IWS Documented News WEEKLY BULLETIN: May 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, 21 May 2008

Academic Research

National Academies Press (NAP)

Innovation in Global Industries: U.S. Firms Competing in a New World (Collected Studies) [May 2008]

Authors: Jeffrey T. Macher and David C. Mowery, Editors, Committee on the Competitiveness and Workforce Needs of U.S. Industry, National Research Council

http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12112&utm_medium=etmail&utm_source=National%20Academies%20Press&utm_campaign=New+from+NAP+5.20.08&utm_content=web&utm_term =

To read online FREE, go to --

http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12112&utm_medium=etmail&utm_source=National%20Academies%20Press&utm_campaign=New+from+NAP+5.20.08&utm_content=web&utm_term#toc

Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)

DATABOOK of INTERNATIONAL LABOUR STATISTICS 2008 [online 16 May 2008]

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/estatis/databook/index.htm

IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)

http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers

Recent studies include

3490 The Lot of the Unemployed: A Time Use Perspective

3489 Do Migrants Get Good Jobs in Australia? The Role of Ethnic Networks in Job Search

3488 Mexican-American Entrepreneurship

3487 Fixed Effects Bias in Panel Data Estimators

3486 Does Immigration Raise Natives' Income? National and Regional Evidence from Spain

3485 Social Change

3484 The Emerging Aversion to Inequality: Evidence from Poland 19922005

Government Reports/Press - International, Federal, State, Local

International

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Social Protection Index for Committed Poverty Reduction

http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/Social-Protection/default.asp

or

http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/Social-Protection/committed-poverty-reduction.pdf

[full-text, 582 pages]

and

Social Protection Index for Committed Poverty Reduction

Volume 2: Asia

http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/Social-Protection/Volume2/

or

http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/Social-Protection/Volume2/Social-Protection-Vol2.pdf

[full-text, 166 pages]

Press Release 14 May 2008

Providing Basic Social Protection Not a Question of Wealth

http://www.adb.org/Media/Articles/2008/12486-asian-social-protections/default.asp

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)

Global competition and European companies' location decisions - Background paper [15 May 2008]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0843.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2008/43/en/1/ef0843en.pdf

[full-text, 20 pages]

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)

European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)

European Employees Forum react to General Motors outsourcing plans [19 May 2008]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/2008/04/articles/eu0804039i.htm

OECD Ministerial Meeting: The Future of the Internet Economy on 17-18 June 2008 in Seoul, S. Korea

FUTURE of the INTERNET ECONOMY -- BACKGROUND INFORMATION

http://www.oecd.org/document/57/0,3343,en_21571361_38415463_38628601_1_1_1_1,00.html

United Kingdom

Department for Business, Enterprise, and Regulatory Reform (BERR)

Right to request flexible working: a review of how to extend the right to request flexible working to parents of older children [15 May 2008]

http://www.berr.gov.uk/files/file46092.pdf

[full-text, 24 pages]

Press Release

Flexible working to help 4.5 million more parents [15 May 2008]

http://www.wired-gov.net/wg/wg-wlabel-dti.nsf/wfArticle?ReadForm&unid=BF1D328CF077AD6F8025744A002A74A7

Date: 15 May 2008

World Bank

UNLEASHING PROSPERITY: Productivity Growth in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union [14 May 2008]

http://siteresources.worldbank.org/ECAEXT/Resources/publications/UnleashingProsperity.pdf

[full-text, 295 pages]

Press Release

Productivity Surge Boosts Growth and Living Standards in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union [14 May 2008]

http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:21766868~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html

Federal

BLS Spotlight on Statistics

SPORTS & EXCERCISE [19 May 2008]

http://www.bls.gov/spotlight/2008/sports/

Census

Household Economic Studies

P70-116

Participation of Mothers in Government Assistance Programs: 2004 [14 May 2008]

http://www.census.gov/prod/2008pubs/p70-116.pdf

[full-text, 16 pages]

Press Release 14 May 2008

Fewer Mothers With a Recent Birth Rely On Government Assistance Than in 1996

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/families_households/011934.html

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE (CBO)

Testimony

Statement of Peter R. Orszag, Director CBO

Covering Uninsured Children in the State Children's Health Insurance Program

before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives

May 15, 2008

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/92xx/doc9234/05-15-SCHIP_Testimony.pdf

[full-text, 19 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RL34484

Evaluating the Potential for a Recession in 2008

May 13, 2008

Marc Labonte, Specialist in Macroeconomic Policy, Government and Finance Division

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34484_20080513.pdf

[full-text, 24 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RL32459

U.S.-French Commercial Ties

Updated April 7, 2008

Raymond J. Ahearn, Specialist in International Trade and Finance, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL32459.pdf

[full-text, 16 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RL33620

Mercosur: Evolution and Implications for U.S. Trade Policy

Updated March 26, 2008

J. F. Hornbeck, Specialist in International Trade and Finance, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33620_20080326.pdf

[full-text, 24 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RS21857

Updated March 19, 2008

Foreign Direct Investment in the United States: An Economic Analysis

James K. Jackson, Specialist in International Trade and Finance, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RS21857_20080319.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

General Accountability Office (GAO)

Workforce Development: Community Colleges and One-Stop Centers Collaborate to Meet 21st Century Workforce Needs. GAO-08-547, May 15.

http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-547

or

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08547.pdf

[full-text, 46 pages]

and

Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08547high.pdf

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

Fiscal Policy Institute (FPI) & Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)

The Union Wage Advantage for Low-Wage Workers [15 May 2008]

John Schmitt

May 2008

http://www.cepr.net/documents/publications/quantile_2008_05.pdf

[full-text, 10 pages]

Press Release 15 May 2008

Unions Make a Big Difference for Low-Wage Workers

Unionization lifts the lowest-wage workers above the poverty line

http://www.fiscalpolicy.org/FPI_Release_UnionsMakeBigDifference.pdf

Mercer

Workers the real winners in the war for talent - Mercer salary survey reveals [New Zealand][14 May 2008]

http://www.mercer.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml/dynamic/idContent/1307030

Mercer

Mercer issues study of US CEO compensation trends [15 May 2008]

http://www.mercer.com/pressrelease/details.jhtml?idContent=1307260

Law

EEOC SETTLES CASE INVOLVING DISCHARGE OF SEVEN MIDDLE EASTERN CREW MEMBERS FROM THE CRUISE SHIP PRIDE OF ALOHA [15 May 2008]

http://www.eeoc.gov/press/5-15-08.html

Statistical Reports

BLS: Producer Price Indexes - April 2008 [20 May 2008]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ppi.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ppi.pdf

[full-text, 18 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

http://www.bls.gov/web/ppi.supp.toc.htm

BLS: EXTENDED MASS LAYOFFS IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2008 [16 May 2008]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/mslo.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/mslo.pdf

[full-text, 23 pages]

BLS: REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: APRIL 2008 [16 May 2008]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/laus.pdf

[full-text, 19 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

http://www.bls.gov/web/laus.supp.toc.htm

BLS: JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER: MARCH 2008 [15 May 2008]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/jolts.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/jolts.pdf

[full-text, 15 pages]

BLS: CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: APRIL 2008 [14 May 2008]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cpi.pdf

[full-text, 18 pages]

BLS: REAL EARNINGS IN APRIL 2008 [14 May 2008]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/realer.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/realer.pdf

[full-text, 5 pages]

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Building Railways in the People's Republic of China: Changing Lives

http://www.adb.org/Documents/Reports/Railways-Changing-lives/default.asp

or

http://www.adb.org/Documents/Reports/Railways-Changing-lives/Railways-Changing-lives.pdf

[full-text, 44 pages]

ISBN: 978-971-561645-4

Publication Date: April 2008

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

The Railways of the People's Republic of China: An Agenda for Action

http://www.adb.org/Documents/Papers/Railways-Agenda-Action/default.asp

or

http://www.adb.org/Documents/Papers/Railways-Agenda-Action/Railways-Agenda-Action.pdf

[full-text, 44 pages]

ISBN: 978-971-561-678-2

Publication Date: April 2008

______________________________
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 : 6:20 AM

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, 14 May 2008

Academic Research

Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department

Research Topic: Labor and Social Issues

http://www.iadb.org/res/pub_list.cfm?pub_type_id=LAB&language=En&parid=2

Recent studies include --

WP-636 Gender Segregation in the Workplace and Wage Gaps: Evidence from Urban Mexico 1994-2004

R-545 Is There Labor Market Discrimination among Professionals in Chile? Lawyers, Doctors and Business people

WP-634 Stated Social Behavior and Revealed Actions: Evidence from Six Latin American Countries Using Representative Samples

R-558 Ability, Schooling Choices and Gender Labor Market Discrimination: Evidence for Chile

R-541 An Experimental Study of Labor Market Discrimination: Gender, Social Class and Neighborhood in Chile

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

http://www.nber.org/new.html#latest

Some of the latest studies include --

# Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise Socioeconomic Status, Poor Health in Childhood, and Human Capital Development

Janet Currie #13987

# The Inflation-Unemployment Trade-Off at Low Inflation

Pierpaolo Benigno and Luca Antonio Ricci #13986

# Time Spent in Home Production in the 20th Century: New Estimates from Old Data

Valerie A. Ramey #13985

# Controversies about the Rise of American Inequality: A Survey

Robert J. Gordon and Ian Dew-Becker #13982

# Reforming Social Security with Progressive Personal Accounts

John Geanakoplos and Stephen P. Zeldes #13979

# Minority Self-Employment in the United States and the Impact of Affirmative Action Programs

David G. Blanchflower #13972

# Does Stabilizing Inflation Contribute To Stabilizing Economic Activity?

Frederic S. Mishkin #13970

# Productivity Growth, Knowledge Flows, and Spillovers

Gustavo Crespi, Chiara Criscuolo, Jonathan E. Haskel, and Matthew Slaughter #13959

Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies (CAHRS)

ILR School, Cornell University

Working Papers 2008

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/cahrs/research/workingPapers/index.html

Government Reports/Press - International, Federal, State, Local

International

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)

European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)

COMPARATIVE STUDY

Impact of the information and consultation directive on industrial relations [9 May 2008]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0710029s/index.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0710029s/tn0710029s.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/eiro/tn0710029s/tn0710029s.pdf

[full-text, 34 pages]

EuroStat

EUROPEAN BUSINESS -- Web Portal

http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page?_pageid=2293,59872848,2293_68133857&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL

EuroStat

Pocketbooks

Key figures on European business 2008 Edition [8 May 2008]

with a special feature on the factors of business success

http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-ET-08-001/EN/KS-ET-08-001-EN.PDF

[full-text, 152 pages]

Press Release

64/2008 - 8 May 2008

Key Figures on European Business

The European market economy through statistics

http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/PGP_PRD_CAT_PREREL/PGE_CAT_PREREL_YEAR_2008/PGE_CAT_PREREL_YEAR_2008_MONTH_05/4-08052008-EN-BP.PDF

International Labour Office (ILO)

2007 Labour Overview. Latin America and The Caribbean [English Version]

http://www.oit.org.pe/intranet/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1186&Itemid=1155

or

http://www.oit.org.pe/WDMS/bib/publ/panorama/labour_overview_07.pdf

[full-text, 101 pages]

The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)

JAPAN LABOR REVIEW [8 May 2008]

Vol. 5, No. 2 Spring 2008 PDF (1.8MB)

Special Edition

Employment of Older Persons

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR.htm

or

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/documents/JLR18_all.pdf

[full-text, 181 pages]

World Bank

State and Trends of the Carbon Market 2008 [6 May 2008]

May 2008

http://carbonfinance.org/docs/State___Trends--formatted_06_May_10pm.pdf

[full-text, 78 pages]

Press Release

Developing World Greenhouse Gas Projects Face Carbon Market Bottlenecks 12 May 2008

http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:21763373~pagePK:64257043~piPK:437376~theSitePK:4607,00.html

Federal

BLS: MARRIED PARENTS' USE OF TIME, 2003-06 [8 May 2008]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/atus2.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/atus2.pdf

[full-text, 9 pages]

Census: School Enrollment--Social and Economic Characteristics of Students: October 2006 [8 May 2008]

http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/school.html

or

DETAILED TABLES

http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/school/cps2006.html

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

CBO PAPER

Capital Budgeting [8 May 2008]

May 2008

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/91xx/doc9167/05-08-Capital.pdf

[full-text, 25 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RL34467

U.S. Airline Industry: Issues and Role of Congress

April 30, 2008

John W. Fischer, Specialist in Transportation Policy, Resources, Science, and Industry Division

Bart Elias, Specialist in Aviation Policy, Resources, Science, and Industry Division

Robert S. Kirk, Specialist in Transportation Policy, Resources, Science, and Industry Division

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34467_20080430.pdf

[full-text, 23 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RS22864

April 22, 2008

U.S. Postal Service Workforce Size and Employment Categories, 1987-2007

Wendy Ginsberg, Analyst in American National Government, Government and Finance Division

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22864_20080422.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RL31798

Data Mining and Homeland Security: An Overview

Updated April 3, 2008

Jeffrey W. Seifert, Specialist in Information Policy and Technology, Resources, Science, and Industry Division

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL31798_20080403.pdf

[full-text, 41 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RL33434

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education: Background, Federal Policy, and Legislative Action

Updated March 21, 2008

Jeffrey J. Kuenzi, Specialist in Education Policy, Domestic Social Policy Division

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33434_20080321.pdf

[full-text, 34 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code 98-871

Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Education: Status and Issues

Updated March 28, 2008

Christine M. Matthews, Specialist in Science and Technology Policy, Resources, Science, and Industry Division

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/98-871_20080328.pdf

[full-text, 27 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RL30006

Genetic Information: Legal Issues Relating to Discrimination and Privacy

Updated March 10, 2008

Nancy Lee Jones, Legislative Attorney, American Law Division

Amanda K. Sarata, Analyst in Genetics, Domestic Social Policy Division

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL30006_20080310.pdf

[full-text, 28 pages]

General Accountability Office (GAO)

Human Capital: Transforming Federal Recruiting and Hiring Efforts GAO-08-762T, May 08, 2008

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08762t.pdf

[full-text, 17 pages]

House Ways and Means Committee

2008 Green Book [7 May 2008]

http://waysandmeans.house.gov/Documents.asp?section=2168

Officially known as

�Background Material and Data on the Programs within the Jurisdiction of the Committee on Ways and Means"

Press Release 5 May 2008

Chairman Rangel Announces Rollout of the 2008 Green Book

http://waysandmeans.house.gov/news.asp?formmode=release&id=647

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

AARP Policy & Research

Boomers at the Bottom: How Will Low-Income Boomers Cope with Retirement? [April 2008]

http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/econ/2008_07_boomers.pdf

[full-text, 100 pages]

In Brief

http://www.aarp.org/research/economy/trends/inb158_boomers.html

or

http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/econ/inb158_boomers.pdf

Press Release

http://www.aarp.org/research/work/retirement/2008_07_boomers.html

The European Labour Network for Economic Policy (ELNEP)

Euro area economic forecast

Financial crisis threatens employment and growth: Policy response needed [8 May 2008]

http://www.elnep.org/media/Elnep_05_2008_web.pdf

[full-text, 60 pages]

European Trade Union Institute for Research, Education and Health and Safety (ETUI-REHS)

ETUI-REHS Working Paper 3/2008

Putting a number on job quality? Constructing a European Job Quality Index [8 May 2008]

http://www.etui-rehs.org/research/activities/Employment-and-social-policies/Reports-and-discussion-papers/WP-2008.03

or

http://www.etui-rehs.org/research/content/download/4032/23444/file/08%20WP2008%2003%20EN.pdf

[full-text, 25 pages]

Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR)

Women at Greater Risk of Economic Insecurity: A Gender Analysis of the Rockefeller Foundation's American Worker Survey [8 May 2008]

http://www.iwpr.org/pdf/D482AWSReport.pdf

[full-text, 27 pages]

Fact Sheet

http://www.iwpr.org/pdf/D483AWSFS.pdf

Press Release 8 May 2008

On the eve of Mother's Day, new national report highlights the economic insecurity of American women

http://www.iwpr.org/pdf/D482release.pdf

New America Foundation

HEALTH POLICY PROGRAM

EMPLOYER HEALTH COSTS IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY: A COMPETITIVE DISADVANTAGE FOR U.S. FIRMS [7 May 2008]

Len M. Nichols, Ph.D., Director

Sarah Axeen, Program Associate

MAY 2008

http://www.newamerica.net/files/EMPLOYER%20HEALTH%20COSTS%20IN%20A%20GLOBAL%20ECONOMY.pdf

[full-text, 15 pages]

Press Release 7 May 2008

http://www.newamerica.net/pressroom/2008/len_nichols_and_elizabeth_carpenter_bna_report_says_health_costs_hamper_u_s_firms

RAND

Occasional Paper -227

The Economics of Early Childhood Policy: What the Dismal Science Has to Say About Investing in Children [8 May 2008]

By: M. Rebecca Kilburn, Lynn A. Karoly

http://rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP227/

or

http://rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/2008/RAND_OP227.pdf

[full-text, 50 pages]

See also RESEARCH BRIEF

http://rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9352/index1.html

or

http://rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/2008/RAND_RB9352.pdf

[full-text, 5 pages]

Law

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RL34444

Removing Aliens from the United States: Judicial Review of Removal Orders

Updated April 14, 2008

Yule Kim, Legislative Attorney, American Law Division

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34444_20080414.pdf

[full-text, 19 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RL34460

Current Law and Selected Proposals Extending Unemployment Compensation

April 24, 2008

Julie M. Whittaker, Specialist in Income Security, Domestic Social Policy Division

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34460_20080424.pdf

[full-text, 13 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RL33471

The Congressional Research Service and the American Legislative Process

Updated March 19, 2008

Ida A. Brudnick, Analyst on the Congress, Government and Finance Division

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33471_20080319.pdf

[full-text, 13 pages]

Department of Labor (DOL)

U.S. Labor Department announces enhanced union transparency rules [12 May 2008]

Revisions designed to better protect union members� right-to-know

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/esa/esa20080642.htm

SEE-

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of Labor-Management Standards

29 CFR Part 403

RIN 1215-AB62

Labor Organization Annual Financial Reports

AGENCY: Office of Labor-Management Standards, Employment Standards

Administration, Department of Labor.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; request for comments.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-10151.htm

or

http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-10151.pdf

[full-text, 103 pages]

Statistical Reports

BEA: U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services MARCH 2008 [9 May 2008]

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2008/trad0308.htm

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2008/pdf/trad0308.pdf

[full-text, 47 pages]

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2008/xls/trad0308.xls

[spreadsheet]

and

Highlights

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2008/pdf/trad0308_fax.pdf

See also interactive tables at -- http://www.bea.gov/interactive.htm

BLS: U.S. IMPORT AND EXPORT PRICE INDEXES - APRIL 2008 - [13 May 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: OCCUPATIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES, 2007 [9 May 2008]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ocwage.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ocwage.pdf

[full-text, 29 pages]

BLS: PRODUCTIVITY AND COSTS First Quarter 2008, Preliminary [7 May 2008]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod2.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod2.pdf

[full-text, 22 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

http://www.bls.gov/web/prod2.supp.toc.htm

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

LegiStorm

FOREIGN GIFTS DATABASE

http://www.legistorm.com/foreign_gifts.html

Press Release

Foreign Gifts Database on LegiStorm

Posted by LegiStorm on Monday, May 12, 2008

http://www.legistorm.com/blog/foreign-gifts-database-on-legistorm.html

ILR Press (an imprint of Cornell University Press)

THE CAREGIVER: A Life with Alzheimer's

Aaron Alterra; Arthur Kleinman (Foreword)

http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=4806

$18.95t paper

2008, 232 pages, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2

ISBN: 978-0-8014-7434-7

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RL30076

Congressional Gold Medals, 1776-2007

Updated January 30, 2008

Stephen W. Stathis, Specialist in American National Government, Government and Finance Division

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL30076_20080130.pdf

[full-text, 45 pages]

______________________________
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 : 6:15 AM

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, 7 May 2008

Academic Research

International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS) at the ILO

CROSS-BORDER SOCIAL DIALOGUE AND AGREEMENTS: An emerging global industrial relations framework? [2008]

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/download/cross.pdf

[full-text, 304 pages]

Editor: Konstantinos PAPADAKIS

Hans Boeckler Stiftung [Foundation] (HBS)

Trade-Unionist Labour Market Studies

Tangian, Andranik

Towards Consistent Principles of Flexicurity

Reihe: WSI-Diskussionspapier, Nr. 159; April 2008.

Düsseldorf: 2008, ISSN: 1861-0625 (Print); 1861-0633 (Internet). 36 Seiten

http://www.boeckler.de/pdf/p_wsi_diskp_159_e.pdf

[full-text, 36 pages]

Tangian, Andranik

On the European Readiness for Flexicurity: Empirical Evidence with OECD/HBS Methodologies and Reform Proposals

WSI-Diskussionspapier, Nr. 160; April 2008.

Düsseldorf: 2008, ISSN: 1861-0625 (Print); 1861-0633 (Internet). 32 Seiten

http://www.boeckler.de/pdf/p_wsi_diskp_160_e.pdf

[full-text, 32 pages]

IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)

http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers

Recent studies include

3479 The Immigrant Earnings Disadvantage across the Earnings and Skills Distributions: The Case of Immigrants from the EU's New Member States in Ireland

3478 The Treatment Effect, the Cross Difference, and the Interaction Term in Nonlinear "Difference-in-Differences" Models

3477 Hyperbolic Discounting and the Phillips Curve

3476 Never the Same After the First Time: The Satisfaction of the Second-Generation Self-Employed

3475 A Pragmatic Approach to Capital Account Liberalization

Government Reports/Press - International, Federal, State, Local

International

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)

Working conditions of an ageing workforce [1 May 2008]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0817.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2008/17/en/1/ef0817en.pdf

[full-text, 84 pages]

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)

European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)

Commission launches new consultation on revision of EWC Directive [30 April 2008]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/2008/03/articles/eu0803039i.htm

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)

European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)

EUROPEAN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS LINKS

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/relatedsites.htm

International Labour Organization (ILO)

The ILO Library celebrates May 1st [INTERNATIONAL LABOUR DAY]

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/support/lib/about/mayday.htm

Federal

BLS: Occupational Outlook Quarterly Online [1 May 2008]

Spring 2008

Vol. 52, Number 1

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/ooqhome.htm

The 200616 job outlook in brief

Introduction

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2008/spring/art01.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

Guide to the table

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2008/spring/art02.pdf

[full-text, 1 page]

Table of occupations

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2008/spring/art03.pdf

[full-text, 38 pages]

Index to the "Brief

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2008/spring/art04.pdf

[full-text, 5 pages]

Beyond the "Brief"

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2008/spring/art05.pdf

[full-text, 1 page]

Monthly Labor Review Online [2 May 2008]

April 2008

Vol. 131, Number 4

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/mlrhome.htm

An analysis of Southern energy expenditures and prices, 19842006

Cheryl Abbot

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2008/04/art1full.pdf

[full-text, 16 pages]

The experimental consumer price index for elderly Americans (CPI-E): 19822007

Kenneth J. Stewart

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2008/04/art2full.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

Transitional employment cost indexes for seasonal adjustment

E. Raphael Branch, James A. Buszuwski, Albert E. Schwenk, and Mark Gough

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2008/04/art3full.pdf

[full-text, 15 pages]

Report

Micropolitan Statistical Areas: a few highlights

George Helmer

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2008/04/art4full.pdf

[full-text, 3 pages]

Census

[CHILD] SUPPORT PROVIDERS: 2005 [6 May 2008]

http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/childsupport/providers2005.html

Press Release

Monthly Child Support Averaged $425 in 2005 [6 May 2008]

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/children/011918.html

Census

POPULATION ESTIMATES

July 1, 2007 National, State and Puerto Rico Commonwealth Characteristics Population Estimates

National and state estimates by race, Hispanic origin, sex and age [1 May 2008]

http://www.census.gov/popest/estimates.php

Press Release 1 May 2008

U.S. Hispanic Population Surpasses 45 Million Now 15 Percent of Total

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/011910.html

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report (MMWR),

April 25, 2008 / Vol. 57 / No. 16

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5716.pdf

Commercial Fishing Fatalities --- California, Oregon, and Washington, 2000--2006

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5716a2.htm

Fatalities Among Oil and Gas Extraction Workers --- United States, 2003--2006

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5716a3.htm

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

Preliminary Analysis of a Proposal for Comprehensive Health Insurance [1 May 2008]

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/91xx/doc9184/05-01-HealthCare-Letter.pdf

[full-text, 17 pages]

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

Sources of the Growth and Decline in Individual Income Tax Revenues

Since 1994 [2 May 2008]

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/90xx/doc9076/05-02-TaxRevenues.pdf

[full-text, 24 pages]

General Accountability Office (GAO)

Correspondence

Health Savings Accounts: Participation Increased and Was More Common among Individuals with Higher Incomes. GAO-08-474R, April 1. [online 30 April 2008]

http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-08-474R

or

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08474r.pdf

[full-text, 15 pages]

General Accountability Office (GAO)

Older Workers: Federal Agencies Face Challenges, but Have Opportunities to Hire and Retain Experienced Employees GAO-08-630T, April 30, 2008

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08630t.pdf

[full-text, 30 pages]

Homeland Security

Office of Immigration Statistics

POLICY DIRECTORATE

ANNUAL FLOW REPORT -- March 2008

U.S. Legal Permanent Residents: 2007

http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/publications/LPR_FR_2007.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

IWS Documented News WEEKLY BULLETIN

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 21 May 2008

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 14 May 2008

Tuesday, May 06, 2008

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 7 May 2008

About Me

Links

Archives