Tuesday, September 23, 2008
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 24 September 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, 24 September 2008
Academic Research
International
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/spi/2008/spi0908.htm or http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/spi/2008/pdf/spi0908.pdf [full-text, 10 pages] or http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/spi/2008/xls/spi0908.xls [spreadsheet] and Highlights http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/spi/2008/pdf/spi0908pc_fax.pdf
BEA: U.S. International Transactions: Second Quarter 2008 - Current Account [17 September 2008] http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/transactions/2008/trans208.htm or http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/transactions/2008/pdf/trans208.pdf [full-text, 7 pages] or http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/transactions/2008/xls/trans208.xls [spreadsheet] and Highlights http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/transactions/2008/pdf/trans208_fax.pdf
BLS: REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: AUGUST 2008 [19 September 2008] http://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm or http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/laus.pdf [full-text, 20 pages] and Supplemental Files Table of Contents http://www.bls.gov/web/laus.supp.toc.htm
BLS: MASS LAYOFFS IN AUGUST 2008 [23 September 2008] http://www.bls.gov/news.release/mmls.nr0.htm or http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/mmls.pdf [full-text, 10 pages]
Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts
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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_______________________________
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, 24 September 2008
Academic Research
- Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
- Research Department
- Research Topic: Labor and Social Issues
- http://www.iadb.org/res/pub_list.cfm?pub_type_id=LAB&language=En&parid=2
- R-559
- Research Net. Working Papers
- Quality of Life in Buenos Aires Neighborhoods: Hedonic Price Regressions and the Life Satisfaction Approach
- < http://www.iadb.org/res/pub_desc.cfm?pub_id=R-559>
- or
- http://www.iadb.org/res/publications/pubfiles/pubR-559.pdf
- [full-text, 60 pages]
- Ham, Andres, Cruces, Guillermo, Tetaz, Martin
- September 2008
- R-561
- Research Net. Working Papers
- Quality of Life in Montevideo
- < http://www.iadb.org/res/pub_desc.cfm?pub_id=R-561>
- or
- http://www.iadb.org/res/publications/pubfiles/pubR-561.pdf
- [full-text, 59 pages]
- Piani, Giorgina, Gandelman, Nestor, Ferre, Zuleika
- September 2008
- Research Net. Working Papers
- ILR Press (an imprint of Cornell University Press)
- NO SMALL CHANGE: Pension Funds and Corporate Engagement [September 2008]
- by Tessa Hebb
- http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=4929
- Research Department
International
- European Commission (EC)
- European Report on Development
- Millennium Development Goals at Midpoint: Where do we stand and where do we need to go? [22 September 2008]
- François Bourguignon, Agnès Bénassy-Quéré, Stefan Dercon, Antonio Estache, Jan Willem Gunning, Ravi Kanbur, Stephan Klasen, Simon Maxwell, Jean-Philippe Platteau, Amedeo Spadaro
- http://ec.europa.eu/development/icenter/repository/mdg_paper_final_20080916_en.pdf
- [full-text, 39 pages]
- Executive Summary
- http://ec.europa.eu/development/icenter/repository/mdg_exec_summary_final_en.pdf
- [full-text, 5 pages]
- European Report on Development
- BLS Handbook of Methods, Chapter 9, Occupational Safety and Health Statistics Updated [17 September 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/pdf/homch9.pdf
- [full-text, 49 pages]
- BLS: Fatal Workplace Injuries in 2005: [CHARTBOOK] A Collection of Data and Analysis [16 September 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfoi/cfoibulletin2005.htm
- Census
- Population Characteristics
- Issued August 2008
- P20-559
- School Enrollment in the United States: 2006 [online 17 September 2008]
- http://www.census.gov/prod/2008pubs/p20-559.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- DETAILED TABLES
- http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/school.html
- Press Release
- College Enrollment Up 17 Percent Since 2000 [17 September 2008]
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/education/012637.html
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- Presentation to the Center for Public Health, Stanford University
- A Federal Perspective on Health Care Policy and Costs
- Peter Orszag, Director
- September 16, 2008
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/97xx/doc9748/09-16-2008-Stanford.pdf
- [full-text, 29 pages]
- CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE (CBO)
- Testimony
- Statement of Peter R. Orszag, Director
- Issues in Designing a Cap-and-Trade Program for Carbon Dioxide Emissions
- before the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives
- September 18, 2008
- http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9727
- or
- http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/97xx/doc9727/09-18_ClimateChange_Testimony.pdf
- [full-text, 19 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL30629
- Older Workers: Employment and Retirement Trends
- Updated September 15, 2008
- Patrick Purcell, Specialist in Income Security, Domestic Social Policy Division
- http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL30629_20080915.pdf
- or
- http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/545/
- or
- http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1550&context=key_workplace
- [full-text, 19 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL34658
- Worker Safety in the Construction Industry: The Crane and Derrick Standard
- September 9, 2008
- Linda Levine, Specialist in Labor Economics, Domestic Social Policy Division
- http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34658_20080909.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL33577
- U.S. International Trade: Trends and Forecasts
- Updated September 5, 2008
- Dick K. Nanto, Specialist in Industry and Trade, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division
- Shayerah Ilias, Analyst in Industry and Trade, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division
- J. Michael Donnelly, Information Research Specialist, Knowledge Services Group
- http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33577_20080905.pdf
- [full-text, 33 pages]
- Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
- [HEALTH] AREA RESOURCE FILE (ARF) -- DATABASE
- National County-level Health Resource Information Database
- http://www.arfsys.com/
- ADVANCED SEARCH FEATURE
- http://www.arfsys.com/ALLVARs_search.asp
- available at Cornell, see -- The AREA RESOURCE FILE material at CISER -
- See for 2007 Data -
- http://ciser.cornell.edu/ASPs/search_athena.asp?CODEBOOK=HE-001(2007)&IDTITLE=2511
- (Not available via the Internet)
- National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
- Projections of Education Statistics to 2017 [17 September 2008]
- http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2008078
- or
- http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2008/2008078.pdf
- [full-text, 166 pages]
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Press Release 08-155
- NSF and EPA Establish Two Centers for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology [17 September 2008]
- Centers will focus on environmental effects of nanotechnology and its applications
- http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=112234&org=NSF&from=news
- OSHA Videos (Original CENSORED, now UNCENSORED)
- http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=31E75CE43C7B93B5
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/pdf/homch9.pdf
- RAND
- An Economic Model to Estimate the Profits Resulting from the Employment of Illegal Aliens [16 September 2008]
- By: Claude Berrebi, Stephen J. Carroll, Jeffrey Sullivan
- http://rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR599/
- or
- http://rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2008/RAND_TR599.pdf
- [full-text, 51 pages]
- or
- Summary
- http://rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2008/RAND_TR599.sum.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- Decision Support Tool
- http://rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2008/RAND_TR599.tool.zip
- Teamsters for a Democratic Union
- For full report on $150,000 Club (complete salary data of our union's top-paid officers), see
- http://tdu.org/files/final.pdf
- [full-text, 3 pages]
- Officials' Salaries Hit New High as Members Sacrifice [19 September 2008]
- http://tdu.org/2008salaryreport
- See
- http://tdu.org/node/2372
- Work Foundation (UK)
- Report
- 'Good Work': Job Quality in a Changing Economy [18 September 2008]
- http://workfoundation.org/research/publications/publicationdetail.aspx?oItemId=197&parentPageID=102&PubType =
- or
- http://workfoundation.org/assets/docs/publications/197_good_work_final2.pdf
- [full-text, 89 pages]
- World Economic Forum (WEF) in collaboration with Mercer
- The Future of Pensions and Healthcare in a Rapidly Ageing World Scenarios to 2030 [23 September 2008]
- http://www.weforum.org/pdf/scenarios/Pensions.pdf
- [full-text, 115 pages]
- Press Release 23 September 2008
- Scenarios for the future of pensions and healthcare in rapidly ageing world
- http://www.weforum.org/en/media/Latest%20Press%20Releases/FDS08PR
- An Economic Model to Estimate the Profits Resulting from the Employment of Illegal Aliens [16 September 2008]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Order Code RL34652
- The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA): A Legal Overview
- September 5, 2008
- Jody Feder, Legislative Attorney, American Law Division
- http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34652_20080905.pdf
- or
- http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/548/
- or
- http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1553&context=key_workplace
- [full-text, 19 pages]
- Social Security Administration (SSA)
- Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Europe, 2008 [September 2008]
- http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2008-2009/europe/index.html
- [scroll down on this page to find full-text of individual countries]
- or
- http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2008-2009/europe/ssptw08euro.pdf
- [full-text, 333 pages]
- Order Code RL34652
- BEA: State Personal Income: Second Quarter 2008
Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts
- MARKETPLACE (Radio) from American Public Media and Homelands Productions
- WORKING
- http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/
- Each month, WORKING brings us into the life of a single worker in the global economy. Intimate profiles of real people with real families, real struggles, real dreams, and real jobs.
- THIS MONTH --
- Raffaella Mangiarotti
- http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/designer.html
- FORBES Lists (richest, top, best, etc....)
- http://www.forbes.com/lists/
- Public.Resource.Org : "Making Government Information More Accessible"
- http://public.resource.org/
- Several projects are underway including -
- FedFlix
- http://www.archive.org/details/FedFlix
- Browse Collection
- < http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=%28collection%3AFedFlix%20OR%20mediatype%3AFedFlix%29%20AND%20-mediatype%3Acollection&sort=-avg_rating%3B-num_reviews >
- Browse by Subject / Keywords
- < http://www.archive.org/browse.php?field=subject&mediatype=movies&collection=FedFlix >
- Browse by creator
- < http://www.archive.org/browse.php?collection=FedFlix&field=creator >
- http://www.archive.org/details/FedFlix
- WORKING
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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