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[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 20 August 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, 20 August 2008

Academic Research

ILR Press (an imprint of Cornell University Press)

EUROPEAN UNIONS: Labor's Quest for a Transnational Democracy

Roland Erne

http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=4812

International Labour Organization (ILO)

Employment Analysis and Research Unit

Economic and Labour Market Analysis Department

Employment Sector

Employment Working Paper No. 4 2008

Offshoring and employment in the developing world: The case of Costa Rica

Christoph Ernst and Diego Sánchez-Ancochea

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/download/wpaper/wp4.pdf

[full-text, 51 pages]

Korea Labor Institute (KLI)

Labor Market & Employment Policy Working Paper 101

Active Labor Market Policies in China and the Republic of Korea: A Comparison and Proposals for China's Future Reforms [27 June 2008, online July 2008]

LI Mingfu

Research Fellow

Institute for International Labor Studies, MOLSS, China

2007

https://www.kli.re.kr/kli/html_eng/03_public/01_view.asp?seq=6537&page=1&mode=2&slang=2&cnum=1&csrl=&lsize=0&syear=0&stype=0&stext=&sreport=#none

https://www.kli.re.kr/_FILE/PUBLICATIONS/c8263e64cf9b9aeab8154f95583bb01e.pdf

[full-text, 87 pages]

ILR Press ( an imprint of Cornell University Press)

TRANSNATIONAL TORTILLAS: Race, Gender, and Shop-Floor Politics in Mexico and the United States

by Carolina Bank Muñoz

http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=4895

IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)

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

Recent studies include

3650 Attitudes towards Immigrants, Other Integration Barriers, and Their Veracity

3649 The Portability of Human Capital and Immigrant Assimilation: Evidence for Spain

3648 If You Are So Smart, Why Aren't You an Entrepreneur? Returns to Cognitive and Social Ability: Entrepreneurs versus Employees

3647 Enlarging the EMU to the East: What Effects on Trade?

3646 The Role of Childhood Health for the Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital: Evidence from Administrative Data

3645 Management Economics in a Large Retail Organization

3644 Businesswomen in Germany and Their Performance by Ethnicity: It Pays to Be Self-Employed

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)

Pay developments 2007 [4 August 2008]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0804019s/tn0804019s.htm

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/eiro/tn0804019s/tn0804019s.pdf

[full-text, 40 pages]

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

European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)

COMPARATIVE STUDY

Developments in industrial action 20032007 [1 July 2008]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0804039s/tn0804039s.htm

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/eiro/tn0804039s/tn0804039s.pdf

[full-text, 38 pages]

Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)

Japan Labor Review [31 July 2008]

Vol. 5, No. 3 Summer 2008

Special Edition

Treatment of Professionals

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

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/documents/JLR19_all.pdf

[full-text, 128 pages]

Articles

7 Changes in Human Resource Management with the Transformation of Technology Management Strategy

Masanobu Fukutani

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/documents/JLR19_fukutani.pdf

33 Mobility of R&D Workers and Technological Performance

Yaichi Aoshima

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/documents/JLR19_aoshima.pdf

61 Employment Systems and Social Relativity from the Perspective of Pay and Benefits for Science and Technology Researchers and Engineers

Masayo Fujimoto

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/documents/JLR19_fujimoto.pdf

83 Scientists and Engineers' Occupational Community and Organizations: Their Partial Inclusion and Role Conflict in Organization

Chae In-Seok

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/documents/JLR19_chae.pdf

Article Based on Research Report

105 Trends in Structural and Frictional Unemployment

Hirokazu Fujii

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/documents/JLR19_fujii.pdf

127 JILPT Research Activities

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/documents/JLR19_activities.pdf

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

OECD Employment Outlook, 2008 Edition [2 July 2008]

http://www.oecd.org/document/46/0,3343,en_2649_37457_40401454_1_1_1_37457,00.html

http://www.oecd.org/employment/outlook

Press Release 2 July 2008

Labour market discrimination still a big problem in OECD countries

http://www.oecd.org/document/41/0,3343,en_2649_201185_40939753_1_1_1_1,00.html

Federal

BLS SPOTLIGHT on Statistics

OLDER WORKERS [July 2008]

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

http://www.bls.gov/spotlight/2008/older_workers/pdf/older_workers_bls_spotlight.pdf

[full-text, 10 pages]

BLS: MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW [7 August 2008]

July 2008

Vol. 131, Number 7

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

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2008/07/mlr200807.pdf

[full-text, 127 pages]

Producer price inflation accelerates in 2007 due to rising prices for energy and foods

Joseph Kowal, William Snyders, and Antonio Lombardozzi

< http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2008/07/art1full.pdf>

Price measures of new vehicles: a comparison

Maria Bustinza, Daniel Chow, Thaddious Foster, Tod Reese, and David Yochum

< http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2008/07/art2full.pdf>

A hedonic model for Internet access service in the Consumer Price Index

Brendan Williams

< http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2008/07/art3full.pdf>

BLS: MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW ONLINE

June 2008

Vol. 131, Number 6

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2008/06/contents.htm

Time use of working parents: a visual essay

Mary Dorinda Allard and Marianne Janes

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2008/06/art1full.pdf

[full-text, 12 pages]

The timing of mothers' employment after childbirth

Wen-Jui Han, Christopher J. Ruhm, Jane Waldfogel, and Elizabeth Washbrook

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2008/06/art2full.pdf

[full-text,13 pages]

Employers' health insurance cost burden, 19962005

Christine Eibner and M. Susan Marquis

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2008/06/art3full.pdf

[full-text, 17 pages]

Census

Community Economic Development HotReport [Database]

http://smpbff2.dsd.census.gov/TheDataWeb_HotReport/servlet/HotReportEngineServlet?emailname=whazard@census.gov&filename=ed_home.hrml

Census

Nonemployer Statistics 2006 [31 July 2008]

http://www.census.gov/epcd/nonemployer/index.html

Follow these links to

definitions

< http://www.census.gov/epcd/nonemployer/view/define.html>

coverage and methodology

< http://www.census.gov/epcd/nonemployer/view/covmeth.htm>

and

more information for Nonemployer Statistics.

< http://www.census.gov/epcd/nonemployer/view/intro.html>

2006 and earlier at

http://www.census.gov/epcd/nonemployer/2006/us/US000.HTM

Press Release 31 July 2008

Nonemployer Business Receipts Near $1 Trillion

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/business_ownership/012438.html

Census

FAMILIES and LIVING ARRANGEMENTS: 2007 [28 July 2008]

http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hh-fam.html

DETAILED TABLES

http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hh-fam/cps2007.html

Press Release

50 Million Children Lived with Married Parents in 2007 [28 July 2008]

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/marital_status_living_arrangements/012437.html

Census

2008 National Population Projections [14 August 2008]

http://www.census.gov/population/www/projections/2008projections.html

Downloadable Files include

http://www.census.gov/population/www/projections/downloadablefiles.html

TABLES & CHARTS

http://www.census.gov/population/www/projections/tablesandcharts.html

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RS22902

June 25, 2008

Veterans Benefits: An Overview

Carol D. Davis, Knowledge Services Group

Sidath Viranga Panangala and Christine Scott, Domestic Social Policy Division

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22902_20080625.pdf

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/526/

[full-text, 6 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code 97-746

Foreign Science and Engineering Presence in U.S. Institutions and the Labor Force

Updated July 23, 2008

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

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/97-746_20080723.pdf

[full-text, 25 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS_

Order Code RS22914

The Future Role of U.S. Trade Policy: An Overview, Updated July 14, 2008

Wayne M. Morrison and William H. Cooper, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22914_20080714.pdf

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/529/

[full-text, 6 pages]

Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics

America's Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2008 [July 2008]

http://www.childstats.gov/americaschildren/index.asp

http://www.childstats.gov/pdf/ac2008/ac_08.pdf

[full-text, 23 pages]

For past reports, see

http://www.childstats.gov/pubs/pubs.asp?PlacementID=2&SlpgID=2

Press Release

http://www.childstats.gov/americaschildren/press_release.asp

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

Private Pensions: Fulfilling Fiduciary Obligations Can Present Challenges for 401(k) Plan Sponsors, GAO-08-774 July 16, 2008 [online 15 August 2008]

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08774.pdf

[full-text, 45 pages]

House Ways and Means Committee

2008 GREEN BOOK [Updates through 7 August 2008]

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

Section 3

Supplemental Security Income

< http://waysandmeans.house.gov/media/pdf/110/ssi.pdf>

Section 5

Earned Entitlements for Railroad Employees

< http://waysandmeans.house.gov/media/pdf/110/RBene.pdf>

Section 8

Child Support Enforcement Program

< http://waysandmeans.house.gov/media/pdf/110/cse.pdf>

Section 10

Title XX - Social Services Block Grant Program

< http://waysandmeans.house.gov/media/pdf/110/ssbg.pdf>

Section 14

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

< http://waysandmeans.house.gov/media/pdf/110/pension.pdf>

Section 15

Other Programs

Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program

< http://waysandmeans.house.gov/media/pdf/110/lowincome.pdf>

Federal Housing Assistance

< http://waysandmeans.house.gov/media/pdf/110/hap.pdf>

Veterans Benefits and Services

< http://waysandmeans.house.gov/media/pdf/110/vbs.pdf>

Head Start

< http://waysandmeans.house.gov/media/pdf/110/head.pdf>

Small Business Administration (SBA)

Office of Advocacy

High-Impact Firms: Gazelles Revisited

http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs328tot.pdf

[full-text, 92 pages]

Research Summary

http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs328.pdf

U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC)

Recent Trends in U.S. Services Trade: 2008 Annual Report

Investigation No. 332--345

Publication 4015 June 2008

http://hotdocs.usitc.gov/docs/pubs/332/pub4015.pdf

[full-text, 138 pages]

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

AARP Policy & Research / Research Report

What Retirement? Working and Learning for AARP Members in Michigan [online July 2008]

http://www.aarp.org/research/work/retirement/mi_learning_07.html

http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/econ/mi_learning_07.pdf

[full-text, 25 pages]

Methodology & Annotation

http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/econ/mi_learning_07_1.pdf

[full-text, 15 pages]

Employee Benefit Research Insitute (EBRI_

EBRI Notes August 2008 Vol. 29, No. 8

'The Impact of Immigration on Health Insurance Coverage in the United States, 19942006'

and

'Saving for Health Care Expenses in Retirement: The Use of Health Savings Accounts'

http://www.ebri.org/publications/notes/index.cfm?fa=notesDisp&content_id=3961

http://www.ebri.org/pdf/notespdf/EBRI_Notes_08b-20081.pdf

[full-text, 16 pages]

Press Release 5 August 2008

Immigrants Comprise Larger Share of U.S. Uninsured, Study Says

http://www.ebri.org/pdf/PR_809_05Aug08.pdf

Hewitt Associates:

2008 Presidential Election [30 June 2008]

Candidates' Employment Proposals

* < http://www.hewittassociates.com/_MetaBasicCMAssetCache_/Assets/Legislative%20Updates/2008/2008%20Election_Employment_063008.pdf >

Candidates' Retirement and Related Economic Policies

* < http://www.hewittassociates.com/_MetaBasicCMAssetCache_/Assets/Legislative%20Updates/2008/2008%20Election_Retirement_Econ_063008.pdf >

Candidates' Health Care Proposals

* < http://www.hewittassociates.com/_MetaBasicCMAssetCache_/Assets/Legislative%20Updates/2008/2008%20Election_Health_063008.pdf >

Mercer

Worldwide Cost of Living survey 2008 City ranking [24 July 2008]

http://www.mercer.com/summary.htm?idContent=1311145

[SCROLL to BOTTOM OF PAGE for TABLES that RANK CITIES]

National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE)

Press Release July 01, 2008

Study Shows 7.1 Percent Increase in Average Starting Salary Offer for Class of 2008

http://www.naceweb.org/press/display.asp?year=2008&prid=286

Watson Wyatt

U.S. Employers Keeping Pay Raises Steady for 2009, Watson Wyatt Survey Finds [23 July 2008]

One in Three Employers Do Not Have Contingency Plans For Further Economic Slowdown

http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=19434

Law

Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)

The Human Toll of the Olympics [August 2008]

http://www.cecc.gov/pages/virtualAcad/index.phpd?PHPSESSID=e3ec247fd5ca29b4afe3d9c8f2b3e2ea#id109167

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RL30113

Homosexuals and the U.S. Military: Current Issues

Updated July 18, 2008

David F. Burrelli, Specialist in Military Manpower Policy, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division

Jody Feder, Legislative Attorney, American Law Division

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL30113_20080718.pdf

[full-text, 41 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Order Code RS22915

July 11, 2008

Emergency Unemployment Compensation

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

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22915_20080711.pdf

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/528/

[full-text, 5 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

RL31491

Davis-Bacon Act Coverage and the State Revolving Fund Program Under the Clean Water Act

March 26, 2008

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL31491_20080326.pdf

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/531/

[full-text, 35 pages]

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

Fair Labor Standards Act: Better Use of Available Resources and Consistent Reporting Could Improve Compliance GAO-08-962T July 15, 2008

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08962t.pdf

[full-text, 23 pages]

and

Highlights

http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d08962thigh.pdf

International Labour Organization (ILO)

Conditions of Work and Employment Programme

Note: The following report coordinates with the

DATABASE OF CONDITIONS OF WORK AND EMPLOYMENT LAWS

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/condtrav/database/

See

MATERNITY PROTECTION

http://www.ilo.org/travaildatabase/servlet/maternityprotection

MINIMUM WAGES

http://www.ilo.org/travaildatabase/servlet/minimumwages

WORKING TIME

http://www.ilo.org/travaildatabase/servlet/workingtime

Working Conditions Laws 2006-2007: A Global Review [August 2008]

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/condtrav/pdf/work_laws.pdf

[full-text, 55 pages]

Statistical Reports

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

August 2008

Bulletin 2704

National Compensation Survey: Occupational Earnings in the United States, 2007 [12 August 2008]

http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ncswage2007.htm

BLS: EMPLOYEE BENEFITS IN THE UNITED STATES, MARCH 2008 [7 August 2008]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ebs2.nr0.htm

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ebs2.pdf

[full-text, 20 pages]

Bureau of Labor Statistiics (BLS)

Comparative Unemployment Rates, 10 Countries, 1995-2008 [1 August 2008]

ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ForeignLabor/flsjec.txt

http://www.bls.gov/fls/flsjec.pdf

Comparative Unemployment Rates, Selected European Union Countries, unadjusted by BLS, 1995-2008 [1 August 2008]

ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ForeignLabor/flseur.txt

http://www.bls.gov/fls/flseur.pdf

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

Legistorm

2008 Senate staff salaries posted [2 July 2008]

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

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