IWS Documented News WEEKLY BULLETIN: February 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, 25 February 2009

Academic Research

National Bureau of Economic Research

The Skill Composition of Migration and the Generosity of the Welfare State

Alon Cohen, Assaf Razin, Efraim Sadka

http://www.nber.org/papers/w14738.pdf

[full-text, 21 pages]

NBER Working Paper No. 14738

Issued in February 2009

---- Abstract -----

http://www.nber.org/papers/w14738

Random House

The Woman Behind the New Deal

The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR'S Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience

Written by Kirstin Downey

http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780385513654

or via Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/Woman-Behind-New-Deal-Conscience/dp/0385513658/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1235509963&sr=8-1

IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)

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

Recent studies include ---

4025 Persistencies in the Labour Market

4024 How Do Training Programs Assign Participants to Training? Characterizing the Assignment Rules of Government Agencies for Welfare-to-Work Programs in California

4023 The Impact of Home Production on Economic Inequality in Germany

4022 Heterogeneity in Risky Choice Behaviour in a Broad Population

4021 An Innovation Index Based on Knowledge Capital Investment: Definition and Results for the UK Market Sector

4020 Temporary Jobs and Job Search Effort in Europe

4019 Fertility Changes in Latin America in the Context of Economic Uncertainty

4018 Supply Theory sans Profit-Maximization

4017 Money Matters: Evidence from a Large-Scale Randomized Field Experiment with Vouchers for Adult Training

4016 Volunteering and the State

4015 Life Satisfaction

4014 Large Employers Are More Cyclically Sensitive

4013 Labour Market Effects of the Polytechnic Education Reform: The Finnish Experience

4012 Earnings Dynamics and Inequality among Men across 14 EU Countries, 1994-2001: Evidence from ECHP

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

International

African Development Bank (AfDB)

MIGRANT REMITTANCES: A DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGE [3 February 2009]

http://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Publications/70000012_EN_Transfert%20des%20fonds%20ANG.pdf

[full-text, 85 pages]

Canada

Library of Parliament

Parliamentary Information and Research Service

Canada and the United States - Shared Interests and Concerns

January 2009

http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/library/PRBpubs/prb0834_00-e.htm

or

http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/library/PRBpubs/prb0834-e.pdf

[full-text, 31 pages]

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

Foundation findings - Drawing on experience: Older women workers in Europe [19 February 2009]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0885.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2008/85/en/1/ef0885en.pdf

[full-text, 20 pages]

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

A sector perspective on working conditions [18 February 2009]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0814.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2008/14/en/1/ef0814en.pdf

European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs [ESPAD}

http://www.espad.org/index.asp

See ESPAD REPORTS

http://www.espad.org/espad-reports

Most recent report

Alcohol and Drug Use Among European 17-18 Year Old Students [2007]

http://www.espad.org/documents/Espad/ESPAD_reports/17_18_Year_Old_Students_Full_Report.pdf

[full-text, 156 pages]

See also Chartbook Figures

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/ppt/hus/HUS2008.ppt

and

Chartbook Data Tables

ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Publications/Health_US/hus08figures/08contents_figures.pdf

TREND TABLES

ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Publications/Health_US/hus08tables/08contents_tables.pdf

Press Release at

http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/r090218.htm

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

RS22984

China and the Global Financial Crisis: Implications for the United States

February 09, 2009

http://opencrs.com/getfile.php?rid=80469

[full-text, 9 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

R40207

Social Security Administration: Workloads, Resources, and Service Delivery

February 06, 2009

http://opencrs.com/getfile.php?rid=80436

or

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/602/

[full-text, 39 pages]

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

Office of Immigration Statistics

Estimates of the Unauthorized Immigrant Population Residing in the United States: January 2008 [23 February 2009]

http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/publications/ois_ill_pe_2008.pdf

[full-text, 7 pages]

Estimates of the Legal Permanent Resident Population in 2007

http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/publications/lpr_pe_2007.pdf

[full-text, 4 pages]

The Foreign-born Component of the Uninsured Population

http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/publications/uninsured_fs_2007.pdf

[full-text, 2 pages]

Characteristics of Major Metropolitan Destinations of Immigrants

http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/publications/metro_fs_2006.pdf

[full-text, 2 pages]

DisabilityInfo.gov

Employing People with Disabilities

http://www.disabilityinfo.gov/digov-public/public/DisplayPage.do?parentFolderId=13

ABLE & WILLING [23 February 2009]

http://www.disabilityinfo.gov/digov-public/public/ShowLink.do?parentFolderId=13&linkId=41801&linkExternal=true

or

http://www.disabilityinfo.gov/digov-public/public/ExitSite.do?parentFolderId=13&linkId=41801&linkExternal=true

A captioned video of stories about people with disabilities and businesses working together to create successful mentorships, internships and long term employment opportunities.

U.S. Commercial Service

2009 Country Commercial Guides for U.S. Companies

Doing Business in the NETHERLANDS [23 February 2009]

http://www.buyusainfo.net/docs/x_5838718.pdf

[full-text, 97 pages]

Doing Business in FINLAND [17 February 2009]

http://www.buyusainfo.net/docs/x_4356524.pdf

[full-text, 77 pages]

U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC)

Hearing on "China's Role in the Origins of and Response to the Global Recession"

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Room 562, Dirksen Senate Office Building

Delaware and Constitution Avenue, NE

Washington, DC 20510

http://www.uscc.gov/hearings/2009hearings/hr09_02_17.php

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

Conference Board (CB)

The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index Plummets Further in February [24 February 2009]

http://www.conference-board.org/economics/ConsumerConfidence.cfm

Deloitte

2009 INDUSTRY OUTLOOK: AUTOMOTIVE [28 January 2009]

http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/article/0%2C1002%2Ccid%25253D240414%2C00.html

or

http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/cda/doc/content/us_industryoutlook_2009OutlookAutomotive_January2009.pdf

[full-text, 7 pages]

For OTHER INDUSTRIES see

2009 Industry Outlook:Challenging times, emerging opportunities

http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/section_node/0%2C1042%2Csid%25253D143145%2C00.html

Economic Policy Institute (EPI)

EPI Briefing Paper #229

Squandering the blue-collar advantage [13 February 2009]

By Josh Bivens

http://www.epi.org/publications/entry/bp229/

or

http://www.epi.org/page/-/pdf/bp229.pdf

[full-text, 13 pages]

Press Release 13 February 2009

What's killing U.S. manufacturing?

[Here's a hint: It's not what you've been hearing.]

http://www.epi.org/page/-/pdf/20090213-manu-pr.pdf

Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)

EBRI Issue Brief #326

The Impact of the Recent Financial Crisis on 401(k) Account Balances

February 2009

http://www.ebri.org/publications/ib/index.cfm?fa=ibDisp&content_id=4192

or

http://www.ebri.org/pdf/briefspdf/EBRI_IB_2-2009_Crisis-Impct.pdf

[full-text, 24 pages]

Kaiser Family Foundation's Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured (KCMU)

Snapshots from the Kitchen Table: Family Budgets and Health Care [24 February 2009]

http://www.kff.org/uninsured/7849.cfm

or

http://www.kff.org/uninsured/upload/7849.pdf

[full-text, 32 pages]

VIDEO

http://www.kff.org/uninsured/kcmu022409video.cfm

Testimony

THE ADEQUACY OF HEALTH INSURANCE

http://www.kff.org/uninsured/7870.cfm

or

http://www.kff.org/uninsured/upload/7870.pdf

Press Release 24 February 2009

Report and Video Highlight Health Coverage Struggles, Other Economic Concerns of Working Families

http://www.kff.org/uninsured/kcmu022409pkg.cfm

Population Reference Bureau (PRB)

Youth Unemployment and Underemployment in Africa Brings Uncertainty and Opportunity [February 2009]

by Eric Zuehlke

http://www.prb.org/Articles/2009/youthunemployment.aspx

Urban Institute

Job Differences by Race and Ethnicity in the Low-Skill Job Market

Brief No. 4 [1 February 2009]

Gregory Acs, Pamela J. Loprest

http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?ID=411841

or

http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/411841_race_ethnicity_job_market.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

Law

CCH

Special Offer

Free access to Federal and State rules on layoffs and plant closings [until 31 March 2009]

To help employment attorneys and HR professionals comply with federal and state laws regarding plant closings and large layoffs, CCH is offering, for a limited time, free access to its proprietary content through State and Federal Employment Law Compare, an online tool that provides quick answers to a wide range of employment law issues. Access to this content is free through March 31, 2009.

You can access State and Federal Employment Law Compare through this link: http://www.corporatecounsel.cch.com/layoffs/

EEOC Press Releases --[MAINLY SETTLEMENTS]

http://www.eeoc.gov/press/index.html

National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

Press Release R-2681

Thursday, February 19, 2009

NLRB SIMPLIFIES AND ENCOURAGES E-FILING

http://www.nlrb.gov/shared_files/Press%20Releases/2008/R-2681.pdf

[full-text, 2 pages]

Statistical Reports

BLS: 2008 Annual Average Tables of Labor Force Statistics (from the Household Survey) Now Available [23 February 2008]

http://www.bls.gov/cps/tables.htm#annual

BLS: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS: SECOND QUARTER 2008 [24 February 2009]

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

or

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

[full-text, 19 pages]

BLS: CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: JANUARY 2009 [20 February 2009]

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

or

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

[full-text, 20 pages]

BLS: REAL EARNINGS IN JANUARY 2009 [20 February 2009]

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

or

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

[full-text, 7 pages]

BLS: Producer Price Indexes - January 2009 [19 February 2009]

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

or

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

[full-text, 23 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

http://www.bls.gov/web/ppi.supp.toc.htm

Census

QUARTERLY RETAIL E-COMMERCE SALES 4th QUARTER 2008 [17 February 2009]

http://www.census.gov/mrts/www/ecomm.html

or

http://www.census.gov/mrts/www/data/html/08Q4.html

or

http://www.census.gov/mrts/www/data/pdf/08Q4.pdf

[full-text, 3 pages]

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

Wikileaks

The Galvin Report: Audit of 160 EU Parliament members, 2008 [23 February 2009]

http://wikileaks.org/wiki/The_Galvin_Report:_Audit_of_160_EU_Parliament_members%2C_2008

Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS)

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/iws/

Last week Cornell University President David Skorton and Professor Ronald Ehrenberg discussed the future of higher education with a specific emphasis on rising tuition and controlling costs within today's economic environment. Their presentation is now available on the IWS website for your viewing here:

February 12, 2009

Tuition Rising: Can The Cost of Higher Education be Contained?

with Ronald G. Ehrenberg and David J. Skorton

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/iws/news/colloquium2129.html

NOTE: Click on the part of the video that you would like to view in the right margin of the viewing area.

Each lecture we host for the Workplace Colloquium Series is filmed. This year we have decided to share these videos with you on our website.

Colloquium Video Footage

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/iws/news/colloquium-video.html

ILR School, Cornell University

The Future of the UAW and The Big Three Auto Companies [WEBCAST]

Friday, February 27, 2009, 12:00 to 1:30 pm

This webcast is FREE of charge.

OR, wait to see the video later that same day and for many days thereafter on the ILR Home Page www.ilr.cornell.edu

or under Top Stories at http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/news/

Facilitator: Harry Katz, Kenneth F. Kahn Dean and Jack Sheinkman Professor, Cornell University ILR School

Speakers:

* Harry Katz, Kenneth F. Kahn Dean and Jack Sheinkman Professor, Cornell University ILR School

* Art Wheaton, Industry Education Specialist, Cornell University ILR School

* Teresa Ghilarducci, Director of the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis, The New School for Social Research

Topic Overview: This webcast will focus on the crisis facing the domestic auto industry and in particular the recent near bankruptcy and subsequent federal government bridge loans to General Motors and Chrysler. The troubles in the auto sector have had enormous consequences for the UAW, auto workers, and the communities where auto production had been concentrated. Our speakers will provide presentations on: the labor relations aspects of the current crisis, information about how unions and workers in other countries are responding to similar crises, and the implications of the current crisis on autoworker pensions and security.

Technology: In order to participate in the webcast you will need computer access with a high speed internet connection. The preferred browser is Internet Explorer. Macintosh users need to install the Silverlight plug in (link on the registration page).

To register [FREE]:

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/events/022709_Future-of-UAW-Webcast.html

Contact: Lori Biechele, Administrative Support

Cornell University, ILR School

Email: < mailto:lb274@cornell.edu> lb274@cornell.edu

Telephone: (607) 254-8941

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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, 18 February 2009

Academic Research

International Business Research Outlet

This International Business Research Outlet is updated by the department of International Business at EAFIT University (Medellin, Colombia)

http://internationalbusinessresearchoutlet.blogspot.com/

This BLOG is devoted to posting CALL for PAPERS announcements that relate to INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS issues and concerns in a research context.

Recent examples include --

Call for Papers: Economics and Management of Networks

< http://internationalbusinessresearchoutlet.blogspot.com/2009/02/call-for-papers-economics-and.html >

Call for Papers: International Business and Economic Geography; The Multinational in Geographical Space

< http://internationalbusinessresearchoutlet.blogspot.com/2009/02/call-for-papers-international-business.html >

Call for Papers: Involving Indigenous and Minority Peoples in Internationalization

< http://internationalbusinessresearchoutlet.blogspot.com/2009/02/call-for-papers-involving-indigenous.html >

Call for Papers: Cross-Cultural Competence and Management: Knowledge Migration,

< http://internationalbusinessresearchoutlet.blogspot.com/2009/02/call-for-papers-cross-cultural.html >

Call for Papers: Understanding Organizations in Complex, Uncertain and Emergent Environments

< http://internationalbusinessresearchoutlet.blogspot.com/2009/02/call-for-papers-understanding.html >

IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)

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

Recent studies include ---

3995 Optimal Bandwidth Choice for the Regression Discontinuity Estimator

3994 Part-Time Work, Gender and Job Satisfaction: Evidence from a Developing Country

3993 Workplace Disability Diversity and Job-Related Well-Being in Britain: A WERS2004 Based Analysis

3992 Job Durations with Worker and Firm Specific Effects: MCMC Estimation with Longitudinal Employer-Employee Data

3991 Vacancy Referrals, Job Search, and the Duration of Unemployment: A Randomized Experiment

3990 Sentence Reductions and Recidivism: Lessons from the Bastille Day Quasi Experiment

3989 External Validation of the Use of Vignettes in Cross-Country Health Studies

3988 Why Praise Inequality? Public Good Provision, Income Distribution and Social Welfare

3987 The Economics of Discrimination: Evidence from Basketball

(forthcoming in: Oxford Handbook of Sports Economics)

3986 Following in Your Parents' Footsteps? Empirical Analysis of Matched Parent-Offspring Test Scores

3985 Gender Differences in Risk Aversion and Ambiguity Aversion

(forthcoming in: Journal of the European Economic Association)

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

International

African Development Bank (AfDB)

Governance of the Extractive Industries in Africa: Survey of donor-funded assistance [9 February 2009]

http://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Publications/Strauss%20brochure.pdf

[full-text, 54pages]

Press Release

ADB Sanctioned 41 Firms and 38 Individuals in 2008 Due to Corruption [16 February 2009]

http://www.adb.org/Media/Articles/2009/12794-adb-corruption-reports/default.asp

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Office of the Auditor General

Report to the President

INTEGRITY DIVISION

2008 ANNUAL REPORT

http://www.adb.org/Documents/Reports/Anticorruption/OAGI-Annual-Report-2008.pdf

[full-text, 67 pages]

OECD

Policy Brief

The Global Competition for Talent [9 February 2009]

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/38/46/42117001.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

OECD.StatExtracts [DATABASE]

http://stats.oecd.org/WBOS/index.aspx

This source is always being updated and improved. Currently researchers, policy-makers, and other interested parties should --

SELECT a dataset in the left-hand menu.

CREATE and customize your table by clicking on "current data selection".

RESHAPE your table using "pivot dimensions" to move rows and columns.

TAKE AWAY the data to Excel or CSV, print your query or save it for later use.

OECD

COUNTRY STATISTICAL PROFILES 2008

http://stats.oecd.org/wbos/Index.aspx?DatasetCode=CSP2008

World Bank

VULNERABLE COUNTRIES BRIEF--

The Global Economic Crisis: Assessing Vulnerability with a Poverty Lens [12 February 2009]

http://siteresources.worldbank.org/NEWS/Resources/WBGVulnerableCountriesBrief.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

See Press Release 12 February 2009

Crisis Hitting Poor Hard in Developing World, World Bank says

Ahead of G7 meeting, research highlights growing risks to the poor

http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:22067892~pagePK:64257043~piPK:437376~theSitePK:4607,00.html

Federal

BLS: Notice about wage data for flight attendants and airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers [12 February 2009]

http://www.bls.gov/oes/oespilotnotice.htm

BLS: The Editor's Desk (TED)

Quits as a percentage of separations, December 2008 [11 February 2009]

www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2009/feb/wk2/art03.htm

Congressional Budget Offfice (CBO)

[Cost estimate for the conference agreement for H.R. 1]

H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

February 13, 2009

http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9989&type=1

[full-text, 8 pages]

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

CBO TESTIMONY

Statement of Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director

Expanding Health Insurance Coverage and Controlling Costs for Health Care

before the Committee on the Budget, United States Senate

February 10, 2009

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/99xx/doc9982/02-09-HealthVolumes_Testimony.htm

or

http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9982&type=1

[full-text, 33 pages]

Federal Citizen Information Center (FCIC)

GUIDE TO RIGHTS FOR THE DISABLED [February 2009]

http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/press/shortdisabilityrights09.htm

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

After-School Programs in Public Elementary Schools [10 February 2009]

http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009043

or

http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2009/2009043.pdf

[full-text, 55 pages]

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering 2009 [13 February 2009]

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/wmpd/

National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)

NCHS Data Brief ¦ No. 13 ¦ February 2009

Role of International Medical Graduates Providing Office-based Medical Care: United States, 20052006 [February 2009]

Esther Hing, M.P.H., and Susan Lin, Dr.P.H.

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db13.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS)

Union Reports and Constitutions and Bylaws

http://www.dol.gov/esa/olms/regs/compliance/rrlo/lmrda.htm#1

* < http://kcerds.dol-esa.gov/query/getOrgQry.do> Union Search- find specific labor organizations to view their annual financial report (LM-2, LM-3, or LM-4) and Constitutions and Bylaws.

* < http://kcerds.dol-esa.gov/query/getPayerPayeeQry.do> Payer/Payee Search- find information about payers and payees and generate user-defined reports.

* < http://kcerds.dol-esa.gov/query/getOfficerEmployeeQry.do> Officer/Employee Search- find information about officers and employees and generate user-defined reports.

* < http://kcerds.dol-esa.gov/query/getYearlyData.do> Download Yearly Data- download raw data in pipe delimited format of union and financial information as reported for public disclosure under provisions of the LMRDA.

To find UNION CONSTITUTIONS, go to Union Search at http://kcerds.dol-esa.gov/query/getOrgQry.do

Go to the pull-down menu under UNION NAME (for example: SAG-SCREEN ACTORS) Then click on the SUBMIT button.

Click on the underlined link below Affiliation/Organization Name column for the Organization Name to see a list of available reports and attachments (including constitutions and bylaws) for that organization.

In other words, click on SCREEN ACTORS AAAA AFL-CIO NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS. Full-text PDFs will appear for the CONSTITUTION after scrolling down to the bottom of the page that appears.

Small Business Administration (SBA)

Office of Advocacy

THE SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMY 2008: A REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT [12 February 2009]

http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/sb_econ2008.pdf

[full-text, 413 pages]

and

Summary

http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs340.pdf

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

American Public Media produced by Homelands Productions - http://homelands.org/

MARKETPLACE (Radio & Website)

[NOTE: The following series is appropriately used for teaching in high schools and colleges; training and development in industry; and for general policy discussions].

WORKING [profiles of single workers in the global economy]

http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/

For Valentines Day--

Hang Nga Marriage Broker $1,000/month

http://marketplace.publicradio.org/segments/working/marriagebroker.html

Deloitte

The Top Ten Myths of Human Capital Due Diligence

http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/cda/doc/content/us_consulting_hc_DueDiligenceMyths_131207.pdf

[full-text, 17 pages]

International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)

UNION VIEW #12

Costa Rica: Helping migrants organise [December 2008]

http://www.ituc-csi.org/spip.php?article2647

or

http://www.ituc-csi.org/IMG/pdf/VS_Costa_Rica_EN.pdf

[full-text, 16 pages]

UNION VIEW #11

Sri Lanka: Trade Unions [October 2008]

http://www.ituc-csi.org/spip.php?article2498

or

http://www.ituc-csi.org/IMG/pdf/VS_Sri_lanka_EN.pdf

[full-text, 16 pages]

UNION VIEW #10

Union View: Chad [June 2008]

http://www.ituc-csi.org/spip.php?article2256

or

http://www.ituc-csi.org/IMG/pdf/VS_Tchad_EN.pdf

[full-text, 16 pages]

HR POLICY ASSOCIATION

POLICY ISSUES (as of 13 February 2009)

http://www.hrpolicy.org/policy_index.aspx

Mercer

Press Release

More US employers freeze salaries or trim planned 2009 pay increases as pessimistic economic outlook [12 February 2009]

http://www.mercer.com/summary.htm?siteLanguage=100&idContent=1336120

WorldatWork (Total Rewards Association)

A Survey Brief by WorldatWork

Data collected by The Dieringer Research Group Inc.

February 2009

Telework Trendlines 2009

http://www.worldatwork.org/waw/adimLink?id=31115

[full-text, 11 pages]

Law

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

R40195

The Law of Church and State: Public Aid to Sectarian Schools

February 05, 2009

http://opencrs.com/getfile.php?rid=80377

[full-text, 11 pages]

International Labour Organization (ILO)

ILO--Social Dialogue, Labour Law, and Labour Administration

Termination of Employment Legislation Digest

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/ifpdial/info/termination/index.htm

Profiles of National Legislation covering Termination of Employment

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/ifpdial/info/termination/countries/index.htm

Comparative Tables

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/ifpdial/info/termination/tables.htm

Statistical Reports

BEA: U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES December 2008 [11 February 2009]

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2009/trad1208.htm

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2009/pdf/trad1208.pdf

[full-text, 49 pages]

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2009/xls/trad1208.xls

[spreadsheet]

and

Highlights

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2009/pdf/trad1208_fax.pdf

BLS: EXTENDED MASS LAYOFFS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 2008 AND ANNUAL TOTALS FOR 2008 [13 February 2009]

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

or

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

[full-text, 25 pages]

BLS: MAJOR WORK STOPPAGES IN 2008 [11 February 2009]

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

or

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

[full-text, 8 pages]

OECD

OECD System of quarterly unit labour cost indexes - Updated: February 2009 [13 February 2009]

http://www.oecd.org/document/20/0,3343,en_2649_33715_42154836_1_1_1_1,00.html

OECD unit labour costs accelerated in third quarter of 2008 [13 February 2009]

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/48/25/42167246.pdf

[full-text, 4 pages]

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

U.S. Economy and Financial Markets [in CHARTS] [11 February 2009]

http://www.newyorkfed.org/research/national_economy/nationalindicators.html

or

http://www.newyorkfed.org/research/directors_charts/econ_fin.pdf

[full-text, 32 pages]

______________________________
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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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, 11 February 2009

Academic Research

OECD

List of Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers

www.oecd.org/els/workingpapers

Recent studies include--

No. 77. Pensions, Purchasing-Power Risk, Inflation and Indexation Edward Whitehouse (January 2009)

http://www.olis.oecd.org/olis/2009doc.nsf/linkto/delsa-elsa-wd-sem%282009%293

or

http://www.olis.oecd.org/olis/2009doc.nsf/LinkTo/NT00000A3E/$FILE/JT03258853.PDF

[full-text, 40 pages]

No. 76. An Evaluation of the Tax-Transfer Treatment of Married Couples in European Countries Herwig Immervoll, Henrik Jacobsen Kleven, Claus Thustrup Kreiner and Nicolaj Verdelin (January 2009)

http://www.olis.oecd.org/olis/2009doc.nsf/linkto/delsa-elsa-wd-sem%282009%292

or

http://www.olis.oecd.org/olis/2009doc.nsf/LinkTo/NT000009FE/$FILE/JT03258584.PDF

[full-text, 59 pages]

No.75. Activation Policies in Ireland David Grubb, Shruti Singh and Peter Tergeist (January 2009)

http://www.olis.oecd.org/olis/2009doc.nsf/Linkto/delsa-elsa-wd-sem%282009%2901

or

http://www.olis.oecd.org/olis/2009doc.nsf/LinkTo/NT0000092A/$FILE/JT03258009.PDF

[full-text, 150 pages]

OECD

Economics Department

Working Papers No. 665

By David Carey, Bradley Herring and Patrick Lenain

HEALTH CARE REFORM IN THE UNITED STATES [10 February 2009]

http://www.olis.oecd.org/olis/2009doc.nsf/LinkTo/NT00000B6A/$FILE/JT03259332.PDF

[full-text, 44 pages]

OECD

External links to macroeconomic reports and data

http://www.oecd.org/document/39/0,3343,en_2649_33733_41515815_1_1_1_1,00.html

IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)

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

Recent studies

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

International

European Commission

EXTERNAL RELATIONS

CHINA

http://ec.europa.eu/external_relations/china/index_en.htm

EC and China sign nine cooperation agreements and foster dialogue on global solutions to economic and financial crisis and climate change [4 February 2009]

http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/09/212&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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

Women managers and hierarchical structures in working life [9 February 2009]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef08103.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2008/103/en/1/EF08103EN.pdf

[full-text, 33 pages]

European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)

Information and ideas on the management and anticipation of change.

Just click on a matrix button and the studies will appear.

MATRIX database of studies by KEY THEME

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/emcc/browse.htm

MATRIX database of studies by RELATED TOPICS

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/emcc/browse2.htm

[UK] Government Social Research: Analysis for Policy

http://www.gsr.gov.uk/

Government Social Research (GSR) Service Bulletin January 2009

http://www.gsr.gov.uk/new_research/bulletin/2009/0901.asp

Note in particular for this issue

Skills Utilisation Literature Review [Scottish Government]

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/254849/0075479.pdf

[full-text, 103 pages]

Department for Work and Pensions

Research Report No 553

Qualitative evaluation of the Jobseeker Mandatory Activity (JMA)

Del Roy Fletcher, Tony Gore, Rob Macmillan, Elaine Batty and Sarah Pearson

http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/rports2009-2010/rrep553.pdf

[full-text, 78 pages]

OTHER RECENT PUBLICATIONS can be found at

http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/recent_research.asp

OECD

Financial crisis sees collapse in OECD consumer confidence [6 February 2009]

http://www.oecd.org/document/4/0,3343,en_2649_33715_42061060_1_1_1_1,00.html

Federal

Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB)

The U.S. Department of Labor releases Public Report on a Review of Guatemala under the CAFTA-DR [16 January 2009]

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC-CENTRAL AMERICA-UNITED STATES FREE TRADE AGREEMENT

CHAPTER 16: LABOR

PUBLIC REPORT OF REVIEW OF OFFICE OF TRADE AND LABOR AFFAIRS

U.S. SUBMISSION 2008-01 (GUATEMALA)

http://www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/otla/20090116Guatemala.pdf

[full-text, 43 pages]

BLS: New monthly data series on the employment status of people with a disability

http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsdisability.htm

CPS disability data, October 2008 forward

* December 2008-January 2009

http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsdisability_012009.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsdisability_012009.pdf

* November-December, 2008

http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsdisability_122008.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsdisability_122008.pdf

* October-November, 2008

http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsdisability_112008.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsdisability_112008.pdf

BLS: STANDARD OCCUPATIONAL CLASSIFICATION (SOC)

Responses to Comments on 2010 SOC [4 February 2009]

http://www.bls.gov/soc/soc2010responses.htm

BLS: Regional Report: The Prominence of Colleges and Universities in the Boston Metropolitan Area [5 February 2009]

http://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/collegesboston.pdf

[full-text, 16 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

R40173

Causes of the Financial Crisis

January 29, 2009

http://opencrs.com/getfile.php?rid=66282

[full-text, 10 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

R40182

Proposed Funding for Workforce Development in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009

February 02, 2009

http://opencrs.cdt.org/getfile.php?rid=66273

[full-text, 17 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

R40147

Issues in Green Building and the Federal Response: An Introduction

January 16, 2009

http://opencrs.com/getfile.php?rid=77292

[full-text, 34 pages]

National Science Foundation (NSF)

NSF 09-309 | January 2009 |

FY 2008 Data Show Downward Trend in Federal R&D Funding [4 February 2009]

by Melissa F. Pollak

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf09309/

or

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf09309/nsf09309.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

Small Business Administration (SBA)

Office of Advocacy

QUARTERLY INDICATORS:

FOURTH QUARTER 2008: THE ECONOMY AND SMALL BUSINESS [9 February 2009]

http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/sbqei0804.pdf

[full-text, 2 pages]

Social Security Administration (SSA)

Income of the Population 55 or Older, 2006 [9 February 2009]

http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/income_pop55/2006/index.html

or

http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/income_pop55/2006/incpop06.pdf

[full-text, 347 pages]

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

AARP Public Policy Institute

Insight on the Issues

A New Perspective on �Saving� for Retirement / Research Report [February 2009]

http://www.aarp.org/research/work/retirement/i22_saving.html

or

http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/econ/i22_saving.pdf

[full-text, 12 pages]

National Governors' Association (NGA)

Issue Brief

STATE WORKFORCE ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT MISSION GROWTH [4 February 2009]

http://www.nga.org/Files/pdf/0902MISSIONGROWTH.PDF

[full-text, 32 pages]

News Release

NGA Center Issue Brief Highlights State Actions to Address Mission Growth [4 February 2009]

http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.6c9a8a9ebc6ae07eee28aca9501010a0/?vgnextoid=a2bea23620e3f110VgnVCM1000005e00100aRCRD

Urban Institute

Unemployment Insurance: Current Situation and Potential Reforms

Wayne Vroman

Publication Date: February 03, 2009

http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?ID=411835

or

http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/411835_unemployment_insurance.pdf

[full-text, 13 pages]

Watson Wyatt

Watson Wyatt's WorkUSA Survey Identifies Steps to Keep Employees Engaged, Productive in a Downturn [10 February 2009]

www.watsonwyatt.com/us/news/press.asp?ID=20559

Wikileaks.org

CRS REPORTS BY DATE

http://wikileaks.org/wiki/CRS_reports_by_date

Wikileaks posts 6,780 Congressional reports -- fun, but no smoking gun

http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Wikileaks_posts_6%2C780_Congressional_reports_--_fun%2C_but_no_smoking_gun

Law

BLS: MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW Online

January 2009

Vol. 132, Number 1

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

State labor legislation enacted in 2008

John J. Fitzpatrick, Jr., James L. Perine, and Bridget Dutton

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2009/01/art1full.pdf

[full-text, 25 pages]

Changes in State unemployment insurance legislation in 2008

Loryn Lancaster

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2009/01/art2full.pdf

[full-text, 10 pages]

Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)

China Human Rights and Rule of Law Update (Newsletter) [January Issue]

February 2, 2009

http://www.cecc.gov/pages/virtualAcad/newsletterListing.phpd?NLdate=20090130&show=ALL

or

http://www.cecc.gov/pages/general/newsletters/CECCnewsletter20090130.pdf

[full-text, 5 pages

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

R40171

The Worker, Retiree, and Employer Recovery Act of 2008: An Overview

January 29, 2009

Jennifer Staman, Leglistative Attorney

http://opencrs.com/getfile.php?rid=66280

[full-text, 13 pages]

GPO's Federal Digital System (FDsys) provides public access to government information submitted by Congress and Federal agencies and preserved as technology changes.

http://fdsys.gpo.gov/fdsys/search/home.action

This editor recommends using the ADVANCED SEARCH mechanism when using this tool --

see http://fdsys.gpo.gov/fdsys/search/advanced/advsearchpage.action

OFFICE of LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS [OLMS]

How to Access the Collective Bargaining Agreements File

Collective bargaining agreements covering 1,000 or more workers are available from the links on this page.

Collective Bargaining Agreements File: Online Listings of Private and Public Sector Agreements

http://www.dol.gov/esa/olms/regs/compliance/cba/index.htm

NOTE: Some current and most previous COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS are found at ILR School's, DigitalCommons@ILR --

assembled by the CATHERWOOD LIBRARY of the ILR SCHOOL, CORNELL UNIVERSITY

see

COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/blscontracts/

Statistical Reports

BLS: JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER: DECEMBER 2008 [10 February 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: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: JANUARY 2009 [6 February 2009]

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

or

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

[full-text, 30 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

http://www.bls.gov/web/empsit.supp.toc.htm

BLS: PRODUCTIVITY AND COSTS Preliminary Fourth Quarter and Annual Averages for 2008 [5 February 2009]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod2.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod2.pdf

[full-text, 16 pages]

BLS: METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: DECEMBER 2008 [4 February 2008]

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

or

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

[full-text, 22 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

http://www.bls.gov/web/metro.supp.toc.htm

OECD

OECD Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs) - Updated: February 2009 [9 February 2009]

OECD unemployment rate rises to 6.8% in December 2008

http://www.oecd.org/document/18/0,3343,en_2649_34251_42134802_1_1_1_1,00.html

or

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/32/24/42134775.pdf

[full-text, 4 pages]

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention

African-American Media Resources [5 February 2009]

http://www.cdc.gov/media/subtopic/resources/aaresource.htm

The following table based on the findings of

M. Harvey Brenner, "Influence of the Social Environment on Psychology: The Historical Perspective," in Stress and Mental Disorder , ed. James E. Barrett (NY: Raven University Press, 1979)

may be useful to the current policy debates on UNEMPLOYMENT.

Some Approximate Figures On The Impact of Unemployment* [on HEALTH and other issues]

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fashleymac.econ.vt.edu%2Fashley%2F3204%2Fbrenner.pdf&ei=JumJSdDvGNeitgfZ96SbBw&usg=AFQjCNGzYojgkK5m4GyfHf_h_wpWaJjNLA&sig2=GSoPtXDPcIA0dbuGn1IlDw

Colloquium Video Footage from the INSTITUTE FOR WORKPLACE STUDIES (IWS) at the ILR School, Cornell University.

Each lecture we host for the Workplace Colloquium Series is filmed. This year we have decided to share these videos with you on our website. In order to view a segment click a topic on the right and it will begin to play.

Last week, as part of the IWS Colloquium Series, Prof. Gary Fields, Ed Potter (VP workplace rights for Coca-Cola), and Luis Lopez-Calva (head for Latin American programs at the United Nations Development Program) presented on the topic on "The Working Poor in Today's Globalized World" at the Cornell Club. The evening was co-sponsored by the Program on Globalization and the Workplace. The video of their talk is available here:

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/iws/news/colloquium1309.html

Here is the link to all of our events so far 08-09:

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/iws/news/colloquium-video.html

Among those you might find of interest are the recent presentation by Katz and Kochan on "Crafting a New Labor Policy" and Briggs and Smith discussing "Illegal Immigration: A Problem for the US?".

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LABOUR STUDIES (IILS) at the ILO

9 February 2009

The International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS) at the International Labour Office (ILO) in Geneva (Switzerland) is recruiting:

NOTE: YOU MAY NEED TO USE INTERNET EXPLORER as your BROWSER in order to open the following--

An Econometrician/Statistician:

https://erecruit.ilo.org/public/hrd-cl-vac-view.asp?jobinfo_uid_c=20748&vaclng=en

A Senior Development Economist:

https://erecruit.ilo.org/public/hrd-cl-vac-view.asp?jobinfo_uid_c=20755&vaclng=en

A Senior Economist (Quantitative Analysis of Social Impacts of Globalisation):

https://erecruit.ilo.org/public/hrd-cl-vac-view.asp?jobinfo_uid_c=20756&vaclng=en

______________________________
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
****************************************

# posted by SBasefsky : 5:47 AM

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, 4 February 2009

Academic Research

IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)

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

Recent studies include

3980 Comparing IV with Structural Models: What Simple IV Can and Cannot Identify

3979 Cream-Skimmer or Underdog? Labor Type Selectivity, Pre-Program Wage, and Rural Labor Training Program Outcome

3978 Gender Pay Gap and Quantile Regression in European Families

3977 Age at School Entry and Intergenerational Educational Mobility

3976 Crime and the Labour Market: Evidence from a Survey of Inmates

3975 Marriage and Other Risky Assets: A Portfolio Approach

3974 Why Do Individuals Choose Self-Employment?

3973 A Distributional Analysis of Social Group Inequality in Rural India

3972 The Impact of Being Monitored on Discriminatory Behavior among Employers: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

3971 Multivariate Decomposition for Hazard Rate Models

3970 This Job Is 'Getting Old:' Measuring Changes in Job Opportunities Using Occupational Age Structure

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

International

EuroStat

Key figures on Europe. 2009 edition [29 January 2009]

http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page?_pageid=1073,46587259&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&p_product_code=KS-EI-08-001

or

http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-EI-08-001/EN/KS-EI-08-001-EN.PDF

[full-text, 236 pages]

Table of Contents

http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-EI-08-001/EN/KS-EI-08-001-EN-TOC.PDF

International Labour Organization (ILO)

Oficina Internacional del Trabajo (OIT)

Panorama Laboral de América Latina y el Caribe de 2008 [27 January 2009]

http://oit.org.pe/WDMS/bib/publ/panorama/panorama08.pdf

[full-text, 70 pages]

and

Anexo estadístico

http://oit.org.pe/WDMS/bib/publ/panorama/panorama08%5Banexos%5D.xls

See Press Release 27 January 2009

OIT presentó Panorama Laboral: desempleo de América Latina y el Caribe bajó por quinto año consecutivo a 7,5%

Pero debido a la crisis entre 1,5 y 2,4 millones de personas podrían sumarse a las filas del desempleo regional en 2009

http://www.oit.org.pe/portal/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2277&Itemid=1305

International Labour Organization (ILO)

GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT TRENDS 2009 [28 January 2009]

http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/documents/publication/wcms_101461.pdf

Press Release 28 January 2009

Unemployment, working poor and vulnerable employment to increase dramatically due to global economic crisis

http://www.ilo.org/global/About_the_ILO/Media_and_public_information/Press_releases/lang--en/WCMS_101462/index.htm

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

World Economic Outlook Update

Global Economic Slump Challenges Policies

January 28, 2009

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2009/update/01/pdf/0109.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

See

IMFSurvey Magazine: IMF Research 28 January 2009

World Economic Outlook

World Growth Grinds to Virtual Halt, IMF Urges Decisive Global Policy Response

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2009/RES012809A.htm

Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)

Japan Labor Review

Volume 6, Number 1, Winter 2009 [27 January 2009]

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

or

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2009/JLR21_all.pdf

[full-text, 110 pages]

Special Edition: The Gender Gap in the Japanese Labor Market

OECD

Database - PISA 2006

http://pisa2006.acer.edu.au/

The PISA International Database [Programme for International Student Assessment]

Online data

Download the PISA 2006 data set - for professional researchers

http://pisa2006.acer.edu.au/downloads.php

Interactive data selection - to explore the PISA 2006 dataset

http://pisa2006.acer.edu.au/interactive.php

Multi-dimensional Data Request - submit a query to an automated service

http://pisa2006.acer.edu.au/multidim.php

OECD

Trade flows weaken in third quarter 2008 [28 January 2009]

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/14/55/42058488.pdf

[full-text, 7 pages]

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

Tackling the financial and economic crisis [3 February 2009]

http://www.oecd.org/document/24/0,3343,en_2649_201185_41707672_1_1_1_1,00.html

Federal

BLS: Spotlight on Statistics

African American History Month [3 February 2009]

http://www.bls.gov/spotlight/2009/african_american_history/

BLS: Compensation and Working Conditions Online

http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/home.htm

Wages in the Nonprofit Sector: Healthcare, Personal Care, and Social Service Occupations (01/27/2009)

http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20090123ar01p1.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/print/cm20090123ar01p1.htm

Census

Population Characteristics

Issued January 2009

P20-560

Educational Attainment in the United States: 2007 [28 January 2009]

http://www.census.gov/prod/2009pubs/p20-560.pdf

[full-text, 16 pages]

Press Release

Foreign-Born Exceed the Native-Born in Advanced Degrees [28 January 2009]

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/education/013234.html

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

Testimony: Statement of Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director

The State of the Economy and Issues in Developing an Effective Policy Response

before the Committee on the Budget, U.S. House of Representatives, January 27, 2009

http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9967&type=1

[full-text, 30 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

R40151

Proposed Funding for Education in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

January 22, 2009

http://opencrs.com/getfile.php?rid=66074

[full-text, 34 pages]

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

Course Credit Accrual and Dropping Out of High School, by Student Characteristics [3 February 2009]

http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009035

or

http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2009/2009035.pdf

[full-text, 16 pages]

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

Catalyst

Browse Research & Knowledge [DATABASE]

http://www.catalyst.org/page/64/browse-research-knowledge

Examples:

2009 Women in U.S. Management

http://www.catalyst.org/publication/206/women-in-us-management

2009 Australia, Canada, South Africa & United States

http://www.catalyst.org/publication/239/australia-canada-south-africa-united-states

2009 Women CEOs of the Fortune 1000

http://www.catalyst.org/publication/271/women-ceos-of-the-fortune-1000

2009 Women in U.S. Information

http://www.catalyst.org/publication/157/women-in-us-information

2009 U.S. Women in Business

http://www.catalyst.org/publication/132/us-women-in-business

Catalyst

www.catalyst.org

2008 Catalyst Census of Women Board Directors of the Fortune 500* [updated 12 January 2009]

http://www.catalyst.org/file/242/08_Census_WBD_JAN.pdf

[full-text, 2 pages]

Abstract

http://catalyst.org/publication/282/2008-catalyst-census-of-women-board-directors-of-the-fortune-500

and

2008 Catalyst Census of Women Corporate Officers and Top Earners of the Fortune 500* [updated 12 January 2009]

http://www.catalyst.org/file/241/08_Census_COTE_JAN.pdf

[full-text, 1 pages]

Abstract

http://www.catalyst.org/publication/283/2008-catalyst-census-of-women-corporate-officers-and-top-earners-of-the-fortune-500

Conference Board

Press Release

The Conference Board Reports Online Job Demand Plunges 506,000 in January

February 2, 2009

http://www.conference-board.org/economics/helpwantedOnline.cfm

or

http://www.conference-board.org/pdf_free/HWOLsuperMonday.pdf

[full-text, 17 pages]

and

technical notes

http://www.conference-board.org/pdf_free/HWOnLineSept08_TN.pdf

Deloitte

2009 Top Five Total Rewards Priorities Survey [2 February 2009]

http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/article/0,1002,sid%253D26555%2526cid%253D244224,00.html

2009 Top Five Total Rewards Priorities Survey

Colored by economic uncertainty, how this year's strategic challenges stack up

http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/cda/doc/content/us_consulting_hc_2009Top5TotalRewardsSurvey_020209.pdf

[full-text, 16 pages]

National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)

Update on State Budget Gaps: FY 2009 & FY 2010 [3 February 2009]

http://www.ncsl.org/programs/fiscal/StateBudgetUpdate0109.htm

Update on State Budget Gaps: FY 2009 & FY 2010

http://www.ncsl.org/programs/pubs/statebudgetgaps.pdf

[full-text, 11 pages]

See Press Release 3 February 2009

Update on State Budget Gaps: Still Bleak

The National Conference of State Legislatures reports updated numbers on state budget gaps for FY 2009 and FY 2010.

http://www.ncsl.org/programs/press/2009/pr020409gapupdate.htm

RAND

Reparable Harm: Assessing and Addressing Disparities Faced by Boys and Men of Color in California, Executive Summary [27 January 2009]

By: Lois M. Davis, M. Rebecca Kilburn, Dana Schultz

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG745.1/

or

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2009/RAND_MG745.1.pdf

[full-text, 26 pages]

RAND

[UK] Accountability of teachers: Literature review [28 January 2009]

By: Ruth Levitt, Barbara Janta, Kai Wegrich

http://rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR606/

or

http://rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2009/RAND_TR606.pdf

and

Summary

http://rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2009/RAND_TR606.sum.pdf

Towers Perrin

Press Release

U.S. Companies Make Deeper Cuts in Pay Programs as the Economic Crisis Continues [29 January 2009]

Towers Perrin Survey Indicates Significant Changes To Pay Structures Affecting All Levels in Organizations

http://www.towersperrin.com/tp/showdctmdoc.jsp?country=global&url=Master_Brand_2/USA/Press_Releases/2009/20090129/2009_01_29.htm

Watson Wyatt (UK)

See

The Civil Superannuation Resource Accounts 2007/08

http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/hc0809/hc00/0060/0060.pdf

[full-text, 48 pages]

and

The Teachers' Pension Scheme (England and Wales) Resource Accounts 2007/08

http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/hc0809/hc00/0021/0021.asp

or

http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/hc0809/hc00/0021/0021.pdf

[full-text, 40 pages]

Press Release

Civil servants expected to spend one third of their lives in retirement [27 January 2009]

http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=20465

Work Foundation (UK)

Changing Relationships at Work [January 2009]

http://workfoundation.org/research/publications/publicationdetail.aspx?oItemId=211&parentPageID=102&PubType =

or

http://workfoundation.org/Assets/Docs/BT_final270109b.pdf

[full-text, 49 pages]

Law

WTO

REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS INFORMATION SYSTEM (RTA-IS) [14 January 2009]

http://rtais.wto.org/UI/PublicMaintainRTAHome.aspx

Welcome to the Regional Trade Agreements Information System (RTA-IS)

It allows you to retrieve information on RTAs notified to the GATT/WTO:

* By WTO Member

http://rtais.wto.org/UI/PublicSearchByMember.aspx

* By criteria

http://rtais.wto.org/UI/PublicSearchByCr.aspx

You may also select:

* List of all RTAs in force

http://rtais.wto.org/UI/PublicAllRTAList.aspx

* List of early announcements

http://rtais.wto.org/UI/PublicEARTAList.aspx

* Pre-defined reports

http://rtais.wto.org/UI/PublicConsultPreDefReports.aspx

Statistical Reports

BEA: PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS December 2008 [2 February 2009]

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2009/pi1208.htm

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2009/pdf/pi1208.pdf

[full-text, 13 pages]

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2009/xls/pi1208.xls

[spreadsheet]

and

Highlights

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2009/pdf/pi1208_fax.pdf

BEA: GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT: FOURTH QUARTER 2008 (ADVANCE) [30 January 2009]

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2009/gdp408a.htm

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2009/pdf/gdp408a.pdf

[full-text, 14 pages]

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2009/xls/gdp408a.xls

[spreadsheet]

and

Highlights

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2009/pdf/gdp408a_fax.pdf

BLS: UNION MEMBERS IN 2008 [28 January 2009]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/union2.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/union2.pdf

[full-text, 12 pages]

BLS: The Editor's Desk (TED)

30 January 2009

Union membership in 2008 [BY DEMOGRAPHIC GROUP]

www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2009/jan/wk4/art05.htm

BLS: EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX-DECEMBER 2008 [30 January 2009]

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

or

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

[full-text, 24 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

http://www.bls.gov/web/eci.supp.toc.htm

BLS: MASS LAYOFFS IN DECEMBER 2008 AND ANNUAL TOTALS FOR 2008 [28 January 2009]

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

or

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

[full-text, 12 pages]

Census

2007 Service Annual Survey: Information Sector Services [29 January 2009]

http://www.census.gov/svsd/www/services/sas/sas_data/sas51.htm

Press Release

Movie, Video Revenue Climb 7 Percent to $66 Billion in 2007 [29 January 2009]

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/service_industries/013158.html

02/02/2009 --

2007 Service Annual Survey: Rental and Leasing Services

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/service_industries/013163.html

02/02/2009 --

2007 Service Annual Survey: Professional, Scientific and Technical Services

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/service_industries/013161.html

02/02/2009 -- 2007 Service Annual Survey: Other Services (Except Public Administration, Religious, Labor, and Political Organizations, and Private Households)

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/service_industries/013160.html

02/02/2009 --

2007 Service Annual Survey: Arts, Entertainment, and Recreations Services

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/service_industries/013159.html

02/02/2009 -- 2007 Service Annual Survey: Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/service_industries/013274.html

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism

THE CITIZEN JOURNALIST'S GUIDE TO OPEN GOVERNMENT [29 January 2009]

http://www.kcnn.org/open_government/

Press Release 29 January 2009

Citizen Journalists: Get the Government Records You Need

http://www.j-lab.org/about/press_releases/citizen_journalists_get_the_government_records/

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