Wednesday, February 20, 2008
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 20 February 2008
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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IWS Weekly Bulletin, 20 February 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, 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
- 3349
- 3348
- 3347
- 3346
- 3345
- 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
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
- 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]
- 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
- 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
- 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]
- 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.
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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
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