Wednesday, February 04, 2009
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 4 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, 4 February 2009
Academic Research
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
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
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
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, 4 February 2009
Academic Research
- IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)
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
[27 January 2009]- Volume 6, Number 1, Winter 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
- 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
- Key figures on Europe. 2009 edition [29 January 2009]
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
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/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]
- African American History Month [3 February 2009]
- 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
- 2009 Women in U.S. Management
- 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]
- Browse Research & Knowledge [DATABASE]
- WTO
- REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS INFORMATION SYSTEM (RTA-IS)
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
- http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2009/pi1208.htm
- 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/
- THE CITIZEN JOURNALIST'S GUIDE TO OPEN GOVERNMENT [29 January 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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