Wednesday, November 14, 2007
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 14 November 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, 14 November 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, 14 November 2007
Academic Research
- UN Economic Commission for Africa
- African Development Bank Group
- African Economic Conference 2007 -- 15-17 November 2007, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- PAPERS
- http://www.uneca.org/aec/papers.htm
- [topics include - Gender Equality; Gender and Poverty, Trade Issues, Corruption, and more]
- ILO Decent Work Research Prize, 2008
- CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/papers/confrnce/research/call08e.pdf
- El Instituto Internacional de Estudios Laborales [at the ILO]; Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT)
- Tras la crisis: El nuevo rumbo de la política económica y laboral en Argentina y su impacto
- http://www.ilo.org/public/spanish/bureau/inst/download/114.pdf
- [full-text, 151 pages]
- International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS) at the ILO
- Discussion Paper 184/2007
- Explaining non-compliance with labour legislation in Latin America: A cross-country analysis [August 2007]
- by Andiana Marshall
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/download/dp18407.pdf
- [full-text, 38 pages]
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- Discussion Paper No. 3164
- November 2007
- Employment Protection, Firm Selection, and Growth
- Markus Poschke, McGill University, EUI and IZA
- http://ftp.iza.org/dp3164.pdf
- [full-text, 41 pages]
International
- African Development Bank Group (ADBG)
- Gender, Poverty and Environmental Indicators on African Countries 2007
- http://www.afdb.org/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/ADB_ADMIN_PG/DOCUMENTS/STATISTICS/GENDER_2007_WEB.PDF
- [full-text, 314 pages]
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
- Health at a Glance 2007 OECD Indicators [13 November 2007]
- http://www.oecd.org/document/11/0,3343,en_2649_37407_16502667_1_1_1_37407,00.html
- Press Release at
- http://www.oecd.org/document/50/0,3343,en_2649_37407_39614578_1_1_1_37407,00.html
- Ministry of Social Development (New Zealand)
- 2007 The Social Report
- Indicators of social wellbeing in New Zealand [18 October 2007]
- http://socialreport.msd.govt.nz/documents/Social-Report-2007.pdf
- [full-text, 168 pages]
- Ministry of Social Development (New Zealand)
- National Benefit Factsheets
- http://www.msd.govt.nz/media-information/benefit-factsheets/national-benefit-factsheets.html
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Philip L. Rones, Acting Commissioner
- September 2007
- Bulletin 2590
- National Compensation Survey: Occupational Earnings in the United States, 2006 [9 November 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ncswage.htm
- See also
- CHARTBOOK
- http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/sp/ncbl0967.pdf
- [full-text, 42 pages]
- U.S. Department of Commerce
- Economics and Statistics Administration
- U.S. CENSUS BUREAU
- Local Employment Dynamics
- Issued November 2007
- The Geographic Distribution and Characteristics of Older Workers in Arkansas: 2004 [9 November 2007]
- http://www.census.gov/prod/2007pubs/ledow07ar.pdf
- [full-text, 12 pages]
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- A CBO Study
- The Long-Term Outlook for Health Care Spending [November 2007]
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/87xx/doc8758/11-13-LT-Health.pdf
- [full-text, 35 pages]
- U.S. Department of Labor honors five organizations for creating equal opportunities in the workplace
- Raytheon Co. receives prestigious Secretary of Labor's Opportunity Award
- http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/esa/ESA20071473.htm
- 2007 Award Recipients
- http://www.dol.gov/PrinterFriendly/PrinterVersion.aspx?url=http://www.dol.gov/esa/media/reports/ofccp/evenom.htm
- [includes CORNELL UNIVERSITY]
- GAO: Social Security: Issues Regarding the Coverage of Public Employees
- GAO-08-248T, November 06, 2007
- http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08248t.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- and
- Highlights
- http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08248thigh.pdf
- GAO: WOMEN AND LOW-SKILLED WORKERS: Other Countries' Policies and Practices That May Help These Workers Enter and Remain in the Labor Force, GAO-07-817 [14 June 2007]
- http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d07817.pdf
- [full-text, 47 pages]
- GAO: WOMEN AND LOW-SKILLED WORKERS [Testimony]: Other Countries' Policies and Practices That May Help These Workers Enter and Remain in the Labor Force, GAO-07-817T [14 June 2007]
- http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d07989t.pdf
- [full-text, 25 pages]
- SBA
- Office of Advocacy
- Quarterly Indicators
- Third Quarter 2007: The Economy and Small Business [8 November 2007]
- http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/sbqei0703.pdf
- [full-text, 2 pages]
- Treasury Department
- INCOME MOBILITY IN THE U.S. FROM 1996 TO 2005
- REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
- NOVEMBER 13, 2007
- http://www.treasury.gov/press/releases/reports/incomemobilitystudyfinal.pdf
- [full-text, 22 pages]
- Press Release
- November 13, 2007
- HP-673
- Treasury Releases Income Mobility Study
- http://www.treasury.gov/press/releases/hp673.htm
- United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC)
- 2007 REPORT TO CONGRESS of the U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION [online 13 November 2007]
- http://www.uscc.gov/annual_report/2007/annual_report_full_07.pdf
- [full-text, 56 pages]
- View Chapter by Chapter
- http://www.uscc.gov/annual_report/2007/07_annual_report_contents.php
- Press Release
- U.S. - CHINA COMMISSION TO RELEASE 2007 REPORT TO CONGRESS
- Report Cites Troubling Trends for U.S. Economic and National Security Interests; Offers Numerous Recommendations for Congressional Action
- http://www.uscc.gov/pressreleases/latest_pressrelease.php
- [soon available at the URL above]
- Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS), ILR School, Cornell University
- SOME KEY DATA on WORKING HOURS in the U.S.
- by Stuart Basefsky (November 2007)
- http://iwsdninternational.blogspot.com/2007/11/iws-some-key-data-on-working-hours-in.html
- Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
- Fast Facts from EBRI
- FFE #67, Nov. 8, 2007
- Should Employers Be Required to Provide Health Benefits? [8 November 2007]
- http://www.ebri.org/pdf/publications/facts/fastfacts/fastfact110807.pdf
- [full-text, 1 page]
- PEW Research Center
- Optimism about Black Progress Declines [13 November 2007]
- Blacks See Growing Values Gap Between Poor and Middle Class
- http://pewsocialtrends.org/pubs/700/black-public-opinion
- or
- http://pewsocialtrends.org/assets/pdf/Race.pdf
- [full-text, 91 pages]
- Press Release
- Blacks See Growing Values Gap Between Poor and Middle Class
- Optimism About Black Progress Declines
- November 13, 2007
- http://pewresearch.org/pubs/634/black-public-opinion
- Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Disability Demographics and Statistics.
- 2006 Disability Status Report United States [7 November 2007]
- Ithaca, NY: Cornell University.
- http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/edi/disabilitystatistics/StatusReports/2006-PDF/2006-StatusReport_US.pdf?CFID=10472&CFTOKEN=34852786
- [full-text, 48 pages]
- For more information and data files, see --
- www.disabilitystatistics.org
- or
- http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/edi/disabilitystatistics/
- Press Release 7 November 2007
- http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/news/110707_DisabilityStatusReport.html
- The Work Foundation
- Exploiting Europe's Knowledge Potential: 'Good Work' or 'Could do Better':
- Knowledge Work and Knowledge Workers in Europe [7 November 2007]
- Katerina Rüdiger; Alana McVerry
- A report prepared for the Knowledge Economy Programme
- November 2007
- http://www.theworkfoundation.com/Assets/PDFs/exploiting_Europe.pdf
- [full-text, 39 pages]
- Committee on Finance (Senate)
- HISTORY, PRESENT LAW, AND ANALYSIS OF THE FEDERAL WEALTH TRANSFER TAX SYSTEM
- Scheduled for a Public Hearing Before the SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE on
- November 14, 2007
- Prepared by the Staff of the JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION
- November 13, 2007, JCX-108-07
- http://www.house.gov/jct/x-108-07.pdf
- [full-text, 50 pages]
- National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
- Pensions and Retirement Plan Enactments in 2007 State Legislatures
- Ronald K. Snell
- October 2007
- http://www.ncsl.org/programs/fiscal/pensun07.htm
- ILR Press (an imprint of Cornell University Press)
- FADING CORPORATISM
- Israel's Labor Law and Industrial Relations in Transition [November 2007]
- by Guy Mundlak
- $49.95s cloth
- 2007, 344 pages, 6 1/8 x 9 1/4, 3 tables, 5 charts/graphs
- http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=4743
- BEA: U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES September 2007 [9 November 2007]
- http://bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2007/trad0907.htm
- or
- http://bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2007/pdf/trad0907.pdf
- [full-text, 47 pages]
- or
- http://bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2007/xls/trad0907.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- and
- Highlights
- http://bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2007/pdf/trad0907_fax.pdf
- BLS: Producer Price Indexes - October 2007 [14 November 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: Bulletin 2591
- Geographic Profile of Employment and Unemployment, 2003 [online 6 November 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/gp/laugp.htm
- BLS: U.S. IMPORT AND EXPORT PRICE INDEXES -OCTOBER 2007 -[9 November 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ximpim.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ximpim.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/ximpim.supp.toc.htm
- BLS: NONFATAL OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES AND ILLNESSES REQUIRING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK, 2006 [8 November 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/osh2.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/osh2.pdf
- [full-text, 44 pages]
- BLS: Productivity and Costs, Third Quarter 2007, Preliminary [7 November 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod2.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod2.pdf
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/prod2.supp.toc.htm
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL34232
- Understanding Mortgage Foreclosure: Recent Events, the Process, and Costs
- November 5, 2007
- Darryl E. Getter, Specialist in Financial Economics, Government and Finance Division
- http://opencrs.cdt.org/rpts/RL34232_20071105.pdf
- [full-text, 15 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.
****************************************
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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