?docnum=917344
- [full-text, 55 pages]
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
- OECD Principles for Private Sector Participation in Infrastructure [26 March 2007]
- http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/41/33/38297823.pdf
- [full-text, 27 pages]
- Press Release 26 March 2007
- OECD countries agree Principles for private sector role in infrastructure projects
- http://www.oecd.org/document/40/0,2340,en_2649_34887_38305192_1_1_1_1,00.html
- UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
- Overview of Economic and Social Developments in Africa 2006 [March 2007]
- http://www.uneca.org/cfm/2007/docs/Overview-Economic-Social-Dev.pdf
- [full-text, 22 pages]
- See additional documentation associated with the
- Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic
- Development, 40th Session of the Commission, 2-3 April 2007, Addis Ababa,
- Ethiopa
- http://www.uneca.org/cfm/2007/index.htm
- TECHNICAL NOTE
- Census
- County Population Estimates April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 [22 March 2007]
- DETAILED TABLES
- http://www.census.gov/popest/counties/
- State Contacts
- http://www.census.gov/population/www/coop/contacts.html
- Press Release 22 March 2007
- Arizona's Maricopa Leads Counties in Population Growth Since Census 2000
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/009756.html
- Census
- Revised CPS ASEC Health Insurance Data [23 March 2007]
- http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/hlthins/usernote/schedule.html
- USER NOTE
- http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/hlthins/usernote/usernote3-21rev.html
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- March 20, 2007
- Who Are the "Middle Class"? [20 March 2007]
- Brian W. Cashell, Specialist in Quantitative Economics, Government and Finance Division
- http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22627_20070320.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- An Analysis of the President's Budgetary Proposals for Fiscal Year 2008 [21 March 2007]
- March 2007
- http://mirror2.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/78xx/doc7878/03-21-PresidentsBudget.pdf
- [full-text, 84 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RS22619
- March 13, 2007
- Health Care Spending and the Aging of the Population
- Jennifer Jenson, Specialist in Health Economics, Domestic Social Policy Division
- http://opencrs.cdt.org/rpts/RS22619_20070313.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- General Accountability Office (GAO)
- Social Security Reform: Greater Transparency Needed about Potential General Revenue Financing. GAO-07-213, March 22, 2007.
- http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-213
- or
- http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d07213.pdf
- [full-text, 50 pages]
- and
- Highlights -
- http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07213high.pdf
- U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC)
- U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement:
- Potential Economy-wide and Selected Sectoral Effects
[online 21 March 2007]- Investigation No. TA-2104-023
- http://hotdocs.usitc.gov/docs/pubs/2104F/pub3896.pdf
- [full-text, 258 pages]
- National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
- Timing and Duration of Student Participation in Special Education in the Primary Grades [21 March 2007]
- http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2007043
- or
- http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2007/2007043.pdf
- [full-text, 4 pages]
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering [5 March 2007]
- http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/wmpd/
- or
- http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/wmpd/pdf/nsf07315.pdf
- [full-text, 316 pages]
- County Population Estimates April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 [22 March 2007]
- Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
- GLOBAL AGING INITIATIVE
- THE AGING OF KOREA: Demographics and Retirement Policy in the Land of the Morning Calm [21 March 2007]
- http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/070321_gai_agingkorea_eng.pdf
- [full-text, 58 pages]
- The Clearinghouse on International Developments in Child, Youth and Family Policies at COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
- http://www.childpolicyintl.org/
- New Country Profiles for --
- Thailand
- http://www.childpolicyintl.org/countries/Thailand.html
- India
- http://www.childpolicyintl.org/countries/india.html
- China
- http://www.childpolicyintl.org/countries/china.html
- Indonesia
- http://www.childpolicyintl.org/countries/indonesia.html
- Malaysia
- http://www.childpolicyintl.org/countries/Malaysia.html
- Singapore
- http://www.childpolicyintl.org/countries/Singapore.html
- Philippines
- http://www.childpolicyintl.org/countries/philippines.html
- Kazakhstan
- http://www.childpolicyintl.org/countries/kazakhstan.html
- Colombia
- http://www.childpolicyintl.org/countries/Colombia.html
- Azerbaijan
- http://www.childpolicyintl.org/countries/Azerbaijan.html
- Georgia
- http://www.childpolicyintl.org/countries/Georgia.html
- Vietnam
- http://www.childpolicyintl.org/countries/Vietnam.html
- College & University Professional Association for Human Resources
- National Faculty Salary Survey by Discipline and Rank for 2006-2007 Academic Year [8 March 2007]
- Executive Summary
- http://www.cupahr.org/surveys/files/salary07/NFSS07_ExecSmry_for_Website.pdf
- [full-text, 38 pages]
- Also
- Administration Compensation Survey 2006-2007
- Executive Summary
- http://www.cupahr.org/surveys/files/salary07/AdComp07ExecutiveSummary.pdf
- [full-text, 42 pages]
- And
- Mid-level Administrative and Professional Salary Survey 2006-2007
- http://www.cupahr.org/surveys/files/salary07/Mid-Leve07ExecutiveSummary.pdf
- [full-text, 36 pages]
- PRESS RELEASE
- March 8, 2006
- CUPA-HR Salary Survey Finds Overall Median Base Salary for Faculty Positions in Higher Education Increases by 3.4%
- http://www.cupahr.org/newsroom/news_template.asp?id=853
- Administration Compensation Survey 2006-2007
- A report from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)
- Sponsored by Goldman Sachs Asset Management
- It's time to talk :The urgent need for dialogue to strengthen governance of UK pension schemes [19 March 2007]
- http://graphics.eiu.com/files/ad_pdfs/eiu_Pensions_wp.pdf
- [full-text, 28 pages]
- [GLOBAL TRADE UNION CAMPAIGN]
- Cancer/Zero Cancer: A union guide to prevention [ENGLISH] [23 March 2007]
- http://www.imfmetal.org/main/files/07031915130979/ZeroCancer-Update.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- Cancer Professionnel/Zéro Cancer: Un guide syndical tourné vers la prevention [FRENCH]
- http://www.imfmetal.org/main/files/07032311521079/Z_roCancer.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- Cáncer profesional/Cáncer cero: Guía sindical para la prevención [SPANISH}
- http://www.imfmetal.org/main/files/07032310363279/CancerCero.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- Related news releases
- IMF news releases
- Prévenir les cancers professionnels
- http://www.imfmetal.org/main/index.cfm?n=47&l=5&c=15708
- Prevención del cáncer profesional
- http://www.imfmetal.org/main/index.cfm?n=47&l=28&c=15708
- Preventing occupational cancer
- http://www.imfmetal.org/main/index.cfm?n=47&l=2&c=15708
- BWI news releases
- Hidden cancer epidemic kills hundreds of thousands each year
- http://www.bwint.org/default.asp?Index=753&Language=EN
- Epidémie de cancer cachée tue des centaines de milliers chaque année
- http://www.bwint.org/default.asp?Index=754&Language=FR
- Occupational cancer prevention online resources
- Hazards occupational cancer webpages
- www.hazards.org/cancer
- Hazards
occupational cancer prevention kit- www.hazards.org/cancer/preventionkit
- IMF occupational cancer webpages
- www.imfmetal.org/cancer
- BWI occupational cancer webpages (English)
- http://www.bwint.org/default.asp?Issue=cancer&Language=EN
- IBB: cancer professionnel (français)
- http://www.bwint.org/default.asp?Issue=cancer&Language=FR
- http://www.imfmetal.org/main/files/07032311521079/Z_roCancer.pdf
- Latinobarómetro Corporation
- LATINOBARÓMETRO REPORT 2006 [February 2007]
- ONLINE DATA BANK
- www.latinobarometro.org
- 196,788 INTERVIEWS IN 18 COUNTRIES
- 1995 - 2006
- 20,234 INTERVIEWS IN 2006
- http://www.latinobarometro.org/uploads/media/Latinobar_metro_Report_2006.pdf
- [full-text, 97 pages]
- Principal Financial Group
- The Total View: 2006 Retirement Plan Trends [20 March 2007]
- http://www.principal.com/about/news/totalview.htm
- or
- http://www.principal.com/about/news/documents/2007totalview.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- See Press Release
- Good News about Retirement Savings
- http://www.principal.com/about/news/2007/ris032007.htm
- RAND
- Policy and practice impacts of research funded by the Economic and Social
- Research Council
[23 March 2007]- A case study of the Future of Work programme, supporting data
- http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR438/
- or
- http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2007/RAND_TR438.pdf
- [full-text, 159 pages]
- and
- Summary
- http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2007/RAND_TR438.sum.pdf
- The Urban Institute, Washington, DC
- The Characteristics of Unauthorized Immigrants in California, Los Angeles County, and the United States
- Karina Fortuny, Randy Capps, Jeffrey S. Passel*
- March 2007
- http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/411425_Characteristics_Immigrants.pdf
- [full-text, 73 pages]
- GLOBAL AGING INITIATIVE
- National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
- State Legislation Database on Ethics Issues [14 March 2007]
- http://www.ncsl.org/programs/ethics/ethicsbills.cfm
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL33918
- The Whistleblower Protection Act: An Overview
- March 12, 2007
- L. Paige Whitaker, Legislative Attorney, American Law Division
- http://opencrs.cdt.org/rpts/RL33918_20070312.pdf
- [full-text, 18 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL33927
- Selected Federal Compensation Programs for Physical Injury or Death
- March 16, 2007
- Sarah A. Lister, Edward Rappaport, and C. Stephen Redhead, Domestic Social Policy Division
- http://opencrs.cdt.org/rpts/RL33927_20070316.pdf
- [full-text, 33 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL33924
- Municipal Reorganization: Chapter 9 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code
- March 8, 2007
- Robin Jeweler, Legislative Attorney, American Law Division
- http://opencrs.cdt.org/rpts/RL33924_20070308.pdf
- [full-text 14 pages]
- Note in particular page 8 -- Rejection of Executory Contracts; Labor Relations
- Committee on Ways and Means
- Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support
- Hearing on Increasing Economic Security for American Workers
- Thursday, March 15, 2007
- http://waysandmeans.house.gov/hearings.asp?formmode=detail&hearing=540
- Committee on Ways and Means
- Subcommittee on Health
- Hearing on Genetic Non-Discrimination
- Wednesday, March 14, 2007
- http://waysandmeans.house.gov/hearings.asp?formmode=detail&hearing=539
- EEOC
- GLC RESTAURANTS TO PAY $550,000 FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF TEEN WORKERS BY MALE BOSS [23 March 2007]
- EEOC Settles Suit for Young Women Subjected to Lewd Behavior by Repeat Offender
- http://www.eeoc.gov/press/3-22-07.html
- ILO
- NATLEX COUNTRY PROFILES DATABASE [25 March 2007]
- http://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/country_profiles.home?p_lang=en
- Browse Country Profiles at
- http://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/country_profiles.byCountry?p_lang=en
- Law Library of Congress
- Guide to Law Online : NATIONS OF THE WORLD (Nations and Associated Jurisdictions)
- http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/nations.html
- Law Library of Congress
- GLOBAL LEGAL INFORMATION NETWORK (GLIN)
- http://www.glin.gov/search.action
- State Legislation Database on Ethics Issues [14 March 2007]
- BLS: MULTIFACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRENDS, 2005 [23 March 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod3.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod3.pdf
- [full-text, 17 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/prod3.supp.toc.htm
- BLS: MASS LAYOFFS IN FEBRUARY 2007 [22 March 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/mmls.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/mmls.pdf
- [full-text, 10 pages]
- BLS: METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: JANUARY 2007 [21 March 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
- EuroStat: 44/2007 - 23 March 2007
- 24-25 March: Youth Summit in Rome
- Young Europeans through statistics [23 March 2007]
- http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/PGP_PRD_CAT_PREREL/PGE_CAT_PREREL_YEAR_2007/PGE_CAT_PREREL_YEAR_2007_MONTH_03/3-23032007-EN-AP.PDF
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod3.nr0.htm
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL33199
- Data Security Breaches: Context and Incident Summaries
- Updated January 29, 2007
- Rita Tehan, Information Research Specialist, Knowledge Services Group
- http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL33199.pdf
- [full-text, 71 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL33906
- Largest Mergers and Acquisitions by Corporations, 2006
- March 8, 2007
- John Williamson, Information Research Specialist, Knowledge Services Group
- http://opencrs.cdt.org/rpts/RL33906_20070308.pdf
- [full-text, 15 pages]
- Order Code RL33199
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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