Wednesday, April 30, 2008
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 30 April 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, 30 April 2008
Academic Research
International
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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, 30 April 2008
Academic Research
- International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS) at the (ILO)
- Research Series 116
- Governance, International Law & Corporate Social Responsibility [2008]
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/download/116.pdf
- [full-text, 222 pages]
- International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS) at the (ILO)
- Discussion Paper 187
- Harnessing globalization for development: Opportunities and obstacles [2008]
- by Eddy Lee
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/download/dp18708.pdf
- [full-text, 42 pages]
- Cornell University, School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies (CAHRS)
- CAHRS Working Paper #08-05
- Hallock, K. F. & Olson, C. A. (2008).
- New data for answering old questions regarding employee stock options [March 2008]
- http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cahrswp/483
- IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)
- http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers
- Recent studies include
- 3475
- 3474
- 3473
- 3472
- 3471
- 3470
- 3469
- 3468
- 3467
- Research Series 116
International
- European Commission >> Eurobarometer
- Survey conducted by The Gallup Organization Hungary upon the request of Directorate- General Justice, Freedom and Security
- Flash Eurobarometer Series
- #226
- Data Protection in the European Union: Data Controllers' Perceptions [February 2008]
- http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/flash/fl_226_en.pdf
- [full-text, 129 pages]
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- Mind the gap Women's and men's quality of work and employment - Background paper [28 April 2008]
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0839.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2008/39/en/1/ef0839en.pdf
- [full-text, 12 pages]
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)
- European Restructuring Monitor
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/emcc/erm/index.htm
- Latest restructuring cases [29 April 2008]
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/emcc/erm/index.php?template=searchfactsheets
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/emcc/erm/index.php?template=searchfactsheets
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
- The International Gateway for Financial Education (IGFE) [29 April 2008]
- www.financial-education.org
- or
- http://www.financial-education.org/pages/0,2987,en_39665975_39666038_1_1_1_1_1,00.html
- See United States Example
- http://www.financial-education.org/document/8/0,3343,en_39665975_39667053_40247496_1_1_1_1,00.html
- Other Countries at
- http://www.financial-education.org/pages/0,3417,en_39665975_39667053_1_1_1_1_1,00.html
- See Press Release 29 April 2008
- Governments and industry should invest more in financial education, warns OECD
- http://www.oecd.org/document/48/0,3343,en_2649_201185_40539888_1_1_1_1,00.html
- Governments and industry should invest more in financial education, warns OECD
- http://www.financial-education.org/document/8/0,3343,en_39665975_39667053_40247496_1_1_1_1,00.html
- Survey conducted by The Gallup Organization Hungary upon the request of Directorate- General Justice, Freedom and Security
- BLS: Compensation and Working Conditions Online
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/home.htm
- Fatal Occupational Injuries Associated with Golf Courses and Country Clubs, 2001-2006 (04/23/2008)
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/sh20080416ar01p1.htm
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/sh20080416ar01p1.htm
- Census
- CONSOLIDATED FEDERAL FUNDS REPORT:2006 [23 April 2008]
- State and County Areas
- http://www.census.gov/prod/2008pubs/cffr-06.pdf
- [full-text, 120 pages]
- abd
- FEDERAL AID TO STATES for FISCAL YEAR 2006 [23 April 2008]
- http://www.census.gov/prod/2008pubs/fas-06.pdf
- [full-text, 56 pages]
- Press Release
- Where Did Your Federal Dollars Go in 2006? [21 April 2008]
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/governments/011813.html
- Where Did Your Federal Dollars Go in 2006? [21 April 2008]
- Census
- Current Population Reports
- Household Economic Studies
- P70-115
- Net Worth and the Assets of Households: 2002 [24 April 2008]
- By Alfred O. Gottschalck
- http://www.census.gov/prod/2008pubs/p70-115.pdf
- [full-text, 24 pages]
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- A Review of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's New Investment Strategy [Letter to Hon. George Miller] [24 April 2008]
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/91xx/doc9156/04-24-Miller-PBGC_Letter.pdf
- or
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/91xx/doc9156/04-24-Miller-PBGC_Letter.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL34436
- The Role of Offsets in a Greenhouse Gas Emissions Cap-and-Trade Program: Potential Benefits and Concerns April 4, 2008
- Jonathan L. Ramseur, Analyst in Environmental Policy Resources, Science, and Industry Division
- http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34436_20080404.pdf
- [full-text, 39 pages]
- Federal Reserve Bank of New York
- Global Economic Indicators
- http://www.newyorkfed.org/research/global_economy/globalindicators.html
- National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
- An Exploratory Analysis of the Content and Availability of State Administrative Data on Teacher Compensation [29 April 23008]
- http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2008601
- or
- http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2008/2008601.pdf
- [full-text, 41 pages]
- Small Business Administration (SBA)
- Office of Advocacy
- Human Capital and Women's Business Ownership [28 April 2008]
- http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs323tot.pdf
- [full-text, 75 pages]
- Research Summary
- http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs323.pdf
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/home.htm
- AARP Public Policy Institute
- Reform Options for Social Security
- Research Report
- Alison Shelton, AARP Public Policy Institute
- April 2008
- http://www.aarp.org/research/legis-polit/ssreform/i3_reform.html
- or
- http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/econ/i3_reform.pdf
- [full-text, 9 pages]
- Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
- EBRI Benefits Section in Wall Street Journal [22 April 2008]
- http://www.ebri.org/pdf/WSJ_EmpBen_EBRI_22Apr08.pdf
- [full-text, 7 pages]
- European Trade Union Institute for Research, Education and Health and Safety (ETUI-REHS)
- WP 2008.01
- EU enlargement and social standards: exporting the European Social Model? [April 2008]
- Maarten Keune
- http://www.etui-rehs.org/research/content/download/3940/23103/file/WP%202008.01%20Keune%20EU%20enlargement.pdf
- [full-text, 24 pages]
- Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
- Medicaid, SCHIP and Economic Downturn: Policy Challenges and Policy Responses [28 April 2008]
- http://www.kff.org/medicaid/7770.cfm
- or
- http://www.kff.org/medicaid/upload/7770.pdf
- [full-text, 38 pages]
- Press Release
- New Analysis Shows Effect of Rising Unemployment on Health Coverage, Medicaid and SCHIP Spending and Enrollment
[28 April 2008]- http://www.kff.org/medicaid/kcmu042808pkg.cfm
- Mercer & International Finance Corporation (IFC)
- See--
- RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT
- http://www.mercer.com/ri
- Press Release
- Mercer and IFC to deliver first 'sustainability rating' for emerging market investments [28 April 2008]
- http://www.mercer.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1305005
- Mercer and IFC to deliver first 'sustainability rating' for emerging market investments [28 April 2008]
- Watson Wyatt
- Most Companies Oppose Single-Payer Health Care System, State Coverage Mandates [21 April 2008]
- Reform Proposals Have Little Impact on Employer Health Care Offerings Thus Far
- http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=18990
- Work Foundation (UK)
- Migration Myths: Employment, Wages and Labour Market Performance
- David Coats, Associate Director Policy
- http://workfoundation.org/Assets/PDFs/migration2.pdf
- [full-text, 88 pages]
- See Press Release 24 April 2008
- Immigration: vital for the UK's economic success
- http://workfoundation.org/aboutus/media/pressreleases/immigrationvitalfortheukseconomicsuccess.aspx
- Immigration: vital for the UK's economic success
- Reform Options for Social Security
- EEOC
- SEXUAL HARASSMENT VERDICT UPHELD IN FAVOR OF EEOC AGAINST AG INDUSTRY GIANT HARRIS FARMS [25 April 2008]
- Ninth Circuit Court Affirms Latina Farm Worker's Jury Award of Over $1 Million
- http://www.eeoc.gov/press/4-25-08.html
- SEXUAL HARASSMENT VERDICT UPHELD IN FAVOR OF EEOC AGAINST AG INDUSTRY GIANT HARRIS FARMS [25 April 2008]
- BEA: GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT: FIRST QUARTER 2008 (ADVANCE) [30 April 2008]
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2008/gdp108a.htm
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2008/pdf/gdp108a.pdf
- [full-text, 13 pages]
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2008/xls/gdp108a.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- and
- Highlights
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2008/pdf/gdp108a_fax.pdf
- BEA: Local Area Personal Income, 2006 [24 April 2008]
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/lapi/2008/lapi0408.htm
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/lapi/2008/pdf/lapi0408.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/lapi/2008/xls/lapi0408.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- or
- Interactive Tables
- http://www.bea.gov/regional/reis/
- and
- Interactive Charts
- http://www.bea.gov/regional/remdchart/
- BLS: EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX-MARCH 2008 [30 April 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/eci.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/eci.pdf
- [full-text, 24 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/eci.supp.toc.htm
- BLS: METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: MARCH 2008 [29 April 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/metro.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/metro.pdf
- [full-text, 20 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/metro.supp.toc.htm
- BLS: College Enrollment and Work Activity of 2007 High School Graduates [25 April 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/hsgec.toc.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/hsgec.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/hsgec.pdf
- [full-text, 5 pages]
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2008/gdp108a.htm
- BLS KID'S PAGE UPDATED
______________________________
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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# posted by SBasefsky : 6:08 AM
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 23 April 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, 23 April 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
****************************************
_______________________________
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, 23 April 2008
Academic Research
- Hans Boeckler Foundation
- Andranik Tangian
- Is work in Europe decent? A study based on the 4th European survey of working conditions 2005 [online April 2008]
- Hans Boeckler Foundation, Duesseldorf, WSI-Diskussionspapier Nr.157
- (Print) ISSN 1861-0625
- (Internet) ISSN 1861-0633
- http://www.boeckler.de/pdf/p_wsi_diskp_157_e.pdf
- [full-text, 153 pages]
- IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)
- http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers
- Recent studies include
- 3465
- 3464
- 3463
- 3462
- 3461
- 3460
- 3459
- 3458
- Effect of Employer Access to Criminal History Data on the Labor Market Outcomes of Ex-Offenders and Non-Offenders
- http://www.nber.org/papers/w13935.pdf
- [full-text, 45 pages
- by Keith Finlay
- NBER Working Paper No. 13935
- Issued in April 2008
- ---- Abstract -----
- http://papers.nber.org/papers/w13935
- Andranik Tangian
International
- Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- Strategy 2020: The Long-Term Strategic Framework of the Asian Development Bank 20082020 [8 April 2008]
- http://www.adb.org/Documents/Policies/Strategy2020/Strategy2020.pdf
- [full-text, 31 pages]
- Press Release
- ADB Launches New Long-Term Strategy
- http://www.adb.org/Media/Articles/2008/12440-adb-strategies/default.asp
- ADB Launches New Long-Term Strategy
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- Labour mobility in a transatlantic perspective - Conference report [15 April 2008]
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0826.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2008/26/en/1/ef0826en.pdf
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)
- EMCC dossier on the European energy sector
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/emcc/content/source/eu08006a.htm?p1=emcc_dossier&p2=null
- Trends and drivers of change in the EU energy sector: Scenarios
- < http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0823.htm >
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2008/23/en/1/ef0823en.pdf
- [full-text, 27 pages]
- Energy sector: CASE STUDIES
- Vattenfall, Sweden
- < http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef08202.htm >
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2008/202/en/1/ef08202en.pdf
- [full-text, 19 pages]
- E.ON, Germany
- < http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef08203.htm >
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2008/203/en/1/ef08203en.pdf
- [full-text, 17 pages]
- Vestas, Denmark
- < http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef08204.htm >
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2008/204/en/1/ef08204en.pdf
- [full-text, 18 pages]
- Basque energy cluster, Spain
- < http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef08191.htm >
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2008/191/en/1/ef08191en.pdf
- [full-text, 14 pages]
- Iberdrola, Spain
- < http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef08201.htm >
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2008/201/en/1/ef08201en.pdf
- [full-text, 12 pages]
- < http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0823.htm >
- Strategy 2020: The Long-Term Strategic Framework of the Asian Development Bank 20082020 [8 April 2008]
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- Economic and Budget Issue Brief
- Growing Disparities in Life Expectancy [17 April 2008]
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/91xx/doc9104/04-17-LifeExpectancy_Brief.pdf
- or
- http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/507/
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL34433
- Social Security Reform: Possible Effects on the Elderly Poor and Mitigation Options
- April 4, 2008
- Kathleen Romig, Analyst in Income Security, Domestic Social Policy Division
- http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34433_20080404.pdf
- or
- http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/506/
- [full-text, 31 pages]
- GAO
- Employment and Training: Most One-Stop Career Centers Are Taking Multiple Actions to Link Employers and Older Workers. GAO-08-548, April 21.
- http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08548.pdf
- [full-text, 39 pages]
- National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
- Parent Expectations and Planning for College: Statistical Analysis Report [22 April 2008]
- http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2008079
- or
- http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2008/2008079.pdf
- [full-text, 75 pages]
- Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
- telework.gov
- www.telework.gov
- OPM Launches Enhanced Telework Website [21 April 2008]
- Site Designed To Be More User-Friendly and Interactive
- http://www.opm.gov/news/opm-launches-enhanced-telework-website,1380.aspx
- Site Designed To Be More User-Friendly and Interactive
- Economic and Budget Issue Brief
- Hay Group (and Wall Street Journal)
- Press Release 14 April 2008
- The Wall Street Journal / Hay Group CEO Compensation Study Reveals New Patterns in CEO Pay Performance Plans on Top
- http://haygroup.com/ww/Media/Press_Release.asp?PageID=12081
- Summary of 2007 Study
- The Wall Street Journal/Hay Group CEO Compensation Study
- http://haygroup.com/ww/Expertise/index.asp?id=12083
- Manpower Inc.
- Confronting the Talent Crunch: 2008 [22 April 2008]
- http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/MAN/290446505x0x189696/96ee886b-8183-4f14-ae3b-85be9bd13d77/TalentCrunch2008_USLetter.pdf
- [full-text, 20 pages]
- Manpower Inc.
- Talent Shortage Survey: 2008 Global Results [22 April 2008]
- http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/MAN/290446505x0x189693/9adcf817-96cf-4bb3-ac68-038e79d5facf/Talent%20Shortage%20Survey%20Results_2008_FINAL.pdf
- [full-text, 10 pages]
- Press Release 22 April 2008
- Annual Talent Shortage Survey Reveals Skilled Manual Trades, Sales Representatives and Technicians Top Most Wanted List Globally
- 31% of Employers Worldwide Struggling to Find Qualified Job Candidates
- http://www.manpower.com/investors/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=305784
- Annual Talent Shortage Survey Reveals Skilled Manual Trades, Sales Representatives and Technicians Top Most Wanted List Globally
- Mercer
- China, India and South-east Asia are the most desirable regions for foreign investment [14 April 2008]
- Global risks identified in Marsh Mercer Kroll M&A beyond borders: Opportunities and risks report
- Singapore
- Singapore, 14 April 2008
- http://www.mercer.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml?idContent=1303300
- from
- M&A Beyond Borders: Opportunities and Risks.
- See -- Executive Summary at http://www.mercer.com/beyondborders
- RAND
- Constrained Choice: Why Are Some Women and Men Able To Create and Maintain Healthy Lifestyles, While Others Are Not? [17 April 2008]
- By: Chloe E. Bird, Patricia P. Rieker
- http://rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9339/
- or
- http://rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9339/index1.html
- or
- http://rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/2008/RAND_RB9339.pdf
- [full-text, 3 pages]
- RAND
- Sanctions in the CalWORKs Program [2008]
- By: Jacob Alex Klerman, Jane McClure Burstain
- http://rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR540/
- or
- http://rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2008/RAND_TR540.pdf
- [full-text, 180 pages]
- and
- Summary
- http://rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2008/RAND_TR540.sum.pdf
- [full-text, 11 pages]
- Press Release 14 April 2008
- Department of Labor (DOL), Employment Standards Administration (ESA), Office of Labor-Management Standards(OLMS)
- Press Release
- U.S. Labor Department enforcement agency announces four criminal convictions for March 2008 [21 April 2008]
- OLMS exceeds 900 indictments since 2001
- http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/esa/esa20080527.htm
- EEOC
- WAL-MART TO PAY $300,000 TO REJECTED JOB APPLICANT WITH DISABILITY [17 April 2008]
- Retail Giant Refused to Hire Man With Cerebral Palsy, Federal Agency Charged
- http://www.eeoc.gov/press/4-17-08.html
- EEOC
- BCI COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO. TO PAY $250,000 TO BLACK WORKER FOR RACE DISCRIMINATION [15 April 2008]
- EEOC Settlement Follows Victory in 10th Circuit Court of Appeals Establishing 'Subordinate Bias' Theory
- http://www.eeoc.gov/press/4-15-08.html
- Press Release
- BLS: USUAL WEEKLY EARNINGS OF WAGE AND SALARY WORKERS: FIRST QUARTER 2008 [17 April 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/wkyeng.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/wkyeng.pdf
- [full-text, 7 pages]
- BLS: Comparative Civilian Labor Force Statistics, 10 Countries, 1960-2007 [18 April 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/fls/flscomparelf.htm
- or
- ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ForeignLabor/lfcompendium.zip
- [spreadsheet]
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/fls/lfcompendium.pdf
- [full-text, 39 pages]
- BLS: REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: MARCH 2008 [18 April 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/laus.pdf
- [full-text, 20 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/laus.supp.toc.htm
- BLS: PPI Detailed Report: Data for March 2008 [15 April 2008]
- Vol. 12, No. 3
- http://www.bls.gov/ppi/ppidr200803.pdf
- [full-text, 150 pages]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/wkyeng.nr0.htm
- Prometheus
- Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age
- by Maggie Jackson (Boston Globe journalist)
- http://www.prometheusbooks.com/catalog/book_2000.html
- PAGES: 320 pp COMMENTS: out JUNE 2008
- ISBN: 1-59102-623-7 BINDING: Hardcover
- PRICE: $25.95
- ALT ISBN: 978-1-59102-623-5
- Knopf
- The Big Squeeze: Tough Times for the American Worker [16 April 2008]
- By Steven Greenhouse (New York Times journalist)
- http://www.stevengreenhouse.com/
- International Industrial Relations Association (IIRA)
- 15th World Congress of the IIRA in Sydney in 2009
- Monday 24th 27th August 2009
- http://www.iceaustralia.com/iira2009/
- CALL for PAPERS
- http://www.iceaustralia.com/iira2009/call.html
- http://www.iceaustralia.com/iira2009/call.html
- Distracted: The Erosion of Attention and the Coming Dark Age
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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[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 16 April 2008
IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
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School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
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________________________________________________________________________
IWS Weekly Bulletin, 16 April 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.
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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, 16 April 2008
Academic Research
- ILO
- Employment Analysis and Research Unit
- Economic and Labour Market Analysis Department
- Economic and Labour Market Paper 2007/11
- Offshoring and the labour market: What are the issues?
- http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/download/elm/elm07-11.pdf
- [full-text, 63 pages]
- Novella Bottini, Carlo Cattaneo University-LIUC, Italy
- Christoph Ernst, Economic and Labour Market Analysis Department, International Labour Office
- Malte Luebker, Policy Integration and Statistics Department, International Labour Office
- IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)
- http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers
- Recent studies include
- 3450
- 3449
- 3448
- 3447
- 3446
- 3445
- 3444
- 3443
- 3442
- Center for Health Workforce Studies
- School of Public Health, University at Albany
- Enumeration of the Public Health Workforce in New York [January 2008] [online April 2008]
- http://chws.albany.edu/download.php?id=446561,343,2
- [download and open] [full-text, 54 pages]
- ILR Press (an imprint of Cornell University Press)
- CITIZEN EMPLOYERS
- Business Communities and Labor in Cincinnati and San Francisco, 18701916
[April 2008]- Jeffrey Haydu
- http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=4805
- 2008, 272 pages, 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
- ISBN: 978-0-8014-4641-2 Quantity
- Employment Analysis and Research Unit
International
- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
- Models for Supporting Women's Micro-Enterprise Development: Best Practices and Guidelines Assessment and Recommendations from Phase III of a Four-Phase Study, March 2008
- http://www.apec.org/apec/publications/free_downloads/2008.MedialibDownload.v1.html?url=/etc/medialib/apec_media_library/downloads/workinggroups/smewg/pubs/2008.Par.0001.File.v1.1
- [full-text, 95 pages]
- Canadian Government
- Communications Canada
- Canadian federal government databases accessible through the Internet (2008).
- http://publications.gc.ca/weeklychecklist/w08-01-Supp-F-E.html
- Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
- Statistical yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2007 [2 April 2008]
- http://www.eclac.cl/cgi-bin/getProd.asp?xml=/publicaciones/xml/6/32606/P32606.xml&xsl=/deype/tpl-i/p9f.xsl&base=/tpl-i/top-bottom.xslt
- or
- FOR CHARTS & TABLES
- http://websie.eclac.cl/anuario_estadistico/anuario_2007/eng/index.html
- Press Release 2 April 2008
- ECLAC Presents the 2007 Edition of Its Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean
- http://www.eclac.cl/cgi-bin/getProd.asp?xml=/prensa/noticias/comunicados/1/32621/P32621.xml&xsl=/prensa/tpl-i/p6f.xsl&base=/tpl-i/top-bottom.xsl
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO)
- Working in Europe: Gender differences [14 April 2008]
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/ewco/surveyreports/EU0802019D/EU0802019D.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/ewco/surveyreports/EU0802019D/EU0802019D.pdf
- [full-text, 14 pages]
- UNESCO
- UNESCO INSTITUTE of STATISTICS (UIS)
- [COUNTRY & REGIONAL ] PROFILES (DATABASE) -- providing Summary Data
- http://stats.uis.unesco.org/unesco/TableViewer/document.aspx?ReportId=198&IF_Language=eng
- Read more about how to interpret the data presented in the country profiles.
- http://www.uis.unesco.org/template/pdf/EducGeneral/InterpretingCountryProfiles.pdf
- http://www.uis.unesco.org/template/pdf/EducGeneral/InterpretingCountryProfiles.pdf
- World Bank/IMF
- The Global Monitoring Report: MDGs and the Environment [8 April 2008]
- Agenda for Inclusive and Sustainable Development
- http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTDEC/EXTGLOBALMONITOR/EXTGLOMONREP2008/0,,menuPK:4738069~pagePK:64168427~piPK:64168435~theSitePK:4738057,00.html#Complete_report
- or
- http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTGLOMONREP2008/Resources/4737994-1207342962709/8944_Web_PDF.pdf
- [full-text, 290 pages]
- Press Release 8 April 2008
- Progress Toward Nutrition, Health, Education, and other Development Goals off Track
- http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:21717783~pagePK:64257043~piPK:437376~theSitePK:4607,00.html
- Models for Supporting Women's Micro-Enterprise Development: Best Practices and Guidelines Assessment and Recommendations from Phase III of a Four-Phase Study, March 2008
- BLS: Monthly Labor Review Online
- March 2008
- Vol. 131, Number 3
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/mlrhome.htm
- Employment and Unemployment in 2007
- Household survey indicators weaken in 2007
- James Marschall Borbely
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2008/03/art1full.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- Payroll employment in 2007: the slowdown
- Robyn J. Richards
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2008/03/art2full.pdf
- [full-text, 13 pages]
- Hurricane Katrina Evacuees: who and where they are, and how they are faring
- Jeffrey A. Groen and Anne E. Polivka
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2008/03/art3full.pdf
- [posted soon]
- Teachers' work patterns: when, where, and how much do U.S. teachers work?
- Rachel Krantz-Kent
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2008/03/art4full.pdf
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- Household survey indicators weaken in 2007
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- Policy Options for the Housing and Financial Markets [11 April 2008]
- April 2008
- http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9078
- or
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/90xx/doc9078/04-11-Housing_with_Letter.pdf
- [full-text, 38 pages]
- USA.gov
- STATISTICS at the STATE and LOCAL LEVELS
- http://www.usa.gov/Government/State_Local/Statistics.shtml
- United States International Trade Commission (USITC)
- CHINA: DESCRIPTION OF SELECTED GOVERNMENT PRACTICES AND POLICIES AFFECTING DECISION MAKING IN THE ECONOMY [10 April 2008]
- http://hotdocs.usitc.gov/docs/pubs/332/pub3978.pdf
- [full-text, 270 pages]
- March 2008
- AARP Public Policy Institute
- What Do the New Auto Industry VEBAs Mean for Current and Future Retirees? [March 2008]
- http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/econ/i4_veba.pdf
- [full-text, 17 pages]
- American Association of University Professors (AAUP)
- [FACULTY SALARIES]
- Where are the Priorities? The Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession 2007--08 [15 April 2008]
- http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/comm/rep/Z/ecstatreport2007-08
- or
- http://www.aaup.org/NR/rdonlyres/C98CAC79-4E8A-42B8-B034-BACF37E6DF03/0/zreport.pdf
- [full-text, 27 pages]
- Center for Health Workforce Studies
- School of Public Health, University at Albany
- Podiatric Medicine Workforce Study [online April 2008]
- December 2007
- http://www.apma.org/s_apma/bin.asp?CID=1109&DID=22578&DOC=FILE.PDF
- [full-text, 29 pages]
- Conference Board
- REPORT:
- Weights & Measures: What Employers Should Know about Obesity
[9 April 2008]- http://www.conference-board.org/publications/describe.cfm?id=1460
- [available with purchase or if your institution subscribes]
- Press Release / News
- Obesity Costs U.S. Companies as Much as $45 Billion a Year, The Conference Board Reports
- Apr. 9, 2008
- http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_ID=3365
- Obesity Costs U.S. Companies as Much as $45 Billion a Year, The Conference Board Reports
- Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
- Issue Brief, No. 316
- April 2008
- The 2008 Retirement Confidence Survey: Americans Much More Worried About Retirement, Health Costs a Big Concern [9 April 2008]
- http://www.ebri.org/publications/ib/index.cfm?fa=ibDisp&content_id=3903
- or
- http://www.ebri.org/pdf/briefspdf/EBRI_IB_04-2008.pdf
- [full-text, 24 pages]
- Press Release
- 18th Annual Retirement Confidence Survey: ®
- Workers Show Record Drop in Retirement Confidence, Health Care and Economy Are Major Concerns
- http://www.ebri.org/pdf/PR_796a_09Apr08.pdf
- 18th Annual Retirement Confidence Survey: ®
- Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
- Fast Facts from EBRI
- FFE #78, April 11, 2008
- Health Care Coverage for Workers Ages 5564 [11 April 2008]
- http://www.ebri.org/pdf/publications/facts/fastfacts/fastfact041108.pdf
- MetLife
- STUDY OF INTERNATIONAL EMPLOYEE BENEFITS TRENDS [2007]
- http://www.whymetlife.com/international/tools.asp
- or
- http://www.whymetlife.com/international/downloads/iEBTS.pdf
- [full-text, 53 pages]
- National Partnership for Women & Families
- DAILY WOMEN'S HEALTH POLICY REPORT
- STATE POLITICS & POLICY | New Jersey Senate Approves Paid Family Leave Measure; Gov. Corzine Says He Will Sign It Into Law
- [April 9, 2008]
- http://www.nationalpartnership.org/site/News2?abbr=daily2_&page=NewsArticle&id=10963&security=1201&news_iv_ctrl=-1
- What Do the New Auto Industry VEBAs Mean for Current and Future Retirees? [March 2008]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL34443
- Summary of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
- April 10, 2008
- Patrick Purcell, Specialist in Income Security, Domestic Social Policy Division
- Jennifer Staman, Legislative Attorney, American Law Division
- http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/505/
- [full-text, 77 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL33926
- Stock Options: The Backdating Issue
- Updated January 2, 2008
- James M. Bickley and Gary Shorter, Specialists in Economics, Government and Finance Division
- http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33926_20080102.pdf
- [full-text, 42 pages]
- NLRB
- Testimony of
- Wilma B. Liebman
- Member, National Labor Relations Board
- before the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies
- of the Committee on Appropriations United States Senate on
- "NLRB Representation Elections and Initial Collective Bargaining Agreements: Safeguarding Workers' Rights?"
- April 2, 2008
- http://www.nlrb.gov/shared_files/Press%20Releases/2008/WBL_Senate_testimony.htm
- or
- http://www.nlrb.gov/shared_files/Press%20Releases/2008/WBL_Senate_testimony.pdf
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- NLRB
- Testimony of
- Peter C. Schaumber
- Chairman, National Labor Relations Board
- Before the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies of the
- Committee on Appropriations United States Senate On
- "NLRB Representation Elections and Initial Collective Bargaining Agreements: Safeguarding Workers' Rights"
- April 2, 2008
- http://www.nlrb.gov/shared_files/Press%20Releases/2008/Chairman_Schaumber_statement_3-31_final.htm
- or
- http://www.nlrb.gov/shared_files/Press%20Releases/2008/Chairman_Schaumber_statement_3-31_final.pdf
- [full-text, 12 pages]
- Order Code RL34443
- BEA: U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES February 2008 [10 April 2008]
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2008/trad0208.htm
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2008/pdf/trad0208.pdf
- [full-text, 47 pages]
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2008/xls/trad0208.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- and
- Highlights
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2008/pdf/trad0208_fax.pdf
- BLS: CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: MARCH 2008 [16 April 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cpi.pdf
- [full-text, 19 pages]
- BLS: REAL EARNINGS IN MARCH 2008 [16 April 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/realer.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/realer.pdf
- [full-text, 5 pages]
- BLS: Producer Price Indexes - March 2008 [15 April 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: U.S. IMPORT AND EXPORT PRICE INDEXES - MARCH 2008 - [11 April 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: EMPLOYMENT SITUATION OF VETERANS: 2007 [10 April 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/vet.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/vet.pdf
- [full-text, 19 pages]
- BLS: COUNTY EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES: THIRD QUARTER 2007 [9 April 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cewqtr.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cewqtr.pdf
- [full-text, 23 pages]
- BLS: Harmonized index of consumer prices for selected countries and areas, percent change from same period of previous year, 2003--2008 [4 April 2008]
- ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ForeignLabor/flshicp.txt
- OECD
- News Release
- OECD Standardised Unemployment Rate remains stable at 5.5% in February 2008 [11 April 2008]
- http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/8/37/40423798.pdf
- [full-text, 4 pages]
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2008/trad0208.htm
- UNESCO
- UNESCO INSTITUTE for STATISTICS (UIS)
- ONLINE EDUCATION GLOSSARY
- http://www.uis.unesco.org/glossary/
- UNESCO INSTITUTE for STATISTICS (UIS)
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 : 6:18 AM
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 9 April 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, 9 April 2008
Academic Research
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers Recent studies include 3435 Institutions and Contract Enforcement 3434 Minimum Wages and Welfare in a Hotelling Duopsony 3433 New Evidence on the Dynamic Wage Curve for Western Germany: 19802004 3432 The Impact of College Graduation on Geographic Mobility: Identifying Education Using Multiple Components of Vietnam Draft Risk 3431 Understanding Poverty among the Elderly in India: Implications for Social Pension Policy 3430 Studying Abroad and the Effect on International Labor Market Mobility: Evidence from the Introduction of ERASMUS
Cornell Higher Education Research Institute (CHERI) CHERI Working Paper 110 Determinants of Grades, Persistence and Major Choice for Low-Income and Minority Students [April 2008] Amanda L. Griffith http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/cheri/wp/cheri_wp110.pdf [full-text, 35 pages]
United States International Trade Commission (USITC) Chinese Foreign Trade Performance and the China-US Trade: 19952004 --- A Graphical Analysis Based on China Customs Statistics [March 2008] Shunli Yao China Center for Economic Research, Peking University, March 2008 http://www.usitc.gov/ind_econ_ana/research_ana/research_work_papers/documents/EC200803A.pdf [full-text, 45 pages]
Government Reports/Press - International, Federal, State, Local
International
http://www.ipu.org/wmn-e/world.htm
______________________________
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
****************************************
_______________________________
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, 9 April 2008
Academic Research
- IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)
Government Reports/Press - International, Federal, State, Local
International
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO)
- European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)
- COMPARATIVE STUDY
- Working conditions and social dialogue [2 April 2008]
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/comparative/tn0710019s/index.htm
- [national reports are found here]
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/comparative/tn0710019s/tn0710019s.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/comparative/tn0710019s/tn0710019s.pdf
- [full-text, 51 pages]
- Eurofound > EMCC > European Restructuring Monitor
- European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)
- European Restructuring Monitor [DATABASE]
- Fact sheets
[8 April 2008]- Latest restructuring cases
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/emcc/erm/index.php?template=searchfactsheets
- Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
- [Latin America - Growth & Inflation 2008]
- REVELA:
- Issue 11 - March 2008 [28 March 2008]
- Author: Salazni, Mariana ; Powell, Andrew
- Published:
- March 2008
- http://www.iadb.org/res/pub_desc.cfm?pub_id=REV-11
- or
- http://www.iadb.org/res/publications/pubfiles/pubREV-11.pdf
- [full-text, 2 pages]
- Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
- Seminar Papers:
- Opportunities for Latin America: Towards a better social policy
[March 2008]- http://www.iadb.org/res/pub_desc.cfm?pub_id=S-901
- In SPANISH
- Oportunidades en América Latina: Hacia una mejor política social
- http://www.iadb.org/res/publications/pubfiles/pubS-901_esp.pdf
- [full-text, 320 pages]
- OECD
- OECD Factbook 2008: Economic, Environmental and Social Statistics [8 April 2008]
- http://lysander.sourceoecd.org/vl=831431/cl=23/nw=1/rpsv/factbook/
- Press Releases 8 April 2008
- OECD Factbook
- http://www.oecd.org/document/10/0,3343,en_2649_201185_40401674_1_1_1_1,00.html
- and
- http://www.oecd.org/document/62/0,3343,en_21571361_34374092_34420734_1_1_1_1,00.html
- European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO)
- Census
- 2007/2008 Older Worker Profiles [31 March 2008]
- http://lehd.did.census.gov/led/library/profiles_2007.html
- Census
- 2006 Public Elementary-Secondary Education Finance Data
- http://www.census.gov/govs/www/school06.html
- or
- PUBLIC EDUCATION FINANCES: 2006
- http://ftp2.census.gov/govs/school/06f33pub.pdf
- [full-text, 134 pages]
- DETAILED TABLES
- Public Elementary-Secondary Education Finance Data: 2006
[1 April 2008]- http://www.census.gov/govs/www/school.html
- Press Release
- Public Schools Spent $9,138 Per Student in 2006 [1 April 2008]
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/education/011747.html
- Census
- Current Industrial Reports
- Pollution Abatement Costs and Expenditures: 2005 [3 April 2008]
- http://www.census.gov/prod/2008pubs/ma200-05.pdf
- [full-text, 104 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL34434
- Income Inequality, Income Mobility, and Economic Policy: U.S. Trends in the 1980s and 1990s
- April 4, 2008
- Thomas L. Hungerford, Specialist in Public Finance, Government and Finance Division
- http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34434_20080404.pdf
- or
- http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/501/
- [full-text, 27 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RS22856
- April 3, 2008
- Retirement and Survivor Annuities for Former Spouses of Federal Employees [DIVORCE]
- Patrick Purcell, Specialist in Income Security, Domestic Social Policy Division
- http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22856_20080403.pdf
- or
- http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/502/
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL34429
- Coal Mine Safety and Health
- March 31, 2008
- Linda Levine, Specialist in Labor Economics, Domestic Social Policy Division
- http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34429_20080331.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
- Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 2004-05 [1 April 2008]
- http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2008335
- or
- http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2008/2008335.pdf
- [full-text, 82 pages]
- Women's Bureau
- Older Women Workers, ages 55 and over, 2007
- http://www.dol.gov/wb/factsheets/Qf-olderworkers55-07.htm
- Women's Bureau
- 20 Leading Occupations of Employed Women: 2007 Annual Averages
- http://www.dol.gov/wb/factsheets/20lead2007.htm
- 2007/2008 Older Worker Profiles [31 March 2008]
- Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
- Unions and Upward Mobility for African-American Workers [1 April 2008]
- John Schmitt
- http://www.cepr.net/documents/publications/unions_2008_04.pdf
- [full-text, 10 pages]
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) & Economic Policy Institute (EPI)
- PULLING APART: A State-by-State Analysis of Income Trends [9 April 2008]
- http://www.cbpp.org/4-9-08sfp.htm
- or
- http://www.cbpp.org/4-9-08sfp.pdf
- [full-text, 74 pages]
- Fiscal Policy Institute (FPI)
- Pulling Apart in New York: An Analysis of Income Trends in New York State [9 April 2008]
- http://fiscalpolicy.org/PullingApartInNewYork_April2008.pdf
- [full-text, 44 pages]
- Press Release 9 April 2008
- Gap Between New York's Wealthy and Poor Is Still the Widest in the Nation
- http://fiscalpolicy.org/FPI_Release_PullingApart_9April2008.pdf
- [full-text, 2 pages]
- MetLife
- Study of Employee Benefits Trends: Findings from the National Survey of Employers and Employees (6th Annual) [April 2008]
- http://whymetlife.com/trends/downloads/MetLife_EBTS08.pdf
- [full-text, 65 pages]
- The training and consultancy network "euro-workscouncil.net"
- http://www.euro-workscouncil.net/en/111.php
- EWC NEWS (European Works Councils)
- http://www.ewc-news.com/en012008.htm
- or
- http://www.ewc-news.com/en012008.pdf
- [full-text, 19 pages]
- Welcome to issue no. 1/2008 of EWC News.
- EWC News appears four times a year.
- You can find past issues in the newsletter archives.
- http://www.ewc-news.com/
- Unions and Upward Mobility for African-American Workers [1 April 2008]
- Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
- Newsletter
- China Human Rights and Rule of Law Update March/April 2008 [4 April 2008]
- http://www.cecc.gov/pages/virtualAcad/newsletterListing.phpd?NLdate=20080404&show=ALL
- or
- http://cecc.gov/pages/general/newsletters/CECCnewsletter20080404.pdf
- [full-text, 7 pages]
- EEOC
- McDONALD'S FRANCHISE TO PAY $505,000 FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF YOUNG WOMEN, INCLUDING TEENS [7 April 2008]
- EEOC Says Male Supervisor Requested Sexual Favors, Groped Female Workers
- http://www.eeoc.gov/press/4-7-08.html
- EEOC
- LOCKHEED MARTIN GLOBAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS TO PAY $773,000 FOR FIRING EIGHT EMPLOYEES BECAUSE OF THEIR AGE [7 April 2008]
- http://www.eeoc.gov/press/4-7-08a.html
- Newsletter
- BLS: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: MARCH 2008 [4 April 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf
- [full-text, 28 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/empsit.supp.toc.htm
- BLS: JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER: FEBRUARY 2008 [8 April 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/jolts.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/jolts.pdf
- [full-text, 15 pages]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm
- Women in National Parliaments
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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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Telephone: (607) 255-2703
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[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 2 April 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, 2 April 2008
Academic Research
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers Recent studies include 3424 Incentive Design and Trust: Comparing the Effects of Tournament and Team-Based Incentives on Trust 3423 Migration and the Wage Curve: A Structural Approach to Measure the Wage and Employment Effects of Migration 3422 Wage Effects of Recruitment Methods: The Case of the Italian Social Service Sector 3421 Women's Liberation: What's in It for Men?
National Academies Press (NAP) Research on Future Skill Demands: A Workshop Summary [2008] http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12066 CLICK on URL ABOVE and SCROLL DOWN to READ ONLINE
Government Reports/Press - International, Federal, State, Local
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, 2 April 2008
Academic Research
- IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)
Government Reports/Press - International, Federal, State, Local
International
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- European Works Councils in practice: Key research findings - Background paper [20 March 2008]
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0828.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2008/28/en/1/ef0828en.pdf
- [full-text, 22 pages]
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (EWCO)
- European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO)
- Worklife balance attitudes and practices in British workplaces, 2007 [18 March 2008]
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/ewco/surveyreports/UK0801019D/UK0801019D.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/ewco/surveyreports/UK0801019D/UK0801019D.pdf
- [full-text, 11 pages]
- European Works Councils in practice: Key research findings - Background paper [20 March 2008]
- BLS: Experimental All Employee Hours and Earnings Series by State from the Current Employment Statistics Program [online 27 March 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/sae/saeaepp.htm
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Compensation and Working Conditions Online
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/home.htm
- Methods Underlying New Workplace Injury and Illness Rates by Demographic Group [26 March 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/sh20080320ar01p1.htm
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/sh20080320ar01p1.htm
- Census: The latest metropolitan and micropolitan statistical area population estimates - for July 1, 2007 - were released March 27, 2008.
- DETAILED TABLES
- http://www.census.gov/popest/estimates.php
- Press Release
- Dallas-Fort Worth Leads Metro Areas in Numerical Growth [27 March 2008]
- New Orleans Among the 10 with Fastest Growth Rate
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/011671.html
- Census
- USA Counties data files [28 March 2008]
- http://www.census.gov/support/USACdata.html
- Press Release
- FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 2008
- USA Counties
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/county_business_patterns/011746.html
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL34420
- Bear Stearns: Crisis and "Rescue" for a Major Provider of Mortgage-Related Products
- Updated March 26, 2008
- Gary Shorter, Specialist in Business and Government Relations, Government and Finance Division
- http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34420_20080326.pdf
- [full-text, 12 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL34423
- Government Interventions in Financial Markets: Economic and Historic Analysis of Subprime Mortgage Options
- March 25, 2008
- N. Eric Weiss, Analyst in Financial Economics, Government and Finance Division
- http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34423_20080325.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL34412
- Averting Financial Crisis
- Updated March 21, 2008
- Mark Jickling, Specialist in Financial Economics, Government and Finance Division
- http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34412_20080321.pdf
- [full-text, 18 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RS22830
- March 12, 2008
- Genetic Ancestry Testing
- Amanda K. Sarata, Analyst in Health Policy and Genetics, Domestic Social Policy Division
- http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22830_20080312.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics
- Older Americans 2008 : Key indicators of Well-Being [27 March 2008]
- http://www.agingstats.gov/agingstatsdotnet/Main_Site/Data/Data_2008.aspx
- or
- http://www.agingstats.gov/agingstatsdotnet/Main_Site/Data/2008_Documents/OA_2008.pdf
- [full-text, 179 pages]
- Press Release
- http://www.agingstats.gov/agingstatsdotnet/Main_Site/Data/2008_Documents/Embargoed_PR.doc
- or
- http://www.agingstats.gov/agingstatsdotnet/Main_Site/Data/2008_Documents/Embargoed_PR.pdf
- National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
- Digest of Education Statistics: 2007 [25 March 2008]
- http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/
- or
- http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d07/
- For earlier versions 1991-2007, see
- http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/getpubcats.asp?sid=091
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- InfoBrief
- NSF 08-305 | March 2008 |
- Unemployment Rate of U.S. Scientists and Engineers Drops to Record Low 2.5% in 2006 [27 March 2008]
- http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf08305/
- or
- http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf08305/nsf08305.pdf
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- InfoBrief
- NSF 08-307 | March 2008 |
- Postdoc Participation of Science, Engineering, and Health Doctorate Recipients [27 March 2008]
- http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf08307/
- or
- http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf08307/nsf08307.pdf
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- Small Business Administration (SBA)
- Changes in Family Health Insurance Coverage for Small and Large Firm Workers and Dependents: Evidence from 1995 to 2005 [31 March 2008]
- http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs321tot.pdf
- [full-text, 69 pages]
- Research Summary
- http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs321.pdf
- Social Security Administration (SSA)
- Social Security Programs Throughout the World: The Americas, 2007
- (released March 2008)
- http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2006-2007/americas/index.html
- or
- http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2006-2007/americas/ssptw07americas.pdf
- [full-text, 196 pages]
- http://www.bls.gov/sae/saeaepp.htm
- AARP
- Research Report
- Terri Guengerich, AARP Knowledge Management
- The Employee Point of View: Opinions of Workers in North Carolina on Election Issues, Retirement, Caregiving, and Job Benefits
- March 2008
- http://www.aarp.org/research/work/retirement/nc_worker_08.html
- or
- http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/econ/nc_worker_08.pdf
- [full-text, 33 pages]
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP)
- NEW DATA SHOW INCOME CONCENTRATION ROSE AGAIN IN 2006:
- Average Income Rose by $73,000 for Households in the Top 1%, Only $20 for Those in Bottom 90%
[27 March 2009]- http://www.cbpp.org/3-27-08tax2.htm
- or
- http://www.cbpp.org/3-27-08tax2.pdf
- [full-text, 3 pages]
- Research Report
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RS22833
- March 14, 2008
- The Law of Church and State: General Principles and Current Interpretations
- Cynthia Brougher, Legislative Attorney, American Law Division
- http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22833_20080314.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- Department of Labor
- Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS)
- Form T-1: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Request for Comments
- http://www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compliance/olms/t1form.htm
- Order Code RS22833
- BLS: FOREIGN-BORN WORKERS: LABOR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS IN 2007 [26 March 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/forbrn.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/forbrn.pdf
- [full-text, 14 pages]
- BLS: MULTIFACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRENDS, 2006 [27 March 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod3.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod3.pdf
- [full-text, 18 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/prod3.supp.toc.htm
- BLS: Characteristics of Minimum Wage Workers: 2007 [25 March 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/cps/minwage2007.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/cps/minwage2007.pdf
- [full-text, 13 pages]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/forbrn.nr0.htm
- General Services Admininstration (GSA)
- Federal Citizen Information Center
- 2008 CONSUMER ACTION HANDBOOK [27 March 2008]
- http://www.consumeraction.gov/pdfs/2008_Handbook_Web_Version.pdf
- [full-text, 177 pages]
- Press Release 27 March 2008
- 2008 Consumer Action Handbook
- http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/press/nfccah08.htm
- Federal Citizen Information Center
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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