Wednesday, April 16, 2008
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 16 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, 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.
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, 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
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