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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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IWS Weekly Bulletin, 7 September 2011

Academic Research

BLS The Editor's Desk (TED)

Interactive dashboards from International Labor Comparisons [1 September 2011]

www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2011/ted_20110901.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/fls/dashboards.htm

IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)

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

Recent studies include ---
5950       Integrating Personality Psychology into Economics          

5949       Is Leisure a Normal Good? Evidence from the European Parliament        

5948       Search, Effort, and Locus of Control        

5947       Teachers' Salaries in Latin America: How Much Are They (Under or Over) Paid? 

5946       Mothers Do Matter: New Evidence on the Effect of Parents' Schooling on Children's Schooling Using Swedish Twin Data         

5945       Cycles of Wage Discrimination   

5944       The Causal Effect of Education on Health: What is the Role of Health Behaviors?               

5943       The Stability of Big-Five Personality Traits            

5942       Underreporting of Earnings and the Minimum Wage Spike          

5941       The Effect of Variable Pay Schemes on Workplace Absenteeism

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

African Development Bank (AfDB)

2011 Gender, Poverty and Environmental Indicators on African Countries

http://www.afdb.org/en/knowledge/publications/gender-poverty-and-environmental-indicators-on-african-countries/

or

http://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Publications/Gender_2011_r6.pdf

[full-text, 312 pages]

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)

European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO)

EUROPEAN LEVEL

Reconciliation of work, private and family life in the European Union

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/ewco/surveyreports/EU1101011D/EU1101011D.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/ewco/surveyreports/EU1101011D/EU1101011D.pdf

[full-text, 16 pages]

Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)

La década de América Latina y el Caribe, una oportunidad real [May 2011]

by Luis Alberto Moreno

http://www.iadb.org/document.cfm?id=36197933

[full-text, 167 pages]

OECD

Corporate Loss Utilisation through Aggressive Tax Planning [August 2011]

http://www.oecd.org/document/61/0,3746,en_2649_33767_48570813_1_1_1_1,00.html

OECD Migration databases

http://www.oecd.org/document/49/0,3746,en_2825_494574_44268529_1_1_1_1,00.html

OECD work on green growth

http://www.oecd.org/document/10/0,3746,en_2649_201185_44076170_1_1_1_1,00.html

Towards Green Growth 
http://www.oecd.org/document/10/0,3746,en_2649_201185_47983690_1_1_1_1,00.html

Tools for Delivering on Green Growth 
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/32/48/48012326.pdf

Towards Green Growth: Monitoring Progress - OECD Indicators 
http://www.oecd.org/document/56/0,3746,en_2649_201185_48033720_1_1_1_1,00.html

Towards Green Growth: A summary for policy makers
 http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/32/49/48012345.pdf

World Health Organization (WHO)

GLOBAL HEALTH EXPENDITURE DATABASE

QUICK REPORTS
http://apps.who.int/nha/database/StandardReportList.aspx

Federal

BLS: Focus on Prices and Spending | Consumer Price Index | Volume 2, Number 7

Current Price Topics: Measuring U.S. Inflation Using European Methods

http://www.bls.gov/opub/focus/volume2_number7/cpi_2_7.htm

BLS: Monthly Labor Review [1 September 2011]

August 2011, Vol. 134, No. 8
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2011/08/home.htm

or
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2011/08/mlr201108.pdf

[full-text, 115 pages]

BLS: Program Perspectives

Program Perspectives on Outpatient Prescription Drug Coverage [1 September 2011]

August 2011

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

or

http://www.bls.gov/opub/perspectives/program_perspectives_vol3_issue6.pdf

[full-text, 4 pages]

BLS: Compensation and Working Conditions

OCCUPATIONAL SELECTION AND LEVELING IN THE NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY [1 September 2011]

by Richard E. Schumann

http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20110829ar01p1.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/print/cm20110829ar01p1.htm

Census

STATE & COUNTY QUICK FACTS

http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/index.html

Census

NEW YORK QuickLinks

http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36000lk.html

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

CDC announces SPECIAL ISSUE highlighting

VIOLENCE AS A PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM [6 September 2011]

[FREE ONLINE FOR A LIMITED TIME]

American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine

September/October 2011; 5 (5)

http://ajl.sagepub.com/content/5/5.toc

See CDC's VIOLENCE PREVENTION PAGE

http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

U.S. Postal Service: Actions Needed to Stave Off Financial Insolvency, by Phillip R. Herr, director, physical infrastructure, before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.  GAO-11-926T, September 6.

http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-926T

or

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d11926t.pdf

[full-text, 22 pages]

and

Highlights -
http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d11926thigh.pdf

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

Defined Benefit Pension Plans: Plans Face Challenges When Investing in Hedge Funds and Private Equity

GAO-11-901SP August 31, 2011

http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-11-901SP

or

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d11901sp.pdf

[full-text, 17 pages]

Vice President of the United States

Middle Class Task Force

Subsidized Jobs: Helping Americans Get Back To Work [May 2011]

http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/rss_viewer/mctf_report_subsidized_jobs.pdf

[full-text, 4 pages]

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

Challenger: LAYOFFS DECLINE [31 August 2011]

HTTP://CHALLENGERGRAY.COM/PRESS/PRESS.ASPX

Economic Policy Institute (EPI)

Sustained, high joblessness causes lasting damage to wages, benefits, income, and wealth

Lawrence Mishel Heidi Shierholz

August 31, 2011

http://www.epi.org/publications/entry/sustained_high_joblessness_causes_lasting_damage_to_wages_benefits_income_a

or

http://w3.epi-data.org/temp2011/BriefingPaper324_FINAL%20%283%29.pdf

[full-text, 26 pages]

Glassdoor.com

Top 25 Companies for Career Opportunities [2011]

http://www.glassdoor.com/Top-Companies-for-Career-Opportunities-LST_KQ0,38.htm

Best Places to Work – Employees' Choice Awards [2011]

http://www.glassdoor.com/Best-Places-to-Work-LST_KQ0,19.htm

Top 25 Companies for Work-Life Balance [2011]

http://www.glassdoor.com/Top-Companies-for-Work-Life-Balance-LST_KQ0,35.htm

Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

Migration Information Source

REFUGEES AND ASYLEES IN THE UNITED STATES [1 September 2011]

http://www.migrationinformation.org/USfocus/display.cfm?ID=851

or

http://www.migrationinformation.org/USfocus/print.cfm?ID=851

National Conference of State Legislatures (NCLS)

·         Investing in Higher Education for Latinos: Trends in Latino College Access and Success
http://www.ncsl.org/documents/educ/TrendsInLatinoSuccess.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]

Investing in Higher Education for Latinos: Payoffs for State Economies
http://www.ncsl.org/documents/educ/PayoffsForStateEconomies.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

An interactive map
http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=23239

RAND

Mitigating Corruption in Government Security Forces

The Role of Institutions, Incentives, and Personnel Management in Mexico [2 September 2011]

by Beth J. Asch, Nicholas Burger, Mary Manqing Fu

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR906.html

or

http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/technical_reports/2011/RAND_TR906.pdf

[full-text, 88 pages]

Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)

SHRM Poll: Managing Employee Absences  [17 August 2011]

http://www.shrm.org/Research/SurveyFindings/Articles/Pages/ManagingEmployeeAbsences.aspx

or

http://www.shrm.org/Research/SurveyFindings/Articles/Documents/2011SHRMPoll_2011_Absence_Management_FINAL.pptx

[13 slides]

York University

W3/Work in a Warming World (web site)

http://www.workinawarmingworld.yorku.ca/

Law

National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)

Federal Health Reform:  State Legislative Tracking Database

http://www.ncsl.org/?TabId=22122

or

http://www.ncsl.org/?TabId=22123

[actual database at this URL]

Statistical Reports

BLS: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION -- AUGUST 2011 [2 September 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: PRODUCTIVITY AND COSTS Second Quarter 2011, Revised [1 September 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: METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT -- JULY 2011 [31 August 2011]

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

or

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

[full-text, 21 pages]

BLS: PRODUCTIVITY AND COSTS BY INDUSTRY: WHOLESALE TRADE, RETAIL TRADE, AND FOOD SERVICES AND DRINKING PLACES INDUSTRIES, 2010 [30 August 2011]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prin1.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prin1.pdf

[full-text, 9 pages]

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)

LABOR DAY 2011

http://www.dol.gov/laborday/

History of Labor Day

http://www.dol.gov/laborday/history.htm

Accomplishments

http://www.dol.gov/laborday/accomplishments.htm

Tools & Resources

http://www.dol.gov/laborday/resources.htm

3 Forthcoming Congresses

1.       Social Justice and Participation: The Role of Higher Education, An International Sociological Association (ISA) RC04 & RC10 sponsored mid-term conference in Cyprus, 25-27 November 2011
http://www2.ucy.ac.cy/~iasonas/conf11.html

2.       RLDWL European Chapter’s IVth Congress, from the 20th to the 23rd of September 2012.
Towards a new European Union? For whom?
http://www.rldwl.uqam.ca/upload/files/congress/EU_RLDWL_congress_proposal-rev06-06-2011.pdf

3.       Regional & Local Sustainable Development, 8th Congress of the International Network “Regional & Local Development Work & Labour”, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, 27-30 December 2012
http://www.rldwl.uqam.ca/upload/files/congress/RLDWL_8_final_final_logo.pdf

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

STATUS OF CASES
http://www.unictr.org/Cases/StatusofCases/tabid/204/Default.aspx

THE BACHARACH BLOG
http://bacharachblog.com/

Chat & Cut
BY GABE SULKES on 09/06/11
http://sambacharach.com/bacharachblog/culture/chat-cut/

Bidding Alone
POSTED by GABE SULKES on SEP 6, 2011
http://sambacharach.com/bacharachblog/proactive-technology/bidding-alone/

Preserving the Skeleton
POSTED by GABE SULKES on SEP 1, 2011
http://sambacharach.com/bacharachblog/leader/preserving-the-skeleton/

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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               
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