Wednesday, December 19, 2007

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 19 December 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, 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


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


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


Federal

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]


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, 2001–2003 [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]


Institutes/Associations/Commercial

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


Law

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


Statistical Reports

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]


Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

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

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