Tuesday, January 05, 2010
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 6 January 2010
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, 6 January 2010
Academic Research
ILR Press (an imprint of Cornell University Press)
FROM PREDATORS TO ICONS: Exposing the Myth of the Business Hero (December 2009)
Michel Villette; Catherine Vuillermot; George Holoch (Translator); John R. Kimberly (Foreword)
http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=5465
IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers
Recent studies include ---
4680 Policies to Create and Destroy Human Capital in Europe
(forthcoming in: Hans-Werner Sinn and Edmund Phelps (eds.), Perspectives on the Performance of the Continent's Economies, MIT Press)
4679 Class Size and the Regression Discontinuity Design: The Case of Public Schools
4678 Outsourcing and Technological Change
4677 Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in Germany: Moving with Natives or Stuck in their Neighborhoods?
4676 A Note on Informality in the Labor Market
4675 Cultural Integration in Germany
4674 Capital-Skill Complimentarity: Evidence from Manufacturing Industries in Ghana
4673 How Important Are Labor Market Institutions for Labor Market Performance in Transition Countries?
4672 The Measurement of Child Costs: Evidence from Ireland
4671 Directed Search in the Housing Market
4670 Benefit Duration, Unemployment Duration and Job Match Quality: A Regression-Discontinuity Approach
4669 Investor Protection and the Value of Shares: Evidence from Statutory Rules Governing Variations of Shareholders' Class Rights in Russia
4668 Land Rights Insecurity and Temporary Migration in Rural China
4667 Years of Schooling, Human Capital and the Body Mass Index of European Females
4666 Time to Work or Time to Play: The Effect of Student Employment on Homework, Sleep, and Screen Time
4665 Income Support Systems, Labor Market Policies and Labor Supply: The German Experience
4664 Do Trustees and Administrators Matter? Diversifying the Faculty Across Gender Lines
4663 A Factorial Survey on the Justice of Earnings within the SOEP-Pretest 2008
4662 Thomas Aronsson, Erkki Koskela Outsourcing, Public Input Provision and Policy Cooperation
Government Reports/Press - International, Federal, State, Local
International
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
ADB Economics
Working Paper Series
No. 183 | December 2009
[INDIA] Surveys of Informal Sector Enterprises— Some Measurement Issues
by Kaushal Joshi, Rana Hasan, and Glenita Amoranto
http://www.adb.org/Documents/Working-Papers/2009/Economics-WP183.pdf
[full-text, 37 pages]
Federal
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Upcoming Changes to the Employment Situation News Release on February 5, 2010 [9 December 2009]
http://www.bls.gov/bls/upcoming_empsit_changes.htm
BLS Bulletin 2732
Chart book: Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2008 [9 December 2009]
http://www.bls.gov/oes/2008/may/chartbook.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/oes/2008/may/chartbook.pdf
[full-text, 70 pages]
BLS: Compensation and Working Conditions Online
http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/
Comparison of Take-up Rates in Employer-Sponsored Medical Care Plans: State and Local Government and Private Industry (12/23/2009)
http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20091222ar01p1.htm
Census
ESTIMATES OF TOTAL U.S., STATE, & PUERTO RICO POPULATION for July 1, 2009 [23 December 2009]
Detailed Tables
http://www.census.gov/popest/estimates.html
State Contacts
Press Release 23 December 2009
Census Bureau: Texas Gains the Most in Population
Last State Population Estimates Before 2010 Census Counts
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/014509.html
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Trade Agreements: Impact on the U.S. Economy
James K. Jackson, Specialist in International Trade and Finance
November 10, 2009
http://opencrs.com/document/RL31932/2009-11-10/download/1013/
[full-text, 24 pages]
or
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/692/
or
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1697&context=key_workplace
[full-text, 25 pages]
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
U.S. Aerospace Manufacturing: Industry Overview and Prospects
Michaela D. Platzer, Specialist in Industrial Organization and Business
December 3, 2009
http://opencrs.com/document/R40967/2009-12-03/download/1013/
[full-text, 13 pages]
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
China-U.S. Relations: Current Issues and Implications for U.S. Policy
Kerry Dumbaugh, Specialist in Asian Affairs
November 20, 2009
http://opencrs.com/document/R40457/2009-11-20/download/1013/
[full-text, 39 pages]
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Gangs in Central America
Clare Ribando Seelke, Specialist in Latin American Affairs
December 4, 2009
http://opencrs.com/document/RL34112/2009-12-04/download/1013/
[full-text, 22 pages]
Government Accountability Office (GAo)
State and Local Government Retiree Health Benefits: Liabilities Are Largely Unfunded, but Some Governments Are Taking Action. GAO-10-61, November 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-10-61
[full-text, 49 pages]
or
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/693/
or
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1698&context=key_workplace
[full-text, 50 pages]
and
Highlights -
http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d1061high.pdf
Institutes/Associations/Commercial
Mercer
Figure 1: Projected base pay increases by employee group
http://www.mercer.com/summary.htm?idContent=1366845#1
Figure 2: 2010 short-term incentive payouts by employee group
http://www.mercer.com/summary.htm?idContent=1366845#2
Figure 3: 2010 projected base pay increases by select industry
http://www.mercer.com/summary.htm?idContent=1366845#3
Press Release 21 December 2009
More employers granting pay raises in 2010, Mercer survey shows
http://www.mercer.com/summary.htm?idContent=1366845
Watson Wyatt
INSIDER
Defined Benefit vs. 401(k) Investment Returns: The 2006-2008 Update [December 2009]
http://www.watsonwyatt.com/us/pubs/insider/showarticle.asp?ArticleID=22909
Law
Baker & McKenzie's Global Migration and Executive Transfers Practice Group
GLOBAL MOBILITY HANDBOOK 2010 EDITION: Special Edition in support of the important work of the International Organization of Employers (IOE)
http://bakerxchange.com/ve/ZZ823089BMN91B26va99/stype=dload/OID=509122221452452/VT=0
[full-text, 502 pages]
or
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/lawfirms/56/
or
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1055&context=lawfirms
[full-text, 503 pages]
Kaiser Family Foundation
Health Reform Side-by-Side Now Reflects Senate Bill As Passed [24 December 2009]
http://www.kff.org/healthreform/sidebyside.cfm
Interactive Calculator
http://healthreform.kff.org/SubsidyCalculator.aspx
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Who Regulates Whom? An Overview of U.S. Financial Supervision
Mark Jickling, Specialist in Financial Economics
Edward V. Murphy, Specialist in Financial Economics
December 14, 2009
http://opencrs.com/document/R40249/2009-12-14/download/1013/
[full-text, 40 pages]
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Key Issues in Derivatives Reform
Rena S. Miller, Analyst in Financial Economics
December 1, 2009
http://opencrs.com/document/R40965/2009-12-01/download/1013/
[full-text, 13 pages]
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act: Overview and Issues for Congress
Kevin R. Kosar, Analyst in American National Government
December 14, 2009
http://www.opencrs.com/document/R40983/2009-12-14/download/1013/
[full-text, 16 pages]
Statistical Reports
BLS: METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT -- NOVEMBER 2009 [5 January 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/metro.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/metro.pdf
[full-text, 21 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/metro.supp.toc.htm
BLS: PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: NOVEMBER 2009 [23 December 2009]
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2009/pi1109.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2009/pdf/pi1109.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2009/xls/pi1109.xls
[spreadsheet]
and
Highlights
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2009/pdf/pi1109_fax.pdf
Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
NCHS Health E-Stat
Electronic Medical Record/Electronic Health Record Use by Office-based Physicians: United States, 2008 and Preliminary 2009 [23 December 2009]
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/emr_ehr/emr_ehr.htm
or
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/emr_ehr/emr_ehr.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
National Vital Statistics Reports
Volume 58, Number 8 December 23, 2009
Deaths: Leading Causes for 2005 [23 December 2009]
by Melonie Heron, Ph.D., and Betzaida Tejada-Vera, B.S., Division of VitalStatistics
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr58/nvsr58_08.pdf
[full-text, 98 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)
Latest Decisions Through 16 December 2009
http://www.ictr.org/ENGLISH/latestdecisions/index.htm
THE BACHARACH BLOG
Gone Skiing
Posted by Samuel B. Bacharach on Dec 24, 2009
http://bacharachblog.com/leadership-links/gone-skiing/
Top 9 Classic Leadership Movies for the Winter Break
By Samuel B. Bacharach on 12/23/09
http://bacharachblog.com/leadership-videos/top-9-classic-leadership-movies-for-the-winter-break/
The Importance of Design in Getting Your Ideas Out There
By Samuel B. Bacharach on 12/22/09
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Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
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