Tuesday, April 01, 2008

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 2 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, 2 April 2008


Academic Research

IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)
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

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]


Federal

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


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]


Institutes/Associations/Commercial

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]


Law

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


Statistical Reports

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]


Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

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


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Stuart Basefsky                   
Director, IWS News Bureau                
Institute for Workplace Studies 
Cornell/ILR School                        
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor             
New York, NY 10016                        
                                   
Telephone: (607) 255-2703                
Fax: (607) 255-9641                       
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