Wednesday, January 16, 2008
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 16 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, 16 January 2008
Academic Research
International
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
IWS Weekly Bulletin, 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
- 3284
- 3285
- 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
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
- 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
- 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
- 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/
- 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]
- 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
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
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
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