Wednesday, May 14, 2008
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 14 May 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
________________________________________________________________________
IWS Weekly Bulletin, 14 May 2008
Academic Research
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
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, 14 May 2008
Academic Research
- Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department
- Research Topic: Labor and Social Issues
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
- European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)
- 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
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/atus2.nr0.htm
- 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]
- Boomers at the Bottom: How Will Low-Income Boomers Cope with Retirement? [April 2008]
- 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]
- Order Code RL34444
- 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
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2008/trad0308.htm
- 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]
- FOREIGN GIFTS DATABASE
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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