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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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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

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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) 262-6041               
Fax: (607) 255-9641                       
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu                  
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IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
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
________________________________________________________________________

IWS Weekly Bulletin, 11 May 2011

Academic Research

IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)

http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers

Recent studies include ---
5688       Recessions Are Bad for Workplace Safety             May 2011                            

5687       Reconsidering Gender Bias in Intra-Household Allocation in India             

5686       Immigration and Innovation       

5685       Your Place or Mine? On the Residence Choice of Young Couples in Norway         

5684       Managerial Valuation of Applicant Credentials and Personal Traits in Hiring Decisions      

5683       Europe Agreements and Trade Balance: Evidence form Four New EU Members

(forthcoming in: Journal of International Trade and Economic Development)      

5682       Did the 2007 Legal Arizona Workers Act Reduce the State's Unauthorized Immigrant Population?             

5681       How Did the Great Recession Affect Different Types of Workers? Evidence from 17 Middle-Income Countries           

5680       The Crisis, Policy Reactions and Attitudes to Globalization and Jobs         

5679       Is Earnings Uncertainty Relevant for Educational Choice? An Empirical Analysis for China               

5678       Fixed Effects and Variance Components Estimation in Three-Level Meta-Analysis            

5677       Labor Disputes and Labor Flows               

5676       Immigration and Innovation in European Regions

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)

Global Food Price Inflation and Developing Asia [26 April 2011]

http://www.adb.org/documents/reports/global-food-price-inflation

or

http://www.adb.org/documents/reports/global-food-price-inflation/food-price-inflation.pdf

[full-text, 39 pages]

Press Release 26 April 2011

Soaring Food Prices Again Threaten to Push Millions of Asians into Poverty - ADB

http://www.adb.org/Media/Articles/2011/13534-asian-food-prices/

Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)

Latin American and Caribbean Macro Watch Data Tool

http://www.iadb.org/Research/LatinMacroWatch/CountryTable.cfm?lang=en

ILO Bangkok

Asia�Pacific Labour Market Update, April 2011

http://www.ilo.org/asia/whatwedo/publications/lang--en/docName--WCMS_154215/index.htm

or

http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---asia/---ro-bangkok/documents/publication/wcms_154215.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

A joint publication of the

International Labour Organization (ILO) and Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Women and labour markets in Asia: Rebalancing for gender equality

http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---asia/---ro-bangkok/documents/publication/wcms_154846.pdf

[full-text, 68 pages]

Press Release 29 April 2011

Window of opportunity for Asia to improve gender equality at work - ILO, ADB

http://www.ilo.org/asia/info/public/pr/lang--en/WCMS_154852/index.htm

Federal

BLS: Issues in Labor Statistics

Summary 11-1/May 2011

How long before the unemployed find jobs or quit looking? [5 May 2011]

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ils/pdf/opbils89.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

BLS PROGRAM PERSPECTIVES, vOL. 3, ISSUE 4

HIGH DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH PLANS: A GROWING OPTION IN PRIVATE INDUSTRY [4 May 2011]

http://www.bls.gov/opub/perspectives/program_perspectives_vol3_issue4.pdf

[full-text, 4 pages]

BLS: MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW

April 2011, vol. 134, no. 4

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2011/04/home.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2011/04/mlr201104.pdf

[full-text, 148 pages]

Articles

Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)

Characteristics of Suspected Human Trafficking Incidents, 2008-2010 [28 April 2011]

http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=2372

or

http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/cshti0810.pdf

[full-text, 12 pages]

Census

STATE GOVERNMENT RETIREMENT SYSTEMS [2009] [27 April 2011]

http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/news_conferences/st_gov_retirement_tables.html

Press Release 27 April 2011

Census Bureau Reports State Retirement Systems Assets Fall $641 Billion in 2009 [27 April 2011]

http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/governments/cb11-75.html

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

Economic and Budget Issue Brief

The Underfunding of State and Local Pension Plans [4 May 2011]

http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=12084

or

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/120xx/doc12084/05-04-Pensions.pdf

[full-text, 9 pages]

U.S. Commercial Service

1 May 2011

Country Commercial Guide

 ・ Country Commercial Guide France 2011 [04/27/2011]
 ・ Chile Country Commercial Guide 2011 [04/21/2011]
 ・ Country Commercial Guide: Czech Republic 2011 [04/20/2011]
 ・ Doing Business in Morocco: 2011 Country Commer... [04/19/2011]
 ・ 2011 Country Commercial Guide for The Bahamas [04/18/2011]
 ・ Doing Business in Taiwan: 2011 County Commercia... [04/15/2011]
 ・ Doing Business in Korea: 2011 Country Commercia... [04/15/2011]
 ・ Doing Business in Vietnam: 2011 Country Commer... [04/13/2011]
 ・ Doing Business in Belgium: 2011 Country Commer... [04/01/2011]
 ・ Greece: 2011 Country Commercial Guide for U.S. ... [04/01/2011]

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

Private Pensions:  Some Key Features Lead to an Uneven Distribution of Benefits.  GAO-11-333, March 30. [online 29 April 2011]

http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-333

or

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d11333.pdf

[full-text, 68 pages]

and

Highlights -

http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11333high.pdf

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

The Nation's Report Card: Civics 2010 [4 May 2011]

http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2011466

or

http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pdf/main2010/2011466.pdf

[full-text, 59 pages]

Executive Summary

http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pubs/main2010/2011466.asp

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)

EBRI ISSUE BRIEF #356

The Impact of the 2007�2009 Recession on Workers' Health Coverage [27 April 2011]

http://www.ebri.org/publications/ib/index.cfm?fa=ibDisp&content_id=4801

or

http://www.ebri.org/pdf/briefspdf/EBRI_IB_04-2011_No356_Rccsn-HlthCvg.pdf

[full-text, 20 pages]

European Trade Union Institute (ETUI)

ETUI Policy Brief - European Social Policy

Issue 2/2011

Nano governance: how should the EU implement nanomaterial traceability?   

Author:

Aída María Ponce Del Castillo, researcher ETUI

http://www.etui.org/research/Media/Files/EEEPB/European-Social-Policy/2-2011-EN

Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF)

Snapshots: HEALTH CARE COSTS

Health Care Spending in the United States and Selected OECD Countries [28 April 2011]

April 2011

http://www.kff.org/insurance/snapshot/OECD042111.cfm

Law

EEOC Recent News Releases

http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/index.cfm

NOLO Law for All

HUMAN RESOURCES

http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/human-resources/

Statistical Reports

BEA: Personal Income and Outlays, March 2011 [29 April 2011]

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2011/pi0311.htm

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2011/pdf/pi0311.pdf

[full-text, 12 pages]

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2011/xls/pi0311.xls

[spreadsheet]

and

Highlights

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2011/pdf/pi0311_fax.pdf

BEA: Gross Domestic Product, 1st quarter 2011 (advance estimate) [28 April 2011]

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2011/gdp1q11_adv.htm

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2011/pdf/gdp1q11_adv.pdf

[full-text, 14 pages]

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2011/xls/gdp1q11_adv.xls

[spreadsheet]

and

Highlights

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2011/pdf/gdp1q11_adv_fax.pdf

BLS: PRODUCTIVITY AND COSTS First Quarter 2011, Preliminary [5 May 2011]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod2.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod2.pdf

[full-text, 15 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

http://www.bls.gov/web/prod2.supp.toc.htm

BLS: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION -- APRIL 2011 [6 May 2011]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf

[full-text, 38 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

http://www.bls.gov/web/empsit.supp.toc.htm

BLS: EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX - MARCH 2011 [29 April 2011]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/eci.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/eci.pdf

[full-text, 21 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

http://www.bls.gov/web/eci.supp.toc.htm

BLS: METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT -- MARCH 2011 [27 April 2011]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/metro.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/metro.pdf

[full-text, 22 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

http://www.bls.gov/web/metro.supp.toc.htm

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

WOMEN IN NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS  (as of 31 March 2011)

http://www.ipu.org/wmn-e/world.htm

Transparency International

Promoting Revenue Transparency: 2011 Report on Oil and Gas Companies

http://www.transparency.org/publications/publications/other/prt_2011

or

http://www.transparency.org/content/download/59374/951162/TI_PRT_2011_report_FINAL_EN.pdf

[full-text, 65 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)
www.ictr.org
DECISION ON MOTION SEEKING VARIATION OF PROTECTIVE MEASURES AND DISCLOSURE OF DOCUMENTS Rule 75 of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence
GATETE Jean Baptiste (ICTR-00-61)
May 4, 2011
http://www.unictr.org/Portals/0/Case/English/Gatete/decisions/110504.pdf

DECISION ON PROSECUTION MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO RESPOND TO SECOND DEFENCE MOTION FOR ADMISSION OF WRITTEN STATEMENTS
NZABONIMANA, Callixte (ICTR-98-44)
May 4, 2011
http://www.unictr.org/Portals/0/Case/English/Nzabonimana/decision/110504.pdf

THE BACHARACH BLOG
http://bacharachblog.com/

7 Mark Zuckerberg Leadership Quotes

BY WBRIGGS on 05/09/11

http://sambacharach.com/bacharachblog/proactive-stories/7-mark-zuckerberg-leadership-quotes/

10 Things Coworkers Won't Say

BY SEAN LEE on 05/09/11

http://sambacharach.com/bacharachblog/linksy/10-things-coworkers-wont-say/

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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

****************************************
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) 262-6041               
Fax: (607) 255-9641                       
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu                  
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