Wednesday, December 17, 2008
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 17 December 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, 17 December 2008
Academic Research
http://www.global-labour-university.org/164.html
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) Research Department Working Papers Research Topic: Labor and Social Issues http://www.iadb.org/res/pub_list.cfm?pub_type_id=LAB&language=En&parid=2
ILR Press (an imprint of Cornell University Press) LERA Research Volume THE GLOVES-OFF ECONOMY: Workplace Standards at the Bottom of America's Labor Market [December 2008] Annette Bernhardt (Editor); Heather Boushey (Editor); Laura Dresser (Editor); Chris Tilly (Editor) http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=5301
International Labour Organization INFORM Bureau of Library and Information Services Resource Guide on Microfinance [December 2008] http://www.ilo.org/public/english/support/lib/resource/subject/microf.htm
UPJOHN INSTITUTE WORKING PAPERS http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/index.htm
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, 17 December 2008
Academic Research
- GLOBAL LABOUR UNIVERSITY WORKING PAPERS
Government Reports/Press - International, Federal, State, Local
International
- Prepared by the African Development Institute (EADI) of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group.
- EMINENT SPEAKERS SERIES
- Sharing Visions of Africa's Development, Volume I
- A Publication of the 2006- 2007 Eminent Speakers Seminars
- http://www.afdb.org/pls/portal/url/ITEM/5DDA8C10E268FD24E040C00A0C3D35FC
- [full-text, 220 pages]
- Press Release 12 December 2008
- Knowledge for Development: Launch of the Publication "Sharing Visions of Africa's Development"
- http://www.afdb.org/portal/page?_pageid=293,174339&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&press_item=30771194&press_lang=us
- Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- ASIA ECONOMIC MONITOR DECEMBER 2008 [11 Decmember 2008]
- http://aric.adb.org/asia-economic-monitor/2008-December
- or
- http://aric.adb.org/pdf/aem/dec08/Dec_AEM_complete.pdf
- [full-text, 79 pages]
- Press Release 11 December 2008
- Slowdown in Growth, Difficult Year Ahead for Developing Asia, Says ADB
- http://www.adb.org/Media/Articles/2008/12753-asian-growth-slowdown/default.asp
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- Agriculture and fishing (Fact sheet) [12 December 2008]
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef08141.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2008/141/en/1/ef08141en.pdf
- [full-text, 4 pages]
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)
- COMPARATIVE STUDY
- Wage flexibility [10 December 2008]
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0803019s/index.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0803019s/tn0803019s.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/eiro/tn0803019s/tn0803019s.pdf
- [full-text, 45 pages]
- Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
- Statistics
- http://www.iadb.org/research/statistics.cfm?lang=en
- Key Indicators
- http://www.iadb.org/gl
- Governance Database
- http://www.iadb.org/datagob/index.html
- Social indicators
- http://www.iadb.org/sociometro/index.html
- Trade Statistics
- http://dataintal.iadb.org
- Country Indicators
- http://www.iadb.org/countries/
- http://www.iadb.org/gl
- EMINENT SPEAKERS SERIES
- BLS PERIODICAL UPDATES [12 December 2008]
- * Employment & Earnings Online: November 2008
- Vol. 55 No. 11
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/ee/empearn200811.pdf
- [full-text, 219 pages]
- * PPI Detailed Report, Data for November 2008
- Vol. 12, No. 11
- http://www.bls.gov/ppi/ppidr200811.pdf
- [full-text, 161 pages]
- Census
- INTERNATIONAL DATA BASE
- http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/
- WORLD POPULATION INFORMATION
- http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/worldpopinfo.html
- Global Births Increasing Even as Fertility Rates Decline [15 December 2008]
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/international_population/013031.html
- Census
- Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): 2006 and 2007 [10 December 2008]
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/income_wealth/013030.html
- or
- http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe/index.html
- Release summary of 2007 estimates »
- * http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe/data/summary/2007.html
- School district estimates for 2007»
- * http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe/data/schools/index.html
- State and county estimates for 2007 »
- * http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe/data/statecounty/index.html
- View maps for 2007 »
- * http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe/data/statecounty/maps/2007.html
- * http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe/data/summary/2007.html
- Government Accountability Office (GAO)
- Testimony Before the Committee on Financial Services, House of Representatives
- AUTO INDUSTRY: A Framework for Considering Federal Financial Assistance, GAO-09-247T, December 05, 2008
- http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09247t.pdf
- [full-text, 14 pages]
- Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
- Immigration Enforcement Actions: 2007 [12 December 2008]
- http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/publications/enforcement_ar_07.pdf
- [full-text, 4 pages]
- National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
- Employees in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2007, and Salaries of Full-Time Instructional Faculty 2007-08 [11 December 2008]
- http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009154
- or
- http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2009/2009154.pdf
- [full-text, 43 pages]
- United States International Trade Commission (USITC)
- Textile and Apparel Imports from China: Statistical Reports (332-501)
- http://www.usitc.gov/ind_econ_ana/research_ana/chinareports_332.htm
- Request Letter
- * http://www.usitc.gov/ind_econ_ana/research_ana/Ongoing_Inv/Request_Letter_a23d29.pdf
- News Release
- * http://www.usitc.gov/ext_relations/news_release/2008/er1031ff1.htm
- Federal Register Notice
- * http://www.usitc.gov/ind_econ_ana/research_ana/332-501_institution.pdf
- Import Monitoring Statistics, December 1, 2008 Report
- * http://www.usitc.gov/ind_econ_ana/research_ana/ITC_textile_apparel_import_monitoring_20081201.xls
- * http://www.usitc.gov/ind_econ_ana/research_ana/Ongoing_Inv/Request_Letter_a23d29.pdf
- * Employment & Earnings Online: November 2008
- AARP Policy & Research
- Retired Spouses: A National Survey of Adults 55-75
- Research Report
- Jean Koppen, AARP Knowledge Management
- Gretchen Anderson, AARP Knowledge Management
- November 2008
- http://www.aarp.org/research/work/retirement/retired_spouses.html
- or
- http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/general/retired_spouses.pdf
- [full-text, 56 pages]
- Brookings Institution
- Stock Market Fluctuations and Retiree Incomes: An Update [31 October 2008]
- Gary Burtless
- http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/papers/2008/1031_market_burtless/1031_market_burtless.pdf
- [full-text, 13 pages]
- Summary
- http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2008/1031_market_burtless.aspx
- Brookings Institution
- LIVING WAGE LAWS: HOW MUCH DO (CAN) THEY MATTER? [10 December 2008]
- Harry J. Holzer, Georgetown University
- A Discussion Paper Prepared for the Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program
- December 2008
- http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/reports/2008/1210_living_wage_holzer/living_wage_report.pdf
- [full-text, 39 pages]
- Executive Summary
- http://www.brookings.edu/reports/2008/1210_living_wage_holzer.aspx
- Brookings Institution
- From Prison to Work: A Proposal for a National Prisoner Reentry Program [December 2008]
- Bruce Western, Director, Program in Inequality and Social Policy, Harvard University
- Hamilton Project Discussion Paper
- http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/papers/2008/12_prison_to_work_western/12_prison_to_work_western.pdf
- [full-text, 38 pages]
- ABSTRACT
- http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2008/12_prison_to_work_western.aspx
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP)
- THE LONG-TERM FISCAL OUTLOOK IS BLEAK
- Restoring Fiscal Sustainability Will Require Major Changes to
- Programs, Revenues, and the Nation's Health Care System
- By Richard Kogan, Kris Cox, and James Horney
- http://www.cbpp.org/12-16-08bud.htm>http://www.cbpp.org/12-16-08bud.htm
- or
- http://www.cbpp.org/12-16-08bud.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- Press Release
- NEW LONG-TERM DEFICIT PROJECTIONS PAINT GRIM PICTURE [16 December 2008]
- Rising Health Costs, Aging Population Are Biggest Challenges; Expected Economic Recovery Package Not a Big Factor
- http://www.cbpp.org/12-16-08bud-pr.htm
- or
- http://www.cbpp.org/12-16-08bud-pr.pdf
- Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
- New Edition of EBRI's
- Fundamentals of Employee Benefit Programs
- Available in January 2009
- http://www.ebri.org/pdf/PR_820_12Dec08.pdf
- Fiscal Policy Institute (FPI) Report
- www.fiscalpolicy.org
- New York City Unemployment in 2009The Emerging Crisis [11 December 2008]
- http://www.fiscalpolicy.org/EmergingUnemploymentCrisisNYC2009.html
- or
- http://www.fiscalpolicy.org/FPI_NYC_EmergingUnemploymentCrisis2009_December2008.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- Institute for America's Future
- MAIN STREET RECOVERY PROGRAM [11 December 2008]
- http://www.ourfuture.org/mainstreetrecovery
- or
- http://assets.ourfuture.org/documents/main-street-recovery-program.pdf
- [full-text, 22 pages]
- Mercer
- "Leading through unprecedented times" SnapShot Survey -- Summary [11 December 2008
- http://www.mercer.com/attachment.dyn?idContent=1326900&filePath=/attachments/English/UnprecTimes_SurveyResults.pdf
- [full-text, 22 pages]
- Leading through unprecedented times [11 December 2008]
- http://www.mercer.com/unprecedentedtimes
- Mercer
- S&P 1500 pension plans deficit hits record $280 billion [2 December 2008]
- http://www.mercer.com/summary.htm?idContent=1329965
- Pew Hispanic Center
- Latino Workers in the Ongoing Recession: 2007 to 2008 [15 December 2008]
- Rakesh Kochhar
- Associate Director for Research, Pew Hispanic Center
- http://pewhispanic.org/files/reports/99.pdf
- [full-text, 31 pages]
- Summary-
- Latino Workers in the Ongoing Recession: 2007 to 2008
- by Rakesh Kochhar, Associate Director for Research, Pew Hispanic Center
- December 15, 2008
- http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1054/latino-workers-in-the-ongoing-recession-2007-to-2008
- RAND
- Research Brief
- The Evolution of Corporate Governance in China [9 December 2008]
- By: Yong Kang, Lu Shi, Elizabeth D. Brown
- http://rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9405/
- or
- http://rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9405/index1.html
- or
- http://rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/2008/RAND_RB9405.pdf
- [full-text, 3 pages]
- See also the RAND Technical Report
- Chinese Corporate Governance: History and Institutional Framework
- By: Yong Kang, Lu Shi, Elizabeth D. Brown
- http://rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR618/
- or
- http://rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2008/RAND_TR618.pdf
- [full-text, 62 pages]
- and
- Summary
- http://rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2008/RAND_TR618.sum.pdf
- [full-text, 7 pages]
- Teamsters for a Democratic Union
- Ron Carey: Visionary Labor Leader Dies at 72
- First Democratically Elected Teamster President Remembered
- As A Corruption Fighter And Vindicated Reformer
- http://www.tdu.org/node/2633
- Watson Wyatt
- Effect of the Economy on Executive Compensation Programs [11 December 2008]
- www.watsonwyatt.com/ExecCompReport
- [full-text, 8 pages]
- Press Release 11 December 2008
- Recession Forcing Companies to Cut Executive Bonuses, Watson Wyatt Survey Finds
- http://watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=20218
- Watson Wyatt
- U.S. Workers Taking Steps To Lower Medical Costs, Watson Wyatt Survey Finds [10 December 2008]
- Significant Drop in Number of Employees Willing to Pay Higher Premiums to Keep Out-of-Pocket Costs Low
- http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=20212
- WorldatWork.org
- COMPANY CAR and VEHICLE ALLOWANCES 2008 [November 2008]
- A Survey Brief by WorldatWork
- http://www.worldatwork.org/waw/adimLink?id=29658
- [full-text, 12 pages]
- Retired Spouses: A National Survey of Adults 55-75
- World Legal Information Institute (WorldLII)
- Industrial Relations & Labor Law (Global)
- http://www.worldlii.org/catalog/51110.html
- Industrial Relations & Labor Law (Global)
- BEA: Revised Statistics of Gross Domestic Product by Industry [15 December 2008]
- Finance and Insurance Industries Led Slowdown in 2007
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/industry/gdpindustry/2008/gdpind07_rev.htm
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/industry/gdpindustry/2008/pdf/gdpind07_rev.pdf
- [full-text, 5 pages]
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/industry/gdpindustry/2008/xls/gdpind07_rev.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- and
- Highlights
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/industry/gdpindustry/2008/pdf/gdpind07_rev_fax.pdf
- BEA: U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES October 2008 [11 December 2008]
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2008/trad1008.htm
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2008/pdf/trad1008.pdf
- [full-text, 47 pages]
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2008/xls/trad_time_series_1008.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- and
- Highlights
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2008/pdf/trad1008_fax.pdf
- BLS: CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: NOVEMBER 2008 [16 December 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 NOVEMBER 2008 [16 December 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/realer.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/realer.pdf
- [full-text, 5 pages]
- BLS: Producer Price Indexes - November 2008 [12 December 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ppi.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ppi.pdf
- [full-text, 21 pages]
- BLS: EMPLOYER COSTS FOR EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION-SEPTEMBER 2008 [10 December 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ecec.pdf
- [full-text, 27 pages]
- BLS: WORK EXPERIENCE OF THE POPULATION IN 2007 [10 December 2008]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/work.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/work.pdf
- [full-text, 9 pages]
- BLS: U.S. IMPORT AND EXPORT PRICE INDEXES - NOVEMBER 2008 - [11 December 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
- Finance and Insurance Industries Led Slowdown in 2007
- Homelands Productions
- www.homelands.org
- WORKER BROWSER [now public 16 December 2008]
- http://working.homelands.org
- UNISON
- [UNISON is Britain and Europe's biggest public sector union with more than 1.3 million members].
- www.unison.org.uk
- Taking stock: the future of our public library service
- A report for UNISON by Steve Davies
- http://www.unison.org.uk/acrobat/17301.pdf
- [full-text, 31 pages]
- Press Release -
- Library Research Launch [15 December 2008]
- http://www.unison.org.uk/localgov/pages_view.asp?did=7992
- Workforce Development Institute (WDI)
- UNSEEN AMERICA'S PHOTO STREAM
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/unseenamerica/
- UNSEEN AMERICA - NEW YORK STATE [PHOTOS of WORKERS]
- http://unseenamericanys.blogspot.com/
- See Video at
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2l0Rkg6bpc
- www.homelands.org
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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