Monday, February 01, 2010
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 3 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, 3 February 2010
Academic Research
African Development Bank (AfDB)
African Statistical Journal, Vol. 9, Nov. 2009 [28 January 2010]
[full-text, 499 pages – in both ENGLISH & FRENCH]
University of Michigan
PANEL STUDY OF INCOME DYNAMICS (PSID): DATA CENTER
http://simba.isr.umich.edu/Zips/zipSupp.aspx
| The PSID announces two opportunities of interest to the research community. |
| 1. Data Release: PSID 2009 Housing, Mortgage Distress, and Wealth 2. Call for Papers: Conference on Spatial Distance Between Family Members Using Data from the PSID and the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) |
| Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) WORKING PAPERS http://www.iadb.org/publications/search.cfm?docType=Working%20Papers Recent Publications Productive Development Policies in Trinidad and Tobago: A Critical Review Moya, Ramiro; Mohammed, Anne-Marie; Sookram, Sandra Date : Jan, 2010 http://idbdocs.iadb.org/wsdocs/getdocument.aspx?docnum=35049209 [full-text, 77 pages] Politics, Policies and the Dynamics of Aggregate Productivity in Colombia Eslava, Marcela; Melendez, Marcela Date : Dec, 2009 http://idbdocs.iadb.org/wsdocs/getdocument.aspx?docnum=2189850 [full-text, 55 pages] Financial Dependence, Formal Credit and Informal Jobs New Evidence from Brazilian Household Data Catao, Luis; Pages, Carmen; Rosales, Maria Fernanda Date : Dec, 2009 http://idbdocs.iadb.org/wsdocs/getdocument.aspx?docnum=35003625 [full-text, 42 pages] New Century, Old Disparities: Gender and Ethnic Wage Gaps in Latin America Atal, Juan Pablo; Nopo, Hugo; Winder, Natalia Date : Dec, 2009 http://idbdocs.iadb.org/wsdocs/getdocument.aspx?docnum=2230955 [full-text, 76 pages] Political Institutions and Street Protests in Latin America Machado, Fabiana; Scartascini, Carlos; Tommasi, Mariano Date : Dec, 2009 http://idbdocs.iadb.org/wsdocs/getdocument.aspx?docnum=35004678 [full-text, 41 pages] |
Government Reports/Press - International, Federal, State, Local
International
European Centre for the Developoment of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP)
New Web Portal for
Cedefop, the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training
www.cedefop.europa.eu
Press release -
A new Web portal for vocational education and training in the EU [27 January 2010]
http://www.cedefop.europa.eu/EN/news/15172.aspx
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
Annual work programme 2010 [26 January 2010]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef1012.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2010/12/en/1/EF1012EN.pdf
[full-text, 47 pages]
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European restructuring monitor quarterly - Issue 4, winter 2009 [26 January 2010]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef1011.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2010/11/en/1/EF1011EN.pdf
[full-text, 19 pages]
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)
Fact sheets
Latest restructuring cases
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/emcc/erm/index.php?template=searchfactsheets
International Labour Organization (ILO)
GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT TRENDS 2010 [26 January 2010]
[full-text, 83 pages]
or
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/intl/80/
or
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1084&context=intl
[full-text, 84 pages]
Press Release
ILO: annual Global Employment Trends report [26 January 2010]
Unemployment reached highest level on record in 2009: Somavia calls for the same policy decisiveness that saved banks to save and create jobs
OECD
Economic Survey of Chile 2010 [27 January 2010]
www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/Chile
POLICY BRIEF
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/24/3/44464700.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]
Press Release 27 January 2010
Securing growth and tackling inequality remain key challenge as Chile emerges from recession
http://www.oecd.org/document/38/0,3343,en_2649_34569_44483942_1_1_1_37443,00.html
World Bank
Global Economic Prospects 2010: Crisis, Finance, and Growth [21 January 2010]
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTDEC/EXTDECPROSPECTS/GEPEXT/EXTGEP2010/0,,menuPK:6665259~pagePK:64167702~piPK:64167676~theSitePK:6665253,00.html
or
Full-Text
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTDEC/EXTDECPROSPECTS/GEPEXT/EXTGEP2010/0,,contentMDK:22438006~pagePK:64167689~piPK:64167673~theSitePK:6665253,00.html
or
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTGEP2010/Resources/GEP2010-Full-Report.pdf
[full-text, 182 pages]
Press Release 21 January 2010
As World Economy Slowly Recovers, Developing World Faces Scarce Financing, Says World Bank
Developing countries facing higher borrowing costs, lower credit levels, and reduced international capital flows
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:22446580~pagePK:64257043~piPK:437376~theSitePK:4607,00.html
Federal
BLS: Monthly Labor Review Online [29 January 2010]
January 2010
Vol. 133, Number 1
or
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2010/01/mlr201001.pdf
[full-text, 138 pages]
State labor legislation enacted in 2009
John J. Fitzpatrick, Jr., James L. Perine, and Bridget Dutton
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2010/01/art1full.pdf
[full-text, 34 pages]
Changes in Federal and State unemployment insurance legislation in 2009
Loryn Lancaster
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2010/01/art2full.pdf
Crash and reboot: Silicon Valley high-tech employment and wages, 2000–08
Amar Mann and Tian Luo
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2010/01/art3full.pdf
[full-text, 15 pages]
Report
Union membership attrition
Gary Chaison
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2010/01/art4full.pdf
[full-text, 3 pages]
BLS (announcement): State and Metro Area Employment, Hours, & Earnings
All Employee Hours and Earnings Series from the Current Employment Statistics Program will be Official on March 10, 2010
http://www.bls.gov/sae/aepp_official.htm
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Compensation and Working Conditions
Change to Hours-Based Fatality Rates in the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries [25 January 2010]
by Joyce Northwood
http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/sh20100121ar01p1.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/print/sh20100121ar01p1.htm
BLS: The Consumer Expenditure Survey—30 Years as a Continuous Survey [26 January 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/cex/ceturnsthirty.htm
or
http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/print.pl/cex/ceturnsthirty.htm
Census
Finances of Selected State and Local Government Employee Retirement Systems: 3rd Quarter 2009 [28 January 2010]
http://www.census.gov/govs/www/qpr.html
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE (CBO)
The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2010 to 2020 [26 January 2010]
January 2010
Executive Summary
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/108xx/doc10871/Summary.shtml#1045449
or
Full Report
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/108xx/doc10871/frontmatter.shtml
or
Full Report in PDF
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/108xx/doc10871/01-26-Outlook.pdf
BUDGET OUTLOOK 2010 (Interactive Web Page)
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/108xx/doc10871/BudgetOutlook2010_Jan.cfm
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
The U.S. Postal Service’s Financial Condition: Overview and Issues for Congress
Kevin R. Kosar. Analyst in American National Government
January 19, 2010
http://www.opencrs.com/document/R41024/2010-01-19/download/1013/
[full-text, 14 pages]
U.S. Congress, Joint Economic Committee
Understanding the Economy: State-by-State Snapshots [26 January 2010]
http://jec.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Reports.Reports&ContentRecord_id=6ca6b81a-5056-8059-764f-f688fe8945b4
Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)
ESTABLISHMENT SPECIFIC INJURY AND ILLNESS RATES [DATABASE][27 January 2010]
http://www.osha.gov/pls/odi/establishment_search.html
Press Release 27 January 2010
OSHA releases workplace injury and illness information
Data represents administration's "Open Government" policy
http://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=NEWS_RELEASES&p_id=17109
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011 [1 February 2010]
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/
Look at left margin for details and the map below for State information.
Also BUDGET OVERVIEW
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/Overview/
Overview for Department of Labor
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2011/assets/labor.pdf
SBA
Office of Advocacy
Income and Wealth: How Did Households Owning Small Businesses Fare from 1998 to 2007 [28 January 2010]
by George W. Haynes, Ph.D., Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717
http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs357tot.pdf
[full-text, 51 pages]
or
Research Summary
http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs357.pdf
The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
January 27, 2010
Remarks by the President in State of the Union Address
U.S. Capitol
9:11 P.M. EST
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-state-union-address
Institutes/Associations/Commercial
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP)
Major Insurance Market Reforms Will Not Work Unless They Are Part of Broader Health Reform
By January Angeles, Sarah Lueck, Edwin Park and Judith Solomon
January 27, 2010
http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=3062&emailView=1
or
http://www.cbpp.org/files/1-27-10health.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]
Glassdoor.com
Best Places to Work (2010) (2010 Employees’ Choice)
http://www.glassdoor.com/Best-Places-to-Work-LST_KQ0,19.htm
Kaiser Family Foundation
State High-Risk Pools: An Overview [25 January 2010]
http://www.kff.org/uninsured/8041.cfm
or
http://www.kff.org/uninsured/upload/8041.pdf
[full-text, 11 page]
Issues for Structuring Interim High-Risk Pools [7 January 2010]
http://www.kff.org/healthreform/8040.cfm
or
http://www.kff.org/healthreform/upload/8040.pdf
[full-text, 9 pages]
Migration Policy Institute (MPI)
Protection through Integration: The Mexican Government’s Efforts to Aid Migrants in the United States [28 January 2010]
By Laureen Laglagaron
January 2010
http://my.migrationpolicy.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=QqJfnLqummo7lX4DPYWAq9v%2BA2Bmrfje
[full-text, 42 pages]
National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
Sustaining State Retirement Benefits:
Recent State Legislation Affecting Public Retirement Plans, 2005-2009
Ronald Snell
January 2010
http://www.ncsl.org/?tabid=19588
or
http://www.ncsl.org/documents/employ/SustainingStateRetirementBenefitsJan10.pdf
[full-text, 9 pages]
Towers Watson
From Recession to Recovery: How Far, How Fast, How Well Prepared [28 January 2010]
http://www.towerswatson.com/assets/pdf/960/WT_2010_15164.pdf
[full-text, 16 pages]
Press Release
In 2010, Hiring Goes Hand in Hand With Targeted Workforce Reductions, Towers Watson Survey Finds [28 January 2010]
http://www.towerswatson.com/press/965
Law
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Industrial and Employment Relations Department DIALOGUE
EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION LEGISLATION DATABASE– EPLex
http://www.ilo.org/dyn/terminate/termmain.home
Statistical Reports
BEA: PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS: DECEMBER 2009 [1 February 2010]
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2010/pi1209.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2010/pdf/pi1209.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2010/xls/pi1209.xls
[spreadsheet]
and
Highlights
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2010/pdf/pi1209_fax.pdf
BEA: GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT: FOURTH QUARTER 2009 (ADVANCE ESTIMATE) [29 January 2010]
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2010/gdp4q09_adv.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2010/pdf/gdp4q09_adv.pdf
[full-text, 14 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2010/xls/gdp4q09_adv.xls
[spreadsheet]
and
Highlights
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2010/pdf/gdp4q09_adv_fax.pdf
BLS: EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX - DECEMBER 2009 [29 January 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/eci.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/eci.pdf
[full-text, 22 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/eci.supp.toc.htm
BLS: AMERICA'S YOUTH AT 22: SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, TRAINING, AND EMPLOYMENT TRANSITIONS BETWEEN AGES 21 AND 22 [28 January 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/nlsyth.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/nlsyth.pdf
[full-text, 11 pages]
BLS: MASS LAYOFFS -- DECEMBER 2009 & ANNUAL TOTALS -- 2009 [27 January 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/mmls.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/mmls.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]
BLS: VOLUNTEERING IN THE UNITED STATES--2009 [26 January 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/volun.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/volun.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]
Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts
Census
FACTS for FEATURES from the Census Bureau
· CB10-FF.05
· Jan. 25, 2010
Super Bowl XLIV
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/014558.html
or
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/pdf/cb10ff-05_superbowl.pdf
[full-text, 4 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)
ICTR NEWSLETTER
December 2009/January 2010
http://www.ictr.org/ENGLISH/newsletter/dec09-jan10/dec09-jan10.pdf
[full-text, 7 pages]
THE BACHARACH BLOG
Coalition Critics, Skeptics, & Doubters
By Samuel B. Bacharach on 01/29/10
http://bacharachblog.com/proactive-leadership-skills/coalition-critics-skeptics-doubters/
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