Wednesday, April 09, 2008
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 9 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, 9 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.
_______________________________
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)
- http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers
- Recent studies include
- 3435
- 3434
- 3433
- 3432
- 3431
- 3430
- 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]
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
- Latest restructuring cases [8 April 2008]
- 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
- 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
- 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/
- 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
- 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]
- Women in National Parliaments [updated 29 February 2008]
- 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.
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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
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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