IWS Documented News WEEKLY BULLETIN: [IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 25 February 2009

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 25 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
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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

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

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

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

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

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

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/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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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.

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