Tuesday, September 04, 2007

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 5 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, 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


Government Reports/Press - International, Federal, State, Local


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]


Federal

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


Institutes/Associations/Commercial

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


Law

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


Statistical Reports

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


Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

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

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Institute for Workplace Studies 
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