Wednesday, May 02, 2007
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 2 May 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, 2 May 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
****************************************
_______________________________
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, 2 May 2007
Academic Research
- Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
- Research Dep. Working Papers:
- WP-600
- The Educational Gender Gap in Latin America and the Caribbean
- http://www.iadb.org/res/pub_desc.cfm?pub_id=WP-600
- or
- http://www.iadb.org/res/publications/pubfiles/pubWP-600.pdf
- [full-text, 52 pages]
- Author:
- Duryea, Suzanne;Galiani, Sebastian; Ñopo, Hugo; Piras, Claudia
- Published:
- April 2007
- CAHRS Working Paper 07-06
- Negotiating Relationally: The Dynamics of the Relational Self In Negotiations
- Michele J. Gelfand, Virginia Smith Major, Jana L. Raver, Lisa H. Nishii, Karen O'Brien
- http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/depts/cahrs/downloads/PDFs/WorkingPapers/WP07-06.pdf
- [full-text, 49 pages]
- Research Dep. Working Papers:
International
- Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- Asian Development Bank's Annual Report 2006 [25 April 2007]
- http://www.adb.org/Documents/Reports/Annual_Report/2006/default.asp
- Volume I -- Main
- http://www.adb.org/Documents/Reports/Annual_Report/2006/ADB-AR2006.pdf
- [full-text, 124 pages]
- Volume II -- Financial
- http://www.adb.org/Documents/Reports/Annual_Report/2006/ADB-AR2006-Vol2.pdf
- [full-text, 177 pages]
- Press Release 25 April 2007
- ADB Loans Jump to $7.4 Billion in 2006, Annual Report Says
- http://www.adb.org/Media/Articles/2007/11792-adb-annual-reports/default.asp
- ADB Loans Jump to $7.4 Billion in 2006, Annual Report Says
- EUROPA > The EU at a glance > European countries > Member states of the EU
- (New Web Site)
- MEMBER STATES OF THE EU [30 April 2007]
- http://europa.eu/abc/european_countries/index_en.htm
- Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
- LABOR COMPASS (database)
- http://www.iadb.org/res/CompasLaboral/index.cfm?language=english?language=en&parid=1
- Asian Development Bank's Annual Report 2006 [25 April 2007]
- BEA: Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
- BEA News: New Financial Derivatives Data [30 April 2007]
- This June, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis will update its international economic accounts to incorporate data from a new quarterly Department of the Treasury survey of international transactions and positions in financial derivatives
- http://faq.bea.gov/cgi-bin/bea.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=444&p_created=1177965231&p_sid=Fh6nkqAi&p_lva=444&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9OSZwX3Byb2RzPSZwX2NhdHM9MCZwX3B2PSZwX2N2PSZwX3NlYXJjaF90eXBlPWFuc3dlcnMuc2VhcmNoX25sJnBfcGFnZT0xJnBfc2VhcmNoX3RleHQ9ZGVyaXZhdGl2ZXM*&p_li=&p_topview=1
- See
- Treasury International Capital System (TIC) -- home page
- http://www.treas.gov/tic/index.shtml#news
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL33977
- Immigration of Foreign Workers: Labor Market Tests and Protections
- April 24, 2007
- Ruth Ellen Wasem, Specialist in Immigration Policy, Domestic Social Policy Division
- http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33977_20070424.pdf
- [full-text, 24 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL33973
- Unauthorized Employment in the United States: Issues and Options
- April 20, 2007
- Andorra Bruno, Specialist in Social Legislation, Domestic Social Policy
- http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33973_20070420.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RS22650
- April 24, 2007
- The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and the Federal Budget
- William Joseph Klunk, Actuary, Domestic Social Policy
- http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22650_20070424.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- EEOC
- JOB PATTERNS FOR MINORITIES AND WOMEN IN PRIVATE INDUSTRY, 2005 (19 April 2007)
- http://www.eeoc.gov/stats/jobpat/2005/index.html
- For previous years see --
- Job Patterns For Minorities And Women In Private Industry (EEO-1)
- http://www.eeoc.gov/stats/jobpat/jobpat.html
- GAO: Nursing Workforce: HHS Needs Methodology to Identify Facilities with a Critical Shortage of Nurses GAO-07-492R, April 30, 2007
- http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d07492r.pdf
- [full-text, 29 pages]
- Small Business Administration (SBA)
- Office of Advocacy
- Income and Wealth: How Did Households Owning Small Businesses Fare From 1989 to 2004?
- by George W. Haynes
- Under contract no. SBAHQ-05-M-0408
- Release Date: April 2007
- http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs300tot.pdf
- [full-text, 57 pages]
- Small Business Research Summary [26 April 2007]
- http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs300.pdf
- [full-text, 2 pages]
- BEA News: New Financial Derivatives Data [30 April 2007]
- AARP Policy & Research
- Looking Toward an Older Workforce: A Focus on New Mexico Employers
- Research Report
- Regina Sims, AARP Knowledge Management
- Joanne Binette, M.P.A., AARP Knowledge Management
- April 2007
- http://www.aarp.org/research/work/retirement/nm_worker_07.html
- or
- http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/econ/nm_worker_07.pdf
- [full-text, 42 pages]
- RAND
- The Utilization of Women-Owned Small Businesses in Federal Contracting [27 April 2007]
- By: Elaine Reardon, Nancy Nicosia, Nancy Y. Moore
- http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR442/
- or
- http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2007/RAND_TR442.pdf
- [full-text, 63 pages]
- Summary
- http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2007/RAND_TR442.sum.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- Press Release 27 April 2007
- RAND STUDY ASSESSES WHETHER WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES ARE UNDERREPRESENTED IN FEDERAL CONTRACTING
- http://www.rand.org/news/press.07/04.27b.html
- Looking Toward an Older Workforce: A Focus on New Mexico Employers
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL33980
- School and Campus Safety Programs and Requirements in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and Higher Education Act
- April 27, 2007
- Rebecca R. Skinner and Gail McCallion, Specialists in Social Legislation, Domestic Social Policy Division
- http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33980_20070427.pdf
- [full-text, 18 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL33976
- United States' Trade Remedy Laws and Non-market Economies: A Legal Overview
- April 23, 2007
- Todd B. Tatelman, Legislative Attorney, American Law Division
- http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33976_20070423.pdf
- [full-text, 18 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL33960
- The Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as Amended by the No Child Left Behind Act: A Primer
- April 12, 2007
- Wayne C. Riddle, Specialist in Education Policy, Domestic Social Policy Division
- Rebecca R. Skinner, Specialist in Social Legislation, Domestic Social Policy Division
- http://opencrs.cdt.org/rpts/RL33960_20070412.pdf
- [full-text, 22 pages]
- Order Code RL33980
- BEA: GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT: FIRST QUARTER 2007 (ADVANCE)[27 April 2007]
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/gdpnewsrelease.htm
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2007/pdf/gdp107a.pdf
- [full-text, 13 pages]
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2007/xls/gdp107a.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- and
- Highlights
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2007/pdf/gdp107a_fax.pdf
- BEA: Local Area Personal Income, 2005 [26 April 2007]
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/lapi/lapi_newsrelease.htm
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/lapi/2007/pdf/lapi0407.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- and
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/lapi/2007/xls/lapi0407.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- and
- Highlights
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/lapi/2007/pdf/lapi0407_fax.pdf
- BLS: PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: MARCH 2007 [30 April 2007]
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/pinewsrelease.htm
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2007/pdf/pi0307.pdf
- [full-text, 12 pages]
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2007/xls/pi0307.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- and
- Highlights
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2007/pdf/pi0307_fax.pdf
- BLS: EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX-MARCH 2007 [27 April 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/eci.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/eci.pdf
- [full-text, 22 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/eci.supp.toc.htm
- BLS: COLLEGE ENROLLMENT AND WORK ACTIVITY OF 2006 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES [26 April 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/hsgec.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/hsgec.pdf
- [full-text, 5 pages]
- BLS: FOREIGN-BORN WORKERS: LABOR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS IN 2006 [25 April 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/forbrn.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/forbrn.pdf
- [full-text, 12 pages]
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/gdpnewsrelease.htm
- BLS
- [Unemployment and Educational Attainment]
- Unemployment and earnings for full-time wage and salary workers age 25 and over, by educational attainment
- http://www.bls.gov/emp/emptab7.htm
- CHART
- http://www.bls.gov/emp/emped05.pdf
- TABLE
- 7. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 25 years and over by educational attainment, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
- ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/lf/aat7.txt
- FACTS for FEATURES from the Census Bureau
- CB07-FF.06
- March 1, 2007
- Photos
- http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/broadcast/photos/census_bureau/004312.html#older
- Older Americans Month: May 2007
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/009715.html
- or
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2007/cb07ff-06.pdf
- [full-text, 5 pages]
- State Department
- COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM 2006 [30 April 2007]
- http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/2006/
- or
- http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/83383.pdf
- [full-text, 336 pages]
- [Unemployment and Educational Attainment]
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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