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
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]
Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts
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, 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
- Institute for the Study of Labor
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.....
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/skills/disability/download/stratsyn.pdf
- 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
- ASIAN DEVELOPMENT OUTLOOK, UPDATE 2007 [17 September 2007]
- 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]
- Tammi Dillon
- 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]
- OCCUPATIONAL OUTLOOK QUARTERLY ONLINE [21 September 2007]
- 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
- AARP Profit From Experience
- 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
- NEWS RELEASE
- BEA: NEW!
- BEA Introduces New Measures of the Metropolitan Economy
Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts
- 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
- Crime in the United States, 2006 [24 September 2007]
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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