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Wednesday, February 06, 2008

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 6 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, 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]

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

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

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 --

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]

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2009/

[White House]

See

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2009/pdf/appendix/lab.pdf

FY 2009 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR BUDGET IN BRIEF [4 February 2008]

http://www.dol.gov/_sec/budget2009/bib.htm

http://www.dol.gov/_sec/budget2009/BIB.pdf

[full-text, 84 pages]

Summary

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/fy09/pdf/budget/labor.pdf

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

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

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/

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

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

Law

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]

Statistical Reports

BEA: GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT: FOURTH QUARTER 2007 (ADVANCE) [30 January 2008]

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/gdpnewsrelease.htm

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2008/pdf/gdp407a.pdf

[full-text, 14 pages]

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

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

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

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

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

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]

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

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