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Monday, November 09, 2009

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 11 November 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, 11 November 2009

Academic Research

IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)

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

Recent studies include ---

4550 Dynamic Female Labor Supply

4549 Redistributive Politics and Market Efficiency: An Experimental Study

4548 From Angela's Ashes to the Celtic Tiger: Early Life Conditions and Adult Health in Ireland

4547 The Unknown Immigration: Incentives and Family Composition in Intercountry Adoptions to the United States

4546 The Ratio Bias Phenomenon: Fact or Artifact?

4545 Incentive Effects on Risk Attitude in Small Probability Prospects

4544 Impacts of Labor Taxation with Perfectly and Imperfectly Competitive Domestic Labor Markets under Flexible Outsourcing

4543 A Simple GMM Estimator for the Semi-Parametric Mixed Proportional Hazard Model

4542 The Timing of Work and Work-Family Conflicts in Spain: Who Has a Split Work Schedule and Why?

4541 Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Migration, Entrepreneurship and Social Capital

4540 Lab Experiments Are a Major Source of Knowledge in the Social Sciences

(definitive version published in: Science, 2009, 326 (5952), 535-538)

4539 Does Self-Employment Increase the Economic Well-Being of Low-Skilled Workers?

4538 Happiness in Europe: Cross-Country Differences in the Determinants of Subjective Well-Being

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

International

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

Living and working in Ireland [9 November 2009]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0946.htm

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2009/46/en/1/EF0946EN.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

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

4th Foundation Forum, Dublin Castle,

Ireland, 5-6 November 2009

Global recession: Europe's way out - Background paper [2 November 2009]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0998.htm

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2009/98/en/1/EF0998EN.pdf

[full-text, 28 pages]

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

European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)

ERM Report 2009: Restructuring in recession [4 November 2009]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0973.htm

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2009/73/en/1/EF0973EN.pdf

[full-text, 148 pages]

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA)

2009 Annual report: the state of the drugs problem in Europe [5 November 2009]

EMCDDA, Lisbon, November 2009

http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications/annual-report/2009

[Go to this URL above to pick the language of your choice in downloading the report]

ONLINE VERSION

http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/situation/analysis

ENGLISH FULL-TEXT

http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/attachements.cfm/att_93236_EN_EMCDDA_AR2009_EN.pdf

[104 pages]

For earlier reports, see -

http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications/searchresults?action=list&type=PUBLICATIONS&SERIES_PUB=w36

Government of India

Labour Bureau

[INDIA] Pocket Book of Labour Statistics 2008

http://labourbureau.nic.in/PBLS%202k8%20Contents.htm

Government of India

Labour Bureau

[INDIA] LATEST REPORTS

http://labourbureau.nic.in/reports.htm

including the following:

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX NUMBERS FOR AGRICULTURAL & RURAL LABOURERS (BASE 1986-87=100) ANNUAL REPORT 2007-08

http://labourbureau.nic.in/Annual_Rep_ALRL_2k7_08.pdf

OCCUPATIONAL WAGE SURVEY SIXTH ROUND 2008 REPORT ON TEN ENGINEERING INDUSTRIES

http://labourbureau.nic.in/OWS%202k8%20Engg%20contents.htm

WAGE RATES IN RURAL INDIA (2007-08)

http://labourbureau.nic.in/WR%20Rural%20India%202k7-8%20Contents.htm

REPORT ON EFFECT OF ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN ON EMPLOYMENT IN INDIA ( APRIL - JUNE 2009 )

http://labourbureau.nic.in/Third_Quick_Report_Main_1.pdf

EVALUATION STUDY ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MINIMUM WAGES ACT,1948 IN STONE BREAKING & STONE CRUSHING INDUSTRY IN GUJARAT 2007-08

http://labourbureau.nic.in/EMW_Guj_Stone_200708.pdf

SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF WOMEN WORKERS IN PLANTATION INDUSTRY 2008-09 - MAIN REPORT

http://labourbureau.nic.in/SECOWW_Plantation_200809.pdf

ANNEXURES

http://labourbureau.nic.in/SECOWW_Annex_200809.pdf

EVALUATION STUDY ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MINIMUM WAGES ACT,1948 IN STONE BREAKING & STONE CRUSHING INDUSTRY IN KARNATAKA 2007-08

http://labourbureau.nic.in/EMW_REP_KAR_2007.pdf

REPORT ON THE WORKING OF THE MINIMUM WAGES ACT, 1948 FOR THE YEAR 2006

http://labourbureau.nic.in/MW2k6%20Contents.htm

STATISTICS ON INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES, CLOSURES, RETRENCHMENTS AND LAY-OFFS IN INDIA DURING THE YEAR, 2007

http://labourbureau.nic.in/ID%202k7%20Contents.htm

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX NUMBERS (for Industrial Workers) 2001 = 100

ANNUAL REPORT 2007

http://labourbureau.nic.in/CPI%20IW%202K7%20Contents.htm

WAGE RATES IN RURAL INDIA 2006-07

http://labourbureau.nic.in/WR%202k6-7%20Contents.htm

AND MUCH MORE.....

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

OECD: Key employment statistics

http://www.oecd.org/document/53/0,3343,en_2649_39023495_42788213_1_1_1_37457,00.html

How does your country compare?

http://www.oecd.org/document/53/0,3343,en_2649_39023495_42788213_1_1_1_37457,00.html#cc

How do OECD labour markets perform?

http://www.oecd.org/document/53/0,3343,en_2649_39023495_42788213_1_1_1_37457,00.html#lm

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

Union members and employees

Data on the number of trade union members and employees

http://stats.oecd.org/wbos/default.aspx?DatasetCode=U_D_D

TRADE UNION DENSITY IN OECD COUNTRIES, 1960-2007

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/25/42/39891561.xls

SOURCES for:

TRADE UNION MEMBERS AND UNION DENSITY IN OECD COUNTRIES

Jelle Visser, Sébastien Martin and Peter Tergeist

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/37/2/35695665.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

Online OECD Employment Database

http://www.oecd.org/document/34/0,3343,en_2649_33927_40917154_1_1_1_1,00.html

(UK) National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence

NICE public health guidance 22: Promoting mental wellbeing at work

Promoting mental wellbeing through productive and healthy working conditions: guidance for employers [5 November 2009]

http://www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/pdf/PH22Guidance.pdf

[full-text, 41 pages]

World Bank

China Quarterly Update, November 2009

http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/EASTASIAPACIFICEXT/CHINAEXTN/0,,contentMDK:22102737~pagePK:1497618~piPK:217854~theSitePK:318950,00.html

http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTCHINA/Resources/318862-1237238982080/5923417-1257229995645/cqu_Oct_2009.pdf

[full-text, 23 pages]

and

Overview

http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTCHINA/Resources/318862-1237238982080/5923417-1257229995645/overview_cqu_Oct_2009.pdf

[full-text, 1 pages]

Federal

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)

Spotlight On Statistics: HEALTH CARE [4 November 2009]

http://www.bls.gov/spotlight/2009/health_care/home.htm

http://www.bls.gov/spotlight/2009/health_care/pdf/health_care_bls_spotlight.pdf

[full-text, 13 pages]

Census

Selected Characteristics of Baby Boomers 42 to 60 Years Old in 2006 [9 November 2009]

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/miscellaneous/014411.html

http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/age/general-age.html#bb

http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/age/2006%20Baby%20Boomers.pdf

[full-text, 46 pages -- PDF of PowerPoint]

Census

Consumer Income

P60-237

Custodial Mothers and Fathers and Their Child Support: 2007 [9 November 2009]

http://www.census.gov/prod/2009pubs/p60-237.pdf

[full-text, 12 pages]

DETAILED TABLES

http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/childsupport/cs07.html

2007

http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/childsupport/chldsu07.pdf

[full-text, 49 pages]

Press Release 9 November 2009

Nearly Half of Parents Get Full Amount of Child Support, Census Bureau Reports

Report Finds Increase in Age and Education of Custodial Mothers

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/children/014410.html

Census

School Enrollment in the United States: 2008 [2 November 2009]

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/education/014354.html

http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/school.html

DETAILED TABLES

http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/school/cps2008.html

Source and Accuracy

http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/school/2008school_S&A.pdf

[full-text, 19 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Income of Americans Aged 65 and Older, 1968 to 2008

Patrick Purcell, Specialist in Income Security

November 4, 2009

http://opencrs.com/document/RL33387/2009-11-04/download/1013/

[full-text, 40 pages]

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/672/

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1677&context=key_workplace

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response: The SAFER Grant Program

Lennard G. Kruger, Specialist in Science and Technology Policy

October 16, 2009

http://opencrs.com/document/RL33375/2009-10-16/download/1013/

[full-text, 12 pages]

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/676/

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1681&context=key_workplace

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Poverty in the United States: 2008

Thomas Gabe, Specialist in Social Policy

October 6, 2009

http://opencrs.com/document/RL33069/2009-10-06/download/1013/

[full-text, 21 pages]

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/678/

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1683&context=key_workplace

National Science Foundation (NSF)

NSF 10-302 | November 2009

Science and Engineering State Profiles: 200608 [4 November 2009]

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf10302/

Summary

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf10302/tables/summary.pdf

[full-text, 5 pages]

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf10302/tables/summary.xls

[spreadsheet]

Individual State Profiles

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf10302/#state

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Detailed Statistical Tables | NSF 10-300 | November 2009 |

Science and Engineering Degrees, by Race/Ethnicity: 19972006 [4 November 2009]

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf10300/

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf10300/pdf/nsf10300.pdf

[full-text, 129 pages]

U.S. Department of State

2009 Report on International Religious Freedom [26 October 2009]

http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2009/index.htm

Reports on individual countries are available via the URL above.

Remarks on the Release of the 2009 Annual Report on International Religious [26 October 2009]

http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2009a/10/130937.htm

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

CHALLENGER, GRAY & CHRISTMAS, INC.

JOB-CUT ANNOUNCEMENT REPORT

Press Release 4 November 2009

Job Cuts Continue To Fall In October

OCTOBER JOB CUTS FALL 16% TO 55,679

http://iwsdocumentednewsdaily.blogspot.com/2009/11/iws-challenger-job-cuts-fall-16-to.html

Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)

Fast Facts from EBRI

Oct. 28, 2009 #141

How Does Union Membership Affect Health Insurance Coverage? [28 October 2009]

http://www.ebri.org/pdf/FFE141.28Oct09.Final.pdf

Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)

EBRI Issue Brief #336

November 2009

Employment-Based Retirement Plan Participation: Geographic Differences and Trends, 2008 [4 November 2009]

http://www.ebri.org/publications/ib/index.cfm?fa=ibDisp&content_id=4402

http://www.ebri.org/pdf/briefspdf/EBRI_IB_11-2009_No336_Ret-Part.pdf

[full-text, 40 pages]

Green jobs, safe jobs

Hazards magazine | International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)

Lead a case of right answer, wrong question

By Rory O'Neill | Published: 6 November, 2009

http://www.hazards.org/greenjobs/blog/2009/11/06/lead-%E2%80%93a-case-of-right-answer-wrong-question/

Urban Institute

Unemployment Statistics on Older Americans [6 November 2009]

Updated 11/09

Richard W. Johnson, Corina Mommaerts

http://www.urban.org/publications/411904.html

http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/411904_unemploymentstatistics.pdf

[full-text, 11 pages]

Law

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.

Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS)

Presented by the IWS in conjunction with the Cornell Law School

Last month, the IWS Colloquium Series, with cosponsorship of the Cornell Law School (represented by Prof. Claire Germain) hosted Sir Dennis Byron, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for

Rwanda (ICTR), who spoke about the Role of the Courts in Protecting and Preserving Human Rights. It was a fascinating evening that touched on both legal and institutional issues, never flinching from some of the moral and social issues. Of particular note are the ground-breaking precedents of the ICTR in regard to sexual violence and the limits of freedom of speech.

Video highlights from the October 6th lecture

THE ROLE OF THE COURTS IN PROTECTING AND PRESERVING HUMAN RIGHTS

with Judge Sir Charles Michael Dennis Byron , President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/iws/news/humanrights1069.html

Brief biographical description of Sir Charles Michael Dennis Byron , President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)

http://www.ictr.org/ENGLISH/factsheets/byron.htm

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Health Reform and the 111th Congress

Hinda Chaikind, Specialist in Health Care Financing

October 14, 2009

http://opencrs.com/document/R40581/2009-10-14/download/1013/

[full-text, 27 pages]

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/679/

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1684&context=key_workplace

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

The Proposed U.S.-Panama Free Trade Agreement

J. F. Hornbeck, Specialist in International Trade and Finance

October 15, 2009

http://opencrs.com/document/RL32540/2009-10-15/download/1013/

[full-text, 33 pages]

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/677/

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1682&context=key_workplace

U.S. Dept. of Labor

Employment Standards Administration [ESA}

Employers jailed for failing to comply with court order to pay back wages to Southland cleaning service workers [4 November 2009]

Southern California Maid Service owes workers more than $3.5 million in back pay

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/esa/esa20091092.htm

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

Black Lung Benefits Program: Administrative and Structural Changes Could Improve Miners' Ability to Pursue Claims

GAO-10-7, October 30, 2009

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d107.pdf

[full-text, 57 pages]

Statistical Reports

BLS: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION -- OCTOBER 2009 [6 November 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

BLS: PRODUCTIVITY AND COSTS Third Quarter 2009, Preliminary [5 November 2009]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod2.nr0.htm

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod2.pdf

[full-text, 12 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

http://www.bls.gov/web/prod2.supp.toc.htm

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)

NCHS Data Brief

Number 23, November 2009

Behind International Rankings of Infant Mortality: How the United States Compares with Europe

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db23.htm

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db23.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)

www.ictr.org

Press Release

ICTR/INFO-9-2-620.EN

Arusha, 6 November 2009

Michel Bagaragaza Sentenced to 8 years imprisonment

http://www.ictr.org/ENGLISH/PRESSREL/2009/620.htm

THE BACHARACH BLOG

http://bacharachblog.com/

How Does a Leader Sustain Momentum? 4 Key Strategies

http://bacharachblog.com/podcasts/how-does-a-leader-sustain-momentum-4-key-strategies/

Posted by Samuel B. Bacharach on Nov 6, 2009

10 Compelling Proactive Leadership Links: November 2-6

http://bacharachblog.com/leadership-links/10-compelling-proactive-leadership-links-november-2-6/

By Samuel B. Bacharach on 11/06/09

4 Tactics for Sustaining the Coalition Mindset

http://bacharachblog.com/proactive-leadership-skills/4-tactics-for-sustaining-the-coalition-mindset/

By Samuel B. Bacharach on 11/05/09

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