IWS Documented News WEEKLY BULLETIN: February 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, 27 February 2008

Academic Research

International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS) at the ILO

Discussion Paper 185/2007

Corporate social responsibility in multinational companies: Management initiatives or negotiated agreements?

by Tony Edwards, Paul; Marginson, Paul; Edwards, Anthony; Ferner, Olga Tregaskis

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/download/dp18507.pdf

[full-text, 27 pages]

International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS) at the ILO

Research Series 114

In the wake of the crisis: Argentina's new economic and labour policy directions and their impact [2007]

Marta Novick, Carlos Tomada, Mario Damill, Roberto Frenkel and Roxana Maurizio

Introduction by Juan Somavia

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/download/114e.pdf

[full-text, 144 pages]

Also in Spanish (en Español )

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

U.S. Anti-Union Consultants: A Threat to the Rights of British Workers

John Logan

Employment Relations and Organizational Behavior Group, Department of Management, London School of Economics and Political Science

http://www.tuc.org.uk/extras/loganreport.pdf

[full-text, 28 pages]

IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)

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

Recent studies include --

3365 Preferences for Collective versus Individualised Wage Setting

3364 Explaining the Evolution of Hours Worked and Employment across OECD Countries: An Equilibrium Search Approach

3363 Globalization and Labor Market Outcomes: Wage Bargaining, Search Frictions, and Firm Heterogeneity

3362 Heterogeneous Impacts in PROGRESA

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

International

The Inter-American Centre for Knowledge Development in Vocational Training (ILO/Cinterfor)

Montevideo, Uruguay

Gender, training and work

http://www.cinterfor.org.uy/public/english/region/ampro/cinterfor/temas/gender/index.htm

also in Spanish (En Español ) at

http://www.cinterfor.org.uy/public/spanish/region/ampro/cinterfor/temas/informal/sobre.htm

National Statistics (UK)

INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS OF PRODUCTIVITY [19 February 2008]

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/icp0208.pdf

[full-text, 11 pages]

OECD

A Profile of Immigrant Populations in the 21st Century: Data from OECD Countries [20 February 2008]

http://www.oecd.org/document/27/0,3343,en_2649_37415_40110299_1_1_1_37415,00.html

World Bank

Policy Research Working Paper 4519

Is Africa's Economy At A Turning Point? [February 2008]

Jorge Arbache, Delfin S. Go, John Page

http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/IW3P/IB/2008/02/15/000158349_20080215130614/Rendered/PDF/wps4519.pdf

[full-text, 57 pages]

Federal

Administration on Aging

A PROFILE OF OLDER AMERICANS: 2007 [February 2008]

http://www.aoa.gov/prof/Statistics/profile/profiles.asp

or

http://www.aoa.gov/prof/Statistics/profile/2007/2007profile.pdf

[full-text, 19 pages]

and

Highlights

http://www.aoa.gov/prof/Statistics/profile/2007/2.asp

Administration on Aging

A STATISTICAL PROFILE of BLACK OLDER AMERICANS AGED 65+ [February 2008]

http://www.aoa.gov/press/fact/pdf/Facts-on-Black-Elderly2008.pdf

[full-text, 2 pages]

Administration on Aging

A Statistical Profile of Older Americans Aged 65+ [February 2008]

http://www.aoa.gov/PRESS/fact/pdf/ss_stat_profile.pdf

[full-text, 2 pages]

Census

LIVING ARRANGEMENTS OF CHILDREN: 2004 [20 February 2008]

http://www.census.gov/prod/2008pubs/p70-114.pdf

[full-text, 20 pages]

Detailed Tables

http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/children.html

Press Release

Majority of Children Live With Two Biological Parents [20 February 2008]

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/children/011507.html

Census

Household Economic Studies

Issued February 2008

P70-113

Maternity Leave and Employment Patterns of First-Time Mothers: 19612003 [25 February 2008]

http://www.census.gov/prod/2008pubs/p70-113.pdf

[full-text, 20 pages]

Press Release

Women More Likely to Work During Pregnancy [25 February 2008]

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/employment_occupations/011536.html

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

The Effects of Childhood Stress on Health Across the Lifespan [21 February 2008]

http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/pub-res/effects_of_childhood_stress.htm

or

http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/pub-res/pdf/Childhood_Stress.pdf

[full-text, 18 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RL34381

European UnionU.S. Trade and Investment Relations: Key Issues

February 14, 2008

Raymond J. Ahearn, Coordinator, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division

John W. Fischer, Charles B. Goldfarb, and Charles E. Hanrahan, Resources, Science, and Industry Division

Walter W. Eubanks, Government and Finance Division

Janice E. Rubin, American Law Division

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34381_20080214.pdf

[full-text, 39 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RL34375

Largest Mergers and Acquisitions by Corporations in 2007

February 14, 2008

John Williamson, Information Research Specialist, Knowledge Services Group

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34375_20080214.pdf

[full-text, 17 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RL34385

Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board: New Independent Agency Status

February 20, 2008

Harold C. Relyea, Specialist in American National Government, Government and Finance Division

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34385_20080220.pdf

[full-text, 11 pages]

Department of Labor

Press Release

U.S. Labor Department unveils online resource to help Americans chart retirement finances [21 February 2008]

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/ebsa/ebsa20080224.htm

see

Taking The Mystery Out Of Retirement Planning [21 February 2008]

http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/publications/nearretirement.html

[each chapter separately with interactive charts]

or

http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/pdf/nearretirement.pdf

[full-text, 34 pages]

Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)

Campus Law Enforcement, 2004-05 [20 February 2008]

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/cle0405.htm

or

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/cle0405.pdf

[full-text, 19 pages]

United States International Trade Commission (USITC)

Recent Trends in U.S. Services Trade (Annual Reports) 1998 to date

http://www.usitc.gov/ind_econ_ana/research_ana/Ongoing_Inv/recent_trends.htm

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

AFL-CIO, U.K. Unions Join Forces Against Union-Busters

by James Parks, Feb 22, 2008

http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/02/22/afl-cio-uk-unions-join-forces-against-union-busters/

and

Protocol between AFL-CIO and the TUC [12 February 2008]

http://www.tuc.org.uk/extras/protocolagreement.pdf

Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)

FAST FACTS from EBRI

FFE #73, Feb. 21, 2008

Employee Benefits: Where Money Comes From, Where It Goes

http://www.ebri.org/pdf/publications/facts/fastfacts/fastfact02212008.pdf

RAND

Occasional Paper

Education and the Asian Surge

A Comparison of the Education Systems in India and China [20 February 2008]

By: Charles A. Goldman, Krishna B. Kumar, Ying Liu

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP218/

or

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/2008/RAND_OP218.pdf

[full-text, 55 pages]

and

Summary

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/2008/RAND_OP218.sum.pdf

[full-text, 5 pages]

Telework Exchange

Telework Eligibility Profile: Feds Fit the Bill [19 February 2008]

http://www.teleworkexchange.com/eligibility/

[PowerPoint Slides]

Press Release

Study Reveals $13.9 Billion Annual Federal Telework Deficit

Feds Can Telework and Spare the Environment 21.5 Billion Pounds of Pollutants

Or Plant 32 Million Trees Annually to Offset CO2 Emissions

http://www.teleworkexchange.com/pdfs/Telework-Eligibility-Profile-Feds-Fit-the-Bill-Press-Release.pdf

[full-text, 3 pages]

Watson Wyatt

Navigating Enrollment - Leveraging Technology To Engage Employees

Executive Summary

http://www.watsonwyatt.com/research/resrender.asp?id=2007-WT-0007&page=1

or

http://www.watsonwyatt.com/research/deliverPDF.asp?catalog=2007-WT-0007&r=x.pdf

[full-text, 7 pages] [FREE REGISTRATION may be necessary]

Press Release

Employers Using Benefits Enrollment Systems To Drive Employee Behavior Change, Watson Wyatt Survey Finds [21 February 2008]

Employers Most Satisfied When Enrollment Systems, Related Resources Are Integrated

http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=18678

Law

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RL34383

Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) for Workers: Current Issues and Legislation

February 20, 2008

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

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34383_20080220.pdf

[full-text, 12 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RS22812

February 20, 2008

Constitutional Limits on Hate Crime Legislation

Alison M. Smith, Legislative Attorney, American Law Division

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22812_20080220.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

U.S. Department of Labor

Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)

FIELD ASSISTANCE BULLETIN NO. 2008-02

WELLNESS PROGRAM ANALYSIS [14 February 2008]

http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/pdf/fab2008-2.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

Statistical Reports

BLS: Producer Price Indexes - January 2008 [26 February 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

Census

QUARTERLY RETAIL E-COMMERCE SALES--4th QUARTER 2007 [15 February 2008]

http://www.census.gov/mrts/www/ecomm.html

[General Page]

and

http://www.census.gov/mrts/www/data/html/07Q4.html

or

http://www.census.gov/mrts/www/data/pdf/07Q4.pdf

[full-text, 3 pages]

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

Greener World Media

GreenBiz.com

State of Green Business 2008 [30 January 2008]

http://www.stateofgreenbusiness.com/

or

http://www.stateofgreenbusiness.com/files/StateOfGreenBusiness2008.pdf

[full-text, 64 pages]

Press Release

http://greenbiz.com/news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=36600

______________________________
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 : 8:38 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, 20 February 2008

Academic Research

Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)

Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Latin American Research Network

Red de Centros de Investigación

Research Network Working Paper #R-542

What Emigration Leaves Behind: The Situation of Emigrants and their Families in Ecuador [February 2008]

Ximena Soruco, Fundación Sur, Cuenca, Ecuador

Giorgina Piani, Máximo Rossi, Departamento de Economía, Universidad de la República Oriental del Uruguay

http://www.iadb.org/res/pub_desc.cfm?pub_id=R-542

or

http://www.iadb.org/res/includes/pub_hits.cfm?pub_id=R-542&pub_file_name=pubR-542.pdf

[full-text, 61 pages]

IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)

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

Recent studies include

3350 Wage Policies of a Russian Firm and the Financial Crisis of 1998: Evidence from Personnel Data 1997 to 2002

3349 Economic Well-Being and Poverty among the Elderly: An Analysis Based on a Collective Consumption Model

3348 Electoral Rules and Politicians' Behavior: A Micro Test

3347 Impact of Reforms on Plant-Level Productivity and Technical Efficiency: Evidence from the Indian Manufacturing Sector

3346 Consequences of Data Error in Aggregate Indicators: Evidence from the Human Development Index

3345 Competition and Relational Contracts: The Role of Unemployment as a Disciplinary Device

Evidence From Maternity Leave Expansions of the Impact of Maternal Care on Early Child Development

http://mirror.nber.org/cgi-bin/sendWP.cgi/1670391025/w13826.pdf

or

http://www.nber.org/papers/w13826.pdf

[full-text, 44 pages]

Michael Baker, Kevin Milligan

NBER Working Paper No. 13826

Issued in February 2008

---- Abstract -----

http://www.nber.org/papers/w13826

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

International

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

European industrial relations dictionary [update 15 February 2008]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/areas/industrialrelations/dictionary/index.htm

The Foundation is continuing to expand and update its European Industrial Relations Dictionary. New entries include such diverse terms as:

Viking case,

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/areas/industrialrelations/dictionary/definitions/vikingcase.htm

transgender

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/areas/industrialrelations/dictionary/definitions/transgender.htm

and the

European Globalisation Adjustment Fund

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/areas/industrialrelations/dictionary/definitions/europeanglobalisationadjustmentfund.htm

ILO

Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT)

PANORAMA LABORAL 2007: América Latina y el Caribe [online February 2008]

http://www.oit.org.pe/WDMS/bib/publ/panorama/panorama07.pdf

[full-text, 105 pages]

OECD

Development Co-operation Report 2007 [14 February 2008]

http://www.oecd.org/document/32/0,3343,en_2649_37413_40056608_1_1_1_37413,00.html

[full-text available via SourceOECD at major libraries and universities]

Summary

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/21/10/40108245.pdf

[full-text, 16 pages]

World Bank

China Quarterly Update, January 2008 [4 February 2008]

http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/EASTASIAPACIFICEXT/CHINAEXTN/0,,contentMDK:21639655~menuPK:3968048~pagePK:64027988~piPK:64027986~theSitePK:318950,00.html

or

http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTCHINA/Resources/318862-1121421293578/cqu_jan_08_en.pdf

[full-text, 30 pages]

CHARTS

http://digitalmedia.worldbank.org/slideshow/?slideshow_id=242

Federal

BLS: Issues in Labor Statistics

Summary 08-01/February 2008

U.S. Skiing Employment: East and West [15 February 2008]

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ils/pdf/opbils64.pdf

[full-text, 3 pages]

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

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

[full-text, 6 pages]

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

Update of CBO's Economic Forecast [15 February 2008]

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/89xx/doc8979/02-15-EconForecast_ConradLetter.pdf

[full-text, 7 pages]

CBO

Geographic Variation in Health Care Spending [15 February 2008]

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/89xx/doc8972/02-15-GeogHealth.pdf

[full-text, 39 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RS22808

February 13, 2008

How Large is China's Economy? Does it Matter?

Wayne M. Morrison and Michael F. Martin, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22808_20080213.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RS22713

Updated January 24, 2008

Health and Safety Concerns Over U.S. Imports of Chinese Products: An Overview

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

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22713_20080124.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RS21745

Updated January 23, 2008

Islam: Sunnis and Shiites

Christopher M. Blanchard, Analyst in Middle Eastern Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RS21745_20080123.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

GAO: Primary Care Professionals: Recent Supply Trends, Projections, and Valuation of Services, by A. Bruce Steinwald, director, health care, before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. GAO-08-472T, February 12.

http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-472T

or

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08472t.pdf

[full-text, 22 pages]

and

Highlights -

http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08472thigh.pdf

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Federal R&D Funding Down in FY 2007 [13 February 2008]

NSF 08-303 | February 2008 |

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf08303/

or

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf08303/nsf08303.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

EBRI (Employee Benefit Research Institute)

EBRI NOTES, February 2008, Vol. 29, No. 2

The Future of Employment-Based Health Benefits: Have Employers Reached a Tipping Point? [February 2008]

http://www.ebri.org/publications/notes/index.cfm?fa=notesDisp&content_id=3882

or

http://www.ebri.org/pdf/notespdf/EBRI_Notes_02a-2008.pdf

[full-text, 12 pages]

Migration Policy Institute

Migration Information Source

Spotlight on the Foreign Born of Pakistani Origin in the United States

By Jeanne Batalova and Uriah Ferruccio

February 2008

http://www.migrationinformation.org/USFocus/display.cfm?id=672

or

http://www.migrationinformation.org/USFocus/print.cfm?ID=672

National Academy of SOCIAL INSURANCE

Social Security: A Essential Asset and Insurance Protection for All [February 2008]

http://www.nasi.org/usr_doc/An_Essential_Asset_and_Insurance_Protection_for_All.pdf

[full-text, 48 pages]

See Press Release [31 January 2008]

Social Security Is Worth $225,000 for a Typical Retiree

http://www.nasi.org/publications2763/publications_show.htm?doc_id=659145

Ruhr-University Bochum

The European Works Council: A Transnational Organization?

Typology, Negotiation Results and Context Conditions of European Works Councils in Selected Companies in the European Automotive Industry

http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/ewc/

Watson Wyatt

Few Employers Addressing Workplace Stress, Watson Wyatt Surveys Find [14 February 2008]

http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=18643

Law

Department of Labor, Wage & Hour Division

February 11, 2008

http://www.dol.gov/esa/whd/

The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

Parties are encouraged to submit comments by 12:00 midnight, April 11, 2008.

FACT SHEET on

The Family and Medical Leave Act: The Department of Labor's Regulatory Proposal [11 February 2008]

http://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compliance/whd/whdfs_FMLA_NPRM.pdf

and

The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993; Proposed Rule [Federal Register on February 11, 2008]

http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20081800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-2062.pdf

[full-text, 127 pages]

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

FISCAL YEAR 2009 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET JUSTIFICATION [15 February 2008]

http://www.eeoc.gov/abouteeoc/plan/2009budget/index.html

[includes data on legal activities]

NLRB ANNOUNCES THE DISPLAY OF AMERICAN FLAGS AT ALL AGENCY-CONDUCTED REPRESENTATIONAL ELECTIONS [13 February 2008]

http://www.nlrb.gov/shared_files/Press%20Releases/2008/R-2656.pdf

Statistical Reports

BEA: U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES December 2007 [14 February 2008]

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2008/trad1207.htm

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2008/pdf/trad1207.pdf

[full-text, 49 pages]

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2008/xls/trad1207.xls

[spreadsheet]

and

Highlights

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2008/pdf/trad1207_fax.pdf

[Monthly]

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2008/pdf/trad1207annual_fax.pdf

[Annual]

BLS: CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: JANUARY 2008 [20 February 2008]

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

or

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

[full-text, 21 pages]

BLS: REAL EARNINGS IN JANUARY 2008 [20 February 2008]

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

or

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

[full-text, 7 pages]

BLS: U.S. IMPORT AND EXPORT PRICE INDEXES - JANUARY 2008 - [15 February 2008]

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

or

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

[full-text, 15 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

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

BLS: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS: SECOND QUARTER 2007 [14 February 2008]

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

or

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

[full-text, 19 pages]

BLS: 2007 Annual Average Tables of Labor Force Statistics (from the Household Survey) Now Available [12 February 2008]

Annual Averages -- Household Data

http://www.bls.gov/cps/home.htm#annual

BLS: EXTENDED MASS LAYOFFS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 2007 AND ANNUAL TOTALS FOR 2007 [14 February 2008]

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

or

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

[full-text, 25 pages]

BLS: MAJOR WORK STOPPAGES IN 2007 [13 February 2008]

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

or

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

[full-text, 9 pages]

Federal Reserve Board (FRB)

G.17

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION AND CAPACITY UTILIZATION [15 February 2008]

http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g17/Current/default.htm

or

http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g17/Current/g17.pdf

[full-text, 19 pages]

http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g17/Current/default.htm#NOTICE [Annual Revision Notice Below]

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

A CBO Study

Policy Options for Reducing CO2 Emissions [12 February 2008]

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/89xx/doc8934/02-12-Carbon.pdf

[full-text, 42 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
****************************************

# posted by SBasefsky : 6:07 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, 13 February 2008

Academic Research

IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)

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

Recent studies include

3340 Performance Spillovers and Social Network in the Workplace: Evidence from Rural and Urban Weavers in a Chinese Textile Firm

3339 Search, Wage Posting, and Urban Spatial Structure

3338 R&D and Productivity: Testing Sectoral Peculiarities Using Micro Data

3337 Inequality of Learning amongst Immigrant Children in Industrialised Countries

Marginal Jobs, Heterogeneous Firms, & Unemployment Flows

http://www.nber.org/papers/w13777.pdf

[full-text, 45 pages]

Michael W. L. Elsby, Ryan Michaels

NBER Working Paper No. 13777

Issued in February 2008

---- Abstract -----

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w13777

CAHRS Working Paper 07 16

Human Resource Practices and Organizational Commitment: A Deeper Examination

Patrick M. Wright, Rebecca R. Kehoe

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/depts/cahrs/downloads/PDFs/WorkingPapers/WP07-15.pdf

[full-text, 22 pages]

Additional working papers at -- http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/cahrs/2007.html

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

International

European Commission>Enterprise Europe network

Enterprise Europe Network

Business Support at Your Doorstep

http://www.enterprise-europe-network.ec.europa.eu/index_en.htm

THE NETWORK IN YOUR COUNTRY

http://www.enterprise-europe-network.ec.europa.eu/network_en.htm

Press Release

Enterprise Europe Network, one stop shop for business and innovation support services [7 February 2008]

http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/08/78&type=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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

European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)

Trends and drivers of change in the European commerce sector: Four scenarios [11 February 2008]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef07107.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/107/en/1/ef07107en.pdf

[full-text, 25 pages]

Trends and drivers of change in the European commerce sector: Mapping report [11 February 2008]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0732.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/32/en/1/ef0732en.pdf

[full-text, 43 pages]

EMCC case studies - Commerce cluster in Warsaw, Poland [11 February 2008]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef071052.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/1052/en/1/ef071052en.pdf

[full-text, 19 pages]

EMCC case studies - Commerce cluster in Birmingham, UK [11 February 2008]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef071051.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/1051/en/1/ef071051en.pdf

[full-text, 22 pages]

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

Flexibility and security over the life course [8 February 2008]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0762.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/62/en/1/ef0762en.pdf

[full-text, 59 pages]

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

Musculoskeletal disorders and organisational change: Conference report [2 February 2008]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef07114.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/114/en/1/ef07114en.pdf

[full-text, 9 pages]

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

Social capital and job creation in rural Europe - Conference report [4 February 2008]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0803.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2008/03/en/1/ef0803en.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

OECD

Services Statistics: Useful Publications and Databases

http://www.oecd.org/document/9/0,3343,en_2825_495649_23294281_1_1_1_1,00.html

OECD

Dataset: Trade in Services by category of service

http://stats.oecd.org/wbos/default.aspx?DatasetCode=TIS

World Bank

The Road Not Traveled: Education Reform in the Middle East and North Africa [4 February 2008]

http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTMENA/Resources/EDU_Flagship_Full_ENG.pdf

[full-text, 399 pages]

or

Executive Summary

http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTMENA/Resources/EDU_Summary_ENG.pdf

[full-text, 20 pages]

or

STATISTICAL APPENDIX

http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTMENA/Resources/EDU_10-StatApp.pdf

[full-text, 60 pages]

Press Release

http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:21635829~menuPK:34463~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html

Federal

BLS: Discontinuance of mailing of paper copies of BLS news releases [8 February 2008]

http://www.bls.gov/bls/nrnotice.htm

BLS: Monthly Labor Review Online [8 February 2008]

January 2008

Vol. 131, Number 1

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

State labor legislation enacted in 2007

John J. Fitzpatrick, Jr. and James L. Perine

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2008/01/art1full.pdf

[full-text, 29 pages]

Changes in State unemployment insurance legislation, 2007

Loryn Lancaster

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2008/01/art2full.pdf

[full-text, 9 pages]

Older workers: increasing their labor force participation and hours of work

Murray Gendell

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2008/01/art3full.pdf

Census

Profile of Older Workers in Delaware: 2004 [11 February 2008]

http://www.census.gov/prod/2008pubs/ledow04de.pdf

[full-text, 12 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RL32333

Steel: Price and Policy Issues [online February 2008]

Updated October 31, 2007

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

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL32333_20071031.pdf

[full-text, 61 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RL32713

Afro-Latinos in Latin America and Considerations for U.S. Policy

Updated January 14, 2008

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

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL32713_20080114.pdf

[full-text, 27 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RL34349

Economic Stimulus Proposals for 2008: An Analysis

February 1, 2008

Jane G. Gravelle, Thomas L. Hungerford, Marc Labonte, and N. Eric Weiss, Government and Finance Division

Julie M. Whittaker, Domestic Social Policy Division

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34349_20080201.pdf

[full-text, 23 pages]

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

AARP Policy & Research

Workforce Trends: An AARP Study of Employers and Workers in Puerto Rico

Research Report

Jennifer H. Sauer, M.A., AARP Knowledge Management

January 2008

http://www.aarp.org/research/work/employment/pr_work_08.html

or

http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/econ/pr_work_08.pdf

[full-text, 44 pages]

or

Executive Summary

http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/econ/pr_work_08_1.pdf

Institute for Supply Management (ISM)

January 2008 Non-Manufacturing ISM Report On Business® [5 February 2008]

http://www.ism.ws/ISMReport/NonMfgROB.cfm

Kaiser Family Foundation

SNAPSHOTS

HEALTH CARE COSTS

Wages and Benefits: A Long-Term View [12 February 2008]

February 2008

http://www.kff.org/insurance/snapshot/chcm012808oth.cfm

Watson Wyatt

Increased Spending Pressure Could Hurt Endowment Returns [8 February 2008]

http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=18632

Watson Wyatt

Medical Cost Increase to Accelerate Worldwide Over Next Five Years, Watson Wyatt Poll Finds [6 February 2008]

http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=18622

Law

U.S. Department of Labor proposes rules to modernize H-2A program [6 February 2008]

http://www.doleta.gov/

See Press Release 6 February 2008

http://www.doleta.gov/whatsnew/new_releases/2008-02-06.cfm

PROPOSED RULE

http://www.doleta.gov/pdf/DOL_H2A_NPRM_final_020508.pdf

[full-text, 186 pages]

EEOC

FY 2006 Annual Report on the Operations and Accomplishments of the Office of the General Counsel [5 February 2008]

http://www.eeoc.gov/litigation/06annrpt/index.html

NIOSH WorkLife Initiative

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/worklife/

Fact Sheet

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/worklife/pdfs/worklifesummary8.pdf

See

Draft February 2008

Essential Elements of Effective Workplace Programs and Policies for Improving Worker Health and Wellbeing

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/review/public/132/PDFs/DRAFTWorkLifeDraftEssential%20Elements1-29-08.pdf

[full-text, 3 pages]

Statistical Reports

BLS: JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER: DECEMBER 2007 [12 February 2008]

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

or

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

[full-text, 14 pages]

BLS: REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: DECEMBER 2007 [8 Februaray 2008]

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

or

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

[full-text, 21 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

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

OECD Standardised Unemployment Rates (SURs) - Updated: February 2008 [8 February 2008]

http://www.oecd.org/document/1/0,3343,en_2649_201185_40049537_1_1_1_1,00.html

or

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/26/36/40049357.pdf

[full-text, 4 pages]

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence Victimization Assessment Instruments for Use in Healthcare Settings [7 February 2008]

http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/IPV/ipv-SViolence.htm

or

http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/IPV/IPVandSV-Screening.pdf

[full-text, 114 pages]

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

The Foundation is recruiting a Deputy Director [7 February 2008]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/about/vacancies/index.htm

and/or

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2008:033A:0001:s007:EN:PDF

[full-text, 11 pages]

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_______________________________
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Cornell University
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IWS Weekly Bulletin, 6 February 2008

Academic Research

Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)

Seminar Paper

A Moving Target: Universal Access to Healthcare Services in Latin America & the Caribbean [January 2008]

by William D. Savedoff, Sr. Partner, Social Insight, Portland, Maine USA

http://www.iadb.org/res/publications/pubfiles/pubS-888.pdf

[full-text, 23 pages]

Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)

The Quality of Life in Latin America: Working Conditions* [Preliminary Draft] [January 2008]

Susan W. Parker, Spectron Desarrollo, Luis N. Rubalcava, Spectron Desarrollo, Graciela Teruel, Universidad Iberoamericana

*We acknowledge excellent research assistance from Ursula Quijano.

http://www.iadb.org/res/publications/pubfiles/pubS-899.pdf

[full-text, 67 pages]

Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)

-- additional studies at --

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

IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)

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

Recently released research found at this link.

LABOUR AND THE CHALLENGES OF GLOBALIZATION

What Prospects for Transnational Solidarity?

Edited by Andreas Bieler, Ingemar Lindberg and Devan Pillay

http://www.plutobooks.com/cgi-local/nplutobrows.pl?chkisbn=9780745327563&main =

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

International

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

Ageing Workforce -- CASE STUDIES DATABASE

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/areas/populationandsociety/ageingworkforce.htm

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

Active ageing

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/areas/populationandsociety/activeageing.htm

Press Release

Diverse Approaches to Older Workers Across Europe [30 January 2008]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/press/releases/2008/080130.htm

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

European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)

COMPARATIVE STUDY

Representativeness of the social partners: Gas sector [31 January 2008]

January 2008

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0702017s/index.htm

[individual country reports]

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0702017s/tn0702017s.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/eiro/tn0702017s/tn0702017s.pdf

[full-text, 45 pages]

Press Information Bureau

Government of India

Thursday, December 20, 2007

Ministry of Labour & Employment

NEW INITIATIVES TOWARDS PROTECTING INTERESTS OF UNORGANIZED LABOUR

UPGRADATION AND OPENING OF NEW ITIS ACROSS THE COUNTRY

http://pib.nic.in/release/rel_print_page1.asp?relid=34153

YEAR END REVIEW 07

INDIA

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

Reports & Publications

http://mospi.nic.in/mospi_nsso_rept_pubn.htm

Scroll to the bottom of this page [URL above] to find the following:

Household Consumer Expenditure, Employment and Unemployment, Unorganised Manufacturing Enterprises NSS 62nd Round (July 2005 - June 2006)

522 Employment and Unemployment Situation in India

http://mospi.nic.in/rept%20_%20pubn/ftest.asp?rept_id=522&type=NSSO

523 Household Consumer Expenditure in India, 2005-06

http://mospi.nic.in/rept%20_%20pubn/ftest.asp?rept_id=523&type=NSSO

524 Operational Characteristics of Unorganised Manufacturing Enterprises in India

http://mospi.nic.in/rept%20_%20pubn/ftest.asp?rept_id=524&type=NSSO

525 Unorganised Manufacturing Sector in India-Employment, Assets and Borrowings

http://mospi.nic.in/rept%20_%20pubn/ftest.asp?rept_id=525&type=NSSO

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

ONLINE EDUCATION DATABASE

www.oecd.org/education/database

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

Gender, Institutions and Development Data Base

http://www.oecd.org/document/16/0,3343,en_2649_33935_39323280_1_1_1_1,00.html

or

ACTUAL DATASET

Dataset: Gender, Institutions and Development Data Base (GID)

http://stats.oecd.org/WBOS/default.aspx?DatasetCode=GID&lang=en

OECD: Paris, 31 January 2008

News Release

Unit labour cost growth slows for most major OECD economies in the third quarter of 2007

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/25/47/39999631.pdf

[full-text, 4 pages]

IWS Documented News WEEKLY BULLETIN

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 27 February 2008

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 20 February 2008

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 13 February 2008

Wednesday, February 06, 2008

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 6 February 2008

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