Wednesday, February 06, 2008
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 6 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, 6 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.
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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_______________________________
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, 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 =
- Seminar Paper
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
- http://mospi.nic.in/rept%20_%20pubn/ftest.asp?rept_id=522&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]
- See also
- http://www.oecd.org/document/33/0,3343,en_2649_201185_39999713_1_1_1_1,00.html
- and
- for ACTUAL DATA
- Dataset: Unit Labour Cost - Quarterly indicators
- http://stats.oecd.org/WBOS/default.aspx?DatasetCode=ULC_QUA
- Ageing Workforce -- CASE STUDIES DATABASE
- BLS: Compensation and Working Conditions Online [29 January 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/home.htm
- Aging Wage Survey Data Using the Employment Cost Index [29 January 2008]
- by Wayne M. Shelly
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20080122ar01p1.htm
- by Wayne M. Shelly
- BLS: Impact of the 2008 Federal Budget on the Availability and Quality of Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics [31 January 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/bls/budgetimpact.htm
- Census Atlas of the United States [31 January 2008]
- http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/censusatlas/
- See in particular CHAPTER 11 -- WORK
- http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/censusatlas/11_Work.pdf
- [full-text, 22 pages]
- Press Release
- Census Bureau Produces First Comprehensive Atlas in More Than 80 Years [31 January 2008]
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/census_2000/011433.html
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- Technological Change and the Growth of Health Care Spending [31 January 2008]
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/89xx/doc8947/01-31-TechHealth.pdf
- [full-text, 30 pages]
- CHARTS
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/89xx/doc8947/01-31-HealthcareSlides.pdf
- [full-text, 10 pages]
- See Also --
- TESTIMONY
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/89xx/doc8948/01-31-HealthTestimony.pdf
- [full-text, 20 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL34336
- Sovereign Wealth Funds: Background and Policy Issues for Congress
- January 28, 2008
- Martin A. Weiss, Analyst in International Trade and Finance, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division
- http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34336_20080128.pdf
- [full-text, 24 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL34337
- China's Sovereign Wealth Fund
- January 22, 2008
- Michael F. Martin, Analyst in Asian Trade and Finance, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Department
- http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34337_20080122.pdf
- [full-text, 22 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RS22793
- What is a Recession, Who Decides When It Starts, and When Do They Decide?
- January 23, 2008
- Brian W. Cashell, Specialist in Macroeconomic Policy, Government and Finance Division
- http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22793_20080123.pdf
- [full-text, 4 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL34328
- America COMPETES Act: Programs, Funding, and Selected Issues
- January 22, 2008
- Deborah D. Stine, Specialist in Science and Technology Policy, Resources, Science, and Industry Division
- http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34328_20080122.pdf
- [full-text, 79 pages]
- U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Foreign Labor Statistics
- Chartbook of International Labor Comparisons, The AMERICAS, ASIA/PACIFIC, EUROPE -- January 2008
- http://www.dol.gov/asp/media/reports/chartbook/2008-01/chartbook.pdf
- [full-text, 73 pages]
- Prepared by
- Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy
- U.S. Department of Labor
- January 2008
- Impact of Increased Minimum Wages on the Economies of American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands [January 2008]
- http://www.dol.gov/asp/media/reports/ascnmi/ascnmi.pdf
- [full-text, 51 pages]
- State Department
- Press Release
- U.S. Commits Funding For Labor and Environmental Protection for Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement Countries [30 January 2008]
- http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2008/jan/99874.htm
- Fact Sheet
- Office of the Spokesman
- Washington, DC
- January 30, 2008
- CAFTA-DR Labor Projects
- http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2008/jan/99876.htm
- White House
- BUDGET of the UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT FY 2009
- Transmitted to Congress on February 4, 2008. Covers the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2008.
- http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/index.html
- [GPO]
- or
- http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2009/
- [White House]
- See
- DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
- http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2009/pdf/appendix/lab.pdf
- or
- FY 2009 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR BUDGET IN BRIEF [4 February 2008]
- http://www.dol.gov/_sec/budget2009/bib.htm
- or
- http://www.dol.gov/_sec/budget2009/BIB.pdf
- [full-text, 84 pages]
- or
- Summary
- http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/fy09/pdf/budget/labor.pdf
- DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/home.htm
- Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
- Campaign 2008: Facts on Benefits Issues
- http://www.ebri.org/campaign/
- Deloitte
- 2008 INDUSTRY OUTLOOK: A Look Around the Corner [14 January 2008]
- http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/cda/doc/content/us_2008CrossIndustryOutlook20080111.pdf
- [full-text, 50 pages]
- See web site at --
- http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/research/0%2C1015%2Ccid%25253D185433%2C00.html
- and
- Press Release
- Business Issues That Will Matter Most in 2008
- http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/press_release/0,1014,sid%253D2283%2526cid%253D186290,00.html
- Business Issues That Will Matter Most in 2008
- HayGroup
- The Executive Edition
- 2008 No. 1
- Strategic issues in executive pay
- by Jeffrey Bacher
- http://newsweaver.co.uk/haygroupusmkting/e_article001004316.cfm?x=bc4R31k,b7755MWt
- Human Rights Watch
- WORLD REPORT 2008 (Events of 2007) [31 January 2008]
- http://hrw.org/wr2k8/
- or
- http://hrw.org/wr2k8/pdfs/wr2k8_web.pdf
- [full-text, 581 pages]
- Press Release
- 2008 Report: Democracy Charade Undermines Rights
- Human Rights Watch Highlights Abuses in Pakistan, Kenya, China, Somalia
- http://hrw.org/englishwr2k8/docs/2008/01/31/usint17940.htm
- 2008 Report: Democracy Charade Undermines Rights
- Marketplace from American Public Media
- Each month, WORKING brings us into the life of a single worker in the global economy. Intimate profiles of real people with real families, real struggles, real dreams, and real jobs.
- WORKING
-- a co-production of Homelands Production and Marketplace- BALKAN CRIME-FIGHTER PROFILED TONIGHT ON MARKETPLACE
- http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/
- Mercer
- Employee notice periods across the world [4 February 2008]
- http://www.mercer.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1294835
- Campaign 2008: Facts on Benefits Issues
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL34330
- The Proposed U.S.-South Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA): Provisions and Implications
- January 22, 2008
- William H. Cooper (Coordinator),
- Mark E. Manyin, and Vivian C. Jones, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division
- Stephen Cooney and Remy Jurenas, Resources, Science, and Industry Division
- http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34330_20080122.pdf
- [full-text, 56 pages]
- Order Code RL34330
- BEA: GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT: FOURTH QUARTER 2007 (ADVANCE) [30 January 2008]
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/gdpnewsrelease.htm
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2008/pdf/gdp407a.pdf
- [full-text, 14 pages]
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2008/xls/gdp407a.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- and
- Highlights
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2008/pdf/gdp407a_fax.pdf
- BLS: PRODUCTIVITY AND COSTS
- Preliminary Fourth Quarter and Annual Averages for 2007
[6 February 2008]- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod2.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod2.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/prod2.supp.toc.htm
- BLS: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: JANUARY 2008 [1 February 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
- BLS: EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX-DECEMBER 2007 [31 January 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/eci.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/eci.pdf
- [full-text, 22 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/eci.supp.toc.htm
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/gdpnewsrelease.htm
- Census
- 2008 ELECTION [30 January 2008]
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2008/2008elections.html
- A look at the population, selected characteristics and 2004 voting percentage of each state as it approaches its 2008 primary or caucus.
- Census
- STATE ESTIMATES of VOTING AGE POPULATION [31 January 2008]
- DETAILED TABLES
- http://www.census.gov/popest/states/asrh/files/SC-EST2007-18+POP-RES.csv
- [spreadsheet]
- Press Release
- Census Bureau Releases State Estimates of Voting-Age Population [31 January 2008]
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/011463.html
- New Zealand
- Ministry for the Environment
- Environment New Zealand 2007 [31 January 2008]
- http://www.mfe.govt.nz/publications/ser/enz07-dec07/index.html
- [download individual chapters]
- or
- http://www.mfe.govt.nz/publications/ser/enz07-dec07/html/index.html
- and
- SUMMARY
- http://www.mfe.govt.nz/publications/ser/enz07-summary-dec07/index.html
- Press Release
- Current state of the environment report released [31 January 2008]
- http://www.mfe.govt.nz/news/enz07-31jan08.html
- 2008 ELECTION [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
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