IWS Documented News WEEKLY BULLETIN: [IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 12 August 2009

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 12 August 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, 12 August 2009

Academic Research

ILR Press (an imprint of Cornell University Press)

CIRCLES OF EXCLUSION: The Politics of Health Care in Israel [July 2009]

Dani Filc , MD; Quentin Young , MD (Foreword)

http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=5359

$35.00s cloth

2009, 208 pages, 6 x 9

ISBN: 978-0-8014-4795-2

Table of Contents

http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/toc/filc.circles.toc.pdf

IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)

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

Recent studies include ---

4348 Complements or Substitutes? Task Specialization by Gender and Nativity in Spain

4347 Terror and the Costs of Crime

4346 Real and Nominal Wage Rigidity in a Model of Equal-Treatment Contracting

4345 Do Expenditures Other Than Instructional Expenditures Affect Graduation and Persistence Rates in American Higher Education?

4344 Employment Fluctuations with Downward Wage Rigidity: The Role of Moral Hazard

4343 Caste and Punishment: The Legacy of Caste Culture in Norm Enforcement

4342 The Part-Time Pay Penalty in a Segmented Labor Market

4341 Marriage, Cohabitation and Commitment

4340 Population and Health Policies

4339 On the Relevance and Composition of Gifts within the Firm: Evidence from Field Experiments

4338 Financial Liberalization and Democracy: The Role of Reform Reversals

4337 Time and Income Poverty: An Interdependent Multidimensional Poverty Approach with German Time Use Diary Data

4336 Smoking Persistence Across Countries: An Analysis Using Semi-Parametric Dynamic Panel Data Models with Selectivity

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

International

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)

CEPALSTAT DATABASES (LATIN AMERICA & the CARIBBEAN STATISTICS)

http://websie.eclac.cl/sisgen/ConsultaIntegrada.asp

[SELECT one of the 10 SUBJECTS listed BELOW using the PULL DOWN MENU for SUBJECT or the ALL INDICATORS to CUSTOMIZE --11th SUBJECT]

or see

http://www.eclac.org/estadisticas/bases/default.asp?idioma=IN

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

European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)

EUROPEAN LEVEL

Social partner revision to parental leave directive [28 July 2009]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/2009/07/articles/eu0907029i.htm

European Monitoring Centre for Change (EMCC)

MATRIX browsing for documents [updated 10 August 2009]

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

by KEY THEMES

European Monitoring Centre for Change (EMCC)

MATRIX browsing for documents [updated 10 August 2009]

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

by RELATED TOPICS

OECD

STATISTICAL ANNEX OF THE OECD EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK 2009

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/30/33/43272221.pdf

[full-text, 30 pages]

NOTE: The OECD EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK for 2009 will be released in Late SEPTEMBER.

See -- http://www.oecd.org/document/46/0,3343,en_2649_33927_40401454_1_1_1_1,00.html

OECD

OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Paper No. 89

Legislation, Collective Bargaining and Enforcement: Updating the OECD Employment Protection Indicators

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/36/9/43116624.pdf

[full-text, 55 pages]

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

Composite Leading Indicators (CLIs), OECD, August 2009 update [7 August 2009]

http://www.oecd.org/document/23/0,3343,en_2649_34349_43454039_1_1_1_1,00.html

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/45/9/43453886.pdf

[full-text, 4 pages]

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

OECD Communications Outlook 2009 [11 August 2009]

http://www.oecd.org/document/44/0,3343,en_2649_34225_43435308_1_1_1_1,00.html

http://www.oecd.org/sti/telecom/outlook

Executive Summary

http://www.oecd.org/document/44/0,3343,en_2649_34225_43435308_1_1_1_1,00.html#summary

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/24/32/43472431.pdf

[full-text, 5 pages]

Federal

BLS Editor's Desk

August 06, 2009 (The Editor's Desk is updated each business day.)

Hours spent doing unpaid household work by age and sex, 200307

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2009/ted_20090806.htm

Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)

Search Airline Employment Data by Month [DATABASE] [7 August 2009]

http://www.bts.gov/airline_employment/src/index.xml

Press Release

BTS Posts Airline Employment Numbers [7 August 2009]

http://www.bts.gov/press_releases/2009/dot117_09/html/dot117_09.html

http://www.bts.gov/press_releases/2009/dot117_09/pdf/dot117_09.pdf

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

CDC Guidance for State and Local Public Health Officials and School Administrators for School (K-12) Responses to Influenza

U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services sent this bulletin on August 07, 2009 08:44 AM

http://www.flu.gov/plan/school/schoolguidance.html

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Preparing for the Flu: A Communication Toolkit for Schools (Grades K-12)

U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services sent this bulletin on August 07, 2009 08:46 AM

http://www.flu.gov/plan/school/toolkit.html

ChildStats.gov

Forum on Child and Family Statistics

America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2009 [July 2009]

http://childstats.gov/index.asp

http://childstats.gov/pdf/ac2009/ac_09.pdf

[full-text, 216 pages]

See VIDEO

http://citvideosla.cit.nih.gov/nichd/NIH_OpenCaptioned.ram

Highlights

http://childstats.gov/americaschildren/index3.asp

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

CBO's Long-Term Projections for Social Security: 2009 Update [7 August 2009]

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/104xx/doc10457/08-07-SocialSecurity_Update.pdf

[full-text, 44 pages]

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

Budget Options, Volume 2 [7 August 2009]

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/102xx/doc10294/08-06-BudgetOptions.pdf

[full-text, 284 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Post Office and Retail Postal Facility Closures: Overview and Issues for Congress

Kevin R. Kosar, Analyst in American National Government

July 23, 2009

http://opencrs.com/getfile.php?rid=82368

[full-text, 19 pages]

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/639/

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Health Care Reform: An Introduction

Bob Lyke

July 29, 2009

http://opencrs.com/getfile.php?rid=82316

[full-text, 21 pages]

Economic Research Service (ERS)

Baby Boom Migration and Its Impact on Rural America [10 August 2009]

http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/ERR79/

http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/ERR79/ERR79.pdf

[full-text, 36 pages]

Summary

http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/ERR79/ERR79_ReportSummary.pdf

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

International Trade: Four Free Trade Agreements GAO Reviewed Have Resulted in Commercial Benefits, but Challenges on Labor and Environment Remain

GAO-09-439, July 10, 2009 [online 10 August 2009]

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09439.pdf

[full-text, 154 pages]

and

Highlights

http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09439high.pdf

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

U.S. Postal Service: Restructuring Urgently Needed to Achieve Financial Viability, by Phillip Herr, director, physical infrastructure issues, before the Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. GAO-09-958T, August 6.

http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-09-958T

[full-text, 11 pages]

and

Highlights -

http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d09958thigh.pdf

Health and Human Services (HHS)

The Health Care Status Quo [by STATE] [7 August 2009]

http://www.healthreform.gov/healthcarestatus.html

SELECT YOUR STATE TO SEE -- HOW HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM WILL HELP YOU AND YOUR STATE

Press Release

New State-by-State Reports Show How Health Insurance Reform Will Benefit All Americans

http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2009pres/08/20090807c.html

United States International Trade Commission (USITC)

SHIFTS IN U.S. MERCHANDISE TRADE 2008 [3 August 2009]

http://www.usitc.gov/publications/332/pub4089.pdf

[full-text, 311 pages]

[This may be slow to download]

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/638/

United States International Trade Commission (USITC)

THE YEAR IN TRADE 2008: Operation of the Trade Agreements Program [30 July 2009]

60TH REPORT

USITC Publication 4091

July 2009

http://www.usitc.gov/publications/332/pub4091.pdf

[full-text, 217 pages]

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/640/

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

Conference Board (CB)

IMPLEMENTING STRATEGIC WORKFORCE PLANNING [5 August 2009]

http://www.conference-board.org/publications/describe.cfm?id=1663

(for purchase)

Mary Young's presentation of The Conference Board Model of Strategic Workforce Planning in Action.

http://www.conference-board.org/flash/iswp.swf

Press Release / News

Strategic Workforce Planning Enables Smarter HR Decisions

Aug. 5, 2009

http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_ID=3712

Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU)

Agreement was Reached at Ssangyong Motors ...

http://kctu.org/3754

2009.08.07 16:25:01

Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU)

KCTU Statement : Violent Suppression of Ssangyong Motors Workers: A Declaration of War on Its Own People [6 August 2009]

http://kctu.org/ActionAlerts/3738

RAND

Fact Sheet

Health Care Cost Growth and the Economic Performance of U.S. Industries [5 August 2009]

http://rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9465/

http://rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9465/index1.html

http://rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/2009/RAND_RB9465.pdf

[full-text, 3 pages]

Notice

http://www.bls.gov/lpc/home.htm

The Productivity and Costs: Second Quarter 2009 Preliminary news release issued on the morning of Tuesday, August 11, 2009, contains errors in Tables 1 through 5 and Appendix tables 1 and 2. The series containing the errors are compensation per hour, real compensation per hour, unit labor costs, and unit non-labor payments. A corrected version of this release will be posted as soon as possible.

IWS Documented News will post the correction when it becomes available.

BLS: July 2009 Disability Employment Statistics Released [7 August 2009]

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

and

Employment status and disability status, July 2009

http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsdisability_072009.htm

http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsdisability_072009.pdf

BLS: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION -- JULY 2009 [7 August 2009]

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

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

[full-text, 29 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

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

Census

State and County Housing Unit Estimates: July 1, 2008 [6 August 2009]

http://www.census.gov/popest/housing/housing.html

Vintage 2008

State Housing Unit Estimates: 2000 to 2008

http://www.census.gov/popest/housing/HU-EST2008.html

Annual County Housing Unit Estimates by State: 2000 to 2008

http://www.census.gov/popest/housing/HU-EST2008-4.html

Top 100 Fastest Growing Counties

http://www.census.gov/popest/housing/HU-EST2008-top100.html

Methodology

http://www.census.gov/popest/topics/methodology/2008-hu-meth.pdf

Press Release 6 August 2009

State and County Housing Unit Estimates: July 1, 2008 

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/housing/014123.html

Employment and Training Administration (ETA)

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT [6 August 2009]

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/ui/eta20090907.htm

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

National Center for Biotechnology Informaton (NCBI)
ENTREZ [DATABASE for Bio-Medical Literature] & WORKPLACE INFORMATION
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Database/
NOTE: This is an ideal database for cross-disciplinary inquiry.
The above database can be extremely useful in identifying and retrieving work-related information.
For example, enter the word WORKPLACE as a search term. Then click on GO.
You will be taken to the following page
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/gquery?term=workplace

NOTE: The IWS Documented News Service is committed to helping the Rwanda Tribunal garner more attention world-wide. The lessons and legacy of ground-breaking legal matters related to the unspeakable events in Rwanda should not be forgotten. Humans, whether from rich or poor countries, must remain vigilant in curbing the motivations that lead individuals and groups to violent hatred and barbaric acts against a class of people. Consequently, items about this tribunal, which will end shortly after 2010, will appear from time to time on this news service.

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda-ICTR
FACTSHEETS
http://www.ictr.org/ENGLISH/factsheets/index.htm
ICTR Completion Strategy
        The Members of the Tribunal
         International Cooperation with the Tribunal
         Detention of Suspects and Convicted Persons

THE BACHARACH BLOG
http://bacharachblog.com/

Win in China: China's Reality of Business Leadership
http://bacharachblog.com/leadership-skills/win-in-china-chinas-reality-of-business-leadership/
August 11, 2009

Proactive Leaders In the Kitchen: Cutting Costs and Maintaining Brand
http://bacharachblog.com/leadership-skills/proactive-leaders-in-the-kitchen-cutting-costs-and-maintaining-brand/
August 10, 2009

When Selling a Diamond Studded Skull You Only Have to Fool Some of the People: Branding in the World of Contemporary Art: A review of "The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art"
http://bacharachblog.com/leadership-skills/leadership-book-corner-the-12-million-stuffed-shark-the-curious-economics-of-contemporary-art/
August 9, 2009

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