Wednesday, August 25, 2010
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 25 August 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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_______________________________
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, 25 August 2010
Academic Research
United States International Trade Commission (USITC)
Office of Industries Working Paper No. ID-26
An Overview and Examination of the Indian Services Sector
No. ID-26
by Lisa Alejandro, Eric Forden, Allison Gosney, Erland Herfindahl, Dennis Luther, Erick Oh, Joann Peterson, Matthew Reisman, and Isaac Wohl, Office of Industries;
August 2010
[full-text, 97 pages]
RAND
Dissertation
Multi-perspective Strategic Decision Making: Principles, Methods, and Tools [19 August 2010]
By: Lynne Wainfan
or
[full-text, 170 pages]
Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)
JAPAN LABOR REVIEW
Volume 7, Number 3, Summer 2010
Special Edition: Current Situation of Japan’s Foreign Labor Policy
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR.htm
or
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2010/JLR27_all.pdf
[full-text, 151 pages]
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR.htm
or
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2010/JLR27_all.pdf
[full-text, 151 pages]
IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)
Recent studies include ---
5139 High-School Dropouts and Transitory Labor Market Shocks: The Case of the Spanish Housing Boom
5138 Independent Individual Decision-Makers in Household Models and the New Home Economics
(forthcoming in: J. Alberto Molina (ed.), Household Economic Behaviors, Springer: 2010)
5137 Optimal Price Indices for Targeting Inflation under Incomplete Markets
5136 The Distribution of Earnings under Monopsonistic/polistic Competition
5135 Does More Money Make You Fat? The Effects of Quasi-Experimental Income Transfers on Adolescent and Young Adult Obesity
5134 Foreign Labour Migration and the Economic Crisis in the EU: Ongoing and Remaining Issues of the Migrant Workforce in Germany 5133 Productivity under Large Pay Increases: Evidence from Professional Baseball
5132 A Distributional Analysis of the Public-Private Wage Differential in India
5131 The Cyclical Volatility of Labor Markets under Frictional Financial Markets
5130 The Desirability of Workfare as a Welfare Ordeal – Revisited
5129 The Impact of Immigration on the Labour Market Outcomes of Native-Born Canadians
5138 Independent Individual Decision-Makers in Household Models and the New Home Economics
(forthcoming in: J. Alberto Molina (ed.), Household Economic Behaviors, Springer: 2010)
5137 Optimal Price Indices for Targeting Inflation under Incomplete Markets
5136 The Distribution of Earnings under Monopsonistic/polistic Competition
5135 Does More Money Make You Fat? The Effects of Quasi-Experimental Income Transfers on Adolescent and Young Adult Obesity
5134 Foreign Labour Migration and the Economic Crisis in the EU: Ongoing and Remaining Issues of the Migrant Workforce in Germany 5133 Productivity under Large Pay Increases: Evidence from Professional Baseball
5132 A Distributional Analysis of the Public-Private Wage Differential in India
5131 The Cyclical Volatility of Labor Markets under Frictional Financial Markets
5130 The Desirability of Workfare as a Welfare Ordeal – Revisited
5129 The Impact of Immigration on the Labour Market Outcomes of Native-Born Canadians
DigitalCommons@ILR--Most Recent Additions
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/recent_additions.html
Home Page at - http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/
Home Page at - http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/
Government Reports/Press - International, Federal, State, Local
International
International
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
KEY INDICATORS FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC 2010 [19 August 2010]
SPECIAL CHAPTER--The Rise of Asia’s Middle Class
or
[full-text, 322 pages]
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Knowledge Solutions
Informal Authority in the Workplace [August 2010]
By Olivier Serrat
http://www.adb.org/documents/information/knowledge-solutions/informal-authority-in-the-workplace.pdf
[full-text, 7 pages]
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Knowledge Solutions
A Primer on Social Neuroscience [August 2010]
By Olivier Serrat
[full-text, 6 pages]
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Knowledge Solutions
July 2010/88
Bridging Organizational Silos
By Olivier Serrat
[full-text, 5 pages]
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions [Dublin Foundation]
European Working Conditions Observatory [EWCO]
Demographic change and work in Europe [20 August 2010]
or
[full-text, 15 pages]
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditons (Dublin Foundation)
European Working Conditons Observatory (EWCO)
EU Level
Portable computing and communication devices and their impact on workers’ health [23 July 2010]
SEE--
European Commission
Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
The increasing use of portable computing and communication devices and its impact on the health of EU workers
[full-text, 124 pages]
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Level
New directive enhances social rights for self-employed workers [10 August 2010]
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Social Dialogue
Bureau for Workers' Activities (ACTRAV)
BOOK
Trade union pluralism and proliferation in French-speaking Africa [19 August 2010]
or
[full-text, 67 pages]
Also in French at
OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Papers
No:2010/04
Careers of Doctorate Holders: Employment and Mobility Patterns
or
[full-text, 30 pages]
Federal
AgingStats.gov
Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics
OLDER AMERICANS 2010: KEY INDICATORS OF WELL-BEING [19 July 2010]
or
[full-text, 174 pages]
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
August 2010
Report 1026
Labor Force Characteristics by Race and Ethnicity, 2009 [17 August 2010]
[full-text, 56 pages]
BLS Bulletin 2748
Geographic Profile of Employment and Unemployment, 2009 [19 July 2010]
or
[full-text, 340 pages]
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
The Role of Immigrants in the U.S. Labor Market: An Update [23 July 2010]
July 2010
or
[full-text, 28 pages]
or
Chart Book
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Economic and Budget Issue Brief
Federal Debt and the Risk of a Fiscal Crisis
July 27, 2010
or
[full-text, 8 pages]
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Foreign Investment in U.S. Securities
James K. Jackson, Specialist in International Trade and Finance
June 22, 2010
[full-text, 27 pages]
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
U.S.-Latin America Trade: Recent Trends and Policy Issues
J. F. Hornbeck, Specialist in International Trade and Finance
June 25, 2010
[full-text, 13 pages]
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Revenues and Expenditures by Public School Districts: School Year 2007-08 (Fiscal Year 2008) [18 August 2010]
or
[full-text, 28 pages]
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Web Tables—Student Financing of Undergraduate Education: 2007–08 [17 August 2010]
or
[full-text, 294 pages]
National Science Foundation (NSF)
NSF 10-324 | July 2010 |
Foreign Science and Engineering Students in the United States [8 July 2010]
or
[full-text, 8 pages]
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Characteristics of Recent Science and Engineering Graduates: 2006 [11 August 2010]
or
[full-text, 160 pages]
U.S. Commercial Service
Doing Business in Brazil: 2010 Country Commercial Guide for U.S. Companies
[full-text, 98 pages]
Institutes/Associations/Commercial
AARP
Social Security 75th Anniversary Survey Report: Public Opinion Trends
by: Colette Thayer, Ph.D., AARP Research & Strategic Analysis | from: Surveys and Statistics | August 2010
or
[full-text, 51 pages]
AidData
AidData is a partnership between Development Gateway, William & Mary, and brigham Young University.
AidData--TRACKING DEVELOPMENT FINANCE
Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
Hard Work?
Patterns in Physically Demanding Labor Among Older Workers
Hye Jin Rho
August 2010
[full-text, 19 pages]
Press Release 5 August 2010
Millions of Older Workers in Occupations Classified as Physically Demanding or with Difficult Work Conditions
Development Gateway
Country Gateway Network
A REPORT BY NEW YORK JOBS WITH JUSTICE AND URBAN AGENDA
NO RETURN ON OUR INVESTMENT: The Failure of New York’s Industrial Development Agencies [18 August 2010]
[full-text, 36 pages]
Press Release 18 August 2010
NEW YORK’S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS FAIL ACCORDING TO NEW REPORT
IDA spending balloons, job creation slows, and agencies hide from public scrutiny
New Zealand Asia Information Service
Asia information sources – databases
RAND
Toward a Culture of Consequences: Performance-Based Accountability Systems for Public Services — Executive Summary [9 August 2010]
By: Brian M. Stecher, Frank Camm, Cheryl L. Damberg, Laura S. Hamilton, Kathleen J. Mullen, Christopher Nelson, Paul Sorensen, Martin Wachs, Allison Yoh, Gail L. Zellman with Kristin J. Leuschner
or
[full-text, 51 pages]
FULL REPORT
[full-text, 273 pages]
Summary
[full-text, 20 pages]
Research Brief
http://rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/2010/RAND_RB9549.pdf
[full-text, 5 pages]
[full-text, 5 pages]
WorldatWork (Total Rewards Association)
The Impact of Rewards Programs on Employee Engagement
A Report by WorldatWork and Mercer
August 2010
[full-text, 22 pages]
WorldatWork (Total Rewards Association)
Organizational Culture and Total Rewards: Person-Organiztion Fit
Michael M. Harris, Ph.D., University of Missouri-St. Louis
July 2010
[full-text, 18 pages]
XPDNC LABOUR DIRECTORY
LINKS
More information for ORGANIZED LABOUR
Law
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
DATABASE of Decisions Issued by Two-Member Board [5 August 2010]
http://www.nlrb.gov/about_us/news_room/template_html.aspx?file=http://www.nlrb.gov/shared_files/Press Releases/2010/R-2772.htm
DATABASE of Decisions Issued by Two-Member Board [5 August 2010]
http://www.nlrb.gov/about_us/news_room/template_html.aspx?file=http://www.nlrb.gov/shared_files/Press Releases/2010/R-2772.htm
or
United States Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
Senator Byron L. Dorgan, Chairman | Representative Sander M. Levin, Cochairman
CHINA HUMAN RIGHTS and RULE OF LAW UPDATE—No. 7 [19 August 2010]
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Trade Law: An Introduction to Selected International Agreements and U.S. Laws
Emily C. Barbour, Legislative Attorney
June 29, 2010
[full-text, 63 pages]
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
The Americans with Disabilities Act and Emergency Preparedness and Response
Nancy Lee Jones, Legislative Attorney
June 30, 2010
[full-text, 10 pages]
United States Trade Representative (USTR)
Labor Consultations with Guatemala [30 July 2010]
USTR NEWS 30 July 2010
United States Trade Representative Kirk Announces Labor Rights
Trade Enforcement Case Against Guatemala
http://www.dol.gov/ilab/media/factsheets/20100730-FactSheet.pdf
http://www.dol.gov/ilab/media/factsheets/20100730-FactSheet.pdf
Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB)
Final Determination Updating the EO 13126 List in accordance with "Procedural Guidelines for the Maintenance of the List of Products Requiring Federal Contractor Certification as to Forced or Indentured Child Labor"
http://www.dol.gov/ILAB/regs/eo13126/main.htm
http://www.dol.gov/ILAB/regs/eo13126/main.htm
Statistical Reports
BLS: MULTIFACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRENDS - 2008 [24 August 2010]
or
[full-text, 14 pages]
BLS: REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT -- JULY 2010 [20 August 2010]
or
[full-text, 19 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
BLS: MASS LAYOFFS -- JULY 2010 [20 August 2010]
or
[full-text, 10 pages]
BLS: NATIONAL CENSUS OF FATAL OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES IN 2009 [19 August 2010]
(PRELIMINARY RESULTS)
or
[full-text, 13 pages]
BLS: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS: FOURTH QUARTER 2009 [18 August 2010]
or
[full-text, 17 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts
Facts for Features from the Census Bureau
CB10-FF.14
June 15, 2010
Back to School: 2010-2011
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/cb10-ff14.html
or
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/pdf/cb10ff-14_school.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Bureau of Economics: Working Papers
Working Paper No. 304
State Regulation of Alcohol Distribution: The Effects of Post & Hold Laws on Consumption and Social Harms
James C. Cooper, Joshua D. Wright, August 2010
http://www.ftc.gov/be/workpapers/wp304.pdf
[full-text, 39 pages]
June 15, 2010
Back to School: 2010-2011
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/cb10-ff14.html
or
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/pdf/cb10ff-14_school.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Bureau of Economics: Working Papers
Working Paper No. 304
State Regulation of Alcohol Distribution: The Effects of Post & Hold Laws on Consumption and Social Harms
James C. Cooper, Joshua D. Wright, August 2010
http://www.ftc.gov/be/workpapers/wp304.pdf
[full-text, 39 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 Completion Strategy
THE BACHARACH BLOG
http://bacharachblog.com/
http://bacharachblog.com/
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By Sean Lee on 08/17/10
What Tulips Can Teach Us
By Bobak Moazami on 08/11/10
The Next Best Thing: Steve Jobs’ Leadership Misstep
By Sean Lee on 07/28/10
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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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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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