Wednesday, October 29, 2008

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 29 October 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, 29 October 2008


Academic Research

IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers
Recent studies include
3789 The Long Term Effects of Legalizing Divorce on Children
3788 North-South Trade Liberalization and Returns to Skill in the South: The Case of Mexico
3787 Determinants of Pollution Abatement and Control Expenditure: Evidence from Romania
3786 Trade as a Wage Disciplining Device
3785 Estimating the Effect of Student Aid on College Enrollment: Evidence from a Government Grant Policy Reform
3784 Competition and the Ratchet Effect
3783 The Determinants of Regional Migration in Great Britain: A Duration Approach
3782 On the Bilateral Trade Effects of Free Trade Agreements between the EU-15 and the CEEC-4 Countries
3781 Living Wage Laws: How Much Do (Can) They Matter?
3780 Changes in Korean Wage Inequality, 1980-2005

Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
Research Network Working Papers: R-563
Quality of Life in Urban Neighborhoods in Costa Rica
http://www.iadb.org/res/pub_desc.cfm?pub_id=R-563
or
http://www.iadb.org/res/includes/pub_hits.cfm?pub_id=R-563&pub_file_name=pubR-563.pdf
[full-text, 53 pages]
by Madrigal, Roger; Robalino, Juan; Hall, Luis J.
October 2008
More papers at
http://www.iadb.org/res/pub_list.cfm?pub_type_id=LAB&language=En&parid=2


ILR School, Cornell University
Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies (CAHRS)
Faculty Working Papers
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/cahrs/research/workingPapers/index.html


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


International

Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Navigating the Global Storm: A Policy Brief on the Global Financial Crisis [23 October 2008]
http://www.adb.org/Documents/Reports/Navigating-Global-Storm/default.asp
or
http://www.adb.org/Documents/Reports/Navigating-Global-Storm/global-storm.pdf
[full-text, 38 pages]

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)
Flexicurity and industrial relations [1 October 2008]
October 2008
Comparative study
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0803038s/index.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/eiro/tn0803038s/tn0803038s.pdf
[full-text, 59 pages]

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)
European restructuring monitor quarterly - Issue 3, autumn 2008 [22 October 2008]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0893.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2008/93/en/1/EF0893EN.pdf
[full-text, 17 pages]


International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS) at the ILO
World of Work Report 2008: Income inequalities in the age of financial globalization [16 October 2008]
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/download/world08.pdf
[full-text, 178 pages]


Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Growing Unequal? Income Distribution and Poverty in OECD Countries [21 October 2008]
http://www.oecd.org/document/53/0,3343,en_2649_33933_41460917_1_1_1_37419,00.html
Country Notes
http://www.oecd.org/document/53/0,3343,en_2649_33933_41460917_1_1_1_37419,00.html#COUNTRY_NOTES


Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Latin American Economic Outlook 2009 [28 October 2008]
http://www.oecd.org/document/5/0,3343,en_2649_33973_40692869_1_1_1_1,00.html
or
www.oecd.org/dev/publications/leo
Executive Summary
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/14/60/41577384.pdf
[full-text, 22 pages]
Press Release 28 October 2008
Latin America Needs Better Taxes and Better Spending
http://www.oecd.org/document/30/0,3343,en_2649_34487_41575838_1_1_1_1,00.html


Federal

Bureau of Labor Statistics
October 2008
Report 1008
Highlights of Women's Earnings in 2007 [17 October 2008]
http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpswom2007.pdf
[full-text, 91 pages]

Census
State and Local Government Employment and Payroll Data 2007 [22 October 2008]
http://www.census.gov/govs/www/apesstl.html
Press Release 22 October 2008
2007 Census of Governments Counts 16 Million State and Local Employees
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/employment_occupations/012797.html


U.S. Government (Multi-agency Sponsorship)
U.S. Commerce Dept.
EconomicRecovery.gov
http://www.commerce.gov/NewsRoom/EconomicNews/index.htm?er=true
or
www.EconomicRecovery.gov
EconomicRecovery.gov is a resource for the American people to find help to keep their homes, find jobs and protect their savings.


Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Goldman Lecture in Economics, Wellesley College
Preparing for Our Common Future: Policy Choices and the Economics of Climate Change
Peter Orszag, Director, October 27, 2008
http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9901&type=1
[full-text, 50 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Order Code RL32697
Income and Poverty Among Older Americans in 2007
Updated October 3, 2008
Patrick Purcell, Specialist in Income Security, Domestic Social Policy Division
http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL32697_20081003.pdf
[full-text, 31 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Order Code RL34685
The Federal Workforce: Characteristics and Trends
Updated September 30, 2008
Curtis W. Copeland, Specialist in American National Government, Government and Finance Division
http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34685_20080930.pdf
[full-text, 32 pages]

Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Current Issues in Economics and Finance
Second District Highlights
September/October 2008 Volume 14, Number 7
Employment in the New York­New Jersey Region: 2008 Review and Outlook [22 October 2008]
http://www.newyorkfed.org/research/current_issues/ci14-7.html
or
http://www.newyorkfed.org/research/current_issues/ci14-7.pdf
[full-text, 7 pages]
Chart Data
http://www.newyorkfed.org/research/current_issues/ci14-7/chartdata.xls


U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
Office of Advocacy
Baccalaureate Education and the Employment Decision: Self-Employment and the Class of 1993 [27 October 2008]
by Chad Moutray
http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs333tot.pdf
[full-text, 37 pages]
Research Summary
http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs333.pdf


Institutes/Associations/Commercial

Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
Testimony for the House Education and Labor Committee
The Impact of the Financial Crisis on Workers' Retirement Security
Oct. 7, 2008
Additional Statement for the Record [27 October 2008]
Jack VanDerhei
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
T-156
http://www.ebri.org/pdf/T-156_HS_Ed-Labor_27Oct08_ADDITIONAL.pdf
[full-text, 26 pages]
Earlier Testimony at
http://www.ebri.org/pdf/publications/testimony/t156.pdf
[full-text, 6 pages]

Migration Policy Institute (MPI)
Uneven Progress: The Employment Pathways of Skilled Immigrants in the United States [22 October 2008]
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/pubs/BrainWasteOct08.pdf
[full-text, 70 pages]
Press Release 22 October 2008
New Report on 'Brain Waste': 1 in 5 College-Educated Immigrants in U.S. Labor Market Stuck in Unskilled Jobs or Unemployed
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/news/2008_10_22.php


Mercer
Press Release 27 October 2008
Expatriate employee numbers double as companies see increased value in expatriate assignments
http://www.mercer.com/summary.htm?idContent=1326180


Mercer
What price universal health coverage? For many small employers, any price is too high [21 October 2008]
http://www.mercer.com/summary.htm?idContent=1325605


Work Foundation (UK)
Public Value: The Next Steps in Public Service Reform [9 October 2008]
http://www.theworkfoundation.com/research/publications/publicationdetail.aspx?oItemId=201&parentPageID=102&PubType =
or
http://www.theworkfoundation.com/assets/docs/publications/201_PV_public_service_reform_final.pdf
[full-text, 65 pages]
Press Release 9 October 2008
Involving citizens and workers key to public service reform
http://www.theworkfoundation.com/pressmedia/news/newsarticle.aspx?oItemId=140


Law

Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII)
25 September 2008
CanLII Labour Law Project
http://canlii.org/en/blog/index.php?/archives/23-CanLII-Labour-Law-Project.html


U.S. Joint Committee on Taxation
Prepared by Staff
Present Law and Background Relating to Valuing Assets in Defined Benefit Pension Plans
Scheduled for Public Hearing 29 October 2008
http://www.americanbenefitscouncil.org/documents/x-82-08.pdf
[full-text, 11 pages]


U.S. Joint Committee on Taxation
Prepared by Staff
Present Law Tax Treatment of the Cost of Health Care
Scheduled for Public Hearing 29 October 2008
http://www.americanbenefitscouncil.org/documents/x-81-08.pdf
[full-text, 19 pages]


Statistical Reports

BLS: International Comparisons of Annual Labor Force Statistics, 10 Countries, 1960-2007 [21 October 2008]
http://www.bls.gov/fls/flscomparelf.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/fls/lfcompendium.pdf
[full-text, 39 pages]


BLS: Employment & Earnings, Vol. 55 No. 10, October 2008 [24 October 2008]
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ee/home.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ee/empearn200810.pdf
[full-text, 240 pages]


BLS: WORKPLACE INJURIES AND ILLNESSES IN 2007 [23 October 2008]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/osh.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/osh.pdf
[full-text, 24 pages]


BLS: MASS LAYOFFS IN SEPTEMBER 2008 [22 October 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

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
HATE CRIME STATISTICS 2007 [27 October 2008]
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/hc2007/index.html
Download Files at
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/hc2007/downloadables.htm
Press Release 27 October 2008
FBI Releases 2007 Hate Crime Statistics
http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel08/hatecrimestats_102708.htm


2nd Brazilian Conference of Employment and Labor Relations
http://www.ibret.org/2Congresso-english.html
Date: November 17 and 18, 2008
Venue: School of Economics, Management and Accounting of University of São Paulo - Congregation Room
University City, São Paulo


THE BACHARACH BLOG: PROACTIVE LEADERSHIP - Get Them & Keep Them On Your Side
http://bacharachblog.com/
Blog Philosophy
http://bacharachblog.com/blog-philosophy/
Recommended Reading
http://bacharachblog.com/books/
Archive
http://bacharachblog.com/archive/
Biography
http://bacharachblog.com/biography/
Contact
http://bacharachblog.com/contact/


______________________________
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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Tuesday, October 07, 2008

[IWS] NO MESSAGES until 29 October 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
________________________________________________________________________

NO MESSAGES will be sent until 29 October 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                  
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