Wednesday, March 02, 2011
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 2 March 2011
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, 2 March 2011
NOTE: The IWS Documented News was temporarily suspended from mid-December until the end of February. Many postings this week will refer to "KEY DOCUMENTS" released during this time period in addition to those released this week.
Academic Research
White House
Council on Women and Girls
Office of Management and Budget and the Economics and Statistics Administration within the Department of Commerce
Women in America: Indicators of Social and Economic Well-Being [1 March 2011]
http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/cwg/data-on-women
or
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/rss_viewer/Women_in_America.pdf
[full-text, 97 pages]
African Development Bank (AfDB)
Working Paper No. 123
February 2011
Labor Market Dynamics in Tunisia: The Issue of Youth Unemployment [28 February 2011]
by Marco Stampini and Audrey Verdier-Chouchane
[full-text, 37 pages]
IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers
Recent studies include ---
5546 Free vs. Restricted Immigration: Bilateral Country Study
5545 Medical Technology and the Production of Health Care
5544 Age Biased Technical and Organisational Change, Training and Employment Prospects of Older Workers
5543 Managerial Incentives and Favoritism in Promotion Decisions: Theory and Field Evidence
5542 Occupational Tasks and Changes in the Wage Structure
5541 Business Conditions and Default Risks across Countries
5540 Part-Time Unemployment and Optimal Unemployment Insurance
5539 Whose Children Gain from Starting School Later? Evidence from Hungary
5538 Wage Premia for Newly Hired Employees: Theory and Evidence
5537 Does Gender Matter for Academic Promotion? Evidence from a Randomized Natural Experiment
5536 Retirement and Subjective Well-Being
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
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
KNOWLEDGE SOLUTIONS: TOOLS, METHODS, AND APPROACHES TO DRIVE DEVELOPMENT FORWARD AND ENHANCE ITS EFFECTS [January 2011]
by Olivier Serrat
http://www.adb.org/documents/periodicals/knowledge-management/knowledge-solutions-1-90.asp
or
http://www.adb.org/documents/books/knowledge-solutions-1-90/knowledge-solutions-1-90.pdf
[full-text, 425 pages]
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
SERIES on Sector-level bargaining and possibilities for deviations at company level
Sector-level bargaining and possibilities for deviations at company level: Germany
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef10874.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2010/874/en/1/EF10874EN.pdf
Sector-level bargaining and possibilities for deviations at company level: Italy
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef10876.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2010/876/en/1/EF10876EN.pdf
Sector-level bargaining and possibilities for deviations at company level: Spain
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef10877.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2010/877/en/1/EF10877EN.pdf
Sector-level bargaining and possibilities for deviations at company level: Austria
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef10871.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2010/871/en/1/EF10871EN.pdf
Sector-level bargaining and possibilities for deviations at company level: Belgium
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef10872.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2010/872/en/1/EF10872EN.pdf
Sector-level bargaining and possibilities for deviations at company level: France
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef10873.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2010/873/en/1/EF10873EN.pdf
European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)
COMPARATIVE STUDY
Employment and industrial relations in the health care sector [15 February 2011]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn1008022s/index.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn1008022s/tn1008022s.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/eiro/tn1008022s/tn1008022s.pdf
[full-text, 49 pages]
Executive Summary
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef10841.htm
European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)
COMPARATIVE STUDY
Information and consultation practice across Europe five years after the EU Directive [20 January 2011]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn1009029s/index.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn1009029s/tn1009029s.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/eiro/tn1009029s/tn1009029s.pdf
[full-text, 32 pages]
Executive Summary
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef10971.htm
European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO)
Annual review of working conditions 2009–2010 [23 December 2010]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/ewco/studies/tn1008048s/tn1008048s.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/ewco/tn1008048s/tn1008048s.pdf
[full-text, 53 pages]
Federal
BLS: MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW ONLINE
January 2011, Vol. 134, No. 1
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2011/01/home.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2011/01/mlr201101.pdf
Articles
State labor legislation enacted in 2010
John J. Fitzpatrick, Jr., James L. Perine, Bridget Dutton, and Kenneth Floyd
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2011/01/art1full.pdf
Changes in Federal and State unemployment insurance legislation in 2010
Loryn Lancaster
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2011/01/art2full.pdf
The compensation-productivity gap: a visual essay
Susan Fleck, John Glaser, and Shawn Sprague
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2011/01/art3full.pdf
BLS: MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW ONLINE
February 2011, Vol. 134, Number 2
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/mlrhome.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2011/02/mlr201102.pdf
Articles
A new, experimental system of indexes from the PPI program
Jonathan C. Weinhagen
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2011/02/art1full.pdf
Net flows in the U.S. labor market, 1990–2010
Robert Dixon, John Freebairn, and Guay C. Lim
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2011/02/art2full.pdf
Nonfatal injuries and illnesses in State and local government workplaces in 2008
Jeffery D. Brown
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2011/02/art3full.pdf
Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey Symposium, December 2010
Richard L. Clayton, James R. Spletzer, and John C. Wohlford
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2011/02/art4full.pdf
Census
OLDER POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES: 2009 [9 December 2010]
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/age/older_2009.html
Press Release 9 December 2010
Older Population in the United States: 2009
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/miscellaneous/2010-12-09_miscellaneous.html
Census
AGE AND SEX IN THE UNITED STATES: 2009 [9 December 2010]
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/age/age_sex_2009.html
Press Release 9 December 2010
Age and Sex: 2009
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/miscellaneous/2010-12-09_age_and_sex.html
Census
THE BLACK POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES: 2009 [9 December 2010]
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/race/black.html
Detailed Tables
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/race/ppl-ba09.html
Press Release 9 December 2010
The Black Population in the United States: 2009
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/miscellaneous/2010-12-09_black_population.html
Census
Press Release 9 December 2010
The Asian Population in the United States: 2009
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/race/api.html
Detailed Tables
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/race/ppl-aa09.html
Census
2007 Survey of Business Owners
Estimates of Business Ownership by Gender, Ethnicity, Race, and Veteran Status: 2007
http://www.census.gov/econ/sbo/
[MAP] of Women Owned Firms
http://www2.census.gov/econ/sbo/07/final/maps/women_map1.pdf
Table by GENDER
http://www2.census.gov/econ/sbo/07/final/tables/women_table1.xls
[spreadsheet]
Press Release 7 December 2010]
Census Bureau Reports Women-Owned Firms Numbered 7.8 Million in 2007, Generated Receipts of $1.2 Trillion
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/business_ownership/cb10-184.html
Census
Small Area Income & Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) for School Districts, Counties, and States (Model-based)
http://www.census.gov/did/www/saipe/index.html
(see left margin at URL above for links fot DATA)
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Migrants' Remittances and Related Economic Flows [24 February 2011]
http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=12053
or
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/120xx/doc12053/02-24-Remittances_chartbook.pdf
[full-text, 28 pages]
Chart Book
http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=12053&type=11
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Changes in the Distribution of Workers' Hourly Wages Between 1979 and 2009 [16 February 2011]
http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=12051
or
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/120xx/doc12051/02-16-WageDispersion.pdf
[full-text, 32 pages
Council of Economic Advisors
2011 ECONOMIC REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT
or
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/eop/2011/pdf/ERP-2011.pdf
[full-text, 316 pages]
LIST OF STATISTICAL TABLES
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/eop/tables11.html
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Economic and Budget Issue Brief
Fiscal Stress Faced by Local Governments [9 December 2010]
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/120xx/doc12005/12-09-Municipalities_Brief.pdf
[full-text, 10 pages]
Department of Health and Human Services
2011 HHS POVERTY GUIDELINES [20 January 2011]
http://aspe.hhs.gov/POVERTY/11poverty.shtml
or
http://aspe.hhs.gov/POVERTY/11fedreg.shtml
or
http://aspe.hhs.gov/POVERTY/11fedreg.pdf
[full-text, 2 pages]
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Trends in High School Dropout and Completion Rates in the United States: 1972–2008 [8 December 2010]
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2011012
or
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2011/2011012.pdf
[full-text, 104 pages]
Institutes/Associations/Commercial
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP)
Some Basic Facts on State and Local Government Workers
By Elizabeth McNichol
February 24, 2011
http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=3410
or
http://www.cbpp.org/files/2-24-11sfp.pdf
[full-text, 3 pages]
European Trade Union Institute (ETUI)
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING [Newsletter]
Issue 1/2011 – January
http://www.etui.org/research/Publications/Newsletters/Collective-bargaining-newsletter
Good Jobs First
SUBSIDY TRACKER DATABASE
http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/subsidy-tracker
Inventory of data sources used in Subsidy Tracker
http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/subsidytrackersources
User Guide http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/subsidy-tracker-user-guide
REPORT--
SHOW US THE SUBSIDIES: An Evaluation of State Government Online Disclosure of Economic Development Subsidies [8 December 2010]
By Philip Mattera, Thomas Cafcas, Leigh McIlvaine, Caitlin Lacy, Elizabeth Williams and Sarah Gutschow
http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/pdf/showusthesubsidiesrpt.pdf
[full-text, 40 pages]
LINKS TO RECIPIENT DISCLOSURE WEBSITES FOR STATE SUBSIDY PROGRAMS
http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/pdf/showusthesubsidieslinks.pdf
Press Release 8 December 2010
REPORT: MANY MORE STATES ARE DISCLOSING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEALS ONLINE BUT REPORTING QUALITY VARIES WIDELY
http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/pdf/showusthesubsidiesprrel.pdf
WorldatWork (Total Rewards Association)
Survey on Workplace Flexibility
A Report by WorldatWork
February 2011
http://www.worldatwork.org/research/flex.jsp
[full-text, 44 pages]
WorldatWork (Total Rewards Association)
HR Pay Practices Survey 2010 (U.K.)
A Report by HR Magazine and WorldatWork
February 2011
http://www.worldatwork.org/waw/adimLink?id=48198
[full-text, 12 pages]
WorldatWork (Total Rewards Association)
Promotional Guidelines
A Report by WorldatWork
December 2010
http://www.worldatwork.org/waw/adimLink?id=45914
[full-text, 32 pages]
Law
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
The Employee Free Choice Act
Jon O. Shimabukuro, Legislative Attorney
January 12, 2011
http://www.opencrs.com/document/RS21887/2011-01-12/download/1005/
[full-text, 10 pages]
or
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/783/
Statistical Reports
BLS: UNION MEMBERS -- 2010 [21 January 2011]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/union2.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/union2.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]
For Historical Tables see-- http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpslutabs.htm
BLS: WORK EXPERIENCE OF THE POPULATION -- 2009 [8 December 2010]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/work.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/work.pdf
[full-text, 9 pages]
Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts
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)
Trial of Idelphonse Nizeyimana Commences
ICTR/INFO-9-2-663.EN
Jan 19, 2011
http://www.unictr.org/tabid/155/Default.aspx?id=1185
THE BACHARACH BLOG
http://bacharachblog.com/
You Don't Speak The Way You Should
Posted by Samuel B. Bacharach on Feb 16, 2011
http://sambacharach.com/bacharachblog/cornell/you-dont-speak-the-way-you-should/
Elearning! Article: Leadership Online
Posted by Samuel B. Bacharach on Feb 15, 2011
http://sambacharach.com/bacharachblog/features/elearning-article-teaching-leadership-online/
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Institute for Workplace Studies
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