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.
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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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