Wednesday, December 01, 2010
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 1 December 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, 1 December 2010
Academic Research
The Center for Retirement Research at Boston College
WORKING PAPERS
https://app.e2ma.net/app/view:CampaignPublic/id:25676.8822230575/rid:cd3b3ea87f247376a0783a9db435c345
Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)
WORKING PAPERS
http://www.adbi.org/catalog/index.php?tab=1&modid=36&breadcrumblabel=Working+Papers%2A
IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers
Recent studies include ---
5350 Accounting for Labor Demand Effects in Structural Labor Supply Models
5349 Cronyism
5348 Female Labour Supply and Spousal Education
5347 Is Earnings Nonresponse Ignorable?
5346 Urban Infrastructure and Economic Development: Experimental Evidence from Street Pavement
5345 Racial Discrimination and Household Chores
5344 Die Messung von Armut unter Berücksichtigung regional divergierender Lebenshaltungskosten und öffentlicher Leistungen
5343 The Case for Presenteeism
5342 Unions, Dynamism, and Economic Performance
(forthcoming in: Research Handbook on the Economics of Labor and Employment Law)
5341 The Minimum Wage and Latino Workers
5340 Two-Tier Labor Markets in the Great Recession: France vs. Spain
5339 Private Wealth and Planned Early Retirement: A Panel Data Analysis for the Netherlands, 1994-2009
5338 Work, Risk and Health: Differences between Immigrants and Natives in Spain
DigitalCommons@ILR--Most Recent Additions
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/recent_additions.html
Home Page at - http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/
Government Reports/Press - International, Federal, State, Local
International
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Working Conditons Observatory (EWCO)
COMPARATIVE STUDY
WORK-RELATED STRESS [19 November 2010]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/ewco/studies/tn1004059s/index.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/ewco/studies/tn1004059s/tn1004059s.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/ewco/tn1004059s/tn1004059s.pdf
[full-text, 51 pages]
Executive Summary
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef10751.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2010/751/en/1/EF10751EN.pdf
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)
Extending flexicurity – The potential of short-time working schemes: ERM Report 2010 [23 November 2010]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef1071.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2010/71/en/1/EF1071EN.pdf
[full-text, 136 pages]
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Transition to a low-carbon economy: Public goals and corporate practices [29 November 2010]
http://www.oecd.org/document/54/0,3343,en_21571361_44315115_46280502_1_1_1_1,00.html
or
http://www.oecdbookshop.org/oecd/get-it.asp?REF=2010051E.PDF&TYPE=browse
[full-text, 119 pages]
OECD
HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS: EFFCIENCY AND POLICY SETTINGS [29 November 2010]
http://www.oecd.org/document/39/0,3343,en_21571361_44315115_46491431_1_1_1_1,00.html
or
[full-text, 211 pages]
Press Release 29 November 2010
Health: Improving health care efficiency is key to curbing spiraling costs
http://www.oecd.org/document/54/0,3343,en_21571361_44315115_46534006_1_1_1_1,00.html
World Bank
[TRADE] DATA VISUALIZER [22 November 2010]
http://devdata.worldbank.org/TradeVisualizer/
Go to DATA SELECTION in left margin to find variables and countries
NEW DATA VISUALIZERS for TRADE DATA [22 November 2010]
http://data.worldbank.org/news/new-data-visualizers-for-trade-data
Federal
BLS: QUARTERLY CENSUS OF EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES (QWEC STATE & COUNTY MAP--BETA)
Introducing the QCEW State and County Map Application
http://www.bls.gov/cew/map_application.htm
BETA of QWEC STATE and COUNTY MAP
http://beta.bls.gov/maps/cew/us
BLS: Program Perspectives, Vol. 2 Issue 6
November 2010
DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLANS [29 November 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/opub/perspectives/program_perspectives_vol2_issue6.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]
BLS: Focus on Prices and Spending | Import and Export Prices | Volume 1, Number 11
Third Quarter 2010
Current Price Topics: The Impact of the European Debt Crisis on U.S. Import Prices [16 November 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/opub/focus/volume1_number11/ipp_1_11.htm
BLS: Focus on Prices and Spending | Consumer Expenditure | Volume 1, Number 12
Household Energy Spending: Two Surveys Compared [18 November 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/opub/focus/volume1_number12/cex_1_12.htm
Census [New!]
Economic Indicator Search Tool [18 November 2010]
http://www.census.gov/econ/currentdata/
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Estimated Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on Employment and Economic Output From July 2010 Through September 2010 [24 November 2010]
http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=11975
or
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/119xx/doc11975/11-24-ARRA.pdf
[full-text, 20 pages]
Congressional Budget Office (CBo)
Unemployment Insurance Benefits and Family Income of the Unemployed
November 17, 2010
http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=11960
[full-text, 16 pages]
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Public Spending on Transportation and Water Infrastructure [17 November 2010]
November 2010
http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=11940
or
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/119xx/doc11940/11-17-Infrastructure.pdf
[full-text, 62 pages]
and
Summary
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/119xx/doc11940/2010_11-17-Infrastructure_summary.pdf
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
IMPACT OF THE ECONOMY ON OLDER WORKERS [17 November 2010]
http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/meetings/11-17-10/index.cfm
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Women in Management: Analysis of Female Managers' Representation, Characteristics, and Pay
GAO-10-892R, Sep 20, 2010
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d10892r.pdf
[full-text, 41 pages]
U.S. Senate
Joint Economic Committee (JEC)
Understanding the Economy: State-by-State Snapshots (October Data)
Nov 23 2010
or
http://jec.senate.gov/public/?a=Files.Serve&File_id=1a6a5de0-a648-43a1-93fa-7fff2fd56408
[full-text, 112 pages]
U.S. Senate
Joint Economic Committee (JEC)
Extending the Federal Unemployment Insurance Benefits Program: Critical to Keeping the Economic Recovery On-Track [18 November 2010]
or
[full-text, 8 pages]
U.S. Senate
Joint Economic Committee (JEC)
Women and the Economy 2010 Series
http://jec.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=2010-women-in-the-economy-series
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Info Brief
NSF 11-305
November 2010
Numbers of Doctorates Awarded Continue to Grow in 2009; Indicators of Employment Outcomes Mixed [22 November 2010]
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf11305/
or
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf11305/nsf11305.pdf
[full-text, 10 pages]
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC)
[CHINA] 2010 REPORT TO CONGRESS [17 November 2010]
of the
U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION
ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION
NOVEMBER 2010
http://www.uscc.gov/annual_report/2010/annual_report_full_10.pdf
[full-text, 324 pages
Executive Summary
http://www.uscc.gov/annual_report/2010/ExecutiveSummaryandKeyRecommendations(page1).pdf
Chapter by Chapter access
http://www.uscc.gov/annual_report/2010/10report_chapters.php
Press Release 17 November 2010
Release of 2010 Annual Report to Congress
http://www.uscc.gov/pressreleases/2010/10_11_17pr.php
United States International Trade Commission [USITC]
Investigation No. 332-510
USITC Publication 4189
November 2010
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Characteristics and Performance [9 November 2010]
http://www.usitc.gov/publications/332/pub4189.pdf
[full-text, 228 pages]
Press Release 9 November 2010
Smaller Exporters Play Large Role in Trade
Exports by Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises Support Four Million U.S. Jobs
see also from USITC-- http://www.usitc.gov/press_room/news_release/2010/er1109hh1.htm
Institutes/Associations/Commercial
AARP Public Policy Institute
Fact Sheet
Impact of Modernizing the American Poverty Measure on the Poverty Status of Older Persons [29 November 2010]
http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/ppi/econ-sec/fs205-economic2.pdf
[full-text, 9 pages]
Work Foundation (UK)
UNDERSTANDING THE DEAL: Placing the employee at the heart of the employment relationship [November 2010]
or
http://workfoundation.org/assets/docs/publications/275_understanding_deal.pdf
[full-text, 64 pages]
A Report by WorldatWork (Total Rewards Association)
Sales Compensation Programs and Practices
November 2010
http://www.worldatwork.org/waw/adimLink?id=44112&nonav=yes
[full-text, 24 pages]
A Report by WorldatWork (Total Rewards Association)
The Connection Between Academic Research Findings and Total Rewards Professionals: A Survey of Practitioner Knowledge & Discussion of Research
November 2010
http://www.worldatwork.org/waw/adimLink?id=44841
[full-text, 24 pages]
Law
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
[CRISIS]
Rulemaking Requirements and Authorities in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
Curtis W. Copeland, Specialist in American National Government
November 3, 2010
http://www.opencrs.com/document/R41472/2010-11-03/download/1013/
[full-text, 92 pages]
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Immigration Reform Issues in the 111th Congress
Ruth Ellen Wasem, Specialist in Immigration Policy
October 29, 2010
http://opencrs.com/document/R40501/2010-10-29/download/1013/
[full-text, 16 pages]
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
The Use of Seclusion and Restraint in Public Schools: The Legal Issues
Nancy Lee Jones, Legislative Attorney
Jody Feder, Legislative Attorney
October 14, 2010
http://opencrs.com/document/R40522/2010-10-14/download/1013/
[full-text, 15 pages]
Statistical Reports
BLS: MASS LAYOFFS -- OCTOBER 2010 [23 November 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: REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT -- OCTOBER 2010 [23 November 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/laus.pdf
[full-text, 19 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/laus.supp.toc.htm
BLS: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS: FIRST QUARTER 2010 [18 November 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: MULTIFACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRENDS IN MANUFACTURING - 2008 [18 November 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod5.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod5.pdf
[full-text, 10 pages]
BLS: Consumer Price Index - October 2010 [17 November 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cpi.pdf
[full-text, 19 pages]
BLS: REAL EARNINGS OCTOBER 2010 [17 November 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/realer.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/realer.pdf
[full-text, 5 pages]
Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts
INVITATION by
ILERA (International labour and Employment Relations Association),
WORKPLACE RESEARCH CENTRE, University of Sydney, and the
JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS (JIR) published by the Industrial Relations Association of Australia (IRSA)
EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT: AN INTERNATIONAL FORUM
in SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, 30 MARCH 2011
GLOBAL FORUM ON EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS
http://www.erglobalforum.com/
or
http://www.erglobalforum.com/documents/GlobalERForum2011Brochure.pdf
Contact Information
http://www.erglobalforum.com/contact-us.php
REGISTRATION
http://wrc.org.au/event-details.php?eventid=101
Employment Relations in a Global Context
A Global Forum on Employment Relations will take place in Sydney on 30 March 2011. The Forum will focus on recent trends in employment relations in key economies North America, Europe and Asia and their implications for Australia. The Global Forum in 2011 follows the highly successful World Congress on Industrial Relations held in Sydney in 2009 attended by more than 900 participants from over 40 countries. A number of keynote speakers from that congress are returning to Sydney to review international changes which have occurred since the Global Financial Crisis and its aftermath. The Forum will also provide an opportunity to review the effects of recent reforms in Australia in the context of the re-elected Labour government from a wide range of employer and union perspectives.
The Global Forum is jointly sponsored by the International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA) based in Geneva, the Journal of Industrial Relations (JIR) published by the Industrial Relations Association of Australia (IRSA) and the Workplace Research Centre (WRC) at the University of Sydney.
Registrations are now open with a limited amount of early bird tickets available at $450 until the 31st of December (Standard rate $550 after this date). To book and for more information please go to www.erglobalforum.com
We advise you to book early for this important forum.
Janice Bellace
University of Pennsylvania Director
President, International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA)
Tayo Fashoyin
Director, Industrial Relations Dept, ILO Secretary, International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA)
Russell Lansbury
Emeritus Professor, University of Sydney
Immediate Past President, International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA)
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International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
Senegal Signs Agreement on Enforcement of ICTR Sentences
ICTR/INFO-9-2-660.EN
Nov 23, 2010
http://www.unictr.org/tabid/155/Default.aspx?id=1178
THE BACHARACH BLOG
http://bacharachblog.com/
Goodbye Kitty
By Sean Lee on 11/23/10
http://bacharachblog.com/leader/goodbyekitty/
The Origins of the Business Card: Lessons in Choosing the Right Card
By wbriggs on 11/23/10
How To Avoid The "Worst" List
By Sean Lee on 11/18/10
http://bacharachblog.com/proactive-stories/how-to-avoid-the-worst-list/
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Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
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New York, NY 10016
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