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Tuesday, March 03, 2009

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 4 March 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 March 2009

Academic Research

International Labour Organization (ILO)

Conditions of Work and Employment Programme

Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 21

Labour market regulation: Motives, measures, effects (2009)

by Professor G. Bertola

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/condtrav/publ/21cwe.htm

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/condtrav/pdf/21cws.pdf

[full-text, 55 pages]

IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)

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

Recent studies include ---

4040 What Should Be Done about Rising Unemployment in the UK?

4039 Coordination under the Shadow of Career Concerns

4038 International Financial Integration and Real Exchange Rate Long-Run Dynamics in Emerging Countries: Some Panel Evidence

(forthcoming in: Handbook of Development Economics, edited by Dani Rodrik and Mark Rosenzweig)

4036 Re-Constructing Childhood Health Histories

4035 Forecasting Errors: Yet More Problems for Identification?

4034 Shattered Dreams: The Effects of Changing the Pension System Late in the Game

4033 Understanding the Labour Market for Older Workers: A Survey

4032 Democracy and Reforms

4031 Wage Dispersion and Wage Dynamics Within and Across Firms

4030 Access to Higher Education and Inequality: The Chinese Experiment

4029 Female Labor Supply Differences by Sexual Orientation: A Semi-Parametric Decomposition Approach

4028 Regulation and UK Retailing Productivity: Evidence from Micro Data

4027 Choosing to Compete: How Different Are Girls and Boys?

4026 Gender Differences in Risk Behaviour: Does Nurture Matter?

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

International

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

Self-employed workers: industrial relations and working conditions [25 February 2009]

March 2009 COMPARATIVE STUDY

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/comparative/tn0801018s/index.htm

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/comparative/tn0801018s/tn0801018s.htm

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/comparative/tn0801018s/tn0801018s.pdf

[full-text, 66 pages]

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

Working conditions in the European Union: Work organisation [25 February 2009]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0862.htm

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2008/62/en/1/EF0862EN.pdf

[full-text, 74 pages]

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

Dynamics of European sectoral social dialogue [24 February 2009]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0898.htm

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2008/98/en/1/EF0898EN.pdf

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

Europe in recession: Employment initiatives at company and Member State level - Background paper [24 February 2009]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0920.htm

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2009/20/en/2/EF0920EN.pdf

[full-text, 10 pages]

European Trade Union Institute (ETUI)

DATABASE on EUROPEAN WORKS COUNCILS AGREEMENTS

http://www.ewcdb.eu/

Federal

BLS: Newly modified Web Pages at BLS [25 February 2009]

Productivity Research and Program Development

http://www.bls.gov/dpr/

Overview of BLS Productivity Statistics

http://www.bls.gov/bls/productivity.htm

BLS: Compensation and Working Conditions Online [25 February 2009]

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

The Structure of State and Local Government Retirement Benefits, 2008 (02/25/2009)

http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20090218ar01p1.htm

BLS: Monthly Labor Review Online [27 February 2009]

February 2009

Vol. 132, Number 2

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

The changing impact of marriage and children on women's labor force participation

Saul D. Hoffman

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2009/02/art1full.pdf

[full-text, 12 pages]

Import and export price trends, 2007

William H. Casey and Myron D. Murray

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2009/02/art2full.pdf

[full-text, 13 pages]

Leisure and illness leave: estimating benefits in combination

Iris S. Díaz and Richard Wallick

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2009/02/art3full.pdf

[full-text, 7 pages]

Census

America's Families and Living Arrangements 2008 [25 February 2009]

http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hh-fam.html

DETAILED TABLES

http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hh-fam/cps2008.html

Press Release 25 February 2009

As Baby Boomers Age, Fewer Families Have Children Under 18 at Home

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/families_households/013378.html

Census

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Survey [26 February 2009]

http://www.census.gov/csd/ict/

http://www.census.gov/csd/ict/xls/2007/Full%20Report.htm

Includes numerous TABLES...

Press Release 26 February 2009

Business Spending on Information and Communication Technology Infrastructure Reaches $264 Billion in 2007

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/economic_surveys/013382.html

U.S. Department of Labor

Photos of Arrival at Department of Labor

http://www.dol.gov/_sec/arrival.htm

Secretary of Labor [HILDA SOLIS] [25 February 2009]

http://www.dol.gov/_sec/welcome.htm

Press Release 26 February 2009

U.S. Department of Labor announces boost in weekly unemployment benefit amounts

Stimulus legislation also extends Emergency Unemployment Compensation

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/ETA20090196.htm

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

Older Workers: Enhanced Communication among Federal Agencies Could Improve Strategies for Hiring and Retaining Experienced Workers

GAO-09-206, February 24, 2009

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09206.pdf

[full-text, 52 pages]

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

Workforce Investment Act: Labor Has Made Progress in Addressing Areas of Concern, but More Focus Needed on Understanding What Works and What Doesn't, by George A. Scott, director, education, workforce, and income security, before the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness, House Committee on Education and Labor. GAO-09-396T, February 26.

http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-396T

[full-text, 20 pages]

Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09396thigh.pdf

Small Business Administration (SBA)

Office of Advocacy

Self-Employed Women and Time Use [26 February 2009]

http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs341tot.pdf

[full-text, 52 pages]

Summary

http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs341.pdf

U.S. Commercial Service

Doing Business in Japan: 2009 Country Commercial Guide for U.S. Companies [3 March 2009]

http://www.buyusainfo.net/docs/x_1606201.pdf

[full-text, 105 pages]

Doing Business in Vietnam: 2009 Country Commercial Guide for U.S. Companies [3 March 2009]

http://www.buyusainfo.net/docs/x_2406423.pdf

[full-text, 132 pages]

U.S. Department of State

2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES [25 February 2009]

http://www.state.gov/g/drl/hr/c1470.htm

http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2008/index.htm

U.S. Department of State

2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report [27 February 2009]

http://www.state.gov/p/inl/rls/nrcrpt/2009/index.htm

Volume I: DRUG and CHEMICAL CONTROL

http://www.state.gov/p/inl/rls/nrcrpt/2009/vol1/index.htm

http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/120054.pdf

[full-text, 638 pages]

Volume II: MONEY LAUNDERING and FINANCIAL CRIMES

http://www.state.gov/p/inl/rls/nrcrpt/2009/vol2/index.htm

http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/120055.pdf

[full-text, 558 pages]

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

Conference Board

Press Release

Global Business Cycle Indicators

Euro Area [26 February 2009]

http://www.conference-board.org/economics/bci/pressRelease_output.cfm?cid=10

http://www.conference-board.org/pdf_free/economics/bci/nobother.pdf

[full-text, 3 pages]

IUF

Uniting Food, Farm and Hotel Workers World-Wide

New Arrests in Iran as Government Steps up Repression of Independent Sugar Union [2 March 2009]

http://www.iuf.org/cgi-bin/dbman/db.cgi?db=default&uid=default&ID=5743&view_records=1&ww=1&en=1

Unilever Pakistan: Profits and Provocation [2 March 2009]

http://www.iuf.org/cgi-bin/dbman/db.cgi?db=default&uid=default&ID=5741&view_records=1&ww=1&en=1

MDRC

Welfare-to-Work Program Benefits and Costs: A Synthesis of Research [February 2009]

David Greenberg, Victoria Deitch, and Gayle Hamilton

http://www.mdrc.org/publications/511/full.pdf

[full-text, 145 pages]

Executive Summary

http://www.mdrc.org/publications/511/execsum.pdf

[full-text, 20 pages]

Overview

http://www.mdrc.org/publications/511/overview.html

Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)

Press Release 26 February 2009

Hate Group Numbers Up By 54% Since 2000

http://www.splcenter.org/news/item.jsp?aid=366

Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)

Court Ruling Against Foreign Guestworkers Highlights Need for Reform [23 February 2009]

http://www.splcenter.org/news/item.jsp?aid=365

Watson Wyatt

Effect of the Economic Crisis on HR Programs: Update: February 2009 [25 February 2009]

http://www.watsonwyatt.com/hrprogramsfeb09

[full-text, 9 pages]

Press Release 25 February 2009

Company Layoff Plans Expected to Decline, Watson Wyatt Survey Finds

Many Employers Still Planning Salary and Hiring Freezes, 401(k) Match Reductions and Smaller Raises

http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=20684

Law

PRESS RELEASE

2-25-09

EEOC SEEKS PUBLIC COMMENT ON PROPOSED REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING GENETIC INFORMATION NON-DISCRIMINATION ACT

Commission Embarks on Historic New Area of Jurisdiction

http://www.eeoc.gov/press/2-25-09.html

EEOC

Related Materials

* Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Implement Title II of Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act of 2008

http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-4221.pdf

* Questions and Answers - Background Information for EEOC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking On Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008

http://www.eeoc.gov/policy/docs/qanda_geneticinfo.html

Statistical Reports

BEA: PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS January 2009 [2 March 2009]

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2009/pi0109.htm

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2009/pdf/pi0109.pdf

[full-text, 14 pages]

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2009/xls/pi0109.xls

[spreadsheet]

and

Highlights

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2009/pdf/pi0109_fax.pdf

BEA: GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT: FOURTH QUARTER 2008 (PRELIMINARY) [27 February 2009]

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2009/gdp408p.htm

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2009/pdf/gdp408p.pdf

[full-text, 13 pages]

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2009/xls/gdp408p.xls

[spreadsheet]

and

Highlights

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2009/pdf/gdp408p_fax.pdf

BLS: REVISED: INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS OF MANUFACTURING PRODUCTIVITY AND UNIT LABOR COST TRENDS 2007 [3 March 2009]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod4.nr0.htm

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod4.pdf

[full-text, 16 pages]

BLS: REGIONAL AND STATE UNEMPLOYMENT, 2008 ANNUAL AVERAGES [27 February 2009]

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

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

[full-text, 14 pages]

BLS: MASS LAYOFFS IN JANUARY 2009 [25 February 2009]

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

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

[full-text, 10 pages]

Employment and Training Administration (ETA)

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT [26 February 2009]

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/ui/current.htm

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

Facts for Feature from the Census Bureau

Women's History Month: March 2009 [5 January 2009]

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/013129.html

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/pdf/cb09ff-03.pdf

[full-text, 7 pages]

U.S. Department of State

United States Vote Against Resolution (Taken Question) [to stop glorification of Nazism + ]

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2009/02/119837.htm

Paramount Books

The 85% Niche: The Power of Women of All Colors--Latina, Black, and Asian [February 2009]

by Miriam Muley

http://www.paramountbooks.com/prodpage.cfm?cat_selected=43&product_selected=291&startrow=1

or via Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/85%25-Niche-Power-Women-Colors-Latina/dp/0980174554/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1235577423&sr=1-1

Institute of Social Studies

http://www.iss.nl/Portals/Work-Employment-and-Globalisation-at-the-ISS/Research-in-WEG

WHAT'S THE POINT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS?

A Statement by the British Universities Industrial Relations Association

[DRAFT prepared by Linda Clarke, Eddy Donnelly, Richard Hyman, John Kelly, Sonia McKay and Sian Moore]

http://buira.org.uk/index.php?option=com_docman&Itemid=&task=doc_download&gid=86

[full-text, 11 pages]

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