Wednesday, December 19, 2007
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 19 December 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, 19 December 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, 19 December 2007
Academic Research
- Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
- Research Department Working Papers: WP-592
- The Economic Effects of Employment Protection: Evidence from International Industry-Level Data
- http://www.iadb.org/res/publications/pubfiles/pubWP-592.pdf
- [full-text, 40 pages]
- The Great Mexican Emigration
- http://www.nber.org/papers/w13675.pdf
- [full-text, 55 pages]
- Gordon H. Hanson, Craig McIntosh
- NBER Working Paper No. 13675
- Issued in November 2007
- ---- Abstract -----
- http://papers.nber.org/papers/w13675
International
- European Commission > Public Opinion Analysis
- EUROBAROMETER 68 [18 December 2007]
- PUBLIC OPINION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
- FIRST RESULTS
- Fieldwork: September - November 2007
- Publication: December 2007
- http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/eb/eb68/eb68_first_en.pdf
- [full-text, 91 pages]
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- [CASE STUDIES]
- Employment guidance services for people with disabilities [18 December 2007]
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/areas/socialcohesion/egs/search.php
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- Foundation Findings: Worklife balance Solving the dilemma [14 December 2007]
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0789.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/89/en/1/ef0789en.pdf
- [full-text, 15 pages]
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- European Working Conditions Survey Seminar - Quality of work and employment in Europe: Women or men, does it matter? Background paper [6 December 2007]
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef07115.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/115/en/1/ef07115en.pdf
- [full-text, 20 pages]
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO)
- [CASE STUDIES]
- Attractive workplace for all: company cases [26 November 2007]
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/areas/qualityofwork/betterjobs/search.php
- Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)
- JAPAN LABOUR REVIEW
- Vol.4, No.4 Autumn 2007
- Special Edition
- Current State of Work-Life Balance Measures and Bottlenecks to the Stabilization of Measures [1 November 2007]
- http://www.jil.go.jp/english/documents/JLR16_all.pdf
- [full-text, 168 pages]
- Introduction
- Motohiro Morishima
- < http://www.jil.go.jp/english/documents/JLR16_intro.pdf>
- Articles
- Implementation and Status of Work-Life Balance Viewed from Matching Data
- Akira Wakisaka
- * < http://www.jil.go.jp/english/documents/JLR16_wakisaka.pdf>
- Work-Life Balance Strategies for Advanced Companies
- Naoki Atsumi
- * < http://www.jil.go.jp/english/documents/JLR16_atsumi.pdf>
- Analysis of Work-Child Care Balance of Male Workers in Japan and Their Desires to Take Child Care Leave
- Kazufumi Sakai
- * < http://www.jil.go.jp/english/documents/JLR16_sakai.pdf>
- Support of Work-Family Balance and Women's Careers
- Emiko Takeishi
- * < http://www.jil.go.jp/english/documents/JLR16_takeishi.pdf>
- Effects of Work-Life Blance Programs on Female Employment
- Naomi Kodama
- * < http://www.jil.go.jp/english/documents/JLR16_kodama.pdf>
- Article Based on Research Reports
- Outlook on the Retirement Process of Dankai No Sedai, or the Japanese Baby-boom Generation
- Yutaka Asao
- * < http://www.jil.go.jp/english/documents/JLR16_asao.pdf>
- Working Hours and Japanese Employment Practices
- Kazuya Ogura
- * < http://www.jil.go.jp/english/documents/JLR16_ogura.pdf>
- JILPT Research Activities
- < http://www.jil.go.jp/english/documents/JLR16_activities.pdf>
- OECD
- Latin American Economic Outlook 2008 [7 December 2007]
- http://www.oecd.org/document/40/0,3343,en_2649_201185_38789800_1_1_1_1,00.html
- BLS: Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH), 2008-09 Edition [18 December 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/oco/home.htm
- BLS: Career Guide to Industries (CGI), 2008-09 Edition [18 December 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/oco/cg/home.htm
- BLS: Collective Bargaining Agreements File Moves to New Home
- by Drew M. Simmons, Bureau of Labor Statistics
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cb20071128ar01p1.htm
- BLS: Spending on Cell Phone Services Rapidly Approaching That of Residential Phone Services [13 December 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/cex/cellphones.htm
- BLS: Monthly Labor Review Online [4 December 2007]
- November 2007
- Vol. 130, Number 11
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/mlrhome.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2007/11/mlr200711.pdf
- [full-text, 204 pages]
- Employment outlook: 2006-16
- An overview of BLS projections to 2016
- James C. Franklin
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2007/11/art1full.pdf
- [full-text, 10 pages]
- The U.S. economy to 2016: slower growth as boomers begin to retire
- Betty W. Su
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2007/11/art2full.pdf
- [full-text, 20 pages]
- Labor force projections to 2016: more workers in their golden years
- Mitra Toossi
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2007/11/art3full.pdf
- [full-text, 20 pages]
- Industry output and employment projections to 2016
- Rose A. Woods and Eric B. Figueroa
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2007/11/art4full.pdf
- [full-text, 33 pages]
- Occupational employment projections to 2016
- Arlene Dohm and Lynn Shniper
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2007/11/art5full.pdf
- [full-text, 40 pages]
- Employment outlook: 2006-16
- Census
- QUARTERLY RETAIL E-COMMERCE SALES, 3rd QUARTER 2007 [19 November 2007]
- http://www.census.gov/mrts/www/data/html/07Q3.html
- Census
- Current Industrial Reports
- MQ-C1 (06)
- SURVEY OF PLANT CAPACITY: 2006 [30 November 2007]
- Issued November 2007
- http://www.census.gov/prod/2007pubs/mqc1-06.pdf
- [full-text, 55 pages]
- U.S. CENSUS BUREAU
- Issued November 2007
- P70-112
- Household Economic Studies
- Dynamics of Economic Well-Being: Fluctuations in the U.S. Income Distribution, 20012003 [3 December 2007]
- http://www.census.gov/prod/2007pubs/p70-112.pdf
- [full-text, 24 pages]
- Census
- 2006 Service Annual Survey: Health Care and Social Assistance [13 December 2007]
- http://www.census.gov/svsd/www/services/sas/sas_data/sas62.htm
- Press Release
- Doctors and Dentists Account for 27 Percent of $1.6 Trillion in Health Care Revenue [13 December 2007]
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/health_care_insurance/011077.html
- Census
- 2006 Service Annual Survey: Information Sector Services
- http://www.census.gov/svsd/www/services/sas/sas_data/sas51.htm
- Detailed Tables
- http://www.census.gov/svsd/www/services/sas/sas_summary/51summary.htm
- Press Release
- Foreign Films Translate Into Growing Revenue Stream [12 December 2007]
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/service_industries/011070.html
- Census
- 2006 Service Annual Survey: Truck Transportation, Couriers and Messengers, and Warehousing and Storage [4 December 2007]
- http://www.census.gov/svsd/www/services/sas/sas_data/sas48.htm
- Press Release 4 December 2007
- Trucks Travel 91 Billion Miles as Part of $312 Billion Industry
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/service_industries/011061.html
- Census
- 2007 Capital Spending Report: U.S. Capital Spending Patterns, 1999-2005 [12 December 2007]
- http://www.census.gov/csd/ace/report/capitalspendingreport2007.pdf
- [full-text, 22 pages]
- Detailed Tables
- http://www.census.gov/csd/ace/pubs.html
- Press Release
- U.S. Businesses Invest Trillions in the Future [12 December 2007]
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/economic_surveys/011071.html
- National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
- Projections of Education Statistics to 2016 [18 December 2007]
- http://nces.ed.gov/programs/projections/projections2016/index.asp
- or
- http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2008060
- or
- http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2008/2008060.pdf
- [full-text, 164 pages]
- Fast Facts from EBRI
- Retirement Plan Participation: Gender Differences [18 December 2007]
- http://www.ebri.org/pdf/publications/facts/fastfacts/fastfact121807.pdf
- EBRI Issue Brief #312
- The Future of Employment-Based Health Benefits: Have Employers Reached a Tipping Point? [6 December 2007]
- December 2007
- http://www.ebri.org/publications/ib/index.cfm?fa=ibDisp&content_id=3868
- or
- http://www.ebri.org/pdf/briefspdf/EBRI_IB_12-20073.pdf
- [full-text, 20 pages]
- Press Release--New Research from EBRI:
- Big Employers Still Committed to Health Benefits, but Employer Groups Pushing for Fundamental Changes [6 December 2007]
- http://www.ebri.org/pdf/PR_783_06Dec07.pdf
- Mercer
- Global personal taxation comparison survey market rankings [19 November 2007]
- http://www.mercer.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1287670
- From
- 2007 - Global - Worldwide Individual Tax Comparator
- http://www.mercer.com/summary.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1272875
- Towers Perrin
- Towers Perrin Study Finds Learning and Career Development Opportunities Are Key to Attract, Retain and Engage Workforce in China [20 November 2007]
- Employees See Leadership and Management Skills Lacking Data also Shows Engagement Drives Financial Performance
- http://www.towersperrin.com/tp/jsp/masterbrand_webcache_html.jsp?webc=HR_Services/China/Press_Releases/2007/20071120/2007_11_20_en.htm&selected=press
- Watson Wyatt
- Watson Wyatt Study Reveals Strong Link Between CEO Realizable Pay and Performance [11 December 2007]
- Broad-Based Stock Option Reductions Continue, While Forfeitures Increase
- http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=18413
- Watson Wyatt
- Employers Contemplate Social Networking, Focus on Improving Technology in 2008, Watson Wyatt Says [18 December 2007]
- http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=18447
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL34251
- Federal Programs Available to Unemployed Workers
- November 14, 2007
- Julie M. Whittaker, Specialist in Income Security, Domestic Social Policy
- Blake Alan Naughton, Analyst in Education Policy, Domestic Social Policy
- http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34251_20071114.pdf
- [full-text, 14 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL34281
- Judicial Salary: Current Issues and Options for Congress, December 12, 2007
- Kevin M. Scott, Analyst on the Federal Judiciary, Government and Finance Division
- http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34281_20071212.pdf
- [full-text, 44 pages]
- INDIA LEGAL INFORMATION INSTITUTE (INDLII)
- http://www.indlii.org/index.aspx
- National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
- ESSAY
- Decline and Disenchantment: Reflections on the Aging of the National Labor Relations Board
- Wilma B. Liebman
- http://www.nlrb.gov/shared_files/Press%20Releases/2007/6_Liebman_PDF_11_29_07_sgs.pdf
- [full-text, 22 pages]
- NLRB
- Statement of Wilma B. Liebman, Member, National Labor Relations Board
- before the Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety,
- Committee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions United States Senate
- and the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions,
- Committee on Education and Labor United States House of Representatives
- on
- "The National Labor Relations Board: Recent Decisions and Their Impact on Workers' Rights"
- December 13, 2007
- http://www.nlrb.gov/shared_files/Press%20Releases/2007/WBL_Hearing_Testimony_3.pdf
- [full-text, 35 pages]
- For testimony of others, see --
- http://www.nlrb.gov/about_us/news_room/index.aspx
- OLMS:
- Number: 19-07
- December 18, 2007
- Fact Sheet on Observer Rights and Responsibilities in Elections of Union Officers Now Available on OLMS Web Site
- http://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compliance/olms/Observer_FACT.htm
- or
- http://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compliance/olms/Observer_FACT.pdf
- BLS: CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: NOVEMBER - 2007 [14 December 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cpi.pdf
- [full-text, 19 pages]
- BLS: REAL EARNINGS IN NOVEMBER 2007 [14 December 2007]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/realer.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/realer.pdf
- [full-text, 5 pages]
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- Historical Effective Federal Tax Rates: 1979 to 2005 [13 December 2007]
- December 2007
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/88xx/doc8885/12-11-HistoricalTaxRates.pdf
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- and
- DATA
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdoc.cfm?index=8885&type=2
- [spreadsheet]
- Census
- Minority Links
- Quick and easy links to the latest data on racial and ethnic populations in the United States
- http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/hotlinks.html
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
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