Wednesday, April 07, 2010
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 7 April 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, 7 April 2010
Academic Research
Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)
Databook of International Labour Statistics 2010 [2 April 2010]
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/estatis/databook/index.htm
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
LATIN AMERICAN and CARIBBEAN MACRO WATCH DATA TOOL (LMW)
http://www.iadb.org/Research/LatinMacroWatch/index.cfm?lang=en
COUNTRY TABLES
http://www.iadb.org/Research/LatinMacroWatch/CountryTable.cfm?lang=en
LMW TOOL
http://www.iadb.org/Research/LatinMacroWatch/LMW.cfm?lang=en
Latest update for December 2009
IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers
Recent studies include ---
4865 Documentation IZAΨMOD: The IZA Policy SImulation MODel
4864 Can Training Programs or Rather Wage Subsidies Bring the Unemployed Back to Work? A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation for Germany
4863 Earnings Progression, Human Capital and Incentives: Theory and Evidence
4862 Enhanced Fee-for-Service Model and Access to Physician Services: Evidence from Family Health Groups in Ontario
4861 Training Subsidies and the Wage Returns to Continuing Vocational Training: Evidence from Italian Regions
4860 The (Hidden) Financial Flows of Terrorist Organizations: A Literature Review and Some Preliminary Empirical Results
4859 Are Attitudes Towards Economic Risk Heritable? Analyses Using the Australian Twin Study of Gambling
4858 The Glass Door: The Gender Composition of Newly-Hired Workers Across Hierarchical Job Levels
4857 If Seebohm Rowntree Had Studied Sweden: How Poverty Changed in the City of Göteborg from 1925 to 2003
4856 How Do Labor Markets Affect Crime? New Evidence on an Old Puzzle
(forthcoming in: Handbook on the Economics of Crime, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2010)
4855 A Socio-economic Analysis of Youth Disconnectedness
Government Reports/Press - International, Federal, State, Local
International
African Development Bank (AfDB)
QUARTERLY STATISTICAL BULLETIN, First Quarter 2010 [1 April 2010]
http://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Publications/Bulletin%20qartey%20%20Eng.pdf
[full-text, 15 pages]
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
The Aftermath of the Global Crisis: Policy Lessons and Challenges Ahead for Latin America and the Caribbean
March 2010
http://www.iadb.org/research/pub_desc.cfm?pub_id=B-642
or
http://www.iadb.org/research/pub_hits.cfm?pub_id=35121569
[full-text, 70 pages]
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
Development in the Americas (DIA)
The Age of Productivity: Transforming Economies from the Bottom Up
Publication date: April 2010
http://www.iadb.org/research/dia_detail.cfm?id=2010
or
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
http://www.iadb.org/research/dia/2010/summary/DIA_booklet_eng.pdf
[full-text, 20 pages]
International Labour Organization (ILO)
INTERNATIONAL LABOUR MIGRATION: A RIGHTS-BASED APPROACH [31 March 2010]
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/migrant/download/rights_based_approach.pdf
[full-text, 324 pages]
Press Release 31 March 2010
A "rights-based approach" is required to meet the needs of the world's 105 million migrant workers http://www.ilo.org/global/About_the_ILO/Media_and_public_information/Press_releases/lang--en/WCMS_125324/index.htm
World Bank
China Quarterly Update, March 2010 [17 March 2010]
http://siteresources.worldbank.org/CHINAEXTN/Resources/318949-1268688634523/CQU_march2010.pdf
[full-text, 17 pages]
Federal
BLS: CHARTING INTERNATIONAL LABOR COMPARISONS (2010 edition) [2 April 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/fls/chartbook.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/fls/chartbook/chartbook2010.pdf
[full-text, 63 pages]
BLS: Chartbook: Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2008 [2 April 2010]
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
Profiles of Significant Collective Bargaining Disputes of 2009 [31 March 2010]
by Elizabeth A. Ashack
http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cb20100326ar01p1.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/print/cb20100326ar01p1.htm
BLS Handbook of Methods, Chapter 13, Employment Projections, Updated [31 March 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/pdf/homch13.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Issues in Labor Statistics | Summary 10-04 | March 2010
Record unemployment among older workers does not keep them out of the job market
by Emy Sok
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ils/summary_10_04/older_workers.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ils/pdf/opbils81.pdf
[full-text, 3 pages]
BLS: National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS)
NLS NEWS [2 April 2010]
No. 10-139
http://www.bls.gov/nls/nls139.pdf
[full-text, 7 pages]
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS
WORK-LIFE BALANCE AND THE ECONOMICS OF WORKPLACE FLEXIBILITY, MARCH 2010 [31 March 2010]
http://www.whitehouse.gov/files/documents/100331-cea-economics-workplace-flexibility.pdf
[full-text, 35 pages]
See Blog Release 31 March 2010
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/03/31/economics-workplace-flexibility
US Department of Labor
Employment and Training Administaration (ETA)
and
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Reinvesting in America's Youth: Lessons from the 2009 Recovery Act Summer Youth Employment Initiative (17 March 2010)
http://wdr.doleta.gov/research/keyword.cfm?fuseaction=dsp_resultDetails&pub_id=2436&mp=y
or
[full-text, 148 pages]
and
Executive Summary
[full-text, 26 pages]
Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
"Google and Internet Control in China: A Nexus Between Human Rights and Trade?"
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
http://www.cecc.gov/pages/hearings/2010/20100324/index.php
CHINA'S ACTIVITIES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. INTERESTS
HEARING BEFORE THE U.S.CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION
ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION
February 4, 2010 [online 30 March 2010]
http://www.uscc.gov/hearings/2010hearings/transcripts/10_02_04_trans/10_02_04_trans.pdf
(full-text, 214 pages]
Joint Economic Committee (JEC)
Understanding the Economy: State-by-State Snapshots (Feb. Data) [29 March 2010]
or
http://jec.senate.gov/public/?a=Files.Serve&File_id=1f74d2a3-b9d5-4c9d-b533-f734d7ccbd70
[full-text, 111 pages]
Joint Economic Committee (JEC)
Understanding the Economy: Long-‐Term Unemployment in the African American Community [17 March 2010]
http://jec.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=f7a324ea-4998-4a96-aeea-0265a3a68aae
[full-text, 16 pages]
Press Release 17 March 2010
Joint Economic Committee Releases New Report on
Long-Term Unemployment in the African American Community
National Science Foundation (NSF)
National Patterns of R&D Resources: 2008 Data Update [29 March 2010]
Detailed Statistical Tables | NSF 10-314 | March 2010 |
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf10314/
or
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf10314/pdf/nsf10314.pdf
[full-text, 49 pages]
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Interdisciplinary Dissertation Research [29 March 2010]
NSF 10-316 | March 2010 | PDF format. PDF
by Jaquelina C. Falkenheim[1]
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf10316/
or
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf10316/nsf10316.pdf
[full-text, 6 pages]
Social Security Administration (SSA)
Income of the Population 55 or Older, 2008 (released 5 April 2010)
http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/income_pop55/2008/
or
http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/income_pop55/2008/incpop08.pdf
[full-text, 352 pages]
or
http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/income_pop55/2008/incpop08.xls
[spreadsheet]
U.S. Department of State
2009 COUNTRY REPORTS on HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES [11 March 2010]
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2009/index.htm
U.S. Department of labor
Women's Bureau (WB)
UPDATED PUBLICATIONS from the WOMEN'S BUREAU
http://www.dol.gov/wb/media/reports/main.htm
Institutes/Associations/Commercial
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
EBRI NOTES April 2010, Vol. 31, No. 4
'The Use of Health Savings Accounts for Health Care in Retirement,' and 'Tax Expenditures and Employee Benefits: Estimates from the FY 2011 Budget'
http://www.ebri.org/publications/notes/index.cfm?fa=notesDisp&content_id=4509
or
http://www.ebri.org/pdf/notespdf/EBRI_Notes_04-Apr10.HSAs-TaxExpends1.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]
New Economics Foundation (NEF) in UK
21 hours: Why a shorter working week can help us all to flourish in the 21st century [February 2010]
http://www.ilo.org/public/libdoc/igo/2010/455254.pdf
[full-text, 40 pages]
Law
In the March 16, 2010 FEDERAL REGISTER, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announces it is soliciting public comments on the definition to be used in measuring green jobs, the "industry list" and other issues. Comments are due by April 30, 2010.
Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 50 / Tuesday, March 16, 2010 / Notices t
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-5705.pdf
[full-text, 3 pages]
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Comment Request
AGENCY: Bureau of Labor Statistics, DOL.
ACTION: Notice of solicitation of comments.
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is responsible for developing and implementing the collection of new data
on green jobs. The resulting information will assist policymakers in planning policy initiatives and understanding their impact on the labor market, and will facilitate the monitoring of labor market developments related to protecting the environment and conserving natural resources. BLS activities also will be useful to State labor market information offices in their efforts to meet the need for information
for State policymakers, businesses, and job seekers.
BLS is currently soliciting comments on the definition BLS will use in measuring green jobs, the industry list, or any other aspect of the information provided in this Notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the ADDRESSES section of this notice on or before April 30, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Richard
Clayton, Office of Industry Employment
Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics,
Room 4840, 2 Massachusetts Avenue,
NE., Washington, DC 20212 or by e-mail
to: green@bls.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Richard Clayton, Office of Industry
Employment Statistics, Bureau of Labor
Statistics, telephone number 202–691–
5185 (this is not a toll-free number), or
by e-mail to: green@bls.gov.
Statistical Reports
BLS: Job Openings and Labor Turnover – February 2010 [6 April 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/jolts.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/jolts.pdf
[full-text, 16 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/jolts.supp.toc.htm
BLS: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION -- MARCH 2010 [2 April 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf
[full-text, 38 pages]
BLS: County Employment and Wages Third Quarter 2009 [1 April 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cewqtr.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cewqtr.pdf
[full-text, 24 pages]
Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
2010 Census: Population Measures Are Important for Federal Funding Allocations GAO-08-230T October 29, 2007
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-08-230T
or
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08230t.pdf
[full-text, 13 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
http://www.ictr.org/ENGLISH/latestdecisions/index.htm
THE BACHARACH BLOG
http://bacharachblog.com/
The First Jobs of 8 Business Leaders
By wbriggs on 03/30/10
http://bacharachblog.com/proactive-leadership-skills/the-first-jobs-of-8-business-leaders/
4 Mistakes Made By History's Biggest Leaders
By wbriggs on 03/29/10
http://bacharachblog.com/proactive-leadership-skills/4-mistakes-made-by-historys-biggest-leaders/
4 Key Skills of a Frontline Leader
By Eric Smith on 03/23/10
http://bacharachblog.com/proactive-leadership-skills/4-key-skills-of-a-frontline-leader/
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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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