Wednesday, February 11, 2009
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 11 February 2009
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
IWS Weekly Bulletin, 11 February 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, 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
- List of Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers
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
- 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
- http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/254849/0075479.pdf
- 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
- EXTERNAL RELATIONS
- 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
- * December 2008-January 2009
- 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]
- The U.S. Department of Labor releases Public Report on a Review of Guatemala under the CAFTA-DR [16 January 2009]
- 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
- http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Wikileaks_posts_6%2C780_Congressional_reports_--_fun%2C_but_no_smoking_gun
- Insight on the Issues
- 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]
- John J. Fitzpatrick, Jr., James L. Perine, and Bridget Dutton
- 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/
- assembled by the CATHERWOOD LIBRARY of the ILR SCHOOL, CORNELL UNIVERSITY
- January 2009
- 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]
- http://www.bls.gov/news.release/jolts.nr0.htm
- 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
- African-American Media Resources [5 February 2009]
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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