IWS Documented News WEEKLY BULLETIN: January 2008

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, 30 January 2008

Academic Research

No. ID-17

OFFICE OF INDUSTRIES WORKING PAPER

U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION (USITC)

International Cooperation on Trade and Labor Issues [January 2008]

Jennifer Baumert, Kyle Johnson, Dawn Heuschel, Brendan Lynch

http://www.usitc.gov/ind_econ_ana/research_ana/research_work_papers/documents/LaborWPID17%20.pdf

[full-text, 68 pages]

ILR IMPACT BRIEFS (recently released)

The ILR Impact Brief series highlights the research and project based work conducted by ILR faculty that is relevant to workplace issues and public policy. The Briefs are prepared by Maralyn Edid, Senior Extension Associate, ILR School.

Transcending Free Market Unionism: A New Alliance for New York State Unions (Jeff Grabelsky, Cornell ILR)

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/briefs/33/

It's a Paradox: Union Workers Less Satisfied but Less Likely to Quit (Tove H. Hammer and Ariel C. Avgar, Cornell ILR)

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/briefs/34/

Workforce Alignment and Fluidity May Yield a Competitive Advantage (Lee Dyer, Cornell ILR; Jeff Ericksen, University of Illinois)

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/briefs/35/

Labor Branches Out: Resurgence in the Urban Core (Lowell Turner, Cornell ILR)

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/briefs/36/

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

International

European Commission

Equality between women and men 2008 [23 January 2008]

http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/gender_equality/docs/com_2008_0010_en.pdf

[full-text, 28 pages]

Press Release

More women in work, but 'better' jobs needed too [23 January 2008]

http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/08/79&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission

Women and men in decision-making 2007: Analysis of the situation and trends [25 January 2008]

http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/gender_equality/gender_mainstreaming/balancedparticipation/report_trends_final_2007_en.pdf

[full-text, 43 pages]

Executive Summary

http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/gender_equality/gender_mainstreaming/balancedparticipation/executive_summary_en.pdf

European Commission

Database: Women and men in decision-making

http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/women_men_stats/index_en.htm

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)

Programme of work 2008: Annual management plan [24 January 2008]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0802.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2008/02/en/1/ef0802en.pdf

[full-text, 29 pages]

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)

European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)

Journalists highlight poor employment conditions and decline in standards [21 January 2008]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/2007/12/articles/eu0712029i.htm

JAPAN LABOR REVIEW

Vol. 5, No. 1 Winter 2008 [25 January 2008]

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/documents/JLR17_all.pdf

[full-text, 160 pages]

Special Edition

Regional Employment

Korea Labor Institute (KLI)

[KOREA] LABOR TRENDS 2008 [22 January 2008]

https://www.kli.re.kr/kli/html_eng/06_trend/engtrendboard/view.asp?seq=62&page=1&mode=2&ctop=1&csub=0&lsize=0&syear=2008&stype=0&stext =

ILO

GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT TRENDS 2008 [23 January 2008]

http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/documents/publication/wcms_090106.pdf

[full-text, 60 pages]

Press Release

http://www.ilo.org/global/About_the_ILO/Media_and_public_information/Press_releases/lang--en/WCMS_090085/index.htm

International Labour Organization (ILO) Bangkok

EmployAbility: A resource guide on disability for employers in Asia and the Pacific [2007]

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/skills/disability/download/perry.pdf

[full-text, 142 pages]

World Bank

KEY RESOURCES (links) in SUPPORT of the WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM

http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:21618003~pagePK:64257043~piPK:437376~theSitePK:4607,00.html

Federal

Census

What It's Worth: Field of Training and Economic Status in 2004 [29 January 2008]

http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/fld-of-trn.html

or

DETAILED TABLES

http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/education/sipp2004w2.html

Press Release

More Education Pays Off; As Does Certain Fields of Training [29 January 2008]

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/education/011392.html

Census

Top Ranking Industries Organized by State [28 January 2008]

http://www.census.gov/econ/census07/topstates.html

See NEW YORK example

http://www.census.gov/econ/census02/data/tops/TOPSTNY.HTM

Press Release

Know Your State, Economically Speaking [28 January 2008]

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/economic_census/011398.html

Census

2006 Annual Capital Expenditures Survey [24 January 2008]

http://www.census.gov/csd/ace/

or

http://www.census.gov/csd/ace/xls/2006/Full%20Report.htm

Press Release

Capital Spending Reaches All-Time High [24 January 2008]

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/economic_surveys/011360.html

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

CBO PAPER

Options for Responding to Short-Term Economic Weakness [15 January 2008]

January 2008

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/89xx/doc8916/01-15-Econ_Stimulus.pdf

[full-text, 35 pages]

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2008 to 2018 [23 January 2008]

January 2008

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/89xx/doc8917/01-23-2008_BudgetOutlook.pdf

[full-text, 199 pages]

Testimony on the Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2008 to 2018

January 24, 2008

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/89xx/doc8935/01-24-Senate_Testimony.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

Testimony on the Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2008 to 2018

January 23, 2008

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/89xx/doc8933/01-23-House_Testimony.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RL34315

The U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement: Effects After Three Years

January 7, 2008

Dick K. Nanto, Specialist in Industry and Trade, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34315_20080107.pdf

[full-text, 23 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RL34319

Foreign Ownership of U.S. Financial Assets: Implications of a Withdrawal

January 14, 2008

James K. Jackson, Specialist in International Trade and Finance, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34319_20080114.pdf

[full-text, 18 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RS22761

November 23, 2007

Extending Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) to Service Workers: How Many Workers Could Potentially Be Covered? [online January 2008]

John J. Topoleski, Analyst in Income Security, Domestic Social Policy Division

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22761_20071123.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

U.S. Department of Labor announces $1.25 million to North Carolina to help trade-affected workers pay for health insurance [24 January 2008]

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/eta20080109.htm

HHS

2008 HHS POVERTY GUIDELINES [23 January 2008]

http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/08poverty.shtml

See Federal Register 23 January 2008

http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/08fedreg.htm

or

http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/08fedreg.pdf

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

Recent Participation in Formal Learning Among Working-Age Adults with Different Levels of Education [29 January 2008]

http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2008041

or

http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2008/2008041.pdf

[full-text, 4 pages]

Technical Appendix

http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2008/2008041_TechnicalAppendix.pdf

Standard Error Tables

http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2008/2008041_SE.pdf

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Alternative Personnel Systems in the Federal Government -

A Status Report on Demonstration Projects and Other Performance-Based Pay Systems [online 29 January 2008]

http://www.opm.gov/demos/2007StatusReport_on_DemonstrationProjects_and_OtherPerformance-BasedPaySystems.pdf

[full-text, 45 pages]

Press Release

OPM Issues Status Report on Performance-Based Pay Systems in the Federal Government [29 January 2008]

http://www.opm.gov/news/opm-issues-status-report-on-performancebased-pay-systems-in-the-federal-government,1356.aspx

See additional information about Alternative Personnel Systems at

http://www.opm.gov/aps/reports/index.asp

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

2006 American Community Survey and Census Data on the Foreign Born by State [28 January 2008]

http://www.migrationinformation.org/datahub/acscensus.cfm

RAND

Occasional Paper

Managing Diversity in Corporate America: An Exploratory Analysis [23 January 2008]

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP206/

or

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/2007/RAND_OP206.pdf

[full-text, 46 pages]

See Press Release [23 January 2008]

Path to Diversity Success Varies According to Company's History, Culture, Mission

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2008/01/23/

Towers Perrin

ASIA/PACIFIC COMPENSATION PLANNING REPORT (October 2007) [From Press Release 17 January 2008]

http://www.towersperrin.com/tp/getwebcachedoc?webc=HRS/CHN/2008/200801/AsiaPac_survey.pdf

[full-text, 20 pages]

Press Release

Towers Perrin Global Study Points to High 2008 Salary Growth in Emerging Markets in Asia [17 January 2008]

http://www.towersperrin.com/tp/jsp/hrservices_webcache_html.jsp?webc=HR_Services/China/Press_Releases/2008/20080117/2008_01_17.htm&selected=press&language_code=global

Watson Wyatt

Many Companies Still Unlikely to Disclose Performance Goals in Their 2008 Proxy Statements, Watson Wyatt Poll Finds [24 January 2008]

Most Companies to Make Other Changes to Their Proxy Disclosures for 2008

http://www.watsonwyatt.com/us/news/press.asp?ID=18567

Law

EEOC

HENREDON FURNITURE INDUSTRIES TO PAY $465,000 FOR RACIAL HARASSMENT, HANGMAN'S NOOSES [24 January 2008]

EEOC Settles Class Suit for Black Employees at Racially Hostile Workplace

http://www.eeoc.gov/press/1-24-08.html

EEOC: FY 2007 Performance and Accountability Highlights [15 January 2008]

http://www.eeoc.gov/abouteeoc/plan/par/2007/highlights.html

EEOC

Improving the Participation Rate of People with Targeted Disabilities in the Federal Work Force [15 January 2008]

January 2008

http://www.eeoc.gov/federal/report/pwtd.html

or

http://www.eeoc.gov/federal/report/pwtd.pdf

[full-text, 44 pages]

NLRB ANNOUNCES PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE TAKING OF VIDEO TESTIMONY IN REPRESENTATION PROCEEDINGS [11 January 2008]

http://www.nlrb.gov/about_us/news_room/template_html.aspx?file=http://www.nlrb.gov/shared_files/Press%20Releases/2008/R-2654.htm

or

http://www.nlrb.gov/shared_files/Press%20Releases/2008/R-2654.pdf

Statistical Reports

BEA: Private Services-Producing Sector Continued to Lead Growth in 2006 [29 January 2008]

Revised Statistics of Gross Domestic Product by Industry, 2004-2006

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/industry/gdpindustry/gdpindnewsrelease.htm

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/industry/gdpindustry/2008/pdf/gdpind06_rev.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/industry/gdpindustry/2008/xls/gdpind06_rev.xls

[spreadsheet]

and

Highlights

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/industry/gdpindustry/2008/pdf/gdpind06_rev_fax.pdf

BLS: UNION MEMBERS IN 2007 [25 January 2008]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/union2.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/union2.pdf

[full-text ,12 pages]

BLS: INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS OF HOURLY COMPENSATION COSTS IN MANUFACTURING, 2006 [25 January 2008]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ichcc.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ichcc.pdf

[full-text, 27 pages]

BLS: METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: DECEMBER 2007 [29 January 2008]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/metro.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/metro.pdf

[full-text, 23 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

http://www.bls.gov/web/metro.supp.toc.htm

BLS: MASS LAYOFFS IN DECEMBER 2007 AND ANNUAL TOTALS FOR 2007 [24 January 2008]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/mmls.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/mmls.pdf

[full-text, 13 pages]

BLS: AMERICA'S YOUTH AT 20: SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, TRAINING, AND EMPLOYMENT TRANSITIONS BETWEEN AGES 19 AND 20 [23 January 2008]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/nlsyth.toc.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/nlsyth.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/nlsyth.pdf

[full-text, 11 pages]

BLS: VOLUNTEERING IN THE UNITED STATES, 2007 [23 January 2008]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/volun.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/volun.pdf

[full-text, 12 pages]

BLS: REAL EARNINGS IN DECEMBER 2007 [16 January 2008]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/realer.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/realer.pdf

[full-text, 5 pages]

BLS: CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: DECEMBER 2007 [16 January 2008]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cpi.pdf

[full-text, 24 pages]

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

ZUULA

http://www.zuula.com/

[excerpt]

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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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Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
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New York, NY 10016

Telephone: (607) 255-2703
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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 30 January 2008.

______________________________
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
****************************************

# posted by SBasefsky : 8:10 AM

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, 16 January 2008

Academic Research

SLOAN INDUSTRY CENTERS

http://www.industry.sloan.org/centershome.htm

Click on the INDUSTRY in the left margin at the URL above. When the page comes up, click on the small URL at the top.

This will take you to the web site of that particular center.

See for example

Industrial Performance Center (at MIT)

http://web.mit.edu/ipc/index.html

See some of their working papers at -- http://web.mit.edu/ipc/publications/papers.html

IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)

http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers

Recently released research includes--

3285 Job Market Signaling and Employer Learning January 2008

3284 Earnings Differences between Chinese and Indian Wage Earners, 19872004 January 2008

ILR Press (an imprint of Cornell University Press)

CORPORATE WASTELAND

The Landscape and Memory of Deindustrialization [January 2008]

Steven High; David W. Lewis

http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=4789

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

International

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

ASIA ECONOMIC MONITOR 2007 [December 2007]

http://aric.adb.org/pdf/aem/dec07/Dec%20AEM%20complete%20131207.pdf

[full-text, 60 pages]

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

2005 International Comparison Program in Asia and the Pacific

Purchasing Power Parities and Real Expenditures [10 December 2007]

http://www.adb.org/Documents/Reports/ICP-Purchasing-Power-Expenditures/default.asp

or

http://www.adb.org/Documents/Reports/ICP-Purchasing-Power-Expenditures/PPP-Real-Expenditures.pdf

[full-text, 231 pages]

and

Highlights

http://www.adb.org/Documents/Reports/ICP-Purchasing-Power-Expenditures/Highlights.pdf

[full-text, 32 pages]

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditons (Dublin Foundation)

Employment guidance services for people with disabilities (CASE STUDIES database) [10 January 2008]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/areas/socialcohesion/egs/search.php

European Parliament

Is immigration the cure for a declining working population? [10 January 2008]

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/public/story_page/047-17502-007-01-01-908-20080107STO17493-2008-07-01-2008/default_en.htm

Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)

Research Department Publications

Topic: Labor and Social Issues

SEMINAR PAPERS on QUALITY OF EDUCATION IN LATIN AMERICA and the CARIBBEAN REGION [January 2008]

http://www.iadb.org/res/pub_list.cfm?pub_type_id=LAB&language=En&parid=2

World Bank

Global Economic Prospects 2008 [9 January 2008]

Technology Diffusion in the Developing World

http://econ.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTDEC/EXTDECPROSPECTS/GEPEXT/EXTGEP2008/0,,menuPK:4503385~pagePK:64167702~piPK:64167676~theSitePK:4503324,00.html

or

http://econ.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTDEC/EXTDECPROSPECTS/GEPEXT/EXTGEP2008/0,,contentMDK:21603882~menuPK:4503397~pagePK:64167689~piPK:64167673~theSitePK:4503324,00.html

[full-text, html]

or

http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTGEP2008/Resources/GEP_complete.pdf

[full-text, 224 pages]

Press Release

http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:21604212~pagePK:64257043~piPK:437376~theSitePK:4607,00.html

World Bank

Migration and Remittances Factbook 2008

January 8, 2008

http://econ.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTDEC/EXTDECPROSPECTS/0,,contentMDK:21352016~menuPK:3145470~pagePK:64165401~piPK:64165026~theSitePK:476883,00.html

Federal

BEA -- NOTICE:

2004-2006 Revised Estimates of the Annual Industry Accounts [10 January 2008]

Table Changes: Annual Industry Accounts, January 29, 2008 release

http://www.bea.gov/industry/ASM_tablechanges.htm

BLS: Monthly Labor Review Online [10 January 2008]

December 2007

Vol. 130, Number 12

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/mlrhome.htm

A time to work: recent trends in shift work and flexible schedules

Terence M. McMenamin

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2007/12/art1full.pdf

[full-text, 13 pages]

Estimating economic losses in the Bay Area from a magnitude-6.9 earthquake

Richard J. Holden, Donna Bahls, and Charles Real

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2007/12/art2full.pdf

[full-text, 7 pages]

Are male veterans at greater risk for nonemployment than nonveterans?

Greg A. Greenberg and Robert Rosenheck

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2007/12/art3full.pdf

[full-text, 9 pages]

Comparative civilian labor force statistics, 10 countries: a visual essay

Jennifer L. Raynor

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2007/12/art4full.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

Census

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT in the UNITED STATES 2007 [10 January 2008]

http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/educ-attn.html

* Press Release [10 January 2008]

Photos

< http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/broadcast/photos/lifestyle/004291.html >

One-Third of Young Women Have Bachelor's Degrees [10 January 2008]

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/education/011196.html

Census CB08-09

DETAILED TABLES at

Small Area Income & Poverty Estimates [9 January 2008]

Model-based Estimates for States, Counties, & School Districts

http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe/index.html

Press Release

Census Bureau Releases Poverty Estimates for States, Counties and School Districts [9 January 2008]

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/poverty/011195.html

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RL34314

China's Holdings of U.S. Securities: Implications for the U.S. Economy

January 9, 2008

Wayne M. Morrison, Specialist In International Trade and Finance, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division

Marc Labonte, Specialist in Macroeconomic Policy, Government and Finance Division

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34314_20080109.pdf

[full-text, 16 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RL34317

Trafficking in Persons: U.S. Policy and Issues for Congress

January 10, 2008

Clare Ribando Seelke, Analyst in Latin American Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division

Alison Siskin, Specialist in Immigration Policy, Domestic Social Policy Division

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34317_20080110.pdf

[full-text, 56 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code 94-971

Federal Employees: Pay and Pension Increases Since 1969

Updated January 8, 2008

Patrick Purcell, Specialist in Income Security, Domestic Social Policy Division

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/477/

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RL34295

Spending by Consumers on Health Care and Health Insurance: A Data Brief

December 21, 2007

Jennifer Jenson, Specialist in Health Economics, Domestic Social Policy

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34295_20071221.pdf

[full-text, 14 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RS22785

January 8, 2008

SCHIP Coverage for Pregnant Women and Unborn Children

Evelyne P. Baumrucker, Analyst in Health Care Financing, Domestic Social Policy Division

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22785_20080108.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RS22782

January 2, 2008

Railroad Retirement Board: Trust Fund Investment Practices

Kathleen Romig, Social Science Analyst, Domestic Social Policy Division

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22782_20080102.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

GAO: Social Security Disability: Better Planning, Management, and Evaluation Could Help Address Backlogs GAO-08-40, December 7, 2007 (released 7 January 2008)

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0840.pdf

[full-text, 88 pages

or

Highlights

http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d0840high.pdf

United States International Trade Commission (USITC)

INTERACTIVE TARIFF AND TRADE DATAWEB

http://dataweb.usitc.gov/

Manufacturing.gov

www.manufacturing.gov

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Rates of Basic Pay for Members of the Senior Executive Service [9 January 2008]

http://www.opm.gov/ses/compensation.asp

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

The Commonwealth Fund

Issue Brief

The Public's Views on Health Care Reform in the 2008 Presidential Election [15 January 2008]

January 15, 2008 | Volume 29Authors:

Sara R. Collins, PhD., and Jennifer L. Kriss

http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=647816

or

http://www.commonwealthfund.org/usr_doc/Collins_pubviewshltcarereform2008election_1095_ib.pdf?section=4039

[full-text, 12 pages]

and

CHARTS

http://www.commonwealthfund.org/usr_doc/Collins_pubviewshltcarereform_figures.pdf?section=4039

and

Press Release

http://www.commonwealthfund.org/usr_doc/Collins_2008prescandproposals_release.pdf?section=4039

Also read a related report,

Envisioning the Future: The 2008 Presidential Candidates' Health Reform Proposals.

http://www.commonwealthfund.org/usr_doc/Collins_envisioningfuture2008prescandhltreformprop_1092.pdf?section=4039

[full-text, 58 pages]

Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF)

Women's Health Insurance Coverage Fact Sheet (update December 2007)

http://www.kff.org/womenshealth/6000.cfm

or

http://www.kff.org/womenshealth/upload/6000_06.pdf

[full-text, 2 pages]

Health Insurance Coverage of Women Ages 18 to 64, by State, 2005-2006 (update December 2007)

http://www.kff.org/womenshealth/1613.cfm

or

http://www.kff.org/womenshealth/upload/1613_07.pdf

[full-text, 2 pages]

LEGISTORM Transparency's Sidekick

Salary Database (Congressional Staff)

http://www.legistorm.com/salaries.html

Rand Fact Sheet

Teens Who Work Are More Likely to Smoke [14 January 2008]

By: Rajeev Ramchand, Nicholas S. Ialongo, Howard D. Chilcoat

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9321/

or

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9321/index1.html

or

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/2008/RAND_RB9321.pdf

[full-text, 3 pages]

Watson Wyatt (UK)

Bonuses make all the difference in the financial services sector [11 January 2008]

http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=18486

WhereToWork.com by Aurora

http://www.wheretowork.com/default.asp

[Note: AURORA is a business wormen's network -- http://www.network.auroravoice.com/about.asp

COMPANIES -- [Comparing HR Information submitted by companies]

http://www.wheretowork.com/organisations/

The Work Foundation

An Ideopolis Working Paper

Enterprise Priorities to Enterprise Powerhouses: The Public Sector in the Knowledge Economy

Naomi Clayton

January 2008

http://www.workfoundation.org/Assets/PDFs/public_private_ideopolis040108b.pdf

[full-text, 80 pages]

Press Release

http://www.workfoundation.org/aboutus/media/pressreleases/publicaswellasprivatesectorspendingdrivesknowledgeeconomysuccessincitiesallovertheuk.aspx

WRITERS' GUILD OF AMERICA (WGA) --

CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE

http://www.wga.org/subpage_member.aspx?id=2403

Law

EEOC LAUNCHES ANTI-DISCRIMINATION PSAs FEATURING JAZZ GREAT WYNTON MARSALIS [14 January 2008]

http://www.eeoc.gov/press/1-14-08.html

See --

Anti-Discrimination PSAs featuring Wynton Marsalis

http://www.eeoc.gov/psa/marsalis.html

EEOC

SUPREME NORTHWEST LLC TO PAY $427,000 TO SETTLE EEOC NATIONAL ORIGIN DISCRIMINATION SUIT [7 January 2008]

Company's Plant Manager Harassed and Forced Out Hispanic Employees, Federal Agency Says

http://www.eeoc.gov/press/1-7-08.html

European Commission (EC) > Employment, Social affairs and Equal Opportunities > Labour Law

LABOUR LAW DOCUMENTATION BY TOPIC

http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/labour_law/documentation_en.htm

Press Release

DHS Releases REAL ID Regulation [11 January 2008]

http://www.dhs.gov/xnews/releases/pr_1200065427422.shtm

For more, see -- http://www.dhs.gov/xprevprot/programs/gc_1200062053842.shtm

Read the FINAL RULE [11 January 2008]

http://www.dhs.gov/xprevprot/laws/gc_1172765386179.shtm

Part 1

http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/Real_ID_Final_Rule_Part1_2007-01-11.pdf

[full-text, 120 pages]

Part 2

http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/Real_ID_Final_Rule_Part2_2007-01-11.pdf

[full-text, 164 pages]

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

Document for Public Review and Comment:

CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

INTERIM GUIDANCE FOR THE MEDICAL SCREENING OF WORKERS

POTENTIALLY EXPOSED TO ENGINEERED NANOPARTICLES

November 2007

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/review/public/115/PDFs/DRAFTCIBExpEngNano.pdf

[full-text, 39 pages]

Interim Guidance on Medical Screening of Workers Potentially Exposed to Engineered Nanoparticles Docket # NIOSH-115

December 2007

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/review/public/115/

Statistical Reports

BEA: U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES November 2007 [11 January 2008]

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/tradnewsrelease.htm

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2008/pdf/trad1107.pdf

[full-text, 47 pages]

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2008/xls/trad1107.xls

[spreadsheet]

and

Highlights

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2008/pdf/trad1107_fax.pdf

BLS: Producer Price Indexes - December 2007 [15 January 2008]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ppi.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ppi.pdf

[full-text, 20 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

http://www.bls.gov/web/ppi.supp.toc.htm

BLS: Latest State and Area "Employment & Earnings" Tables, Establishment Survey Data [14 January 2008]

http://www.bls.gov/sae/home.htm#tables

BLS: U.S. IMPORT AND EXPORT PRICE INDEXES - DECEMBER 2007 - [11 January 2008]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ximpim.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ximpim.pdf

[full-text, 17 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

http://www.bls.gov/web/ximpim.supp.toc.htm

BLS: METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: NOVEMBER 2007 [9 January 2008]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/metro.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/metro.pdf

[full-text, 23 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

http://www.bls.gov/web/metro.supp.toc.htm

BLS: JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER: NOVEMBER 2007 [10 January 2008]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/jolts.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/jolts.pdf

[full-text, 15 pages]

OECD Standardised Unemployment Rates (SURs) - Updated: January 2008 [11 January 2008]

http://www.oecd.org/document/21/0,3343,en_2649_201185_39885653_1_1_1_1,00.html

and

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/26/29/39885598.pdf

[full-text, 4 pages]

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

Note: Two points of view below ---

Oxford Economics

UK GDP per capita to overtake US in 2008 for first time since the 19th century [7 January 2008]

http://www.oef.com/Free/pdfs/oxfordeconomicspressreleasejan08.pdf

ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE --

Center for Economic and Policy Research

Misunderestimating' Living Standards

January 2008, John Schmitt and David Rosnick

http://www.cepr.net/content/view/1419/8/

For full-report -- see

http://www.cepr.net/documents/publications/living_standards_2008_01.pdf

ExpatsInChina.com

http://www.expatsinchina.com/

The above is a division of

CBW.com (China Business World. com)

http://www.cbw.com/business.html

Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)

Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics, 31st Edition

http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/toc.html

To be aware of newly added material see,

http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/whats_new.html

Work-related information is found here as well, see for some examples -

Table 1.79.2006 - Personnel and court-related work hours of U.S. attorneys' offices, United States, 1972-2006

http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/pdf/t1792006.pdf

Table 3.135.2005 - Workplace homicides, by victim characteristics, type of event, and selected occupation and industry,United States, 2003, 2004, and 2005

http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/pdf/t31352005.pdf

Table 3.135.2002 - Workplace homicides, by victim characteristics, type of event, and selected occupation and industry, United States, 1992-2002

http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/pdf/t31352002.pdf

Table 2.17.2006 - Respondents' ratings of the honesty and ethical standards of various occupations, By type of occupation, United States, 2006

http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/pdf/t2172006.pdf

NOTE: This posting is for information only. It brings your attention to a possible workplace issue.

MintEmail.com [Free Service]

http://www.mintemail.com/perfwd/index.php

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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, 9 January 2008

Academic Research

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Staff Reports, December 2007, Number 311

Firms and Flexibility

http://www.newyorkfed.org/research/staff_reports/sr311.html

or

http://www.newyorkfed.org/research/staff_reports/sr311.pdf

[full-text, 49 pages]

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Staff Reports, August 2007, Number 298

Job-Finding and Separation Rates in the OECD

http://www.newyorkfed.org/research/staff_reports/sr298.html

or

http://www.newyorkfed.org/research/staff_reports/sr298.pdf

[full-text, 31 pages]

Parental Leave Policies and Parents' Employment and Leave-Taking

http://www.nber.org/papers/w13697.pdf

[full-text, 48 pages]

Wen-Jui Han, Christopher Ruhm, Jane Waldfogel

NBER Working Paper No. 13697

Issued in December 2007

---- Abstract -----

http://www.nber.org/papers/w13697

ILR Press (an imprint of Cornell University Press)

LIFE SUPPORT: Three Nurses on the Front Lines

Suzanne Gordon; Claire Fagin, R.N., Ph.D., F.A.A.N. (Foreword)

http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=4802

MONTHLY REVIEW PRESS

On the Global Waterfront: The Fight to Free the Charleston 5

by Suzan Erem and E. Paul Durrenberger

http://www.monthlyreview.org/globalwaterfront.htm

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

International

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Condtions (Dublin Foundation)

European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)

European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)

ERM Report 2007 - Restructuring and employment in the EU: The impact of globalisation [20 December 2007]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0768.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/68/en/1/ef0768en.pdf

[full-text, 117 pages]

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)

Foundation Focus - Issue 4: Family matters

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef07113.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/113/en/1/ef07113en.pdf

[full-text, 16 pages]

ILO Bureau of Statistics, in collaboration with the Skills and Employability Department

The employment situation of people with disabilities: Towards improved statistical information [2007]

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/skills/disability/download/statsguide.pdf

[full-text, 53 pages]

Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)

Japanese Working Life Profile 2007/2008--Labor Statistics [21 December 2007]

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/jwl.htm

or

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/laborinfo/library/documents/workinglifeprofile07_08.pdf

[full-text, 93 pages]

Federal

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)

Notice of Series Changes with the Forthcoming Update to 2007 North American Industry Classification and Annual Benchmark Release on February 1, 2008 [4 January 2008]

http://www.bls.gov/ces/cesnaics07.htm

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RL34297

Motor Vehicle Manufacturing Employment: National and State Trends and Issues

December 27, 2007

Stephen Cooney, Specialist in Industrial Organization and Business, Resources, Science, and Industry Division

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34297_20071227.pdf

[full-text, 40 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RL33702

Health Insurance Basics: Roles for the Market and Government in Providing, Financing, and Regulating Private Insurance Coverage (available publicly January 2008)

Updated September 18, 2007

Jennifer Jenson, Specialist in Health Economics, Domestic Social Policy Division

Bernadette Fernandez, Analyst in Health Care Financing, Domestic Social Policy Division

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33702_20070918.pdf

[full-text, 12 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RL32545

Health Care Spending: Context and Policy (available publicly January 2008)

Updated October 2, 2007

Jennifer Jenson, Specialist in Health Economics, Domestic Social Policy Division

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL32545_20071002.pdf

[full-text, 17 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RS21897

Updated January 3, 2008

The Effect of State-Legalized Same-Sex Marriage on Social Security Benefits and Pensions

Laura Haltzel and Patrick Purcell, Specialists in Income Security, Domestic Social Policy Division

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RS21897_20080103.pdf

[full-text, 5 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RL34287

Offender Reentry: Correctional Statistics, Reintegration into the Community, and Recidivism

December 17, 2007

Blas Nuñez-Neto, Analyst in Domestic Security, Domestic Social Policy Division

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34287_20071217.pdf

[full-text, 37 pages]

National Science Foundation (NSF)

First-Time, Full-Time Graduate Student Enrollment in Science and Engineering Increases in 2006, Especially Among Foreign Students [3 January 2007]

NSF 08-302 | December 2007 |

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf08302/

or

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf08302/nsf08302.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)

2007 Annual Survey of VIOLATIONS OF TRADE UNION RIGHTS

http://survey07.ituc-csi.org/getcontinent.php?IDContinent=0&IDLang=EN

Press Releases -- General and by Region

http://survey07.ituc-csi.org/pressrel.php?IDLang=EN

Videos and Photos

http://survey07.ituc-csi.org/videos.php?IDLang=EN

For the 2006 Report, see-

http://www.icftu.org/survey2006.asp?language=EN

Mercer

Survey on Executive pay in European financial services companies [7 January 2008]

http://www.mercer.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1291805

Work Foundation (UK)

A Research Report for The Work Foundation's Knowledge Economy Programme

Public Service Innovation [December 2007]

Rohit Lekhi, Research Republic LLP

http://workfoundation.org/products/publications/azpublications/publicserviceinnovation.aspx

or

http://workfoundation.org/Assets/PDFs/PSI2.pdf

[full-text, 112 pages]

Law

Federal Register: December 26, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 246)

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION

29 CFR Parts 1625 and 1627

RIN 3046-AA72

Age Discrimination in Employment Act; Retiree Health Benefits

AGENCY: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

ACTION: Final rule.

http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/E7-24867.htm

or

http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-24867.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

Questions & Answers about the EEOC's Retiree Health Rule

http://www.eeoc.gov/policy/docs/qanda_retireehealthrule.html

Press Release

EEOC MOVES TO PROTECT RETIREE HEALTH BENEFITS [26 December 2007]

Implementation of Final Rule Ensures Age Bias Law is No Barrier to Employer Insurance

http://www.eeoc.gov/press/12-26-07.html

EEOC

LOCKHEED MARTIN TO PAY $2.5 MILLION TO SETTLE RACIAL HARASSMENT LAWSUIT [2 January 2008]

EEOC Says African American Electrician Subjected to 'N-Word' and Threats of Lynching at Worksites Across the Country

http://www.eeoc.gov/press/1-2-08.html

Significant EEOC Race/Color Cases

(Covering Private and Federal Sectors) [3 December 2007]

http://www.eeoc.gov/initiatives/e-race/caselist.html

EEOC Fact Sheet on -

Employment Tests and Selection Procedures

http://www.eeoc.gov/policy/docs/factemployment_procedures.html

ILO--Social Dialogue, Labour Law, and Labour Administration

Termination of Employment Legislation Digest

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/ifpdial/info/termination/index.htm

Profiles of National Legislation covering Termination of Employment

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/ifpdial/info/termination/countries/index.htm

Comparative Tables

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/ifpdial/info/termination/tables.htm

Statistical Reports

BLS: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: DECEMBER 2007 [4 January 2008]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf

[full-text, 31 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

http://www.bls.gov/web/empsit.supp.toc.htm

OECD

Annual inflation in the OECD area surges to 3.3% in November 2007 [8 January 2007]

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/55/47/39859738.pdf

[full-text, 4 pages]

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RL31146

Foreign Students in the United States: Policies and Legislation

Updated December 10, 2007

Chad C. Haddal, Analyst in Immigration Policy, Domestic Social Policy Division

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL31146_20071210.pdf

[full-text, 26 pages]

FBI

Preliminary SemiAnnual

UNIFORM CRIME REPORTS [January - June 2007] (released 7 January 2008)

http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/prelim2007/index.html

Please forward the following to persons who may be interested--

The International Institute for Labour Studies, a research center affiliated

with the International Labour Organization in Geneva (Switzerland), is

advertising four research positions at different levels. The relevant information

can be found at the URLs below. Deadlines for applications are Jan. 14.

Senior Economist - Quantitative Analysis of Social Impacts of Globalisation (2 posts)

https://erecruit.ilo.org/public/hrd-cl-vac-view.asp?o_c=2000&jobinfo_uid_c=18539&vaclng=en

Economist

https://erecruit.ilo.org/public/hrd-cl-vac-view.asp?o_c=2000&jobinfo_uid_c=18540&vaclng=en

Development Economist

https://erecruit.ilo.org/public/hrd-cl-vac-view.asp?o_c=2000&jobinfo_uid_c=18541&vaclng=en

______________________________
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
****************************************

# posted by SBasefsky : 6:14 AM

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, 2 January 2008

Academic Research

R. Brinkley Smithers Institute for ALCOHOL-RELATED WORKPLACE STUDIES

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/smithers/

ORAL HISTORY PROJECT

Oral History INTERVIEWS

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/smithers/resources/oral_history.html

Click on the NEXT arrow to go to the interviews.

IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)

http://www.iza.org/

Recently released research includes--

3270 Earnings Instability and Earnings Inequality in Urban China: 19892006

3269 Informal Employment Relationships and Labor Market Segmentation in Transition Economies: Evidence from Ukraine

3268 Who Leaves and Who Returns? Deciphering Immigrant Self-Selection from a Developing Country