Wednesday, October 12, 2011
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 12 October 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, 12 October 2011
Academic Research
ILR Press (an imprint of Cornell University Press)
From Iron Rice Bowl to Informalization: Markets, Workers, and the State in a Changing China [2011]
Sarosh Kuruvilla (Editor); Ching Kwan Lee (Editor); Mary E. Gallagher (Editor)
Cloth, 2011 ISBN: 978-0-8014-5024-2
$ 39.95 £24.95
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/ilrpress/titles/14272.html
or
http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?gcoi=80140100356510
ILR Press (an imprint of Cornell University Press)
Employee Ownership and Shared Capitalism [2011]
New Directions in Research
Edward J. Carberry (Editor)
Paper, 2011 ISBN: 978-0-913447-03-1
$ 29.95 £18.50
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/ilrpress/titles/14311.html
or
http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?gcoi=80140100731920
IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers
Recent studies include ---
6015 More Schooling, More Children: Compulsory Schooling Reforms and Fertility in Europe
6014 Evidence on the Long Shadow of Poor Mental Health across Three Generations
6013 Why Ex(Im)porters Pay More: Evidence from Matched Firm-Worker Panels
6012 Media Exposure and Internal Migration: Evidence from Indonesia
6011 Trespassing the Threshold of Relevance: Media Exposure and Opinion Polls of the Sweden Democrats, 2006-2010
6010 Does Institutional Diversity Account for Pay Rules in Germany and Belgium?
6009 Exports, Foreign Direct Investments and Productivity: Are Services Firms Different?
6008 Semiparametric Selection Models with Binary Outcomes
6007 Optimal Piecewise Linear Income Taxation
6006 Firing Regulations and Firm Size in the Developing World: Evidence from Differential Enforcement
6005 Firms' Moral Hazard in Sickness Absences
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)
Assessing Progress in Africa toward the Millennium Development Goals: MDG Report 2011 [10 October 2011]
http://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Publications/ADFB-MDG-EN_WEB_2.pdf
[full-text, 152 pages]
African Development Bank (AfDB)
Gender in Employment: Case Study of Botswana [online 6 October 2011]
[full-text, 28 pages]
African Development Bank (AfDB)
Gender in Employment: Case Study of Mali [online 6 October 2011]
[full-text, 28 pages]
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Knowledge Solutions 108
Conflict in Organizations [October 2011]
By Olivier Serrat
http://beta.adb.org/sites/default/files/conflict-in-organizations.pdf
[full-text, 7 pages]
European Commission
Special Eurobarometer 369
Attitudes towards vocational education and training [September 2011]
http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_369_en.pdf
[full-text, 219 pages]
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
Shifts in the job structure in Europe during the Great Recession [5 October 2011]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef1141.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2011/41/en/1/EF1141EN.pdf
[full-text, 88 pages]
Executive Summary
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef11411.htm
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
Shifts in the job structure in Europe during the Great Recession: Annex 8: Quintile charts [10 October 2011]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef11418.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2011/418/en/1/EF11418EN.pdf
[full-text, 21 pages]
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
WORKING PAPER SERIES No. IDB-WP-266
China's Emergence in the World Economy and Business Cycles in Latin America
Cesa-Bianchi, Ambrogio; Pesaran, M. Hashem; Rebucci, Alessandro; Xu, TengTeng
Date : Sep, 2011
http://www.iadb.org/en/research-and-data/publication-details,3169.html?pub_id=IDB-WP-266
or
http://www.iadb.org/en/research-and-data/access-document,3181.html?pub_id=36397788
[full-text, 67 pages]
MORE WORKING PAPERS are found at—
http://www.iadb.org/publications/search.cfm?docType=WORKING%20PAPERS
Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)
Labor Situation in Japan and Analysis: Detailed Exposition 2011/2012
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/laborsituation/2011-2012/detailed_2011-2012.pdf
[full-text, 110 pages]
World Bank
The Road to Academic Excellence: The Making of World-Class Research Universities [6 October 2011]
http://go.worldbank.org/9SJDQ5U020
or
[full-text, 394 pages]
Press Release 6 October 2011
Building World Class Research Universities Is Significantly More Complex than Many Countries Estimate―New World Bank Report
Federal
Census
Foreign-Born Population of the United States: 2010 — [7 October 2011]
http://www.census.gov/population/foreign/data/cps.html
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Unauthorized Aliens Residing in the United States: Estimates Since 1986
Ruth Ellen Wasem, Specialist in Immigration Policy
September 22, 2011
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/174245.pdf
[full-text, 17 pages]
or
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/857/
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
United States-Canada Trade and Economic Relationship: Prospects and Challenges
Ian F. Fergusson, Specialist in International Trade and Finance
September 14, 2011
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/174202.pdf
[full-text, 28 pages]
or
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/858/
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Trafficking in Persons in Latin America and the Caribbean
Clare Ribando Seelke, Specialist in Latin American Affairs
September 9, 2011
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/174198.pdf
[full-text, 22 pages]
Or
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/860/
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
U.S. International Trade: Trends and Forecasts
Dick K. Nanto, Specialist in Industry and Trade
J. Michael Donnelly, Information Research Specialist
September 6, 2011
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/174192.pdf
[full-text, 42 pages]
or
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/859/
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
INDIA: Domestic Issues, Strategic Dynamics, and U.S. Relations
K. Alan Kronstadt, Coordinator, Specialist in South Asian Affairs
Paul K. Kerr, Analyst in Nonproliferation
Michael F. Martin, Specialist in Asian Affairs
Bruce Vaughn, Specialist in Asian Affairs
September 1, 2011
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/174187.pdf
[full-text, 99 pages]
or
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/861/
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
China-U.S. Trade Issues
Wayne M. Morrison, Specialist in Asian Trade and Finance
August 29, 2011
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/174214.pdf
[full-text, 40 pages]o
or
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/862/
U.S. Department of Labor [DOL]
US Labor Department launches economic and employment statistics app [5 October 2011]
Smartphone users gain mobile access to latest labor data and news
http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/opa/OPA20111458.htm
See MOBILE APPLICATIONS
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Stats in Brief NCES 2012-184
The Expansion of Private Loans in Postsecondary Education [11 October 2011]
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2012184
or
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2012/2012184.pdf
[full-text, 22 pages]
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Learning at a Distance: Undergraduate Enrollment in Distance Education Courses and Degree Programs [5 October 2011]
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2012154
or
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2012/2012154.pdf
[full-text, 22 pages]
Institutes/Associations/Commercial
Brookings and Princeton
THE FUTURE OF CHILDREN
Work and Family
Volume 21 Number 2 Fall 2011
full journal
http://futureofchildren.org/futureofchildren/publications/docs/21_02_FullJournal.pdf
[full-text, 214 pages]
executive summary
http://futureofchildren.org/futureofchildren/publications/docs/21_02_ExecSummary.pdf
policy brief
http://futureofchildren.org/futureofchildren/publications/docs/21_02_PolicyBrief.pdf
Contents
Work and Family: Introducing the Issue
Jane Waldfogel and Sara McLanahan
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Changing Families, Changing Workplaces
Suzanne M. Bianchi
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Policies to Assist Parents with Young Children
Christopher J. Ruhm
View HTML version Download PDF version
Families with School-Age Children
Kathleen Christensen, Barbara Schneider and Donnell Butler
View HTML version Download PDF version
Children with Health Issues
Mark A. Schuster, Paul J. Chung and Katherine D. Vestal
View HTML version Download PDF version
Families and Elder Care in the Twenty-First Century
Ann Bookman and Delia Kimbrel
View HTML version Download PDF version
Workplace Flexibility: From Research to Action
Ellen Galinsky, Kelly Sakai and Tyler Wigton
View HTML version Download PDF version
The Role of the Government in Work-Family Conflict
Heather Boushey
View HTML version Download PDF version
International Perspectives on Work-Family Policies: Lessons from the World's Most Competitive Economies
Alison Earle, Zitha Mokomane and Jody Heymann
View HTML version Download PDF version
Challenger, Gray & Christmas
Press Release 5 October 2011
September Job Cuts Surge To 115,730
Layoffs Surge to Highest Total Since April 2009
PLANNED JOB CUTS TOP 115,000 DOMINATED BY BANK, MILITARY CUTS
http://www.challengergray.com/press/press.aspx
The Heritage Foundation
Backgrounder
No. 2612
The Facts About China's Currency, Chinese Subsidies, and American Jobs
By Derek Scissors, Ph.D.
October 4, 2011
or
http://thf_media.s3.amazonaws.com/2011/pdf/bg2612.pdf
[full-text, 7 pages]
RAND
Agency, Governance, and Performance in the Securities Industry [6 October 2011]
by Emre Erkut
http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD284.html
or
http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/rgs_dissertations/2011/RAND_RGSD284.pdf
[full-text, 114 pages]
summary
http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/rgs_dissertations/2011/RAND_RGSD284.sum.pdf
RAND
Focus on the Rising Cost of Health Care [5 October 2011]
http://www.rand.org/pubs/corporate_pubs/CP639z2-2011-09.html
or
http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/corporate_pubs/2011/RAND_CP639.2-2011-09.pdf
[full-text, 3 pages]
Law
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
International Violence Against Women: U.S. Response and Policy Issues
Luisa Blanchfield, Coordinator, Specialist in International Relations
Rhoda Margesson, Specialist in International Humanitarian Policy
Tiaji Salaam-Blyther, Specialist in Global Health
Nina M. Serafino, Specialist in International Security Affairs
Liana Sun Wyler, Analyst in International Crime and Narcotics
July 26, 2011
http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/170507.pdf
[full-text, 34 pages]
or
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/863/
National Women's Law Center (NWLC)
State Child Care Assistance Policies 2011: Reduced Support For Families in Challenging Times [11 October 2011]
or
[full-text, 36 pages]
Statistical Reports
BLS: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION -- SEPTEMBER 2011 [7 October 2011]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/empsit.supp.toc.htm
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: October 2011 [11 October 2011]
http://www.oecd.org/document/52/0,3746,en_21571361_44315115_48854772_1_1_1_1,00.html
or
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/10/34/48854723.pdf
[full-text, 3 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)
www.ictr.org
JUDGEMENT
MUNYAKAZI, Yussuf (ICTR-97-36A)
September 28, 2011
http://www.unictr.org/Portals/0/Case/English/Munyakazi/judgement/110928.pdf
THE BACHARACH BLOG
http://bacharachblog.com/
Occupy Wall Street & Vision
POSTED by WBRIGGS on OCT 11, 2011
http://sambacharach.com/bacharachblog/proactive-stories/occupy-wall-street-vision/
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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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