Wednesday, September 19, 2007
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 19 September 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, 19 September 2007
Academic Research
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/
Government Reports/Press - International, Federal, State, Local
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, 19 September 2007
Academic Research
- The Changing Landscape of Pensions in the United States
Government Reports/Press - International, Federal, State, Local
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
- ADB INSTITUTE RESEARCH PAPER 72
- 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]
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/home.htm
- 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]
- NOTES
- 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
[4 September 2007]- HANDBILLS ON PROPERTY OF LESSOR HOTEL
- 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]
- Order Code RL32380
- 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
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ppi.nr0.htm
- 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
- The High Road Runs Through the City:
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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