Wednesday, September 14, 2011
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 14 September 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, 14 September 2011
Academic Research
FLEXICURITY AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
by ANDRANIK TANGIAN
New York, Nova Science Publishers, 2011, 208 pp.
ISBN: 978-1-61122-816-8
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IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers
Recent studies include ---
5955 Is Internet Job Search Still Ineffective?
5954 Women's Age at First Marriage and Marital Instability: Evidence from the 2006-2008 National Survey of Family Growth
5953 Financial Liberalization and the Brain Drain: A Panel Data Analysis
5952 Opt Out or Top Up? Voluntary Healthcare Insurance and the Public vs. Private Substitution
5951 Are Occupations Paid What They Are Worth? An Econometric Study of Occupational Wage Inequality and Productivity
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 Institute (ADBI)
Gender Inclusion in Climate Change Adaptation [9 September 2011]
By Midori Aoyagi, Eiko Suda, and Tomomi Shinada
http://www.adbi.org/files/2011.09.09.wp309.gender.inclusion.climate.change.adaptation.pdf
[full-text, 19 pages]
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Economics Working Papers #267
Poverty in Asia and the Pacific: An Update [August 2011]
http://beta.adb.org/publications/poverty-asia-and-pacific-update
or
http://www.adb.org/Documents/Working-Papers/2011/Economics-WP267.pdf
[full-text, 48 pages]
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO)
United Kingdom (UK)
Living standards at risk in low-to-middle income households [9 September 2011]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/ewco/2011/06/UK1106039I.htm
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
Company initiatives for workers with care responsibilities for disabled children or adults - Executive summary
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef11471.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2011/471/en/1/EF11471EN.pdf
[full-text, 2 pages]
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)
EUROPEAN LEVEL
New European Industrial Trade Union Federation to be created [8 August 2011]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/2011/06/articles/eu1106051i.htm
Central Statistics Office
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation
Government of India
DISABILITY IN INDIA: A STATISTICAL PROFILE [March 2011]
http://mospi.nic.in/Mospi_New/upload/disablity_india_statistical_profile_17mar11.htm
OECD
What is the economic outlook for OECD countries?
An interim assessment [8 September 2011]
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/42/17/47985038.pdf
[full-text, 16 pages]
UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
Population Information Africa (POPIA)
http://www.uneca.org/popia/resources/framesetres_new.htm
On-Line Data and Indicators
http://www.uneca.org/popia/resources/data.htm
Federal
BLS: Focus on Prices and Spending | Consumer Expenditure | Volume 2, Number 8
Part D Prescription Drug Coverage and Health Care Spending by Seniors on Medicare [8 September 2011]
http://www.bls.gov/opub/focus/volume2_number8/cex_2_8.htm
Census
Current Population Reports
Consumer Income
P60-239
Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2010 [13 September 2011]
https://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/p60-239.pdf
[full-text, 95 pages]
See Press Release 13 September 2011
Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2010
https://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/income_wealth/cb11-157.html
Census
American Community Survey Reports
EDUCATION AND SYNTHETIC WORK-LIFE EARNINGS ESTIMATES [8 September 2011]
http://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/acs-14.pdf
[full-text, 16 pages]
Press Release 8 September 2011
Education Impacts Work-Life Earnings Five Times More Than Other Demographic Factors, Census Bureau Reports
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/education/cb11-153.html
Commonwealth Fund
Affordable Care Act Reforms Could Reduce the Number of Underinsured U.S. Adults by 70 Percent [8 September 2011]
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Confronting the Nation's Fiscal Policy Challenges [13 September 2011]
http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=12413
or
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/124xx/doc12413/09-13-FiscalPolicyChallenges.pdf
[full-text, 49 pages]
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families: Update on Families Served and Work Participation, by Kay E. Brown, director, education, workforce, and income security, before the Subcommittee on Human Resources, House Committee on Ways and Means. GAO-11-880T, September 8.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-880T
or
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d11880t.pdf
[full-text, 23 pages]
and
Highlights -
http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11880thigh.pdf
Joint Economic Committe (JEC)
Addressing Long-Term Unemployment after the Great Recession: The Crucial Role of Workforce Training
Aug 04 2011
or
http://jec.senate.gov/public/?a=Files.Serve&File_id=97c2e98e-a791-47fc-a324-6b407948e083
[full-text, 14 pages]
Small Business Administration (SBA)
Office of Advocacy
Small Business Finance FAQ [12 September 2011]
http://www.sba.gov/sites/default/files/Finance%20FAQ%208-25-11%20FINAL%20for%20web.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]
Small Business Administration (SBA)
Office of Advocacy
Health Insurance in the Small Business Market: Availability, Coverage, and the Effect of Tax Incentives [9 September 2011]
by
Quantria Strategies, LLC
http://www.sba.gov/sites/default/files/files/386tot.pdf
[full-text, 124 pages]
and
Summary
http://www.sba.gov/sites/default/files/files/rs386.pdf
U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC)
The Economic Effects of Significant U.S. Import Restraints: Seventh Update [12 September 2011]
Special Topic: Global Supply Chains
(Inv. No. 332-325, USITC Publication 4253, August 2011)
http://www.usitc.gov/publications/332/pub4253.pdf
[full-text, 182 pages]
U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC)
Recent Trends in U.S. Services Trade: 2011 Annual Report [July 2011]
Investigation No. 332-345
http://www.usitc.gov/publications/332/pub4243.pdf
[full-text, 164 pages]
Institutes/Associations/Commercial
AARP
2011 Winners: AARP Best Employers for Workers Over 50 Award [7 September 2011]
http://www.aarp.org/work/on-the-job/info-09-2011/aarp-best-employers-winners-2011.html
Press Release 7 September 2011
AARP Announces 2011 Best Employers for Workers Over 50; Scripps Health of San Diego Tops List
Cornell University, National Institutes of Health round out top three winners that recognize and value mature workers
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
NOTES, September 2011, Vol. 32, No. 9
Is There a Future for Retirement?
http://www.ebri.org/publications/notes/index.cfm?fa=notesDisp&content_id=4879
or
http://www.ebri.org/pdf/notespdf/Notes.Sept11.Pol-For-only.06Sept.pdf
[full-text, 9 pages]
Press Release 7 September 2011
http://www.ebri.org/pdf/PR937.07Sept11.Ret-Future.pdf
Fiscal Policy Institute (FPI)
The State of Working New York 2011: The Unemployment Crisis Two Years into Recovery
A Fiscal Policy Institute Report
August 31, 2011
http://www.fiscalpolicy.org/FPI_StateOfWorkingNewYork2011_Part1_20110831.pdf
[full-text, 36 pages]
National College Players Association (NCPA)
The Price of Poverty in Big Time College Sport [13 September 2011]
http://assets.usw.org/ncpa/The-Price-of-Poverty-in-Big-Time-College-Sport.pdf
[full-text, 33 pages]
Press Release 13 September 2011
http://www.ncpanow.org/research?id=0024
National Institute on Retirement Security
LESSONS FROM WELL-FUNDED PUBLIC PENSIONS: AN ANALYSIS OF SIX PLANS THAT WEATHERED THE FINANCIAL STORM [29 June 2011]
[full-text, 36 pages]
RAND
How Does Growth in Health Care Costs Affect the American Family? — September 8, 2011
David Auerbach, Arthur L. Kellermann
http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9605.html
or
http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9605/index1.html
or
http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_briefs/2011/RAND_RB9605.pdf
[full-text, 5 pages]
Urban Institute
Issue Brief
How Lifetime Benefits and Contributions Point the Way Toward Reforming Our Senior Entitlement Programs [August 2011]
C. Eugene Steuerle, Stephanie Rennane
http://www.urban.org/publications/1001553.html
or
http://www.urban.org/uploadedpdf/1001553-Reforming-Our-Senior-Entitlement-Programs.pdf
[full-text, 2 pages]
Law
White House
THE AMERICAN JOBS ACT [12 September 2011]
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/09/12/president-obama-sends-american-jobs-act-congress
and
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/legislative/reports/american-jobs-act.pdf
[full-text, 199 pages]
FACT SHEET: THE AMERICAN JOBS ACT [8 September 2011]
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/09/08/fact-sheet-american-jobs-act
WorldatWork (Total Rewards Association)
Tracking Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
(Updated September 8, 2011)
http://www.worldatwork.org/waw/Content/publicpolicy/financial-reform.jsp
Statistical Reports
BEA: GDP by Metropolitan Area, Advance 2010, and Revised 2007–2009 [13 September 2011]
ECONOMIC GROWTH WIDESPREAD ACROSS METROPOLITAN AREAS IN 2010
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/gdp_metro/gdp_metro_newsrelease.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/gdp_metro/2011b/pdf/gdp_metro0211b.pdf
[full-text, 23 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/gdp_metro/2011b/xls/gdp_metro0211b.xls
[spreadsheet]
and
Regional Highlights & Mapa
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/gdp_metro/2011b/gdpm_highlights_0211b.htm
BEA: U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES July 2011 [8 September 2011]
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2011/trad0711.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2011/pdf/trad0711.pdf
[full-text, 50 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2011/xls/trad0711.xls
[spreadsheet]
and
Highlights
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2011/pdf/trad0711_fax.pdf
BLS: PRODUCER PRICE INDEXES - AUGUST 2011 [14 September 2011]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ppi.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ppi.pdf
[full-text, 22 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/ppi.supp.toc.htm
BLS: U.S. IMPORT AND EXPORT PRICE INDEXES - AUGUST 2011 [13 September 2011]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ximpim.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ximpim.pdf
[full-text, 16 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/ximpim.supp.toc.htm
BLS: EMPLOYER COSTS FOR EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION - JUNE 2011 [8 September 2011]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ecec.pdf
[full-text, 23 pages]
BLS: Job Openings and Labor Turnover – July 2011 [7 Sepember 2011]
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
Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts
Census
Facts for Features
Hispanic Heritage Month 2011: Sept. 15 - Oct. 15
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/cb11-ff18.html
or
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/pdf/cb11ff-18_hispanic.pdf
[full-text, 8 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
International Co-operation with the Tribunal
http://www.unictr.org/tabid/113/default.aspx
THE BACHARACH BLOG
http://bacharachblog.com/
Icy (Unpaid) Internships
POSTED by GABE SULKES on SEP 12, 2011
http://sambacharach.com/bacharachblog/features/icy-unpaid-internships/
25 Writing Tips from 25 Great Writers
POSTED by WBRIGGS on SEP 7, 2011
http://sambacharach.com/bacharachblog/leader/25-tips-for-writers/
Ego Champ
POSTED by GABE SULKES on SEP 9, 2011
http://sambacharach.com/bacharachblog/leader/ego-champ/
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