Wednesday, October 03, 2007
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 3 October 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, 3 October 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, 3 October 2007
Academic Research
- U.S. Department of Labor
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Working Paper 408
- September 2007
- Office of Productivity and Technology
- R&D and Productivity Growth: A Review of the Literature
- by Leo Sveikauskas
- http://www.bls.gov/ore/pdf/ec070070.pdf
- [full-text, 56 pages]
- ILR School, Cornell University
- Ombudsmen in Higher Education: Similarities, Divergences, and the Rise of Alternative Dispute Resolution [August 2007]
- Author: Newhart, Mary J.
- http://ecommons.library.cornell.edu/handle/1813/8147
- or
- http://ecommons.library.cornell.edu/bitstream/1813/8147/1/NewhartMSThesis.pdf
- [full-text, 108 pages
International
- Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- KEY INDICATORS 2007: Inequality in Asia (August 2007)
- http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/Key_Indicators/2007/default.asp
- [scroll down this page for individual country information]
- or
- http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/Key_Indicators/2007/pdf/Key-Indicators-2007.pdf
- [full-text, 491 pages]
- and
- Highlights
- http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/Key_Indicators/2007/pdf/Inequality-in-Asia-Highlights.pdf
- [full-text, 24 pages]
- ADB: Inequality in Asia (Special Chapter)
- http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/Key_Indicators/2007/pdf/Special-Chapter-2007.pdf
- European Parliament
- European "blue card" to solve problem of aging population? [26 September 2007]
- http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/public/story_page/018-10568-267-09-39-902-20070921STO10548-2007-24-09-2007/default_en.htm
- ILO Bankok
- ILO Recent Publications, No.2007/3.
- International labour standards on migrant workers' rights: guide for policymakers and practitioners in Asia and the Pacific
- by ILO Subregional Office for East Asia
- Bangkok: ILO, 2007
- viii, 89 p.
- English version
- ISBN 978-92-2-120246-2 (print version)
- ISBN 978-92-2-120247-9 (web version)
- ISBN 978-92-2-120248-6 (CD version)
- http://www.ilo.org/asia/library/download/pub07-10.pdf
- ILO policy brief on youth employment in Cambodia
- by ILO Subregional Office for East Asia
- Bangkok: ILO, 2007
- 12 p.
- English version
- ISBN 978-92-2-120112-0 (Print version)
- ISBN 978-92-2-120113-7 (Web version)
- http://www.ilo.org/asia/library/download/pub07-08.pdf
- Cambodian version
- ISBN 978-92-2-820112-3 (Print version)
- ISBN 978-92-2-820113-0 (Web version)
- http://www.ilo.org/asia/library/download/pub07-09.pdf
- Lao People's Democratic Republic, report to the Government on the actuarial valuation of the Social Security Fund
- Jean-Claude Hennicot
- Bangkok: ILO, 2007
- xx, 86 p.
- ISBN 978-92-2-118828-5 (Print version)
- ISBN 978-92-2-118829-2 (Web version)
- http://www.ilo.org/asia/library/download/pub07-11.pdf
- Report of independent final evaluation, ILO/Japan Regional Programme on Expansion of Employment Opportunities for Women (EEOW) Viet Nam chapter
- by Nguyen Van Hung, Hoang Thuy Lan and Anne Richmond
- Bangkok: ILO, 2007
- 72 p.
- English version
- ISBN 9789221200895 (Print version)
- ISBN 9789221200901 (Web version)
- http://www.ilo.org/asia/library/download/pub07-05.pdf
- Vietnamese version
- ISBN 9789228200898 (Print version)
- ISBN 9789228200904 (Web version)
- http://www.ilo.org/asia/library/download/pub07-06.pdf
- ILO AP Issues, August 2007
- http://www.ilo.org/asia/download/apissues/issue07_02.pdf
- (Thanks to Chanitda Wiwatchanon, Regional Librarian, ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific for the tip).
- OECD Statistics - beta release [25 September 2007]
- http://stats.oecd.org/wbos/default.aspx
- World Bank
- DOING BUSINESS 2008: Comparing Regulation in 178 Economies [26 September 2007]
- http://www.doingbusiness.org/
- [see pull-down menu(s) upper right corner]
- To get FULL DATA go to
- http://www.doingbusiness.org/CustomQuery/
- Overview
- http://www.doingbusiness.org/documents/DB-2008-overview.pdf
- [full-text, 9 pages]
- Press Release 26 September 2007
- Doing Business 2008: Large Emerging Markets Reforming Fast; Egypt the Top Reformer, Eastern Europe Overtakes East Asia on Ease of Doing Business
- http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:21485981~pagePK:64257043~piPK:437376~theSitePK:4607,00.html
- World Bank EU8+2
- Regular Economic Report
- September 2007 [27 September 2007]
- http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTECA/Resources/RER_Main_FINAL_9-26-07.pdf
- [full-text, 41 pages]
- Statistical Annex
- http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTECA/Resources/RER_Sept_2007_Annex.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- Press Release
- Economic Growth Remains High In The New Eu Member States Despite Recent
- Global Financial Market Turbulence, But Attention Should Be Paid To Persistent Medium Term Challenges
- EU8+2 Regular Economic Report also points to emerging shortages of skilled workers
- Press Release No:2008/077/ECA
- http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:21489898~menuPK:34463~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html
- BLS: Charting the U.S. Labor Market in 2006 [28 September 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/cps/labor2006/home.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/cps/labor2006/chartbook.pdf
- [full-text, 70 pages]
- BLS: Transfer of Collective Bargaining Agreements File to Employment Standards Administration [28 September 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/cba/
- CDC
- National Center for Injury Prevention
- WISQARS -- update [28 September 2007]
- (Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System) is an interactive database system that provides customized reports of injury-related data.
- http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/wisqars/
- Newly Updated are
- WISQARS Nonfatal Injury Reports
- http://webappa.cdc.gov/sasweb/ncipc/nfirates2001.html
- Census
- Press Release
- Census Bureau Releases New Data on Residents of Adult Correctional Facilities, Nursing Homes and Other Group Quarters [27 September 2007]
- Annual Data Also Paint Diverse Portrait of Nation's Race, Ethnic and Ancestry Groups
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/american_community_survey_acs/010709.html
- Detailed tables
- < http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DatasetMainPageServlet?_program=ACS&_submenuId=datasets_1&_lang=en&_ts = >
- 2006 data user guide
- < http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Products/users_guide/>
- ACS media tool kit page
- < http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2004/NewsMediaKit.html>
- 2000 Data (Race, Hispanic Origin)
- < http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/grpqtr.html>
- 1990/2000 Data (Type, Sex, Age)
- < http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/phc-t26.html>
- 1980 Data
- - < http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2007/Institutional.pdf>
- - < http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2007/NonInstitutional.pdf >
- - < http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2007/Type.pdf>
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL34185
- Consumer Spending by Older Americans, 1985 to 2005
- September 24, 2007
- Patrick Purcell, Specialist in Income Security, Domestic Social Policy Division
- http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34185_20070924.pdf
- [full-text, 72 pages]
- EEOC PRESENTS 'FREEDOM TO COMPETE AWARD' FOR BEST PRACTICES IN EMPLOYMENT [26 September 2007]
- Five Employers Honored for Programs Promoting Access and Inclusion
- http://www.eeoc.gov/press/9-26-07.html
- SSA: Fast Facts & Figures About Social Security, 2007
- (released September 2007)
- http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/chartbooks/fast_facts/2007/index.html
- or
- CHART BOOK in HTML
- http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/chartbooks/fast_facts/2007/fast_facts07.html
- or
- http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/chartbooks/fast_facts/2007/fast_facts07.pdf
- [full-text, 42 pages]
- U.S. Commercial Service
- Recent Selected Country Commercial Guides
- INDIA: Country Commercial Guide 2007 [June 2007]
- http://www.buyusainfo.net/docs/x_977445.pdf
- [full-text, 78 pages]
- BRAZIL: Country Commercial Guide 2007
- http://www.buyusainfo.net/docs/x_3004529.pdf
- [full-text, 73 pages]
- GERMANY: Country Commercial Guide 2007
- http://www.buyusainfo.net/docs/x_3537473.pdf
- [full-text, 79 pages]
- KOREA: Countary Commercial Guide 2007
- http://www.buyusainfo.net/docs/x_92080.pdf
- [full-text, 121 pages]
- Unites States International Trade Commission (USITC)
- Publication 3949 September 2007
- U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement: Potential Economy-wide and Selected Sectoral Effects [20 September 2007]
- Investigation No. TA-2104-24
- http://hotdocs.usitc.gov/docs/pubs/2104F/pub3949.pdf
- [full-text, 393 pages]
- RAND
- Evaluating Teacher Quality Under No Child Left Behind - September 24, 2007
- by Beatrice Birman, Kerstin Le Floch, Amy Klekotka, Meredith Ludwig, James Taylor, Kirk Walters, Andrew Wayne, Kwang-Suk Yoon, Georges Vernez, Michael Garet, Jennifer O'Day
- http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9287/
- or
- http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9287/index1.html
- or
- http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/2007/RAND_RB9287.pdf
- [full-text, 3 pages]
- FULL-TEXT REPORT
- State and Local Implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act Volume II
- Teacher Quality Under NCLB: Interim Report
- A report from the National Longitudinal Study of No Child Left Behind (NLS-NCLB) and the
- Study of State Implementation of Accountability and Teacher Quality Under No Child Left Behind (SSI-NCLB)
- http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/2007/RAND_RP1283.pdf
- [full-text, 213 pages]
- Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)
- 20,000 Sign SPLC Petition Urging Congress, President to Stop Guestworker Abuse [26 September 2007]
- http://www.splcenter.org/news/item.jsp?aid=284
- Towers Perrin
- Towers Perrin Health Care Cost Survey Projects That Average Annual Per-Employee Cost for 2008 Will Exceed $9,300 [24 September 2007]
- Data Indicate That Rigorous Management of Health Care Delivery Pays Off High Performing Companies Beating Low Performers on Cost by Nearly 20%
- Pronounced Concerns Remain on Affordability of Health Benefits for Retirees and Low-Wage Workers
- http://www.towersperrin.com/tp/jsp/hrservices_webcache_html.jsp?webc=HR_Services/United_States/Press_Releases/2007/20070924/2007_09_24.htm&selected=press&language_code=global
- Department of Labor
- Family and Medical Leave Act Regulations
- A Report on the Department of Labor's Request for Information 2007 Update
- Employment Standards Administration
- Victoria A. Lipnic, Assistant Secretary
- Wage and Hour Division
- Paul DeCamp, Administrator
- June 2007
- http://www.dol.gov/esa/whd/FMLA2007Report/2007FinalReport.pdf
- [full-text, 181 pages]
- Department of Labor
- WAGE and HOUR Division (WHD)
- STATISTICS FACT SHEETS by YEAR
- 2006
- http://www.dol.gov/esa/whd/statistics/200631.htm
- 2005
- http://www.dol.gov/esa/whd/statistics/200531.htm
- 2004
- http://www.dol.gov/esa/whd/statistics/200411.htm
- 2003
- http://www.dol.gov/esa/whd/statistics/200318.htm
- 2002
- http://www.dol.gov/esa/whd/statistics/200212.htm
- BEA: PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: AUGUST 2007 [28 September 2007]
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2007/pi0807.htm
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2007/pdf/pi0807.pdf
- [full-text, 12 pages]
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2007/xls/pi0807.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- and
- Highlights
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2007/pdf/pi0807_fax.pdf
- BEA: FULL-TEXT REPORT of
- 2007 Research and Development Satellite Account
- Bureau of Economic Analysis/National Science Foundation
- September 28, 2007
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/general/rd/2007/pdf/rdreport07.pdf
- [full-text, 28 pages]
- Press Release
- Research and Development Satellite Account [28 September 2007]
- 2007 Satellite Account Underscores Importance of R&D
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/general/rd/2007/rdspend07.htm
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/general/rd/2007/pdf/rdspend07.pdf
- [full-text, 3 pages]
- BEA: GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT: SECOND QUARTER 2007 (FINAL) [27 September 2007]
- CORPORATE PROFITS: SECOND QUARTER 2007 (FINAL)
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2007/gdp207f.htm
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2007/pdf/gdp207f.pdf
- [full-text, 15 pages]
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2007/xls/gdp207f.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- and
- Highlights
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2007/pdf/gdp207f_fax.pdf
- BLS: METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: AUGUST 2007 [2 October 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/metro.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/metro.pdf
- [full-text, 21 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/metro.supp.toc.htm
- BLS: INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS OF MANUFACTURING PRODUCTIVITY AND UNIT LABOR COST TRENDS 2006 [27 September 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod4.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod4.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- BLS: OCCUPATIONAL PAY COMPARISONS AMONG METROPOLITAN AREAS, 2006 [26 September 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ncspay.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ncspay.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- Census 2000 Brief
- Issued September 2007
- C2KBR-37
- Home Equity Lines of CreditWho Uses This Source of Credit? [25 September 2007]
- http://www.census.gov/prod/2007pubs/c2kbr-37.pdf
- [full-text, 3 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL32170
- Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-2007
- Updated September 12, 2007
- Richard F. Grimmett, Specialist in National Defense, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division
- http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL32170.pdf
- [full-text, 43 pages]
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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