Tuesday, February 23, 2010
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 24 February 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, 24 February 2010
Academic Research
IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers
Recent studies include ---
4775 No Country for Fat Men? Obesity, Earnings, Skills, and Health among 450,000 Swedish Men
4774 Handedness, Health and Cognitive Development: Evidence from Children in the NLSY
4773 Optimal Use of Labor Market Policies: The Role of Job Search Assistance
4772 Public Support for Innovation, Intangible Investment and Productivity Growth in the UK Market Sector
4771 Do Women Manage Smaller Funds?
4770 Does Size Matter? The Impact of Changes in Household Structure on Income Distribution in Germany
4769 Robust Inequality Comparisons
4768 The Effect of Children on Specialization and Coordination of Partners' Activities
4767 The Political Economy of Intergenerational Income Mobility
4766 Managerial Talent, Motivation, and Self-Selection into Public Management
4765 Age, Wage and Productivity
4764 Accounting for China's Growth
4763 The Impact of 9/11 and the London Bombings on the Employment and Earnings of U.K. Muslims
4762 Does Conflict Disrupt Growth? Evidence of the Relationship between Political Instability and National Economic Performance
4761 The ART of Life: IVF or Child Adoption?
4760 Slip Sliding Away: Further Union Decline in Germany and Britain
4759 The Analytical Returns to Measuring a Detailed Household Roster
4758 Mortgage Finance in Central and Eastern Europe: Opportunity or Burden?
4757 Measuring What Employers Really Do about Entry Wages over the Business Cycle
4756 Stability of Time Preferences
International Labour Organization
Employment Sector
Employment Working Paper No. 48
Unravelling the impact of the global financial crisis on the South African labour market
by Sher Verick ; International Labour Office, Economic and Labour Market Analysis Department, Employment Sector
http://www.ilo.org/employment/Whatwedo/Publications/lang--en/docName--WCMS_122402/index.htm
or
http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_emp/documents/publication/wcms_122402.pdf
[full-text, 45 pages]
Government Reports/Press - International, Federal, State, Local
International
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Achieving the Millennium Development Goals in an Era of Global Uncertainty: Asia-Pacific Regional Report 2009/10 [17 February 2010]
http://issuu.com/escap-publications/docs/mdg-report-2009-10?viewMode=magazine&mode=embed
[full-text, 128 pages]
Press Release 17 February 2010
Asia-Pacific MDG Progress Under Threat from Global Economic Crisis
http://www.adb.org/Media/Articles/2010/13160-asian-development-goals-threats/asian-mdg-threats.pdf
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
CASE STUDIES
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/help/casestudies.htm
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Conditions of Work and Employment Programme
Work and Family
WORKPLACE SOLUTIONS FOR CHILDCARE
By Catherine Hein and Naomi Cassirer
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/condtrav/family/index.htm
or
Executive Summary
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/condtrav/pdf/workplacesolutions_exec.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]
and
PowerPoint Presentation
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/condtrav/pdf/workplacesolutions_ppt.pdf
and
FULL-TEXT BOOK
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/condtrav/pdf/workplacesolutions.pdf
[full-text, 480 pages]
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
GENDER STATISTICS WEBSITE
http://www.unece.org/stats/gender/
See
GENDER STATISTICS DATABASE
http://w3.unece.org/pxweb/DATABASE/STAT/Gender.stat.asp
and
Show All
http://w3.unece.org/pxweb/DATABASE/STAT/Statistics.asp
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
UNECE STATISTICAL DATABASE
http://w3.unece.org/pxweb/Dialog/Default.asp
Federal
BLS: Program Perspectives, Vol. 2, Issue 1
February 2010
Program Perspectives on Benefits by Wage Level [17 February 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/opub/perspectives/program_perspectives_vol2_issue1.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]
Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB)
ILAB News Release: [02/23/2010]
Contact Name: Gloria Della or Clarisse Young
Phone Number: (202) 693-8666 or x4651
Release Number: 10-0134-NAT
US Labor Department seeks feedback on international child labor, forced labor, and forced or indentured child labor
http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/ilab/ILAB20100134.htm
Small Business Administration (SBA)
Office of Advocacy
QUARTERLY INDICATORS
FOURTH QUARTER 2009: THE ECONOMY AND SMALL BUSINESS [17 February 2010]
http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/sbqei0904.pdf
[full-text, 2 pages]
Institutes/Associations/Commercial
Employee Benefit Research Insitute (EBRI)
EBRI NOTES
February 2010, Vol. 31, No. 2
'Choice of Health Plan: Findings from the 2009 EBRI/MGA Consumer Engagement in Health Care Survey,' and 'Labor Force Participation Rates: The Population Age 55 and Older, 2008'
http://www.ebri.org/publications/notes/index.cfm?fa=notesDisp&content_id=4473
or
http://www.ebri.org/pdf/notespdf/EBRI_Notes_02-Feb10.LF-Prtcp.pdf
[full-text, 20 pages]
Press Release 18 February 2010
Older Americans Staying Longer in the Work Force
http://www.ebri.org/pdf/PR.865_18Feb10.JobPart.pdf
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
EBRI Issue Brief #339
Employers, Workers, and the Future of Employment-Based Health Benefits [February 2010]
http://www.ebri.org/publications/ib/index.cfm?fa=ibDisp&content_id=4471
or
http://www.ebri.org/pdf/briefspdf/EBRI_IB_02-2010_No339_EB-Bens.pdf
[full-text, 24 pages]
Catalyst Research Reports
PIPELINE'S BROKEN PROMISE [18 February 2010]
By Nancy M. Carter, Ph.D., and Christine Silva
Published: February 2010
http://catalyst.org/publication/372/pipelines-broken-promise
or
http://catalyst.org/file/340/pipeline%27s_broken_promise_final_021710.pdf
[full-text, 16 pages]
REPSONDENT PROFILE
http://catalyst.org/etc/hipo/Pipeline%27s_Broken_Promise_Respondent_Profile_020810.pdf
STATISTICAL APPENDIX
http://www.catalyst.org/etc/hipo/Pipeline%27s_Broken_Promise_Statistical_Appendix_Final_020110.pdf
ComputerWorld
List of H-1B visa employers for 2008
Search and sort the database of employers who received approval for new H-1B visas
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9128436/List_of_H_1B_visa_employers_for_2008
Economic Policy Institute
EPI Briefing Paper #257
17 February 2010
Bridge to Immigration or Cheap Temporary Labor?
The H-1B & L-1 Visa Programs Are a Source of Both
By Ron Hira
http://www.epi.org/page/-/pdf/bp257.pdf
[full-text, 17 pages]
Press Release 17 February 2010
Contrary to Claims, Skilled Visa Programs are Used as Source of Cheap Foreign Labor, Says New EPI Study
http://www.midatlanticlabor.com/appiesnet/wordpress/?p=1235
The Global Policy Institute, London Metropolitan University
POLICY REPORT February 2010
A Social Dimension for Transatlantic Economic Relations
www.global-policy.com/fileadmin/user_upload/TER_Report10.pdf
[full-text, 20 pages]
Hay Group with BusinessWeek
Best Companies for Leadership: The Top 20
http://www.businessweek.com/careers/special_reports/20100216best_companies_for_leadership.htm
See Hay Group at
http://www.haygroup.com/ww/best_companies/index.aspx?id=156
Law
U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO)
Press Release 22 February 2010
GPO AND CORNELL UNIVERSITY PILOT OPEN GOVERNMENT INITIATIVE
http://www.gpo.gov/pdfs/news-media/press/10news07.pdf
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
Full-text of Speech [REVIVAL of AMERICAN LABOR LAW]
http://www.nlrb.gov/nlrb/press/releases/Access_Justice_Speech.pdf
[full-text, 37 pages]
Press Release 17 February 2010]
NLRB Chairman Wilma Liebman discusses state of American labor law
http://www.nlrb.gov/shared_files/Press%20Releases/2010/R-2726.pdf
Statistical Reports
BLS: MASS LAYOFFS -- JANUARY 2010 [23 February 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/mmls.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/mmls.pdf
[full-text, 10 pages]
BLS: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS: SECOND QUARTER 2009 [23 February 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cewbd.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cewbd.pdf
[full-text, 17 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/cewbd.supp.toc.htm
BLS: Consumer Price Index - January 2010 [19 February 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cpi.pdf
[full-text, 22 pages]
BLS: REAL EARNINGS JANUARY 2010 [19 February 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/realer.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/realer.pdf
[full-text, 6 pages]
BLS: PRODUCER PRICE INDEXES - JANUARY 2010 [18 February 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ppi.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ppi.pdf
[full-text,25 pagees]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/ppi.supp.toc.htm
BLS: EXTENDED MASS LAYOFFS -- FOURTH QUARTER 2009 [17 February 2010]
ANNUAL TOTALS -- 2009
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/mslo.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/mslo.pdf
[full-text, 23 pages]
Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts
ILR Online Webcast
March 9, Online
Labor Standards in Global Supply Chains
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/events/03092010_Global_Supply_Chain_webcast.html
Date: Tuesday, March 9
Time: 12:00 to 1:00 pm (ET)
Register Now!
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/events/Webcast-Registration.html
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International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
ICTR Detainees - Status on 11 February 2010
http://www.ictr.org/ENGLISH/factsheets/detainee.htm
THE BACHARACH BLOG
http://bacharachblog.com/
Top 7 Social Media Links For Proactive Leaders
By Samuel B. Bacharach on 02/12/10
http://bacharachblog.com/leadership-links/top-7-social-media-links-for-proactive-leaders/
The IWS Colloquium Series
By Samuel B. Bacharach on 02/11/10
http://bacharachblog.com/proactive-leadership-skills/the-iws-colloquium-series/
Lessons Learned Through Verdi’s Stiffelio
By Stephanie Sutow on 02/10/10
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Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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