Wednesday, September 26, 2007
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 26 September 2007
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, 26 September 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, 26 September 2007
Academic Research
- Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit
- Institute for the Study of Labor
- September 2007
- IZA DP No. 3069
- The Effect of Job Displacement on the Transitions to Employment and Early Retirement for Older Workers in Four European Countries
- Konstantinos Tatsiramos
- http://ftp.iza.org/dp3069.pdf
- [full-text, 39 pages]
- For additional IZA Publications, see --
- http://www.iza.org/index_html?lang=en&mainframe=http%3A//www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/index_html&topSelect=publications
- Health Status, Health Care and Inequality: Canada vs. the U.S.
- http://www.nber.org/papers/w13429.pdf
- [full-text, 44 pages]
- June E. O'Neill, Dave M. O'Neill
- NBER Working Paper No. 13429
- Issued in September 2007
- ---- Abstract -----
- http://www.nber.org/papers/w13429
International
- Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- ASIAN DEVELOPMENT OUTLOOK, UPDATE 2007 [17 September 2007]
- http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/ADO/2007/Update/ado07update.pdf
- [full-text, 158 pages]
- See Press Release 17 September 2007
- ADB Upgrades Developing Asia's 2007 Growth Forecast to 8.3%
- http://www.adb.org/Media/Articles/2007/12156-asian-developments-outlooks/default.asp
- Asian Development Bank (ADB) --from report above
- CHINA [Updated Outlook 2007] [17 September 2007]
- http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/ADO/2007/Update/PRC.pdf
- [full-text, 5 pages]
- and
- INDIA [Updated Outlook 2007] [17 September 2007]
- http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/ADO/2007/Update/IND.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- EuroStat
- European Commission
- THE SOCIAL SITUATION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION 2005-2006: The Balance between Generations in an Ageing Europe [21 September 2007]
- http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KE-AG-06-001/EN/KE-AG-06-001-EN.PDF
- [full-text, 176 pages]
- International Labour Organization (ILO)
- EMP/SKILLS--Skills and Employability Department
- Disability and Work
- Publications and Working Papers
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/skills/disability/publ/index.htm
- Strategies for skills acquisition and work for people with disabilities in Southern Africa - Synthesis Report - Malawi, South Africa, & Zambia
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/skills/disability/download/stratsyn.pdf
- ILO / Government of Flanders
- ISBN 9789221197157; 9789221197164 (web PDF)
- Feb. 2007
- Strategies for skills acquisition and work for people with disabilities in Southern Africa Zambia
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/skills/disability/download/stratzambia.pdf
- ILO / Government of Flanders
- ISBN 9789221197676; 9789221197683 (web PDF)
- Feb. 2007
- Strategies for skills acquisition and work for people with disabilities in Southern Africa Malawi
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/skills/disability/download/stratmalawi.pdf
- ILO / Government of Flanders
- ISBN9789221197652; 9789221197669 (web PDF)
- Feb. 2007
- People with disabilities: Pathways to decent work
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/skills/disability/download/malawipd.pdf
- Report of a tripartite workshop, Lilongwe, Malawi, 16-17 May 2006
- ILO / Government of Flanders / Irish Aid
- ISBN 9789221195405 and 9789221195412 (web pdf)
- 2007
- AND MUCH MORE.....
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics
- Montreal, Canada
- Education Counts: Benchmarking Progress in 19 WEI Countries [18 September 2007]
- World Education Indicators 2007
- http://www.uis.unesco.org/template/pdf/wei/2007/WEI2007report.pdf
- [full-text, 145 pages]
- See press release 18 September 2007
- China leads the world in the number of university graduates
- http://www.uis.unesco.org/ev_en.php?ID=6988_201&ID2=DO_TOPIC
- World Bank
- GOVERNANCE MATTERS 2007: WORLD-WIDE GOVERNANCE INDICATORS 1996-2006 [July 2007]
- http://info.worldbank.org/governance/wgi2007/home.htm
- INDIVIDUAL COUNTRY DATA REPORTS
- http://info.worldbank.org/governance/wgi2007/pdf_country.asp
- Access Governance Indicators by COUNTRY [All Indicators for one country]
- http://info.worldbank.org/governance/wgi2007/sc_country.asp
- Access Governance Indicators for SELECTED COUNTRIES
- http://info.worldbank.org/governance/wgi2007/mc_countries.asp
- MAPPING GOVERNANCE by INDICATOR
- http://info.worldbank.org/governance/wgi2007/worldmap_start.asp?allcountries=1
- BLS:
- OCCUPATIONAL OUTLOOK QUARTERLY ONLINE [21 September 2007]
- Summer 2007, Vol 51, Number 2
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/ooqhome.htm
- Sky-high careers: Jobs related to airlines
- Tammi Dillon
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2007/summer/art01.pdf
- [full-text, 12 pages]
- Flexible work: Adjusting the when and where of your job
- Elka Maria Torpey
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2007/summer/art02.pdf
- [full-text, 14 pages]
- Health educators: Working for wellness
- Colleen Teixeira
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2007/summer/art03.pdf
- [full-text, 7 pages]
- Earnings data from BLS: What we have and how to find it
- Elka Maria Torpey
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2007/summer/art04.pdf
- [full-text, 9 pages]
- Grab bag
- Brief items of interest to counselors and students.
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2007/summer/grabbag.pdf
- [full-text, 2 pages]
- You're a what?
- You're a what? Cobbler
- Kathleen Green
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2007/summer/yawhat.pdf
- [full-text, 2 pages]
- OOChart
- Parents and work, 2006
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2007/summer/oochart.pdf
- [full-text, 1 pages]
- Census:Current Population Reports
- By Timothy S. Grall
- Consumer Income
- Custodial Mothers and Fathers and Their Child Support: 2005 [20 September 2007]
- http://www.census.gov/prod/2007pubs/p60-234.pdf
- [full-text, 12 pages]
- Detailed Tables
- http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/childsupport/childsupport.html
- Press Release
- Fewer Custodial Parents on Public Assistance [20 September 2007]
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/children/010634.html
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL32697
- Income and Poverty Among Older Americans in 2006
- Updated September 24, 2007
- Patrick Purcell, Specialist in Income Security, Domestic Social Policy Division
- http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL32697_20070924.pdf
- [full-text, 25 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RS22714
- August 29, 2007
- U.S. Postal Service Workforce Size and Employment Categories, 1986-2006
- Kevin R. Kosar, Analyst in American National Government, Government and
- Finance Division
- http://opencrs.cdt.org/rpts/RS22714_20070829.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL34175
- U.S. Health Care Spending: Comparison with Other OECD Countries
- September 17, 2007
- Chris L. Peterson and Rachel Burton, Domestic Social Policy Division
- http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34175_20070917.pdf
- [full-text, 65 pages]
- U.S. Department of Labor
- Office of Labor-Management Standards
- Selected Enforcement Actions in August 2007 [17 September 2007]
- http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/esa/ESA20071415-actions.htm
- ESA News Release: [09/17/2007]
- U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Labor-Management Standards reports 11 indictments, eight convictions during August for union funds embezzlement
- http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/esa/ESA20071415.htm
- GAO: MODERNIZING FEDERAL DISABILITY POLICY: Highlights from a Forum, GAO-07-9 934SP [3 August 2007]
- http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d07934sp.pdf
- [full-text, 30 pages]
- Treasury Department (Treas)
- Issue Brief No. 1 Social Security Reform: The Nature of the Problem [24 September 2007]
- http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/hp572.htm
- or
- http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/reports/post.pdf
- [full-text, 14 pages]
- AARP/Towers Perrin
- AARP Profit From Experience
- Perspectives of Employers, Workers and Policymakers in the G7 Countries on the New Demographic Realities
- A Report for AARP Prepared by Towers Perrin, September 2007
- http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/econ/intl_older_worker.pdf
- [full-text, 124 pages]
- Executive Summary
- http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/econ/intl_older_worker_1.pdf
- [full-text, 24 pages]
- Press Release
- http://www.aarp.org/research/work/employment/intl_older_worker.html
- AARP
- Multi-national SC Johnson Heads AARP's 2007 List of Best Employers for Workers Over 50
- Principal, Michelin North America Among Other Corporate Leaders Demonstrating World Class Policies Toward 50+ Employees / News Release
- September 25, 2007
- http://www.aarp.org/research/work/employment/bestemployers.html
- [scroll down page for list]
- Question of the Month [on BLS Data on MOONLIGHTING (Multiple Jobholders)]
- From the Catherwood Library reference librarians
- September 2007
- http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/research/questionofthemonth/sep07.html
- Migration Policy Institute (MPI)
- Foreign-Born Wage and Salary Workers in the US Labor Force and Unions [28 August 2007]
- By Chuncui Velma Fan and Jeanne Batalova, PhD
- Migration Policy Institute
- http://www.migrationinformation.org/USfocus/display.cfm?id=638
- or
- http://www.migrationinformation.org/USfocus/print.cfm?ID=638
- National Women's Law Center (NWLC)
- State Child Care Assistance Policies 2007: Some Steps Forward, More Progress Needed [24 September 2007]
- http://www.nwlc.org/pdf/StateChildCareAssistancePoliciesReport07Web.pdf
- [full-text, 28 pages]
- Watson Wyatt Identifies Major Benefit Trends During Open Enrollment Season [24 September 2007]
- Financial Incentives/Penalties for Healthy Behaviors, Full Coverage for Preventive Care Highlight Trends
- http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=17820
- Watson Wyatt
- Merit Raises for 2008 Highest in Asia, Latin America, Watson Wyatt Finds [25 September 2007]
- Employees in United States, Europe to See Lesser Increases in 2008
- http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=17830
- Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
- NEWS RELEASE
- Transcripts of Federal Court Proceedings Nationwide To Be Available Online [18 September 2007]
- http://www.uscourts.gov/Press_Releases/judconf091807.html
- Social Security Administration (SSA)
- Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Africa, 2007 [25 September 2007]
- http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2006-2007/africa/index.html
- or
- http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2006-2007/africa/ssptw07africa.pdf
- [full-text, 194 pages]
- See also
- EUROPE
- http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2006-2007/europe/index.html
- ASIA and the PACIFIC
- http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2006-2007/asia/index.html
- AMERICAS
- http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2004-2005/americas/index.html
- BEA: NEW!
- BEA Introduces New Measures of the Metropolitan Economy [26 September 2007]
- Prototype Estimates of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by Metropolitan Area, 2001-2005
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/gdp_metro/2007/gdp_metro0907.htm
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/gdp_metro/2007/pdf/gdp_metro0907.pdf
- [full-text, 15 pages]
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/gdp_metro/2007/xls/gdp_metro0907.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- and
- Highlights
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/gdp_metro/2007/pdf/gdp_metro0907_fax.pdf
- BEA: U.S. Travel and Tourism Satellite Accounts [24 September 2007]
- REAL DIRECT TOURISM OUTPUT GREW 0.9 PERCENT IN SECOND QUARTER 2007
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/industry/tourism/2007/tour207.htm
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/industry/tourism/2007/pdf/tour207.pdf
- [full-text, 7 pages]
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/industry/tourism/2007/xls/tour207.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- and
- Background Information
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/industry/tourism/tourbackground.htm
- Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
- Detailed Tool for Industry Analysis is Now Available
- Benchmark Input-Output Accounts of the U.S. Economy, 2002 [21 September 2007]
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/industry/io/ionewsrelease.htm
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/industry/io/2007/pdf/io907.pdf
- TABLES
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/industry/io/2007/xls/io907.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- Table 1. The Make of Commodities by Industries before Redefinitions, 2002 [Text]
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/industry/io/2007/txt/NAICSMakeDetail_io907.txt
- Table 2. The Use of Commodities by Industries before Redefinitions, 2002 [Text]
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/industry/io/2007/txt/NAICSUseDetail_io907.txt
- Benchmark Input-Output Data
- 2002 DATA FILES
- http://www.bea.gov/industry/io_benchmark.htm#2002data
- BEA: State Personal Income: Second Quarter 2007 [20 September 2007]
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/spi/sqpi_newsrelease.htm
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/spi/2007/pdf/spi0907.pdf
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- and
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/spi/2007/xls/spi0907.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- and
- Highlights
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/spi/2007/pdf/spi0907_fax.pdf
- BLS: LABSTAT Database
- http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/outside.jsp?survey=ce
- BLS: REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: AUGUST 2007 [25 September 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/laus.pdf
- [full-text, 19 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/laus.supp.toc.htm
- BLS: MASS LAYOFFS IN AUGUST 2007 [21 September 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: EMPLOYER COSTS FOR EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION-JUNE 2007 [20 September 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ecec.pdf
- [full-text, 26 pages]
- BLS: CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: AUGUST 2007 [19 September 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cpi.pdf
- [full-text, 20 pages]
- BLS: REAL EARNINGS IN AUGUST 2007 [19 September 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/realer.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/realer.pdf
- [full-text, 5 pages]
- FBI
- Crime in the United States, 2006 [24 September 2007]
- By offense, by region, by state, by local agency
- http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2006/index.html
- or
- http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2006/documents/index.html
- Press Release 24 September 2007
- FBI Releases its 2006 Crime Statistics
- http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2006/about/crime_summary.html
- or
- http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2006/documents/pressreleasecius06.pdf
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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# posted by SBasefsky : 6:27 AM
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 19 September 2007
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, 19 September 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, 19 September 2007
Academic Research
- The Changing Landscape of Pensions in the United States
- http://www.nber.org/papers/w13381.pdf
- [full-text, 43 pages]
- James Poterba, <Steven Venti, David A. Wise
- NBER Working Paper No. 13381
- Issued in September 2007
- ---- Abstract -----
- http://papers.nber.org/papers/w13381
- ILR Press (an imprint of Cornell University Press)
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSES
- A Comparative History of Health Care Problems and Solutions in the United States and France [September 2007]
- Paul V. Dutton
- http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=4724
- $29.95s cloth
- 2007, 272 pages, 6 x 9, 1 table, 2 line figures, 2 halftones
- ISBN: 978-0-8014-4512-5
- NOTE: The GURN is a cooperation project of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD (TUAC) , the Global Union Federations (GUFs), the ILO's International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS) and the ILO's Bureau for Workers' Activities (ACTRAV). Currently, the ITUC, TUAC and ILO/ACTRAV form the steering committee of the GURN.
- Additional GURN Discussion Papers are found at -- http://www.gurn.info/papers/index.html
- Global Union Research Network (GURN)
- Discussion Paper No.7:
- Global Health in the Intensive Care Unit: The Strategic Role of Trade Unions in Achieving "Health for All"
- by Edlira Xhafa (Sep 07)
- http://www.gurn.info/papers/dp7.pdf
- [full-text, 48 pages]
- Catherwood Library, ILR School, Cornell University
- NEWLY DIGITIZED and FREE for RESEARCHERS & SCHOLARS
- Lloyd G. Reynolds and Charles C. Killingsworth's
- Trade Union Publications: The Official Journals, Convention Proceedings and Constitutions of International Unions and Federations, 1850-1941. Baltimore, The John Hopkins Press, 1944.
- http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/tradeunionpubs/
International
- Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- ADB INSTITUTE RESEARCH PAPER 72
- Technology and Indonesia's Industrial Competitiveness [28 August 2007]
- by Thee Kian Wie
- http://www.adbi.org/research-paper/2006/08/28/1962.industrial.competitiveness.indonesia/
- and
- http://www.adbi.org/files/2006.08.rp72.industrial.technology.competitiveness.indonesia.pdf
- [full-text, 27 pages]
- EUROPA > European Commission > Economic and Financial Affairs > Publications > European Economy
- LABOUR MARKET AND WAGE DEVELOPMENTS IN 2006 WITH SPECIAL FOCUS ON RELATIVE UNIT LABOUR
- COST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE EURO AREA
- (EUROPEAN ECONOMY. No. 4. 2007. Office for Official Publications of the EC. Luxembourg. 202pp. Tabl. Graph. Bibliog.)
- ISBN 978-92-79-04949-1; Catalogue N° KC-AR-07-004-EN-C; ISSN 0379-0991 (print); ISSN 1725-3217 (online)
- http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/publications/european_economy/labour_mkt_wage2007_en.htm
- or
- http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/publications/european_economy/2007/ee0407_en.pdf
- [full-text, 202 pages]
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)
- EMCC case studies -
- Managing large-scale restructuring: MG Rover [14 September 2007]
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/801/en/1/ef07801en.pdf
- [full-text, 14 pages]
- ILO Lima, Peru
- 2006 LABOR OVERVIEW: LATIN AMERICA & the CARIBBEAN
- http://www.oit.org.pe/portal/documentos/2006_labour_overview.pdf
- [full-text, 85 pages]
- and
- STATISTICAL ANNEX
- http://www.oit.org.pe/portal/documentos/2006_lo_statistical_annex.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- and in Spanish at
- La Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT) Lima
- PANORAMA LABORAL 2006: América Latina y el Caribe
- http://www.oit.org.pe/portal/documentos/pl_2006_esp_final_corregido.pdf
- [full-text, 87 pages]
- and
- Anexo estadístico
- http://www.oit.org.pe/portal/documentos/pl_2006_cuadros_anexos.xls
- ILO
- Bureau for Gender Equality
- International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour
- Girls in mining: Research findings from Ghana, Niger, Peru and the United Republic of Tanzania [13 September 2007]
- http://www.ilo.org/dyn/gender/docs/RES/539/F181278003/Girls%20in%20Mining.pdf
- [full-text, 28 pages]
- See Press Release --
- http://www.ilo.org/global/About_the_ILO/Media_and_public_information/Feature_stories/lang--en/WCMS_084034/index.htm
- Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
- Labor Compass / Compás Laboral [Latin America]
- Labor Market
- http://www.iadb.org/res/CompasLaboral/index.cfm?language=english?language=En&parid=1
- [see categories in left margin]
- OECD
- Education at a Glance 2007: OECD Indicators [18 September 2007]
- http://www.oecd.org/document/30/0,3343,en_2649_201185_39251550_1_1_1_1,00.html
- or
- http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/4/55/39313286.pdf
- [full-text, 451 pages]
- OECD
- Gaining from Migration - Towards a New Mobility System [dated July 2007, released 13 September 2007]
- http://www.oecd.org/document/30/0,3343,en_2649_201185_39207646_1_1_1_1,00.html
- See Press Release [13 September 2007]
- Migration: New Policies for Greater Gains
- http://www.oecd.org/LongAbstract/0,3425,en_2649_201185_39281508_119690_1_1_1,00.html
- BLS: Compensation and Working Conditions (CWC) Online
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/home.htm
- Experimental Estimates of Compensation Levels and Trends for Workers in the 15 Largest Metropolitan Areas, 2004-05 [09/17/2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20070912ar01p1.htm
- BLS
- Regional Report
- Summary 07-06
- September 2007
- Labor market risks of a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in Alameda County [17 September 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/alameda.pdf
- [full-text, 4 pages]
- Census
- Current Population Reports
- By Nasrin Dalirazar
- Household Economic Studies
- Issued September 2007
- P70-111
- Reasons People Do Not Work: 2004 [17 September 2007]
- http://www.census.gov/prod/2007pubs/p70-111.pdf
- [full-text, 24 pages]
- Census
- International Population Reports
- Issued September 2007
- P95/07-2
- Health and Health Care of the Older Population in Urban/Rural China: 2000 [18 September 2007]
- by He, Wan and Manisha Sengupta, Kaiti Zhang and Ping Guo
- http://www.census.gov/prod/2007pubs/p95-07-2.pdf
- [full-text, 79 pages]
- and
- DETAILED TABLES--
- http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/age/china-2000.html
- New Census Bureau Data Reveal More Older Workers, Homeowners, Non-English Speakers [12 September 2007]
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/american_community_survey_acs/010601.html
- Detailed Tables
- http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DatasetMainPageServlet?_program=ACS&_submenuId=&_lang=en&_ts =
- 2006 Data User Guide (American Community Survey)
- http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Products/users_guide/
- Media Tool Kit
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2004/NewsMediaKit.html
- National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
- NCES 2007-039
- September 2007
- Status and Trends in the Education of Racial and Ethnic Minorities [12 September 2007]
- http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2007/minoritytrends/
- or
- http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2007039
- or
- http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2007/2007039.pdf
- [full-text, 177 pages]
- United States International Trade Commission (USITC)
- Publication 3948 September 2007
- U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement:
- Potential Economy-wide and Selected Sectoral Effects [11 September 2007]
- Investigation No. TA-2104-025
- http://hotdocs.usitc.gov/docs/pubs/2104F/pub3948.pdf
- [full-text, 175 pages]
- United States International Trade Commission (USITC)
- Publication 3946 September 2007
- Probable Economic Effect of Modifications to DR-CAFTA Rules of Origin and Tariffs for Certain Apparel Goods [18 September 2007]
- Investigation No. DR-CAFTA-103-16
- http://hotdocs.usitc.gov/docs/pubs/103/pub3946.pdf
- [full-text, 73 pages]
- Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
- NOTES
- September 2007, Vol. 28, No. 9
- The Expected Impact of Automatic Escalation of 401(k) Contributions on Retirement Income
- http://www.ebri.org/pdf/notespdf/EBRI_Notes_09a-20071.pdf
- [full-text, 12 pages]
- The Expected Impact of Automatic Escalation of 401(k) Contributions on Retirement Income
- Executive Summary
- http://www.ebri.org/publications/notes/index.cfm?fa=notesDisp&content_id=3844
- Press Release 12 September 2007
- New Research from EBRI:
- Automatic 401(k) Escalation: Likely Impact on Accumulations "Significant"
- http://www.ebri.org/pdf/PR_775_12Sept07.pdf
- European Trade Union Institute (ETUI)
- European Economic and Employment Policy Brief
- No. 4 -- 2007
- Flexicurity and the reform of the Austrian severance-pay system [18 September 2007]
- by Gerald Klec
- http://www.etui-rehs.org/research/media/files/eeepb/2007/4_2007
- [full-text, 11 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL32380
- Federal Prison Industries
- Updated July 13, 2007
- Nathan James, Analyst in Social Legislation, Domestic Social Policy Division
- http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL32380.pdf
- [full-text, 26 pages]
- NLRB TO HOLD ORAL ARGUMENT ON WHETHER
- EMPLOYEES OF A LESSEE RESTAURANT CAN DISTRIBUTE
- HANDBILLS ON PROPERTY OF LESSOR HOTEL [4 September 2007]
- http://www.nlrb.gov/shared_files/Press%20Releases/2007/R-2632.pdf
- [Briefs and other documents related to this case can be found at
- http://www.nlrb.gov/research/frequently_requested_documents.aspx]
- BLS: Producer Price Indexes - August 2007 [18 September 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ppi.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ppi.pdf
- [full-text, 18 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/ppi.supp.toc.htm
- BLS: U.S. IMPORT AND EXPORT PRICE INDEXES - AUGUST 2007 - [14 September 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ximpim.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ximpim.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- Announcing New Postsecondary Education Indexes [June 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/mxp/exed.htm
- How the Bureau of Labor Statistics Measures Price Change for Export Postsecondary Education in the U.S. Import/Export Price Indexes
- http://www.bls.gov/mxp/exedfact.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/mxp/exedfact.pdf
- Table 10 U.S. Export Price Indexes for Post-secondary Education Services
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ximpim.t10.htm
- See for historical data
- Table 10 U.S. Export Price Indexes for Postsecondary Education Services
- ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/suppl/ximpim.srv3.txt
- The above comes from
- http://www.bls.gov/web/ximpim.supp.toc.htm
- BLS: Harmonized index of consumer prices for selected countries and areas, percent change from same period of previous year, 2003-2007 [7 September 2007]
- ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ForeignLabor/flshicp.txt
- BLS: Consumer price indexes in nine countries, percent change from same period of previous year, 1995-2007 [7 September 2007]
- ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ForeignLabor/flscpim.txt
- Conference Presented by Cornell University, ILR School
- The High Road Runs Through the City:
- Advocating for Economic Justice at the Local Level
- September 27 & 28, 2007
- Hyatt Regency Hotel
- Buffalo, New York USA
- http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/wied/highroadrunsthroughthecity/
- CONFERENCE PROGRAM
- http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/wied/highRoadRunsThroughTheCity/program/index.html
- REGISTRATION
- http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/wied/highRoadRunsThroughTheCity/registration.html
- BROCHURE
- http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/wied/highRoadRunsThroughTheCity/upload/HiRdConfBroch07.pdf
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- A CBO PAPER
- The Potential for Carbon Sequestration in the United States [12 September 2007]
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/86xx/doc8624/09-12-CarbonSequestration.pdf
- [full-text, 38 pages]
- EuroBarometer
- Medical and Health Research
- A special Eurobarometer public survey [17 September 2007]
- 2007 EUR 22970 EN
- A report produced by TNS Opinion & Social for the Directorate-General for Research coordinated by the Directorate-General for Communication Directorate-General for Research Cooperation/Health
- http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_265_en.pdf
- [full-text, 120 pages]
- Published online April 2, 2007
- PEDIATRICS Vol. 119 No. 4 April 2007, pp. e885-e892 (doi:10.1542/peds.2006-1953)
- http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/119/4/e885
- ARTICLE
- Impact of the State Children's Health Insurance Program on Adolescents in New York
- Jonathan D. Klein, MD, MPH, Laura P. Shone, DrPH, MSW, Peter G. Szilagyi, MD, MPH, Alina Bajorska, MS, Karen Wilson, MD, MPH and Andrew W. Dick, PhD
- Full-text at-
- http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/119/4/e885
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Cornell University
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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
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IWS Weekly Bulletin, 12 September 2007
Academic Research
- International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS) at the ILO
- Geneva
- Discussion Paper 178/2007
- See additional papers at -- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/papers/index.htm
- Globalization, the impact of trade liberalization, and labour law: The case of South Africa
- by Jan Theron, Shane Godfrey and Margareet Visser
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/download/dp17807.pdf
- [full-text, 37 pages]
- Explaining the Spread of At-Will Employment as an Inter-Jurisdictional Race-to-the-Bottom of Employment Standards
- RICHARD A. BALES
- Northern Kentucky University - Salmon P. Chase College of Law
- July 19, 2007
- http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=989013
- or
- http://works.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=richard_bales
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
- Research Net. Working Papers: R-539
- Discrimination and Social Networks: Popularity among High School Students in Argentina
- http://www.iadb.org/res/pub_desc.cfm?pub_id=R-539
- or
- http://www.iadb.org/res/publications/pubfiles/pubR-539.pdf
- [full-text, 42 pages]
- Author:
- Elías, Víctor, Ronconi, Lucas, Elías, Julio
- Published:
- August 2007
- Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
- Research Dep. Working Papers: WP-614
- Discrimination in Latin America : an elephant in the room?
- http://www.iadb.org/res/pub_desc.cfm?pub_id=WP-614
- or
- http://www.iadb.org/res/publications/pubfiles/pubWP-614.pdf
- [full-text, 28 pages]
- Author:
- Chong, Alberto, Ñopo, Hugo
- Published:
- July 2007
- Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
- Market or State? Three Decades of Reforms in the Latin American Electric Power Industry [July 2007]
- Millan, Jose Jaime
- ISBN: 13: 978-1-59782-055-4
- http://idbdocs.iadb.org/wsdocs/getdocument.aspx?docnum=1042168
- [full-text, 308 pages]
- UC Berkeley Labor Center
- Job Quality and Black Workers: An Examination of the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York [2 September 2007]
- http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/blackworkers/black_workers_2007.pdf
- [full-text, 60 pages]
- or
- Executive Summary
- http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/blackworkers/black_workers_2007_summary.pdf
- [full-text, 24 pages]
International
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- Minimum wages in Europe - Background paper [7 September 2007]
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0783.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/83/en/1/ef0783en.pdf
- [full-text, 13 pages]
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- Working conditions surveys A comparative analysis [29 August 2007]
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0744.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/44/en/1/ef0744en.pdf
- [full-text, 60 pages]
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- Financial participation of employees in the European Union: Much ado about nothing? (Background Paper) [3 September 2007]
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0772.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/72/en/1/ef0772en.pdf
- [full-text, 32 pages]
- ILO
- Key Indicators of the Labour Market, Fifth Edition
- http://www.ilo.org/kilm
- and registration (free)
- http://kilm.ilo.org/2007/register/
- Press Release
- New ILO report says US leads the world in labour productivity, some regions are catching up, most lag behind [2 September 2007]
- http://www.ilo.org/global/About_the_ILO/Media_and_public_information/Press_releases/lang--en/WCMS_083976/index.htm
- Video - Interview with Lawrence J. Johnson on Key Indicators of the Labour Market (KILM), 5th Edition
- * < http://www.ilo.org/global/About_the_ILO/Media_and_public_information/Broadcast_materials/Videointerviews/lang--en/docName--WCMS_083985/index.htm >
- Video - East Asia is the growth productivity story of the decade, according to new figures from the Key Indicators of the Labour Market, released this week at a press conference in Geneva.
- * < http://www.ilo.org/global/About_the_ILO/Media_and_public_information/Broadcast_materials/B-rolls/lang--en/docName--WCMS_083987/index.htm >
- BLS: MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW ONLINE [31 August 2007]
- July/August 2007
- Vol. 130, Number 7/8
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/mlrhome.htm
- Price highlights, 2006: energy goods retreat, moderating producer prices
- Tammy Hredzak, Joseph Kowal, Antonio Lombardozzi, and William Snyders
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2007/07/art1full.pdf
- [full-text, 14 pages]
- Railroad-related work injury fatalities
- Dino Drudi
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2007/07/art2full.pdf
- [full-text, 9 pages]
- Earnings by gender: evidence from Census 2000
- Daniel H. Weinberg
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2007/07/art3full.pdf
- [full-text, 9 pages]
- Reports
- Labor force status of families: a visual essay
- Stella Cromartie
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2007/07/ressum.pdf
- [coming soon]
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- Economic and Budget Issue Brief
- Assessing Pay and Benefits for Military Personnel
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdoc.cfm?index=8550&type=0
- or
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/85xx/doc8550/08-15-MilitaryCompensation_Brief.pdf
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL34155
- Income Inequality and the U.S. Tax System
- September 4, 2007
- Thomas L. Hungerford, Specialist in Public Finance, Government and Finance Division
- http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34155_20070904.pdf
- [full-text, 25 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL30122
- Pension Sponsorship and Participation: Summary of Recent Trends
- Updated September 6, 2007
- Patrick Purcell, Specialist in Income Security, Domestic Social Policy Division
- http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL30122_20070906.pdf
- [full-text, 20 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL30629
- Older Workers: Employment and Retirement Trends
- Updated September 7, 2007
- Patrick Purcell, Specialist in Income Security, Domestic Social Policy Division
- http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL30629_20070907.pdf
- [full-text, 19 pages]
- U.S. Department of Labor
- Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB)
- The Department of Labor's 2006 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor [4 September 2007]
- Report Required by the Trade and Development Act of 2000
- http://www.dol.gov/ilab/programs/ocft/PDF/2006OCFTreport.pdf
- [full-text, 706 pages]
- U.S. Labor Department issues sixth annual report on child labor in trade beneficiary countries [4 September 2007]
- Report required under Trade and Development Act
- http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/ilab/ILAB20071325.htm
- Federal Reserve Bank of New York
- September 4, 2007
- "The Demand for Local Services and Infrastructure Created by an Aging Population,"
- by Richard Deitz and Ramon Garcia
- (Upstate New York Regional Review, vol. 2, no. 1)
- http://www.newyorkfed.org/research/regional_economy/upstate/upstatenews2-1.html
- or
- http://www.newyorkfed.org/research/regional_economy/upstate/reg_rev2-1.pdf
- [full-text, 5 pages]
- See Press Release, 4 September 2007
- http://www.newyorkfed.org/newsevents/news/research/2007/rp070904.html
- Federal Reserve Board (FRB)
- THE BEIGE BOOK [5 September 2007]
- http://www.federalreserve.gov/fomc/beigebook/2007/
- or
- http://www.federalreserve.gov/fomc/beigebook/2007/20070905/FullReport.htm
- GAO: Health Care 20 Years From Now: Taking Steps Today to Meet Tomorrow's Challenges.
- (Highlights of a forum convened by the comptroller general of the United States.) GAO-07-1155SP, September 2007.
- http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-07-1155SP
- or
- http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d071155sp.pdf
- [full-text, 38 pages]
- and
- Highlights -
- http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d071155sphigh.pdf
- National Center for Education Statistics (NCES_
- New! Mini-Digest of Education Statistics 2006 [6 September 2007]
- http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2007067
- or
- http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2007/2007067.pdf
- [full-text, 75 pages]
- Social Security Administration (SSA)
- Earnings and Employment Data for Workers Covered Under Social Security and Medicare, by State and County, 2004
- (released August 2007)
- http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/eedata_sc/2004/index.html
- or
- http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/eedata_sc/2004/eedata_sc04.pdf
- [full-text, 485 pages]
- or
- http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/eedata_sc/2004/eedata_sc04.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- Social Security Administration (SSA)
- Annual Statistical Report on the Social Security Disability Insurance Program, 2006
- (released August 2007)
- http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/di_asr/2006/index.html
- or
- http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/di_asr/2006/di_asr06.pdf
- [full-text, 181 pages]
- or
- http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/di_asr/2006/di_asr06.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- European Trade Union Institute for Research, Education and Health and Safety (ETUI-REHS)
- NOTE: The item below refers to TRANSFER (Periodical) --
- see http://www.etui-rehs.org/research/publications/regular_publications/transfer
- or for this specific issue, see
- http://www.etui-rehs.org/research/publications/regular_publications/transfer/2007/transfer_2_2007_accommodating_and_managing_change_trade_union_strategies_in_europe
- 6/09/2007 - Press release:
- Trade Unions in the modern world: Tracing the path towards strategies that successfully manage change (Transfer 02/2007)
- http://www.etui-rehs.org/en/about_etui_rehs/press/press_releases#022007
- or
- http://www.etui-rehs.org/en/content/download/1222/6168/file/MASTERENCP022007TRANSFERMANAGINGCHANGE.pdf
- Greater Manchester Hazards Centre
- Web site: http://www.gmhazards.org.uk/
- The following is found at the web site above under CAMPAIGNING.
- Press Release immediate use 7th September 2007
- http://www.gmhazards.org.uk/PR%20re%20Work%20Foundation%207.9.07.doc
- NOTE: The above is a response to the latest Work Foundation Report (see below in this category)
- Hudson Employment Index Tumbles in August [5 September 2007]
- Worker Confidence Plunges to Lowest Reading in Nearly Two Years
- http://www.hudson-index.com/node.asp?SID=8362
- or
- http://www.hudson-index.com/documents/us-hudson-index-release-090507.pdf
- [full-text, 3 pages]
- MORE DETAIL at
- http://www.hudson-index.com/
- Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR)
- Fact Sheet
- IWPR #B527 August 2007
- Maternity Leave in the United States
- Paid Parental Leave is still Not Standard, even among the Best U.S. Employers
- http://www.iwpr.org/pdf/parentalleave.pdf
- [full-text, 5 pages]
- PRESS RELEASE: September 5, 2007
- Contact: Elisabeth Crum 202.785.5100 x24
- Even the Best U.S. Corporations Fail to Provide Maternity and Paternity Leave
- New IWPR Analysis Reveals Minimal Coverage for Working Parents
- http://www.iwpr.org/pdf/parentalleaverelease.pdf
- Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF)
- "The Burden of Out-of-Pocket Health Spending Among Older Versus Younger Adults: Analysis from the Consumer Expenditure Survey, 1998-2003" [7 September 2007]
- analysis by Katherine A. Desmond, M.S., and Thomas Rice, Ph.D., of the University of California, Los Angeles; and Juliette Cubanski, Ph.D. and Patricia Neuman, Sc.D., of the Kaiser Family Foundation.
- http://www.kff.org/medicare/7686.cfm
- or
- http://www.kff.org/medicare/upload/7686.pdf
- Mercer
- After a three-year lull, health benefit cost growth picks up a little speed in 2008
- United States
- New York, 5 September 2007
- http://www.mercerhr.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1279545;jsessionid=HE5ENIWEZCJWCCTGOUFCHPQKMZ0QUJLW
- Towers Perrin
- Press Release
- Towers Perrin Survey Shows Corporate Reward Programs Out of Date in a Rapidly Changing Market [5 September 2007]
- Results Show Rewards and Performance Management Seldom in Line With Business Strategy and Viewed as Less Than Effective in Meeting Business Needs
- http://www.towersperrin.com/tp/jsp/hrservices_webcache_html.jsp?webc=HR_Services/United_States/Press_Releases/2007/20070905/2007_09_05.htm&selected=press&language_code=global
- Watson Wyatt
- THE WORLD'S LARGEST 300 PENSION FUNDS
- http://www.watsonwyatt.com/europe/research/pdf/PI_300_Analysis_2007.pdf
- [full-text, 31 pages]
- Press Release [5 September 2007]
- Top global pension funds reach ten trillion dollar mark
- http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=17780
- The Work Foundation (UK)
- Fit for Work: Musculoskeletal Disorders and Labour Market Participation
- http://www.theworkfoundation.com/products/publications/azpublications/fitforwork.aspx
- or
- http://www.theworkfoundation.com/Assets/PDFs/fit_for_work_small.pdf
- [full-text, 72 pages]
- Press Release
- Work is 'cure as well as cause' of major workplace illnesses
- 07 September 2007
- http://www.theworkfoundation.com/aboutus/media/pressreleases/workiscureaswellascauseofmajorworkplaceillnesses.aspx
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RS22697
- July 23, 2007
- Federal Law on Parking Privileges for Persons with Disabilities
- Anna Henning, Law Clerk, American Law Division
- http://opencrs.cdt.org/rpts/RS22697_20070723.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL33313
- Congressional Commissions, Committees, Boards, and Groups: Appointment Authority and Membership
- Updated April 4, 2007
- Matthew E. Glassman, Analyst in American National Government, Government and Finance Division
- http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL33313.pdf
- [full-text, 123 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RS22713
- August 28, 2007
- Health and Safety Concerns Over U.S. Imports of Chinese Products: An Overview
- Wayne M. Morrison, Specialist in International Trade and Finance, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division
- http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22713_20070828.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- General Accountability Office (GAO)
- Employer-Sponsored Benefits: Many Factors Affect the Treatment of Pension and Health Benefits in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. GAO-07-1101, September 6.
- http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d071101.pdf
- [full-text, 48 pages]
- and
- Highlights
- http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d071101high.pdf
- Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
- U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES July 2007 [11 September 2007]
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/tradnewsrelease.htm
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2007/pdf/trad0707.pdf
- [full-text, 47 pages]
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2007/xls/trad0707.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- and
- Highlights
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2007/pdf/trad0707_fax.pdf
- BLS: JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER: JULY 2007 [11 September 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/jolts.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/jolts.pdf
- [full-text, 14 pages]
- BLS: Employment from the BLS household and payroll surveys: summary of recent trends [7 September 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/web/ces_cps_trends.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- BLS: Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
- Issues in Labor Statistics
- Summary 07-08/ August 2007
- Security guard employment before and after 2001
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/ils/pdf/opbils61.pdf
- [full-text, 2 pages]
- BLS: Unemployment rates in ten countries, civilian labor force basis, approximating U.S. concepts, seasonally adjusted, 1995-2007 [7 September 2007]
- ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ForeignLabor/flsjec.txt
- BLS: Unemployment rates in the European Union and selected member countries, civilian labor force basis (1), seasonally adjusted, 1995-2007 [7 September 2007]
- ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ForeignLabor/flseur.txt
- BLS: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: AUGUST 2007 [7 September 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf
- [full-text, 28 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/empsit.supp.toc.htm
- BLS: PRODUCTIVITY AND COSTS Second Quarter 2007, Revised [6 September 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod2.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod2.pdf
- [full-text, 15 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/prod2.supp.toc.htm
- Facts for Features from the Census Bureau
- Hispanic Heritage Month 2007:
- Sept. 15 Oct. 15
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/010327.html
- or
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2007/cb07ff-14.pdf
- [full-text, 7 pages]
- Economist.com
- Selected Rankings from the Pocket World in Figures [22 August 2007]
- RANKINGS by TOPIC and COUNTRY
- http://www.economist.com/markets/rankings/
- [use pull-down menu on right]
- Cornell
- NEW YORK MarketMaker [Database]
- http://nymarketmaker.cornell.edu/
- Press Release
- Chronicle Online e-News
- New York MarketMaker Web site links farms and businesses across the state [4 September 2007]
- http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Sept07/MarketMaker.ws.html
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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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
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Tuesday, September 04, 2007
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 5 September 2007
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, 5 September 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, 5 September 2007
Academic Research
- Hans-Böckler Foundation
- (WSI-Diskussionspapier 154 , August 2007)
- Hartmut Seifert and Andranik Tangian
- Flexicurity: Reconciling Social Security with Flexibility Empirical Findings for Europe
- http://www.boeckler.de/pdf/p_wsi_diskp_154_e.pdf
- [full-text, 35 pages]
- ILR Press (an imprint of Cornell University Press)
- WHAT WORKERS SAY: Employee Voice in the Anglo-American Workplace [August 2007]
- Richard B. Freeman (Editor); Peter Boxall (Editor); Peter Haynes (Editor)
- http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=4689
International
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)
- COMPARATIVE STUDY
- Industrial relations in the postal sector [24 August 2007]
- August 2007
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0704018s/index.html
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0704018s/tn0704018s.html
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/eiro/tn0704018s/tn0704018s.pdf
- [full-text, 32 pages]
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- EurLIFE (Quality of Life Database) [pages updated 1 August 2007]
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/areas/qualityoflife/eurlife/index.php
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- Working time flexibility in European companies [3 August 2007]
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0739.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/39/en/1/ef0739en.pdf
- [full-text, 83 pages]
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)
- COMPARATIVE STUDY
- Employee financial participation in the New Member States [24 July 2007]
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0701018s/index.html
- [see this page for individual country reports]
- and
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0701018s/tn0701018s.html
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/eiro/tn0701018s/tn0701018s.pdf
- [full-text, 22 pages]
- EuroStat
- Statistics in Focus
- Highly qualified workers in science and technology [23 August 2007]
- National employment characteristics
- http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-SF-07-103/EN/KS-SF-07-103-EN.PDF
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- ILO
- Social Dialogue, Labour Law, and Labour Administration
- INDIA -- Employment Relationship [circa 2000]
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/ifpdial/downloads/wpnr/india.pdf
- [full-text, 44 pages]
- EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/ifpdial/areas/legislation/employ.htm
- [scroll to bottom of page to find numerous other countries]
- BLS: Issues in Labor Statistics
- Summary 07-07/ August 2007
- Wages and Bonuses in Investment Banking [30 August 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/ils/pdf/opbils60.pdf
- [full-text, 2 pages]
- BLS: Charts from the American Time Use Survey [28 August 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/tus/charts/home.htm
- BLS: Compensation and Working Conditions Online [29 August 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/home.htm
- Changes in Occupational Ranking and Hourly Earnings, 1997-2005
- by John E. Buckley
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20070824ar01p1.htm
- BLS: Monthly Labor Review Online [3 August 2007]
- May 2007
- Vol. 130, Number 5
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/mlrhome.htm
- Consumer prices rose less in 2006 than in 2005
- Todd Wilson
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2007/05/art1full.pdf
- [full-text, 5 pages]
- Time use in America
- How do older Americans spend their time?
- Rachel Krantz-Kent and Jay Stewart
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2007/05/art2full.pdf
- [full-text, 19 pages]
- Comparing childcare measures in the ATUS and earlier time diary studies
- Mary Dorinda Allard, Suzanne Bianchi, Jay Stewart, and Vanessa R. Wight
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2007/05/art3full.pdf
- [full-text, 10 pages]
- Teen time use and parental education: evidence from the CPS, MTF, and ATUS
- Shirley L. Porterfield and Anne E. Winkler
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2007/05/art4full.pdf
- [full-text, 20 pages]
- BLS: Monthly Labor Review Online [22 August 2007]
- June 2007
- Vol. 130, Number 6
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/mlrhome.htm
- The effects of Hurricane Katrina on the New Orleans economy
- Michael L. Dolfman, Solidelle Fortier Wasser, and Bruce Bergman
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2007/06/art1full.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- Gender differences in occupational distributions among workers
- Paul E. Gabriel and Susanne Schmitz
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2007/06/art2full.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- Census
- Model-based Small Area Health Insurance Estimates for Counties and States [31 July 2007]
- http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/sahie/
- The Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (SAHIE) program provides model-based estimates of health insurance coverage for counties and states.
- NEW: http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/sahie/county_detail.html
- 2001 experimental state estimates by demographic and income characteristics released in July 2007.
- Census
- International Population Reports
- Issued June 2007
- P95/07-1
- Population Aging in Sub-Saharan Africa: Demographic Dimensions 2006 [20 August 2007]
- http://www.census.gov/prod/2007pubs/p95-07-1.pdf
- [full-text, 47 pages]
- Census
- Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2006 report
- http://www.census.gov/prod/2007pubs/p60-233.pdf
- [full-text, 78 pages]
- Press Release [28 August 2007]
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/income_wealth/010583.html
- U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)
- America's Dynamic Workforce: 2007 [3 September 2007]
- http://www.dol.gov/asp/media/reports/workforce2007/
- or
- FULL REPORT
- http://www.dol.gov/asp/media/reports/workforce2007/ADW2007_Full_Text.pdf
- [full-text, 55 pages]
- or
- CHART BOOK
- http://www.dol.gov/asp/media/reports/workforce2007/ADW2007_Chart_Book.pdf
- [full-text, 81 pages]
- Press Release [3 September 2007]
- America's workforce: healthy, competitive and growing
- U.S. Labor Department releases report on state of U.S. workforce Labor Day 2007
- http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/opa/opa20071351.htm
- U.S. Department of Labor
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- August 2007
- Summary 07-05
- National Compensation Survey:
- Employee Benefits in Private Industry in the United States, March 2007 [22 August 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/sp/ebsm0006.pdf
- [full-text, 39 pages]
- National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
- Comparative Indicators of Education in the United States and Other G-8 Countries: 2006 [14 August 2007]
- http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2007006
- or
- http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2007/2007006.pdf
- [full-text, 92 pages]
- National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
- To Teach or Not to Teach? Teaching Experience and Preparation Among 1992-1993 Bachelor's Degree Recipients 10 Years After College [31 July 2007]
- http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2007163
- and
- http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2007/2007163.pdf
- [full-text, 112 pages]
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Special Report | NSF 07-319 | August 2007
- Asia's Rising Science and Technology Strength: Comparative Indicators for Asia, the European Union, and the United States [2 August 2007]
- http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf07319/
- or
- http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf07319/pdf/nsf07319.pdf
- [full-text, 50 pages]
- National Science Foundation
- NSF 07-326 | July 2007 |
- FY 2005 Federal S&E Obligations Reach Over 2,400 Academic and Nonprofit Institutions; Data Presented on Minority-Serving Institutions [1 August 2007]
- http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf07326/
- or
- http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf07326/nsf07326.pdf
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)
- OSHA Dictionaries (English-to-Spanish and Spanish-to-English)
- http://www.osha.gov/dcsp/compliance_assistance/spanish_dictionaries.html
- Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
- Federal Employment Statistics
- Full-Time Permanent Age Distributions
- September 1985 - September 2004 [31 July 2007]
- http://www.opm.gov/feddata/html/Age_Dist.asp
- Brookings Institution
- Immigration: Wages, Education and Mobility
- by Ron Haskins
- July 2007
- http://www.brookings.edu/es/ccf/haskins200707.htm
- or
- http://www3.brookings.edu/es/ccf/haskins200707.pdf
- [full-text, 14 pages]
- Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
- EBRI Notes
- August 2007, Vol. 28, No. 8
- Paperback, 12 pp.
- Employment Status of Workers Age 55 and Older,' and 'Assets in Qualified Retirement Plans, 19852005: Updated [2 August 2007]
- http://www.ebri.org/publications/notes/index.cfm?fa=notesDisp&content_id=3839
- or
- http://www.ebri.org/pdf/notespdf/EBRI_Notes_08-20071.pdf
- [full-text, 12 pages]
- Press Release
- New Research from EBRI:
- More Americans Age 55 and Older Are Working Full Time [2 August 2007]
- http://www.ebri.org/pdf/PR_774_02Aug07.pdf
- Fiscal Policy Institute (FPI)
- The State of Working New York 2007 [1 September 2007]
- http://www.fiscalpolicy.org/SOWNY2007.html
- or
- FULL REPORT
- http://www.fiscalpolicy.org/publications2007/SOWNY/SWNY07_WebEditionAug31.pdf
- [full-text, 81 pages]
- or
- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- http://www.fiscalpolicy.org/publications2007/SOWNY/SWNY07_ExecutiveSummary.pdf
- [full-text, 2 pages]
- and
- RECOMMENDATIONS
- http://www.fiscalpolicy.org/publications2007/SOWNY/SWNY07_CHAPTER%205.pdf
- [full-text, 4 pages]
- RAND
- Student Retention in Higher Education Courses: International Comparison - August 1, 2007
- Christian van Stolk, Jan Tiessen, Jack Clift, Ruth Levitt
- http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR482/
- or
- REPORT FULL-TEXT
- http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2007/RAND_TR482.pdf
- [full-text, 94 pages]
- and
- Summary
- http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2007/RAND_TR482.sum.pdf
- [full-text, 11 pages]
- Towers Perrin
- U.S. Multinationals Show Significant Changes in Participation in Long-Term Incentive Programs, Towers Perrin Survey Finds [24 July 2007]
- Companies With Long-Term Incentive Programs Continue to Revise Awards for Non-U.S. Executives to Remain Globally Competitive
- http://www.towersperrin.com/tp/jsp/hrservices_webcache_html.jsp?webc=HR_Services/United_States/Press_Releases/2007/20070724/2007_07_24.htm&selected=press&language_code=global
- Towers Perrin
- Spotlight
- Winning Strategies for a Global Workforce
- Attracting, Retaining and Engaging Employees for Competitive Advantage
- Towers Perrin Global Workforce Study
- http://www.towersperrin.com/tp/jsp/hrservices_html.jsp?webc=203/global/spotlight/spotlight_gws.htm
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL34097
- Congress's Contempt Power: Law, History, Practice, and Procedure
- July 24, 2007
- Morton Rosenberg, Specialist in American Public Law, American Law Division
- Todd B. Tatelman, Legislative Attorney, American Law Division
- http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL34097.pdf
- [full-text, 68 pages]
- ILO (International Labour Organization)
- Job Creation and Enterprise Development Programme
- Database of Cooperative Law
- http://www.ilo.org/dyn/empent/empent.portal?p_docid=LAWS&p_prog=C&p_subprog=PL
- BEA: PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: JULY 2007 [31 August 2007]
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/pinewsrelease.htm
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2007/pdf/pi0707.pdf
- [full-text, 12 pages]
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2007/xls/pi0707.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- and
- Highlights
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2007/pdf/pi0707_fax.pdf
- Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
- GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT: SECOND QUARTER 2007 (PRELIMINARY) [30 August 2007]
- CORPORATE PROFITS: SECOND QUARTER 2007 (PRELIMINARY)
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/gdpnewsrelease.htm
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2007/pdf/gdp207p.pdf
- [full-text, 15 pages]
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2007/xls/gdp207p.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- and
- Highlights
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2007/pdf/gdp207p_fax.pdf
- BLS: New Quarterly Data From BLS on Business Employment Dynamics by State [30 August 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/bdm/bdmstate.pdf
- [full-text, 11 pages]
- BLS: PRODUCTIVITY AND COSTS BY INDUSTRY:
- WHOLESALE TRADE, RETAIL TRADE, AND FOOD SERVICES AND DRINKING PLACES, 2006 [28 August 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prin.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prin.pdf
- [full-text, 10 pages]
- BLS: EXTENDED MASS LAYOFFS IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2007 [30 August 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/mslo.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/mslo.pdf
- [full-text, 24 pages]
- BLS: EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT AMONG YOUTH--SUMMER 2007 [24 August 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/youth.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/youth.pdf
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- BLS: EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: JULY 2007 [3 August 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf
- [full-text, 28 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/empsit.supp.toc.htm
- Facts for Features from the Census Bureau
- Labor Day 2007: Sept. 3
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/010328.html
- or
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2007/cb07ff-13.pdf
- [full-text, 4 pages]
- BLS: Spotlight on STATISTICS
- BACK to SCHOOL [6 August 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/spotlight/2007/back_to_school/
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- The Cost of Violence in the United States [27 July 2007]
- http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/CostOfViolence.htm
- from the source
- http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/images/Medical_Costs.pdf
- [full-text, 11 pages]
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Mobidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWW)
- August 3, 2007 / 56(30);763-767
- Youth Exposure to Alcohol Advertising in Magazines United States, 20012005
- http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5630a3.htm
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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