Tuesday, January 13, 2009
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 14 January 2009
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, 14 January 2009
Academic Research
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 January 2009
Academic Research
- University of Amsterdam
- Amsterdam Institute for Advance labour Studies (AIAS)
- Working Papers
- http://www.uva-aias.net/101
- Library of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation
- http://library.fes.de/library/html/english/
- DIGITAL LIBRARY of the FRIEDRICH EBERT FOUNDATION
- http://library.fes.de/cgi-bin/populo/digbib_en.pl
- IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)
- http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers
- Recent studies include
- ace: Evidence from Personnel Data
- 3916
- 3915
- 3914
- 3913
- 3912
- 3911
- 3910
- Amsterdam Institute for Advance labour Studies (AIAS)
International
- European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
- European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)
- COMPARATIVE STUDY
- Working time in the EU and other global economies Industrial relations in the EU and other global economies 20062007 [23 December 2008]
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0804058s/index.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0804058s/tn0804058s.htm
- or
- http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/eiro/tn0804058s/tn0804058s.pdf
- [full-text, 51 pages]
- OECD
- OECD Composite Leading Indicators (CLIs) - Updated: January 2009 [12 January 2009]
- Composite Leading Indicators signal deep slowdown in OECD area and major non-OECD member economies
- http://www.oecd.org/document/59/0,3343,en_2649_34349_41966331_1_1_1_1,00.html
- or
- http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/33/21/41968144.pdf
- [full-text, 4 pages]
- * Link to historical data, graphs and methodological information
- http://www.oecd.org/document/34/0,3343,en_2649_34349_41966434_1_1_1_1,00.html
- * Glossary of Composite Leading Indicators
- http://www.oecd.org/document/1/0,3343,en_2649_34349_32694145_1_1_1_1,00.html
- * OECD Business Cycle Analysis Database
- http://stats.oecd.org/mei/default.asp?rev=2
- European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)
- Census
- 2007 Service Annual Survey
- NAICS 48/49
- Truck Transportation, Messenger Services & Warehousing
- http://www.census.gov/svsd/www/services/sas/sas_data/sas48.htm
- or
- http://www.census.gov/svsd/www/services/sas/sas_data/48/2007_NAICS48.pdf
- [full-text, 10 pages]
- or
- http://www.census.gov/svsd/www/services/sas/sas_data/48/2007_NAICS48.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- Press Release 8 January 2009
- U.S. Commercial Trucks Cover 94 Billion Miles in 2007; Transportation and Warehousing Revenues Grow
- http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/transportation_industry/013141.html
- Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention
- Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report (MMWR)
- January 2, 2009 / 57(51);1379-1382
- Underground Coal Mining Disasters and Fatalities --- United States, 1900--2006 [2 January 2009]
- http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5751a3.htm
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2009 to 2019 [7 January 2009]
- http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9957&type=1
- [full-text, 58 pages]
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Pension Issues: Lump-Sum Distributions and Retirement Income Security [7 January 2009]
- Patrick Purcell, Specialist in Income Security
- http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/586/
- or
- http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1591&context=key_workplace
- [full-text, 19 pages]
- The Department of Labor Center for Faith-Based Initiatives (CFBI)
- Lessons Learned from Grantees: Creating Communities of Hope, Innovation, Productivity, and Prosperity [13 January 2009]
- http://www.dol.gov/cfbci/communites.pdf
- or
- http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/588
- [full-text, 56 pages]
- The Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
- Office of Workforce Investment
- Partnership in Action, Examples of Employer/Faith-Based and Community Organization Partnerships [13 January 2009]
- http://www.dol.gov/cfbci/partnership.pdf
- or
- http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/589
- [full-text, 20 pages]
- Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (OFBCI)
- Innovations in Compassion The Faith-Based and Community Initiative: A Final Report to the Armies of Compassion [12 January 2009]
- http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/fbci/pdf/innovation-in-compassion.pdf
- or
- http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/590
- [full-text, 56 pages]
- EEOC
- ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER WORK GROUP REPORT TO THE CHAIR OF THE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION
- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- http://www.eeoc.gov/federal/report/aapi.html
- Press Release 9 January 2009
- EEOC ISSUES WORK GROUP REPORT ON FEDERAL ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER EMPLOYMENT
- Barriers and Misperceptions Persist; Low Participation in Senior Ranks
- http://www.eeoc.gov/press/1-9-09.html
- GAO: U.S. Postal Service: Age and Disability in the Executive Service,GAO-09-255R January 12, 2009
- http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09255r.pdf
- [full-text, 17 pages]
- House Ways and Means Committee
- GREEN BOOK 2008 (current to January 2009)
- http://waysandmeans.house.gov/Documents.asp?section=2168
- This is the 2008 edition of "Background Material and Data on the Programs within the Jurisdiction of the Committee on Ways and Means," informally known as the Green Book.
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Research and Development in Industry: 2004 [12 January 2009]
- http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf09301/
- or
- http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf09301/pdf/nsf09301.pdf
- [full-text, 307 pages]
- DATA TABLES
- http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf09301/content.cfm?pub_id=3638&id=3
- Small Business Administration (SBA)
- Office of Advocacy
- Firm Size Data [12 January 2009]
- http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/data.html
- U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
- Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean
- 2008 Latin America and the Caribbean selected economic and social data
- http://dec.usaid.gov/index.cfm?p=search.getCitation&rec_no=152705
- or
- http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNADM600.pdf
- [full-text, 211 pages]
- United States International Trade Commission (USITC)
- SHIFTS IN U.S. MERCHANDISE TRADE 2007 [7 January 2009]
- http://www.usitc.gov/tradeshifts/2008/default.htm
- or
- http://www.usitc.gov/tradeshifts/2008/documents/pub4044.pdf
- [full-text, 288 pages]
- Press Release 7 January 2009
- ITC RELEASES SHIFTS IN U.S. MERCHANDISE TRADE 2007
- http://www.usitc.gov/ext_relations/news_release/2009/er0107gg1.htm
- 2007 Service Annual Survey
- AARP Policy & Research
- Economic Trends
- A Year-End Look at the Economic Slowdown's Impact on Middle-Aged and Older Americans
- Research Report
- S. Kathi Brown, AARP Knowledge Management
- January 2009
- http://www.aarp.org/research/economy/trends/economic_slowdown_09.html
- or
- http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/econ/economic_slowdown_09.pdf
- [full-text, 34 pages]
- Automatic Data Processing, Inc., (ADP)
- ADP NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT REPORT [7 January 2009]
- http://www.adpemploymentreport.com/pdf/FINAL_Report_December_08.pdf
- [full-text, 6 pages]
- METHODOLOGY
- http://adpemploymentreport.com/PDF/REVISED_METHODOLOGY_DEC_2008.pdf
- Conference Board
- Press Release
- The Conference Board Reports Online Job Demand Drops 507,000 in December [7 January 2009]
- http://www.conference-board.org/economics/helpwantedOnline.cfm
- or
- http://www.conference-board.org/pdf_free/HWOL010907.pdf
- [full-text, 17 pages]
- Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
- EBRI NOTES
- January 2009, Vol. 30, No. 1
- Lump-Sum Distributions at Job Change [8 January 2009]
- http://www.ebri.org/publications/notes/index.cfm?fa=notesDisp&content_id=4153
- or
- http://www.ebri.org/pdf/notespdf/EBRI_Notes_Jan09_Rollovers.pdf
- [full-text, 12 pages]
- Includes numerous CHARTS & FIGURES....
- Press Release
- More Workers Are Preserving Retirement Assets, Study Says [8 January 2009]
- http://www.ebri.org/pdf/PR.823_08Jan08_EBRI.pdf
- European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) - Research, Education, Health and Safety (REHS)
- Collective bargaining newsletter
- http://www.etui.org/research/Publications/Newsletters/Collective-bargaining-newsletter
- DECEMBER
- http://www.etui.org/research/content/download/5593/28635/file/COLLECTIVE%20BARGAINING%20December%202008.pdf
- Families USA: The Voice for Health Care Consumers
- A Shot in the Arm for West Virginia: Increasing Health Coverage for Working Families [January 2009]
- http://www.familiesusa.org/assets/pdfs/a-shot-in-the-arm-for-wv.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- Families USA
- Squeezed! Caught between Unemployment Benefits And Health Care Costs [9 January 2009]
- http://www.familiesusa.org/resources/publications/reports/cobra.html
- or
- http://www.familiesusa.org/assets/pdfs/cobra-2009.pdf
- [full-text, 16 pages]
- and
- Key Findings
- http://www.familiesusa.org/resources/publications/reports/cobra-key-findings.html
- Press Release 9 January 2009
- COBRA Premiums for Family Health Coverage Consume 84 Percent of Unemployment Benefits
- In 41 States, COBRA Premiums Cost More than Three-Fourths of Unemployment Benefits; in Nine of Those States, They Cost More than 100 Percent
- http://www.familiesusa.org/resources/newsroom/press-releases/2009-press-releases/cobra-premiums-for-family.html
- Kaiser Family Foundation
- Cost Sharing for Health Care: France, Germany, and Switzerland [12 January 2009]
- http://www.kff.org/insurance/7852.cfm
- or
- http://www.kff.org/insurance/upload/7852.pdf
- [full-text, 25 pages]
- Mercer
- Press Release
- Absence rates in Europe rise, but company absence management policies hindered by lack of data [8 Januaray 2009]
- http://www.mercer.com/summary.htm?idContent=1332295
- Mercer
- Canadian Pension Plans Pummelled in 2008 [8 January 2009]
- http://www.mercer.com/summary.htm?idContent=1332340
- RAND (Europe; UK)
- Supporting independent living for disabled people
- An evaluation of the Foundations for Living project
- By: Edward Nason, Lila Rabinovich, Tom Ling, Lidia Villalba van Dijk
- http://rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR616/
- or
- http://rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2009/RAND_TR616.pdf
- [full-text, 80 pages]
- Summary
- http://rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2009/RAND_TR616.sum.pdf
- Towers Perrin
- CLOSING THE ENGAGEMENT GAP - HOW GREAT COMPANIES UNLOCK EMPLOYEE POTENTIAL FOR SUPERIOR RESULTS [January 2009]
- http://www.amazon.com/Closing-Engagement-Gap-Companies-Potential/dp/1591842387/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1231347061&sr=1-1
- Press Release
- Unlocking Employee Potential by "Closing the Engagement Gap" is Now More Critical Than Ever
- New Book From Towers Perrin Highlights How Companies Are Reaping the Bottom-Line Benefits of Engaged Workforces
- http://www.towersperrin.com/tp/showdctmdoc.jsp?country=global&url=Master_Brand_2/USA/Press_Releases/2009/20090105/2009_01_05.htm
- Economic Trends
- Cornell University Law Library
- http://library.lawschool.cornell.edu/
- Legal Research Engine Home
- http://library.lawschool.cornell.edu/WhatWeDo/ResearchGuides/CLL-Legal-Research-Engine.cfm
- This unique search engine provides four ways to search for legal information--
- (1) Find Legal Research Guides:
- Easy access to authoritative guides on every subject
- (2) Search the Legal Internet:
- The best of the legal web, courtesy of InSITE
- (3) Search Academic Blawgs:
- Expert commentary from law professors
- (4) I want it all!
- Search all three at once
- Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC)
- Bush Administration's Immigration Prosecutions Soar [Includes CHARTS, MAP, & TABLES)
- Total of All Federal Filings Reach New High
- http://trac.syr.edu/tracreports/crim/201/
- http://library.lawschool.cornell.edu/
- BEA: U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES November 2008 [13 January 2009]
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2009/trad1108.htm
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2009/pdf/trad1108.pdf
- [full-text, 47 pages]
- or
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2009/xls/trad1108.xls
- [spreadsheet]
- and
- Highlights
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2009/pdf/trad1108_fax.pdf
- Also
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2009/xls/trad_time_series_1108.xls
- [1992 - present; spreadsheet]
- BLS: JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER: NOVEMBER 2008 [13 January 2009]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/jolts.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/jolts.pdf
- [full-text, 15 pages]
- BLS: COUNTY EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES: SECOND QUARTER 2008 [13 January 2009]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cewqtr.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cewqtr.pdf
- [full-text, 23 pages]
- BLS: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: DECEMBER 2008 [9 January 2009]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm
- or
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf
- [full-text, 31 pages]
- and
- Supplemental Files Table of Contents
- http://www.bls.gov/web/empsit.supp.toc.htm
- OECD
- OECD Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs)
- OECD Unemployment Rate increases to 6.5% in November 2008
[12 January 2009]- http://www.oecd.org/document/39/0,3343,en_2649_34251_41965991_1_1_1_1,00.html
- or
- http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/31/40/41970655.pdf
- [full-text 4 pages]
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2009/trad1108.htm
- United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
- Analysis, Information Management and Communication Activity (AIM) Project
- USAID COUNTRY HEALTH STATISTICAL REPORTS [November 2008 and earlier]
- http://dec.usaid.gov/index.cfm
- [Go to PULL-DOWN MENU for SUBJECT and PICK "HEALTH CARE", then CLICK on GO]
- National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
- Indirect County and State Estimates of the Percentage of Adults at the Lowest Literacy Level for 1992 and 2003 [8 January 2009]
- http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009482
- or
- http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2009/2009482.pdf
- [full-text, 123 pages]
- Analysis, Information Management and Communication Activity (AIM) Project
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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