Wednesday, September 30, 2009

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 30 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, 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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