IWS Documented News WEEKLY BULLETIN: [IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 23 September 2009

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 23 September 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, 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

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/

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

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

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

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2009/66/en/1/EF0966EN.pdf

[full-text, 10 pages]

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]

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

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/

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

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

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

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

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/transactions/2009/pdf/trans209.pdf

[full-text, 7 pages]

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

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

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

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

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

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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