Tuesday, November 20, 2007

[IWS] NO MESSAGES until 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
________________________________________________________________________

NO MESSAGES will be sent until 19 December 2007
______________________________
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                  
****************************************


[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 21 November 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, 21 November 2007


Academic Research

ILO/GURN (Global Union Research Network)
Trade Union Responses to Globalization: A review by the Global Union Research Network [7 November 2007]
Edited by Verena Schmidt
http://www.gurn.info/papers/book_sale_en.pdf
Executive Summary
http://www.gurn.info/papers/book_sum_en.pdf


Maternal Employment and Childhood Obesity: A Search for Mechanisms in Time Use Data
http://nber15.nber.org/papers/w13600.pdf
[full-text, 29 pages]
John Cawley, Feng Liu
NBER Working Paper No. 13600
Issued in November 2007
---- Abstract -----
http://papers.nber.org/papers/w13600


Who Gets What from Employer Pay or Play Mandates?
http://nber15.nber.org/papers/w13578.pdf
[full-text, 36 pages]
Richard V. Burkhauser, Kosali I. Simon
NBER Working Paper No. 13578
Issued in November 2007
---- Abstract -----
http://papers.nber.org/papers/w13578


CAHRS Working Paper 07 – 12
The Influence of Human Resource Practices and Collective Affective Organizational Commitment on Aggregate Voluntary Turnover
Timothy M. Gardner, Lisa M. Moynihan, Patrick M. Wright
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/depts/cahrs/downloads/PDFs/WorkingPapers/WP07-12.pdf
[full-text, 36 pages]


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


International

European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO) Online
Landmark international framework agreement signed in media sector [19 November 2007]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/2007/10/articles/eu0710039i.htm


European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)
COMPARATIVE STUDY
Industrial relations in the EU, Japan, US and other global economies, 2005­2006 [15 November 2007]
November 2007
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0706028s/index.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0706028s/tn0706028s.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/eiro/tn0706028s/tn0706028s.pdf
[full-text, 42 pages]

INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE GB.300/4/1
300th Session
Governing Body Geneva, November 2007
FOR DEBATE AND GUIDANCE
FOURTH ITEM ON THE AGENDA
The United Nations and reform: Developments in the multilateral system
World Bank Doing Business report: The employing workers indicator
http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_norm/---relconf/documents/meetingdocument/wcms_085125.pdf
[full-text, 11 pages]

World Bank
The Little Data Book on Africa 2007 [14 November 2007]
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/AFRICAEXT/EXTPUBREP/EXTSTATINAFR/0,,contentMDK:21107092~menuPK:3098195~pagePK:64168445~piPK:64168309~theSitePK:824043,00.html
or
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTSTATINAFR/Resources/LDB_Africa_final.pdf
[full-text, 128 pages]
See also
50 Factoids about Sub-Saharan Africa
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/AFRICAEXT/EXTPUBREP/EXTSTATINAFR/0,,contentMDK:21106218~menuPK:3094759~pagePK:64168445~piPK:64168309~theSitePK:824043,00.html
See Press Release
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:21549323~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html


Federal

Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
Survey of Current Business
Volume 87, Number 11
November 2007
Operations of U.S. Multinational Companies in 2005 [16 November 2007]
http://www.bea.gov/scb/pdf/2007/11%20November/1107_mnc.pdf
[full-text, 23 pages]
Within this article -
More Countries Collect Data on Multinational Companies
http://www.bea.gov/scb/pdf/2007/11%20November/1107_mnc.pdf#page=13


Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Order Code RL34088
Leave Benefits in the United States
Updated July 27, 2007
Linda Levine, Specialist in Labor Economics, Domestic Social Policy Division
http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34088_20070727.pdf
[full-text, 27 pages]

Federal Reserve Board (FRB]
Press Release Date: November 14, 2007
[ECONOMIC PROJECTIONS now QUARTERLY covering 3 YEARS with MORE DATA]
http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/press/monetary/20071114a.htm


Office pf Personnel Management (OPM)
REPORT TO THE CONGRESS
THE EMPLOYMENT OF VETERANS IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FISCAL YEAR 2006 [14 November 2007]
http://www.opm.gov/employ/veterans/dvaap/2006/DVAAP-FY2006.pdf
[full-text, 54 pages]


Institutes/Associations/Commercial

Brookings Institution & PEW Charitable Trusts
Economic Mobility Project
Three Recent Studies
(1) Economic Mobility of Black and White Families
Julia B. Isaacs, Child and Family Policy Fellow, Economic Studies
http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2007/11_blackwhite_isaacs.aspx
or
http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/papers/2007/11_blackwhite_isaacs/11_blackwhite_isaacs.pdf
[full-text, 19 pages]
November 2007 ­

(2) Economic Mobility of Families Across Generations
http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2007/11_generations_isaacs.aspx
or
http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/papers/2007/11_generations_isaacs/11_generations_isaacs.pdf
[full-text, 17 pages]
November 2007 ­.

(3) Economic Mobility of Men and Women
http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2007/11_menwomen_isaacs.aspx
or
http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/papers/2007/11_menwomen_isaacs/11_menwomen_isaacs.pdf
[full-text, 16 pages]
November 2007 ­


Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
Fast Facts from EBRI
FFE #68, Nov. 15, 2007
How Much Value Do Workers Place on Health Benefits? [15 November 2007]
http://www.ebri.org/pdf/publications/facts/fastfacts/fastfact111507.pdf


Mercer
New Zealand's labour market squeeze goes from bad to worse [14 November 2007]
http://www.mercer.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1287475


Mercer
[Free] Business web briefing: Employee benefits environment in China [13 November 2007]
http://www.mercer.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1287430


Mercer
Benefit Plans Around the World: A Guide for Multinational Employers [12 November 2007]
http://www.mercer.com/referencecontent.jhtml?idContent=1277030
See --
8 COUNTRY SAMPLE REPORT
http://www.mercer.com/attachment.dyn?idContent=1277015&filePath=/attachments/English/8-Country_Sample_Report_US_Letter_Size.pdf
[full-text, 25 pages]
Press Release
New global report eases battle in war for talent for multinational employers
http://www.mercer.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1287405


Towers Perrin
Towers Perrin Reports an 8% Increase in Director Compensation in the Past Year [14 November 2007]
Other Compensation Trends Include Fewer Stock Options and More Full Value Shares
http://www.towersperrin.com/tp/jsp/masterbrand_webcache_html.jsp?webc=HR_Services/United_States/Press_Releases/2007/20071114/2007_11_14.htm&selected=press


Law

OSHA announces employer-paid personal protective equipment final rule [14 November 2007]
http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/osha/osha20071774.htm
Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 220 / Thursday, November 15, 2007 / Rules and Regulations
Page 64342
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
29 CFR Parts 1910, 1915, 1917, 1918 and 1926
[Dockets S­042 (OSHA docket office) and OSHA­S042­2006­0667 (regulations.gov)]
[RIN No. 1218­AB77]
Employer Payment for Personal Protective Equipment
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/07-5608.htm
or
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/07-5608.pdf
[full-text, 90 pages]


Corporate Research Project of Good Jobs First
THE STATE OF STATE DISCLOSURE: An Evaluation of Online Public Information About Economic Development Subsidies, Procurement Contracts and Lobbying Activities [15 November 2007]
by Philip Mattera, Karla Walter, Julie Farb Blain and Michelle Lee
A report by the Corporate Research Project of Good Jobs First
November 2007
http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/news/article.cfm?id=375
See FULL-TEXT REPORT at
http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/pdf/statedisclosure.pdf
[full-text, 26 pages]
Press Release 15 November 2007
Report: Open Government Lags Far Behind Technology; States Making Limited
Progress in Using the Web to Enhance the Public's Right to Know
http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/pdf/disclosurerelease.pdf


Statistical Reports

BLS: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS: FIRST QUARTER 2007 [16 November 2007]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cewbd.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cewbd.pdf
[full-text, 21 pages]


BLS: EXTENDED MASS LAYOFFS IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2007 [16 November 2007]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/mslo.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/mslo.pdf
[full-text, 23 pages]



BLS: CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: OCTOBER 2007 [15 November 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 OCTOBER 2007 [15 November 2007]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/realer.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/realer.pdf
[full-text, 5 pages]


EuroStat
POPULATION AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS 21/2007
Eurostat DATA in focus
Labour Market Latest Trends 2nd quarter 2007 data [15 November 2007]
Author: Fabrice ROMANS
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-QA-07-021/EN/KS-QA-07-021-EN.PDF
[full-text, 8 pages]


Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

Facts for Features from the Census Bureau
Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 22, 2007
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/010763.html
or
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/cb07ff-17.pdf
[full-text, 4 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                  
****************************************


Wednesday, November 14, 2007

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 14 November 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, 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]


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


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


Federal

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]


Institutes/Associations/Commercial

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]


Law

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


Statistical Reports

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



Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

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                  
****************************************


Wednesday, November 07, 2007

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 7 November 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
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IWS Weekly Bulletin, 7 November 2007


Academic Research

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADB)
Workforce Development in the Republic of Korea: Policies and Practices [29 October 2007]
http://www.adbi.org/book/2007/10/29/2385.korea.workforce.development.policies.practices/
or
http://www.adbi.org/files/2007.10.29.book.korea.workforce.development.report.pdf
[full-text, 138 pages]


Inter-American Development Bank ( IADB)
Outsiders? 2008 Report on Economic and Social Progress in Latin America (IPES 2008)
The Changing Patterns of Exclusion in Latin America and the Caribbean [October 2007]
Marquez Mosconi, Gustavo; Chong, A; Duryea, S; Mazza J.;Ñopo, H.
ISBN: 978-1-59782-059-2
http://idbdocs.iadb.org/wsdocs/getdocument.aspx?docnum=1154386
[full-text, 302 pages]

Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
Research Department Working Papers:
WP-619
Traditional Excluding Forces: A Review of the Quantitative Literature on the Economic Situation of Indigenous Peoples, Afro-Descendants, and People Living with Disability
Author:
Gandelman, Nestor; Ñopo, Hugo; Ripani, Laura
Published:
October 2007
http://www.iadb.org/res/publications/pubfiles/pubWP-619.pdf
[full-text, 42 pages]


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


International

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
Impact of globalisation on industrial relations in the EU and other major economies [2 November 2007]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0785.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/85/en/1/ef0785en.pdf
[full-text, 96 pages]

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
Foundation findings - Mobility in Europe: The way forward [5 November 2007]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0703.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/03/en/1/ef0703en.pdf
[full-text, 19 pages]

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
Approaches to flexicurity: EU models [2 November 2007]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0784.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/84/en/1/ef0784en.pdf
[full-text, 64 pages]

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation_
European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO)
Attractive workplace for all [June-July 2007]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/ewco/employment/quality/attractiveworkplace.htm
104 case studies from seven countries (Austria, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden and UK), showing how the Lisbon strategy is being implemented on the ground at company level. The involvement of the social partners at company and sectoral level is a significant aspect of the development of these policies and their outcomes.
Austria
   * < http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef07454.htm >
France
   * < http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef07456.htm >
Germany
   * < http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef07455.htm >
Italy
   * < http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef07457.htm >

Netherlands
   * < http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef07452.htm >
Sweden
   * < http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef07453.htm >
United Kingdom
   * < http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef07451.htm>


Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
Sending Money Home - Worldwide Remittance Flows to Developing Countries in 2006 [October 2007]
Worldwide Remittance Flows to Developing Countries
International Fund for Agricultural Development
Editor(s): Ifad
http://idbdocs.iadb.org/wsdocs/getdocument.aspx?docnum=1172190
[full-text, 20 pages]

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Latin American Economic Outlook [7 November 2007]
The 2008 Latin American Economic Outlook Report
http://www.oecd.org/document/25/0,3343,en_2649_33731_38344793_1_1_1_1,00.html
or
http://www.oecd.org/dev/leo
Order Book at
http://www.oecdbookshop.org/oecd/display.asp?sf1=identifiers&lang=EN&st1=9789264030367


Federal

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Issues in Labor Statistics
October 2007
CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES: AN EMPLOYMENT & WAGE PROFILE OF THE AFFECTED COUNTIES [30 October 2007]
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ils/pdf/opbils63.pdf
[full-text, 7 pages]


BLS: Monthly Labor Review Online [2 November 2007]
October 2007
Vol. 130, Number 10
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/mlrhome.htm

Import and export price trends in 2006
Carol Rowan and Sonya Wahi-Miller
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2007/10/art1full.pdf
[full-text, 11 pages]



The rise and decline of auto parts manufacturing in the Midwest
Benjamin Collins, Thomas McDonald, and Jay A. Mousa
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2007/10/art2full.pdf
[full-text, 7 pages]


The economic impact of the creative arts industries: New York and Los Angeles
Michael L. Dolfman, Richard J. Holden, and Solidelle Fortier Wasser
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2007/10/art3full.pdf
[full-text, 14 pages]


Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Current Employment Statistics [2 November 2007]
Highlights
October 2007
http://www.bls.gov/web/ceshighlights.pdf
[full-text, 11 pages]

Census
A Child's Day: 2004 (Selected Indicators of Child Well-Being) [31 October 2007]
Detailed Tables
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/2004_detailedtables.html
Press Release
Parents More Active in Raising Their Children; Children Get Less Television Time [31 October 2007]
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/children/010850.html


Census
Press Release
Shipped Goods in U.S. Manufacturing Reaches $5 Trillion in 2006 [7 November 2007]
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/economic_surveys/010892.html
Detailed Data Sets
http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DatasetMainPageServlet?_program=EAS&_submenuId=datasets_5&_lang=en
American FactFinder Tutorial
http://www.census.gov/mcd/afftutorial.html


Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
A CBO Paper
Long-Term Unemployment [2 November 2007]
October 2007
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/87xx/doc8770/10-31-LongtermUnemployment.pdf
[full-text, 34 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Order Code RL32964
The United States as a Net Debtor Nation: Overview of the International Investment Position
Updated October 18, 2007
James K. Jackson, Specialist in International Trade and Finance, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division
http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL32964_20071018.pdf
[full-text, 18 pages]

GAO
Private Pensions: Information That Sponsors and Participants Need to Understand 401(k) Plan Fees
GAO-08-222T,  October 30, 2007
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08222t.pdf
[full-text, 22 pages]
and
Highlights
http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08222thigh.pdf
Summary
http://www.gao.gov/docsearch/abstract.php?rptno=GAO-08-222T


Institutes/Associations/Commercial

AARP
2007 AARP Online Survey of Employers in Florida
Research Report
http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/econ/fl_employers_07.pdf
[full-text, 18 pages]
see also
Manatee and Sarasota Counties Report
http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/econ/fl_employers_county_07.pdf
[full-text, 19 pages]

Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly: Job Quality in the United States over the Three Most Recent Business Cycles [6 November 2007]
November 2007, John Schmitt
http://www.cepr.net/content/view/1352/8/
or
http://www.cepr.net/documents/publications/goodjobscycles.pdf
[full-text, 27 pages]
Press Release
Despite Economic Growth, Share of Good Jobs Falls
http://www.cepr.net/content/view/1353/77/


Commonwealth Fund
Toward Higher-Performance Health Systems: Adults' Health Care Experiences In Seven Countries, 2007 [1 November 2007]
http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/26/6/w717
or
http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/reprint/26/6/w717
[full-text, 18 pages]


Watson Wyatt (UK)
HR directors wrong to leave executive pensions in the "too hard" box [7 November 2007]
http://watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=18221


Law

Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Order Code RL34223
The Law of Church and State: U.S. Supreme Court Decisions Since 2002
October 30, 2007
Cynthia M. Brougher, Legislative Attorney, American Law Division
http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34223_20071030.pdf
[full-text, 17 pages]


Statistical Reports

BEA: PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS SEPTEMBER 2007 [1 November 2007]
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2007/pi0907.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2007/pdf/pi0907.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2007/xls/pi0907.xls
[spreadsheet]
and
Highlights
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2007/pdf/pi0907_fax.pdf


BLS: JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER:  SEPTEMBER 2007 [6 November 2007]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/jolts.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/jolts.pdf
[full-text, 15 pages]


BLS: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  OCTOBER 2007 [2 November 2007]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf
[full-text, 29 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/empsit.supp.toc.htm


BLS: Employment from the BLS household and payroll surveys: summary of recent trends [2 November 2007]
http://www.bls.gov/web/ces_cps_trends.pdf
[full-text, 16 pages]


Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

BLS
Spotlight on Statistics
November 2007
Thanksgiving [5 November 2007]
http://www.bls.gov/spotlight/2007/thanksgiving/


Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
OECD Broadband Portal Launched [5 November 2007]
http://www.oecd.org/sti/ict/broadband
Press Release [5 November 2007]
http://www.oecd.org/document/54/0,3343,en_2649_33703_39575670_1_1_1_1,00.html

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