Wednesday, September 30, 2009

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 30 September 2009

IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
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, 30 September 2009


Academic Research

Fraser Institute
Measuring Labour Markets in Canada and the United States: 2009 Edition [3 September 2009]
http://www.fraserinstitute.org/researchandpublications/publications/6887.aspx
or
http://www.fraserinstitute.org/commerce.web/product_files/MeasuringLabourMarkets2009.pdf
[full-text, 96 pages]


Upjohn Institute Working Paper 09-157
What Do We Know about Contracting Out in the United States? Evidence from Household and Establishment Surveys
Matthew Dey, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Susan Houseman, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Anne Polivka, Bureau of Labor Statistics
2nd Revision | September 2009
http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/09157wp.html
or
http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/wp/09-157.pdf
[full-text, 50 pages]

National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) & Social Security Administration (SSA)
NCHS Data Linked to Social Security Benefit History Data
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data_access/data_linkage/ssa.htm
[opportunity to further study the elderly and disabled U.S. population]


Urban Institute
Rising Senior Unemployment and the Need to Work at Older Ages [28 September 2009]
Richard W. Johnson
http://www.urban.org/publications/411964.html
or
http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?ID=411964
or
http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/411964_senior_unemployment.pdf
[full-text, 19 pages]


ILR Press (an imprint of Cornell University Press)
ORGANIZING AT THE MARGINS: The Symbolic Politics of Labor in South Korea and the United States [September 2009]
Jennifer Jihye Chun
http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=5384


IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers
Recent studies include ---
4459    Asabiyya: Re-Interpreting Value Change in Globalized Societies          
4458    Do All Material Incentives for Prosocial Activities Backfire? The Response to Cash and Non-Cash Incentives for Blood Donations  
4457    The Dynamics of Social Assistance Benefit Receipt in Britain    
4456    Genes, Legitimacy and Hypergamy: Another Look at the Economics of Marriage      
4455    What Should Be Done About Rising Unemployment in the OECD?      
4454    20 Years of German Unification: Evidence on Income Convergence and Heterogeneity        
4453    Regional Economic Growth and Human Capital: The Role of Overeducation   
4452    Looking Inside the Perpetual-Motion Machine: Job and Worker Flows in OECD Countries     
4451    Evaluating Nonexperimental Estimators for Multiple Treatments: Evidence from Experimental Data  
4450    Happiness and Health Care Coverage


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


International

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)
Trade union membership 2003­2008 [22 September 2009]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0904019s/tn0904019s.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/eiro/tn0904019s/tn0904019s.pdf
[full-text, 37 pages]

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)
COMPARATIVE STUDY
Greening the European economy: Responses and initiatives by Member States and social partners [21 September 2009]
September 2009
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0908019s/index.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/eiro/tn0908019s/tn0908019s.pdf
[full-text, 32 pages]

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)
COMPARATIVE STUDY
Representativeness of the European social partner organisations: Steel industry [23 September 2009]
September 2009
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0811027s/index.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/eiro/tn0811027s/tn0811027s.pdf
[full-text, 44 pages]

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)
Workshop Report [Youth w/ DISABILITIES]
Tackling the increased take-up of incapacity benefit by young people in the European Union: Workshop report [25 September 2009]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0989.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2009/89/en/1/EF0989EN.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]

International Labour Organization (ILO)
Job Creation and Enterprise Development Department EMP/ENTERPRISE
Making the strongest links: A practical guide to mainstreaming gender analysis in value chain development [July 2009]
by Linda Mayoux & Grania Mackie
http://www.ilo.org/empent/Whatwedo/Publications/lang--en/docName--WCMS_106538/index.htm
or
http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_emp/---emp_ent/documents/publication/wcms_106538.pdf
[full-text, 113 pages]

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
World Economic Outlook (WEO): Sustaining the Recovery [early, partial release 25 September 2009]
October 2009
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2009/02/index.htm
ONLY the ANALYTIC CHAPTERS 3 & 4 are available at this time-
See
Chapter 3. Lessons for Monetary Policy from Asset Price Fluctuations
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2009/02/pdf/c3.pdf
[full-text, 28 pages]
and
Chapter 4. What's the Damage? Medium-Term Output Dynamics after Financial Crises
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2009/02/pdf/c4.pdf
See also
World Economic Databases
http://www.imf.org/external/ns/cs.aspx?id=28
and
Other World Economic Outlook Reports
http://www.imf.org/external/ns/cs.aspx?id=29


Federal

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Bulletin 2731
National Compensation Survey:
Employee Benefits in the United States, March 2009 [22 September 2009]
September 2009
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/benefits/2009/
or
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/benefits/2009/ebbl0044.pdf
[full-text, 489 pages]

Census
American Community Survey Reports on WORK-RELATED ISSUES & DATA [22 September 2009]
The following include MAPS & TABLES....
   * Median Household Income for States: 2007 and 2008 American Community Surveys
http://www.census.gov/prod/2009pubs/acsbr08-2.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]
   * Men's and Women's Earnings by State: 2008 American Community Survey
http://www.census.gov/prod/2009pubs/acsbr08-3.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]
   * Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations: 2007 and 2008 American Community Surveys
http://www.census.gov/prod/2009pubs/acsbr08-4.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]
   * Workers Who Drove Alone to Work: 2007 and 2008 American Community Surveys
http://www.census.gov/prod/2009pubs/acsbr08-5.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]
   *Labor Force Participation Rate of People 65 Years and Older: 2008 American Community Survey
  http://www.census.gov/prod/2009pubs/acsbr08-9.pdf
[full-text, 3 pages]
   * Work Status of People 65 Years and Older: 2008 American Community Survey
http://www.census.gov/prod/2009pubs/acsbr08-10.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]

Census
Reports on POVERTY & FOOD STAMPS/SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SNAP) [29 September 2009]
   * Food Stamp/Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Receipt in the Past 12 Months for Households: 2008 American Community Survey
http://www.census.gov/prod/2009pubs/acsbr08-8.pdf
[full-text, 3 pages]
   * Poverty: 2007 and 2008 American Community Surveys
http://www.census.gov/prod/2009pubs/acsbr08-1.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages

Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Older Workers: Employment and Retirement Trends
Patrick Purcell, Specialist in Income Security
September 16, 2009
http://www.opencrs.com/document/RL30629/2009-09-16/download/1013/
[full-text, 19 pages]
or
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/655/


Congressional Research Service (CRS)
The Fall and Rise of Household Saving
Brian W. Cashell, Specialist in Macroeconomic Policy
September 1, 2009
http://opencrs.com/document/R40647/2009-09-01/download/1013/
[full-text, 14 pages]
or
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/657/


NCES: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
High School Dropout and Completion Rates in the United States: 2007 [23 September 2009]
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009064
or
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2009/2009064.pdf
[full-text, 84 pages]

National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, January - March 2009 [23 September 2009]
by Robin A. Cohen, Ph.D. and Michael E. Martinez, M.P.H., M.H.S.A., Division of Health Interview Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhis/earlyrelease/insur200909.htm
or
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhis/earlyrelease/insur200909.pdf
[full-text, 25 pages]

National Science Foundation (NSF)
Characteristics of Doctoral Scientists and Engineers in the United States: 2006 [22 September 2009]
Detailed Statistical Tables | NSF 09-317 | September 2009 |
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf09317/
or
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf09317/pdf/nsf09317.pdf
[full-text, 354 pages]


Institutes/Associations/Commercial

Conference Board
The Conference Board Task Force on Executive Compensation [21 September 2009]
http://www.conference-board.org/pdf_free/ExecCompensation2009.pdf
[full-text, 40 pages]
Press Release
The Conference Board Task Force on Executive Compensation Recommends Corporate Practice Reforms
Sept. 21, 2009
http://www.conference-board.org/utilities/pressDetail.cfm?press_ID=3741


Hewitt & Busness Roundtable
Health Care Reform: The Perils of Inaction and the Promise of Effective Action [15 September 2009]
http://www.businessroundtable.org/sites/default/files/BRT_Hewitt_HC%20Reform%20Report_Sept2009_FinalONLINE.pdf
[full-text, 13 pages]
FACT SHEET
http://www.businessroundtable.org/sites/default/files/Business%20Roundtable_Hewitt%20Report%20Fact%20Sheet_FINAL.doc
Press Release 15 September 2009
Business Roundtable Report Shows Health Care Costs Will Skyrocket to Nearly $29,000 per Employee in the Next Decade Without Effective Reform
America's Leading CEOs Say Maintaining the Status Quo On Health Care is Not an Option
http://www.businessroundtable.org/sites/default/files/Business%20Roundtable_Hewitt%20Report%20Press%20Release_FINAL.doc


Hazards magazine | International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
[NEW BLOG] Green jobs, safe jobs
http://www.hazards.org/greenjobs/blog/
About
http://www.hazards.org/greenjobs/blog/about/


International Trade Union Confederation  (ITUC)
Union View #14: LATVIA [27 September 2009]
http://www.ituc-csi.org/IMG/pdf/VS_Latvia_EN.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]
See also
UNION VIEW ARCHIVES
http://www.ituc-csi.org/spip.php?mot71


Kaiser Health [REFORM] Tracking Poll­September 2009 [29 September 2009]
http://www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/posr092909pkg.cfm
NEWS RELEASE
http://www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/posr092909nr.cfm
KEY FINDINGS
http://www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/7990.cfm
or
http://www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/upload/7990.pdf
[full-text, 9 pages]
CHARTS & DATA
http://www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/7989.cfm>Chartpack
or
http://www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/upload/7989.pdf
[full-text, 19 pages]
Reports,  Studies  and Toplines [QUESTIONS & ANSWERS]
http://www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/7988.cfm
or
http://www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/upload/7988.pdf
[full-text, 30 pages]

RAND
Health and wellbeing at work in the United Kingdom [18 September 2009]
By: Emmanuel Hassan, Christopher Austin, Claire Celia, Emma Disley, Priscillia Hunt, Sonja Marjanovic, Ala'a Shehabi, Lidia Villalba van Dijk, Christian van Stolk
http://rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR758/
or
http://rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2009/RAND_TR758.pdf
[full-text, 87 pages]
Summary
http://rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2009/RAND_TR758.sum.pdf


Transparency International
Global Corruption Report 2009: Corruption and the Private Sector [23 September 2009]
http://transparency.org/news_room/in_focus/2009/gcr2009
or
http://www.transparency.org/publications/gcr/gcr_2009
or
http://www.transparency.org/content/download/46187/739801
[full-text, 496 pages]
Executive Summary
http://www.transparency.org/content/download/46184/739789


Urban Institute
From the Classroom to the Community
Exploring the Role of Education during Incarceration and Reentry [online 23 September 2009]
Diana Brazzell, Anna Crayton, Debbie Mukamal, Amy L. Solomon, Nicole Lindahl
http://www.urban.org/publications/411963.html
or
http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/411963_classroom_community.pdf
[full-text, 57 pages]


Watson Wyatt
Press Release
Vast Majority of Employers Expect Health Care Reform to Increase Costs, Watson Wyatt Poll Finds [24 September 2009]
Majority Also Believe Reform Would Weaken Employer Role
http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=22372


Law

Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Authoritative Resources on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)
Kim Walker Klarman, Information Research Specialist
Julie Jennings, Information Research Specialist
September 10, 2009
http://opencrs.com/document/R40244/2009-09-10/download/1013/
[full-text, 11 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Dispute Settlement in the World Trade Organization (WTO): An Overview
Jeanne J. Grimmett, Legislative Attorney
September 8, 2009
http://opencrs.com/document/RS20088/2009-09-08/download/1013/
[full-text, 15 pages]
or
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/656/


From GLOBAL EDGE at  Michigan State University Business School
global EDGE > < http://globaledge.msu.edu/resourceDesk/> Resource Desk > International Trade Law Resources
COMPENDIUM OF TRADE LAWS
http://globaledge.msu.edu/resourceDesk/_tradelawcompendium.asp


Statistical Reports

BEA: GDP by Metropolitan Area, Accelerated 2008, New 2007, and Revised 2005-2006 [24 September 2009]
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/gdp_metro/2009/gdp_metro0909.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/gdp_metro/2009/pdf/gdp_metro0909.pdf
[full-text, 25 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/gdp_metro/2009/xls/gdp_metro0909.xls
[spreadsheet]
and
Highlights
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/gdp_metro/2009/gdpm_highlights_0909.htm


BEA: TOURISM SPENDING DECLINED LESS IN THE SECOND QUARTER 2009 [23 September 2009]
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/industry/tourism/2009/tour209.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/industry/tourism/2009/pdf/tour209.pdf
[full-text, 7 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/industry/tourism/2009/xls/tour209.xls
[spreadsheet]


BLS: MASS LAYOFFS ­ AUGUST 2009 [23 September 2009]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/mmls.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/mmls.pdf
[full-text, 10 pages]


Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

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)
www.ictr.org
PRESS RELEASE (non official - for media information only)
ICTR/INFO-9-2-612.EN
Arusha, 28September 2009
Appeals Chamber Hears Oral Arguments in the Zigiranyirazo Case
http://www.ictr.org/ENGLISH/PRESSREL/2009/612.html

PRESS RELEASE (non official - for media information only)
ICTR/INFO-9-2-611.EN
Arusha, 28 September 2009
Grégoire Ndahimana Pleads not Guilty
http://www.ictr.org/ENGLISH/PRESSREL/2009/611.html

PRESS RELEASE (non official - for media information only)
ICTR/INFO-9-2-610.EN
Arusha, 28 September 2009
Judge Carmel A. Agius Sworn In
http://www.ictr.org/ENGLISH/PRESSREL/2009/610.html

Press Release
ICTR/INFO-9-2-608.EN
Arusha, 23 September 2009
Trial of Ngirabatware Commences
http://www.ictr.org/ENGLISH/PRESSREL/2009/608.html


THE BACHARACH BLOG
http://bacharachblog.com/


Talking Past Each Other: Paradigms & Interests
http://bacharachblog.com/proactive-leadership-skills/talking-past-each-other-paradigms-interests/
Posted by Samuel B. Bacharach on Sep 29, 2009


Can Leadership Training Put a Country on the Map?
http://bacharachblog.com/proactive-leadership-skills/can-leadership-training-put-a-country-on-the-map/
By Samuel B. Bacharach on 09/25/09


Do Challenges Define Leaders or Do Leaders Define Challenges?
http://bacharachblog.com/proactive-leadership-skills/do-challenges-define-leaders-or-do-leaders-define-challenges/
By Samuel B. Bacharach on 09/23/09

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Wednesday, September 23, 2009

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 23 September 2009

IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
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, 23 September 2009


Academic Research

Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
Research Dep. Working Papers :
WP-689
Social Mobility in Latin America: A Review of Existing Evidence [August 2009]
Authors:
Azevedo, Viviane; Bouillon, Cesar
http://www.iadb.org/res/pub_desc.cfm?pub_id=WP-689
or
http://www.iadb.org/res/includes/pub_hits.cfm?pub_id=WP-689&pub_file_name=pubWP-689.pdf
[full-text, 51 pages]


Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
Institute for the Study of Labor
IZA Policy Paper Series
        The IZA Policy Paper Series serves as a complement to the IZA Discussion Paper Series and offers a forum for policy oriented studies authored by IZA staff members, Research Fellows and Affiliates.
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/policypapers?menuTriggered=true
Recent studies include
12      Top Ten Myths and Fallacies Regarding Immigration
11      15 Years of Pension Reform in Germany: Old Successes and New Threats
10      Bad Bank(s) and Recapitalization of the Banking Sector (forthcoming in: Intereconomics, August 2009)
9        Flexicurity in Belgium: A Proposal Based on Economic Principles
8        Importing a Successful System? Simulating Different Regimes of Financing Social Security for Germany


IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers
Recent studies include ---
4430    Disability and Skill Mismatch   
4429    The Political Economy of Conscription   
4428    Estimating Employment Dynamics across Occupations and Sectors of Industry
                 (forthcoming in: Journal of Macroeconomics, 2010)       
4427    Do Means-Tested School Lunch Subsidies Change Children's Weekly Consumption Patterns?   
4426    Recent Trends in Top Income Shares in the USA: Reconciling Estimates from March CPS and IRS Tax Return Data     
4425    Immigrants and Employer-Provided Training


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


International

Asian Development Bank (ADB)
ASIAN DEVELOPMENT OUTLOOK 2009 UPDATE: BROADENING OPENNESS FOR A RESILIENT ASIA [22 September 2009]
http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/ADO/2009/Update/
or
http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/ADO/2009/Update/ado2009-update.pdf
[full-text, 180 pages]
Press Release 22 September 2009
Resilient Asia Poised to Lead Recovery from Global Slowdown, Says ADB
http://www.adb.org/Media/Articles/2009/12993-asian-development-outlooks/


CANADA
Parliament home > Virtual Library > Parliamentary Information and Research Service
Library of Parliament Research Publications
PRB 03-41E
Employment Insurance Premiums: In Search of a Genuine Rate-Setting Process
Kevin B. Kerr, Social Affairs Division
Revised 6 February 2009
http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/library/PRBpubs/prb0341-e.htm
or
http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/library/PRBpubs/prb0341-e.pdf
[full-text, 16 pages]

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO)
Annual review of working conditions in the EU 2008­2009 [22 September 2009]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0964.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2009/64/en/1/EF0964EN.pdf
[full-text, 80 pages]

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
Working conditions and social dialogue - Conference report [16 September 2009]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0966.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2009/66/en/1/EF0966EN.pdf
[full-text, 10 pages]
see ALSO
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Working conditions and social dialogue: Findings, national frameworks, and good practice at company level - Executive summary [16 September 2009]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef09431.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2009/431/en/1/EF09431EN.pdf
[full-text, 2 pages]


Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
OECD Employment Outlook 2009 [16 September 2009]
http://www.oecd.org/document/41/0,3343,en_2649_33927_43434473_1_1_1_37457,00.html
STATISTICAL ANNEX
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/30/33/43272221.pdf
[full-text, 34 pages]
KEY EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS
http://www.oecd.org/document/53/0,3343,en_2649_34747_42788213_1_1_1_1,00.html
EMPLOYMENT DATABASE
http://www.oecd.org/document/34/0,3343,en_2649_34747_40917154_1_1_1_1,00.html


Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Working Party of the Trade Committee
OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 91
SOUTH AFRICA'S TRADE AND GROWTH [7 September 2009]
by Przemyslaw Kowalski, Ralph Lattimore and Novella Bottini
http://www.olis.oecd.org/olis/2008doc.nsf/ENGDATCORPLOOK/NT0000B0B2/$FILE/JT03269123.PDF
[full-text, 82 pages]


World Bank
World Development Report 2010: Development and Climate Change [15 September 2009]
http://econ.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTDEC/EXTRESEARCH/EXTWDRS/EXTWDR2010/0,,menuPK:5287748~pagePK:64167702~piPK:64167676~theSitePK:5287741,00.html
or
http://econ.worldbank.org/servlets/ECR?contentMDK=21969137&contTypePK=64198970&folderPK=6395934&sitePK=5287679&callCR=true&menuPK=5287748&theSitePK=5287741
or
http://go.worldbank.org/FTD88BBDV0
Overview
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2010/Resources/5287678-1226014527953/Overview.pdf
[full-text, 37 pages]
PART I
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2010/Resources/5287678-1226014527953/Part-I.pdf
[full-text 146 pages]
PART II
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTWDR2010/Resources/5287678-1226014527953/Part-II.pdf
[full-text, 117 pages]
Press Release 15 September 2009
'Climate Smart' World Within Reach, says World Bank
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:22312494~pagePK:64257043~piPK:437376~theSitePK:4607,00.html


World Bank
PROTECTING PROGRESS: THE CHALLENGE FACING LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES IN THE GLOBAL RECESSION [16 September 2009]
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/NEWS/Resources/WorldBankG20PaperonLICsSept2009.pdf
[full-text, 26 pages]
Press Release 16 September 2009
Low-Income Countries Face Long Recovery -- Serious Challenges Require More and Better Support
Poorest countries face $11.6 billion shortfall in critical core spending, with sharp drops in trade, capital flows, remittances, and tourism; despite efforts to date, further action is needed
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:22316262~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html


Federal

Census
2008 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY [22 September 2009]
DETAILED TABLES
http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DatasetMainPageServlet?_program=ACS&_submenuId=&_lang=en&_ts =
See also NEWS MEDIA TOOLKIT at
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/2004/NewsMediaKit.html
Press Release
Census Bureau Releases 2008 American Community Survey Data [22 September 2009]
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/american_community_survey_acs/014237.html


Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Pension Sponsorship and Participation: Summary of Recent Trends
Patrick Purcell, Specialist in Income Security
September 11, 2009
http://www.opencrs.com/document/RL30122/2009-09-11/download/1013/
[full-text, 20 pages]
or
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/654/


Congressional Research Service (CRS)
The Democratic Party of JAPAN: Its Foreign Policy Position and Implications for U.S. Interests
Weston S. Konishi, Analyst in Asian Affairs
August 12, 2009
http://opencrs.com/document/R40758/2009-08-12/download/1013/
[full-text, 15 pages]

Employment and Training Administration (ETA)
U.S. Department of Labor certifies approximately 4,700 workers in 13 states as eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance [17 September 2009]
http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/eta20091157.htm


Homeland Security
Immigration Statistics
Profiles on Naturalized Citizens
http://www.dhs.gov/files/statistics/data/dsnat.shtm
and
Profiles on Legal Permanent Residents
http://www.dhs.gov/files/statistics/data/dslpr.shtm
and
Mapping Immigration
http://www.dhs.gov/files/statistics/data/maps.shtm
Mapping Legal Permanent Residents (LPRs)
http://www.dhs.gov/files/statistics/data/lprmaps.shtm
and
Mapping Naturalized Citizens
http://www.dhs.gov/files/statistics/data/natzmaps.shtm


Homeland Security
Office of Immigration Statistics
POLICY DIRECTORATE
Working Paper
The Macroeconomic Impacts of the 9/11 Attack: Evidence from Real-Time Forecasting [August 2009]
http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/publications/ois_wp_impacts_911.pdf
[full-text, 16 pages]

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Projections of Education Statistics to 2018 [15 September 2009]
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009062
or
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2009/2009062.pdf
[full-text, 168 pages]

National Science Foundation (NSF)
Detailed Statistical Tables | NSF 09-315 | September 2009
Federal Science and Engineering Support to Universities, Colleges, and Nonprofit Institutions: FY 2007 [18 September 2009]
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf09315/
or
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf09315/pdf/nsf09315.pdf
[full-text, 286 pages]
DATA TABLES
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf09315/content.cfm?pub_id=3968&id=3


U.S. Commercial Service
Doing Business in QATAR: A Country Commercial Guide for U.S. Companies: 2009 Edition [online September 2009]
http://www.buyusainfo.net/docs/x_1016684.pdf
[full-text, 76 pages]


Institutes/Associations/Commercial

AFL-CIO Now Blog
UNITE HERE Rejoins AFL-CIO
http://blog.aflcio.org/2009/09/17/unite-here-rejoins-afl-cio/
by James Parks, Sep 17, 2009


Brookings
Is Health Spending Excessive? If So, What Can We Do About It? [10 September 2009]
Henry J. Aaron, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies
Paul B. Ginsburg, Center for Studying Health System Change
http://www.brookings.edu/articles/2009/0910_health_spending_aaron.aspx
or
http://www.brookings.edu/articles/2009/~/media/Files/rc/articles/2009/0910_health_spending_aaron/0910_health_spending_aaron.pdf
[full-text, 16 pages]

Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.
Press Release 16 September 2009
Retailers See Some Hope Heading into Holidays
seasonal hiring could STAY slow as retailers remain cautious
http://iwsdocumentednewsdaily.blogspot.com/2009/09/iws-challenger-retailers-hopeful-for.html


Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
EBRI FAST FACTS
September 17, 2009
"Impact of Individual Account Retirement Plan Ownership on Family Net Worth"
http://www.ebri.org/pdf/FFE136.17Sept09.Final.pdf


Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
401(k) Balances and Changes Due to Market Volatility ­ Data to September 15, 2009 [15 September 2009]
http://www.ebri.org/index.cfm?fa=401kbalances
and
CHART
Change In Average Account Balances (by Age and Tenure) From
January 1, 2008 ­ September 15, 2009 Among 401(k) Participants
with Account Balances as of Dec. 31, 2007
http://www.ebri.org/pdf/September%2015,%202009%20update%20full%20universe.pdf


Kaiser Family Foundation
Employer Health Benefits 2009 Annual Survey [15 September 2009]
http://ehbs.kff.org/?CFID=865208&CFTOKEN=85525448&jsessionid=603019b78fc5932585e015be477d402c1781
or
http://ehbs.kff.org/pdf/2009/7936.pdf
[full-text, 238 pages]
Summary
http://ehbs.kff.org/pdf/2009/7937.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]
Press Release 15 September 2009
Family Health Premiums Reach $13,375 Annually in 2009 Up 5 Percent as Inflation Fell Nearly 1 Percent
Over 10 Years, Premiums Jumped 131 Percent, More Than Three Times Worker Wages And Four Times General Inflation
http://www.kff.org/insurance/ehbs091509nr.cfm


Watson Wyatt & WorldatWork
Looking Toward Recovery: Realigning Rewards and Re-Engaging Employees -
2009/2010 U.S. Strategic Rewards Report [21 September 2009]
Executive Summary
http://www.watsonwyatt.com/research/resrender.asp?id=NA-2009-13223&page=1
Press Release 21 September 2009
Economic Downturn Leading to Decline in Employee Commitment, Morale,
Watson Wyatt/WorldatWork Survey Finds
Workers Expecting Decline in Value of Rewards Programs
http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=22341


Law

CANADA
Parliament home > Virtual Library > Parliamentary Information and Research Service
Library of Parliament Research Publications
PRB 08-46E
Collective Bargaining under the Canada Labour Code -- Remedies when Parties Fail to Resolve Labour Disputes
Sebastian Spano, Legal and Legislative Affairs Division
26 January 2009
http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/library/PRBpubs/prb0846-e.htm
or
http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/library/PRBpubs/prb0846-e.pdf
[full-text, 14 pages]


Statistical Reports

BEA: U.S. International Transactions, 2nd Quarter 2009 Current Account [16 September 2009]
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/transactions/2009/trans209.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/transactions/2009/pdf/trans209.pdf
[full-text, 7 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/transactions/2009/xls/trans209.xls
[spreadsheet]
and
Highlights
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/transactions/2009/pdf/trans209_fax.pdf


BLS: REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT -- AUGUST 2009 [18 September 2009]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/laus.pdf
[full-text, 20 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/laus.supp.toc.htm


BLS: Consumer Price Index - August 2009 [16 September 2009]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cpi.pdf
[full-text, 19 pages]


BLS: REAL EARNINGS ­- AUGUST 2009 [16 September 2009]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/realer.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/realer.pdf
[full-text, 5 pages]


BLS: PRODUCER PRICE INDEXES - AUGUST 2009 [15 September 2009]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ppi.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ppi.pdf
[full-text, 22 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/ppi.supp.toc.htm


Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

From
Paramount Books
http://www.paramountbooks.com/
[DISABILITY and the WORKPLACE]
"Dive In": Springboard into the Profitability, Productivity, and Potential of the Special Needs Workforce [September 2009]
http://www.paramountbooks.com/dive?keyword=dive%20in&description=1
by Nadine O. Vogel as told to Cindy Brown

Some recent press releases and stories have focused on research by Vivek Wadhwa and colleagues concerning the REVERSE BRAIN DRAIN. One of the key articles of research on which these stories are built - often not mentioned - is the following:
"The American Brain Drain and Asia" (Vivek Wadhwa, Gary Gereffi, and Alex Salkever). The Asia
Pacific Journal, Vol. 14-1-09, April 4.
Electronic access:
http://japanfocus.org/-Alex-Salkever/3112
or
http://www.asia-studies.com/asia/JPFocus/3112.pdf
[full-text, 7 pages]


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)
www.ictr.org
Press Release
ICTR/INFO-9-2-607.EN
Arusha, 17 September 2009
Bagaragaza Pleads Guilty
http://www.ictr.org/ENGLISH/PRESSREL/2009/607.html


THE BACHARACH BLOG
http://bacharachblog.com/


Prisoners of Power: Leaders Trapped by Inertia
http://bacharachblog.com/proactive-leadership-skills/prisoners-of-power-leaders-trapped-by-inertia/
Posted by Samuel B. Bacharach on Sep 22, 2009


Another Case of Proactive Technology: Google Helping Newspapers Help You
http://bacharachblog.com/proactive-technology/another-case-of-proactive-technology-google-helping-newspapers-help-you/
By Samuel B. Bacharach on 09/21/09


Chef John Besh Discusses Ego & Focus­Key Tools for the Proactive Leader [Video]
http://bacharachblog.com/leadership-videos/chef-john-besh-discusses-ego-focus-key-tools-for-the-proactive-leader-video/
By Samuel B. Bacharach on 09/18/09

Proactive Leaders Communicate Vision & Purpose: Chef John Besh Inspires Confidance & Staff [Video]
http://bacharachblog.com/leadership-videos/proactive-leaders-communicate-vision-purpose-chef-john-besh-inspires-confidance-staff/
By Samuel B. Bacharach on 09/17/09

Proactive Leadership in and Beyond the Restaurant Industry: Management Lessons From Chef John Besh [Video]
http://bacharachblog.com/leadership-videos/proactive-leadership-in-and-beyond-the-restaurant-industry-management-lessons-from-chef-john-besh/
By Samuel B. Bacharach on 09/16/09


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Monday, September 14, 2009

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 16 September 2009

IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
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, 16 September 2009


Academic Research

United States International Trade Commission (USITC)
Staff Publications and Working Papers
Export Controls: An Overview of Their Use, Economic Effects, and Treatment in the Global Trading System
Publication ID-23
Joanna Bonarriva, Michelle Koscielski, and Edward Wilson, Office of Industries
August 2009
http://www.usitc.gov/publications/332/working_papers/ID-23.pdf
[full-text, 26 pages]

Forum for Research on Empirical International Trade (FREIT)
Trade as Engine of Creative Destruction: The Mexican experience with Chinese competition
PRELIMINARY AND INCOMPLETE - PLEASE DO NOT CITE WITHOUT PERMISSION
Leonardo Iacovone†
Ferdinand Rauch‡
Alan L. Winters§
First Version: July 31, 2009
Current Version: August 1, 2009
http://www.freit.org/WorkingPapers/Papers/FirmLevelTrade/FREIT087.pdf
[full-text, 35 pages]

Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Staff Reports
September 2009  Number 392
Labor Market Pooling and Occupational Agglomeration
http://www.newyorkfed.org/research/staff_reports/sr392.html
or
http://www.newyorkfed.org/research/staff_reports/sr392.pdf
[full-text, 31 pages]


IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers
Recent studies include ---
4400    Do Better Paid Politicians Perform Better? Disentangling Incentives from Selection      
4399    Does Military Draft Discourage Enrollment in Higher Education? Evidence from OECD Countries     
4398    Meet the Parents? The Causal Effect of Family Size on the Geographic Distance between Adult Children and Older Parents  
4397    Male and Female Labour Force Participation: The Role of Dynamic Adjustments to Changes in Labour Demand, Government Policies and Autonomous Trends      
4396    Better Means More: Property Rights and High-Growth Aspiration Entrepreneurship  
4395    Tournament Incentives in the Field: Gender Differences in the Workplace         
4394    Immigrants' Assimilation Process in a Segmented Labor Market    
4393    Re-Orient? MNC Penetration and Contemporary Shifts in the Global Political Economy      
4392    The Effect of Lone Motherhood on the Smoking Behaviour of Young Adults (forthcoming in: Health Economics)       
4391    The Redistributive Effects of Political Reservation for Minorities: Evidence from India         
4390    Life Satisfaction and Relative Income: Perceptions and Evidence         
4389    Experimental Tests of Survey Responses to Expenditure Questions         
4388    Work Disability, Work, and Justification Bias in Europe and the U.S.    
4387    How Much Can We Trust Causal Interpretations of Fixed-Effects Estimators in the Context of Criminality?         
4386    Improving the Labor Market Outcomes of Minorities: The Role of Employment Quota


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


International

Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2009 40th Edition [26 August 2009]
SPECIAL CHAPTER
Enterprises in Asia: Fostering Dynamism in SMEs
http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/Key_Indicators/2009/default.asp
or
http://www.adb.org/Documents/Books/Key_Indicators/2009/pdf/Key-Indicators-2009.pdf
[full-text, 324 pages]
Press Release 26 August 2009
http://www.adb.org/Media/Articles/2009/12968-adb-key-indicators/


Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Knowledge Solutions
September 2009 | 61
Harnessing Creativity and Innovation in the Workplace
By Olivier Serrat
http://www.adb.org/documents/information/knowledge-solutions/harnessing-creativity-and-innovation-in-the-workplace.pdf
[full-text, 11 pages]

European Commission
Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
News
Employment Guidelines 2009: Indicators for monitoring and analysis in the (National Reform Programmes) NRPs 2009
http://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=3750&langId=en
[full-text, 17 pages]

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)
Groundbreaking European company agreement at Warema [31 August 2009]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/2009/07/articles/eu0907019i.htm


European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)
CZECH REPUBLIC [Key Information on Industrial Relations by YEAR]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/2009/country/czech.republic.htm
OTHER COUNTRIES LISTED AT --
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/country_index.htm


Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
OECD Employment Outlook 2009
http://www.oecd.org/document/46/0,3343,en_2649_33927_40401454_1_1_1_1,00.html
Full report will be release on 16 September 2009.
However, the following is NOW AVAILABLE:
   * Table of contents
http://www.oecd.org/document/46/0,3343,en_2649_33927_40401454_1_1_1_1,00.html#toc
   * Background statistical material
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/30/33/43272221.pdf
[full-text, 34 pages]
   * Previous editions
http://www.oecd.org/document/0/0,3343,en_2649_33927_40774656_1_1_1_1,00.html
see also
KEY EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS
http://www.oecd.org/document/53/0,3343,en_2649_39023495_42788213_1_1_1_1,00.html
How does your country compare?
http://www.oecd.org/document/53/0,3343,en_2649_39023495_42788213_1_1_1_1,00.html#cc
How do OECD labour markets perform?
http://www.oecd.org/document/53/0,3343,en_2649_39023495_42788213_1_1_1_1,00.html#lm


Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Education at a Glance 2009: OECD Indicators [8 September 2009]
http://www.oecd.org/document/24/0,3343,en_2649_39263238_43586328_1_1_1_37455,00.html
or
FINDINGS
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/1/28/43654482.pdf
[full-text, 9 pages]
or
FULL REPORT
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/41/25/43636332.pdf
[full-text, 472 pages]


Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
OECD unemployment rate stable at 8.5% in July 2009 [14 September 2009]
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/11/58/43687940.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]
and
Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: September 2009
http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?QueryName=251&QueryType=View&Lang=en


International Labour Organization (ILO)
KEY INDICATORS OF THE LABOR MARKET (KILM), Sixth Edition [7 September 2009]
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/kilm/
and
ONLINE DATA [NEW]
http://kilm.ilo.org/kilmnet


World Bank/IFC
Doing Business 2010: Reforming through Difficult Times [9 September 2009]
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:22301788~pagePK:64257043~piPK:437376~theSitePK:4607,00.html
or
http://www.doingbusiness.org/
or
OVERVIEW
http://www.doingbusiness.org/Documents/DB10_Overview.pdf
[full-text, 9 pages]
and
This Years RANKINGS
http://www.doingbusiness.org/economyrankings/
and
Additional Releases at
http://www.doingbusiness.org/media/


WTO, OECD, UNCTAD
REPORT on G20 TRADE and INVESTMENT MEASURES[1] [14 Septmeber 2009]
http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news09_e/trdev_dg_report_14sep09_e.doc
[full-text, 60 pages]


Federal

BLS: Employment & Earnings Online [8 September 2009]
August 2009
Vol. 56 No. 8
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ee/empearn200908.pdf
[full-text, 216 pages]


BLS: Occupational Outlook Quarterly Online [9 September 2009]
Fall 2009
Vol. 53, Number 3
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2009/fall/fall2009ooq.pdf

Careers in auto racing: Work in the fast lane
William Lawhorn
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2009/fall/art01.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]


Metrology careers: Jobs for good measure
Drew Liming
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2009/fall/art02.pdf
[full-text, 6 pages]


Patent work: The other side of invention
Tamara Dillon
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2009/fall/art03.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]


Gap year: Time off, with a plan
Elka Maria Torpey
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2009/fall/art04.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]


Grab bag
  http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2009/fall/grabbag.pdf
[full-text, 2 pages]


You're a what?
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2009/fall/yawhat.pdf
[full-text, 2 pages]

OOChart

Large occupations with higher-than-median wages
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2009/fall/oochart.pdf


Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB)
The Department of Labor's 2008 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor [10 September 2009]
http://www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/main.htm
or
http://www.dol.gov/ilab/programs/ocft/PDF/2008OCFTreport.pdf
[full-text, 448 pages]


List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor [10 September 2009]
http://www.dol.gov/ILAB/programs/ocft/tvpra.htm#lgc
or
http://www.dol.gov/ilab/programs/ocft/PDF/2009TVPRA.pdf
[full-text, 194 pages]


Bibliography of Each Product Listed in the Initial Determination by Country of Origin [10 September 2009]
http://www.dol.gov/ILAB/regs/eo13126/main.htm#List
or
http://www.dol.gov/ilab/regs/eo13126/eo13126bib.pdf
[full-text, 50 pages]
Press Release
U.S. Labor Department issues reports on international child labor and forced labor
http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/ilab/ILAB20090946.htm


Census
P60-236
Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2008 [10 September 2009]
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/income08.html [Income]
or
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/poverty08.html poverty]
or
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/hlthins/hlthin08.html [health insurance coverage]
or
http://www.census.gov/prod/2009pubs/p60-236.pdf
[full-text, 74 pages]
and
Media Kit
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/news_conferences/014226.html
Press Release 10 September 2009
INCOME, POVERTY AND HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE IN THE UNITED STATES: 2008
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/income_wealth/014227.html


Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Will the Demand for Assets Fall When the Baby Boomers Retire?
September 2009
Background Paper
http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=10526
or
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/105xx/doc10526/09-08_Baby-Boomers.pdf
[full-text, 33 pages]

U.S. Department of Education
Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE)
Equity in Athletics Data Analysis Cutting Tool [DATABASE on COLLEGE SPORTS]
http://ope.ed.gov/athletics/


Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Employee Misclassification: Improved Coordination, Outreach, and Targeting Could Better Ensure Detection and Prevention
GAO-09-717,  August 10, 2009 [online 9 September 2009]
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09717.pdf
[full-text, 74 pages]

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Revenues and Expenditures by Public School Districts: School Year 2006-07 (Fiscal Year 2007) [8 September 2009]
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2009338
or
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2009/2009338.pdf
[full-text, 32 pages]

National Science Foundation (NSF)
NSF 09-319 | September 2009 |
Federal S&E Obligations to Three Types of Minority-Serving Institutions Decline in FY 2007 [8 September 2009]
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf09319/
or
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf09319/nsf09319.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]


Institutes/Associations/Commercial

Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.
CEO Departures Fall 20% >From 9-Month High in July
101 CEO EXITS RECORDED IN AUGUST [9 September 2009]
http://iwsdocumentednewsdaily.blogspot.com/2009/09/iws-ceo-departures-fall-20-from-9-month.html


The DESIGN OBSERVER Group
By John Emerson
Pressed into Service [LINCOLN CUSHING INTERVIEW] [8 September 2009]
Author of
Agitate! Educate! Organize!: American Labor Posters (Cornell University Press, 2009)
http://observatory.designobserver.com/entry.html?entry=10617
or
http://observatory.designobserver.com/entryprint.html?entry=10617


Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
EBRI NOTES, Vol. 30, No. 9, September 2009
'Trends in Satisfaction and Confidence in Health Care, by Insurance and Health Status: Findings from the 2009 EBRI/MGA Health Confidence Survey,' and 'Social Security Reform: How Different Options Might Affect Future Funding'
http://www.ebri.org/publications/notes/index.cfm?fa=notesDisp&content_id=4354
or
http://www.ebri.org/pdf/notespdf/EBRI_Notes_09-Sept09.HCS-SS.pdf
[full-text, 20 pages]
Press Release 9 September 2009
New Research from EBRI:
Uninsured Are More Likely Than Insured to Be Dissatisfied With Quality of the Health Care They Receive, Study Says
http://www.ebri.org/pdf/PR.848_09Sept09.HCS.pdf
[full-text, 2 pages]

HR Policy Association (HRPA)
Principal CHRO Concerns [2009]
http://www.hrpolicy.org/about_Concerns.aspx


The International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations (IUF)
Uniting Food, Farm and Hotel Workers World-Wide
Unilever Lipton Management/Contractors Instigate Violent Attacks On Khanewal Action Committee Members [9 September 2009]
http://www.iuf.org/cgi-bin/dbman/db.cgi?db=default&uid=default&ID=6168&view_records=1&ww=1&en=1


Mercer
Tough economy leads employers to cut health benefit cost increases in 2010 [10 September 2009]
http://www.mercer.com/summary.htm?idContent=1357570


Watson Wyatt
Current Trends in Sales Force Compensation and Management [14 September 2009]
http://www.watsonwyatt.com/salescompreport
[full-text, 11 pages]
Press Release
Optimistic Forecasts for 2010 Drive Sales Force Staffing, Compensation Design, Watson Wyatt Survey Finds [14 September 2009]
http://www.watsonwyatt.com/news/press.asp?ID=22286


World Economic Forum (WEF)
The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010 [8 September 2009]
http://www.weforum.org/gcr
or
http://www.weforum.org/pdf/GCR09/GCR20092010fullreport.pdf
[full-text, 492 pages]
and
HIGHLIGHTS
http://www.weforum.org/pdf/GCR09/GCR20092010CountryHighlights.pdf
Press Release
Switzerland replaces United States at top of competitiveness rankings [8 September 2009]
http://www.weforum.org/en/media/Latest%20Press%20Releases/PR_GCR09


WorldatWork.org (Total Rewards Association)
WorldatWork Public Policy Department Bill Tracker (updated August 2009)
http://www.worldatwork.org/waw/adimLink?id=33618


WorldatWork.org (Total Rewards Association)
Five Questions on Health Care
A Snapshot Survey by WorldatWork
August 2009
http://www.worldatwork.org/waw/adimLink?id=34184
[full-text, 3 pages]


Law

Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Mexico's Free Trade Agreements
M. Angeles Villarreal, Specialist in International Trade and Finance
August 27, 2009
http://opencrs.com/document/R40784/2009-08-27/download/1013/
[full-text, 22 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)
"Don't Ask, Don't Tell:" The Law and Military Policy on Same-Sex Behavior
David F. Burrelli, Specialist in Military Manpower Policy
August 14, 2009
http://opencrs.com/document/R40782/2009-08-14/download/1013/
[full-text, 17 pages]


Statistical Reports

BEA: U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES July 2009 [10 September 2009]
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2009/trad0709.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2009/pdf/trad0709.pdf
[full-text, 47 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2009/xls/trad0709.xls
[spreadsheet]
and
Highlights
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2009/pdf/trad0709_fax.pdf


BLS: U.S. IMPORT AND EXPORT PRICE INDEXES - AUGUST 2009 [11 September 2009]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ximpim.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ximpim.pdf
[full-text, 16 pages]


BLS: EMPLOYER COSTS FOR EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION-JUNE 2009 [10 September 2009]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ecec.pdf
[full-text, 27 pages]


BLS: JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER:  JULY 2009 [9 September 2009]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/jolts.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/jolts.pdf
[full-text, 16 pages]


Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Uniform Crime Reports
CRIME IN THE UNITED STATES 2008 [14 September 2009]
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2008/index.html
Press Release
THE DECLINE OF CRIME Even in Tough Economic Times  
09/14/09
http://www.fbi.gov/page2/sept09/crimestats_091409.html


Facts for Features from the Census Bureau
CB09-FF.14
June 15, 2009
Back to School: 2009-2010
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/013847.html
or
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/pdf/cb09ff-14.pdf
[full-text, 7 pages]


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International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
www.ictr.org
 ICTR/INFO-9-2-606.EN
Arusha, 10 September 2009
Judge Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov Sworn In  
http://www.ictr.org/ENGLISH/PRESSREL/2009/606.html


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http://bacharachblog.com/


Obama: Health Reform and the Leadership of Nuts & Bolts
http://bacharachblog.com/proactive-leadership-skills/obama-health-reform-and-the-leadership-of-nuts-bolts/
Posted by Samuel B. Bacharach on Sep 14, 2009


Academic Leadership Dos & Dont's From the Field: Interview with Edward Lawler
http://bacharachblog.com/proactive-leadership-skills/academic-leadership-dos-donts-from-the-field-interview-with-edward-lawler/
By Samuel B. Bacharach on 09/14/09


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By Samuel B. Bacharach on 09/11/09


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