Wednesday, November 16, 2011
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 16 November 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, 16 November 2011
Academic Research
ILR Press (an imprint of Cornell University Press)
Walmart in China
Anita Chan (Editor)
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/ilrpress/titles/14288.html
Mobilizing Restraint: Democracy and Industrial Conflict in Post-Reform South Asia
Emmanuel Teitelbaum
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/ilrpress/titles/14267.html
IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers
Recent studies include ---
6109 Heterogeneous Firms, Trade, and Economic Policy: Insights from a Simple Two-Sector Model
6108 Labor Earnings Respond Differently to Income-Tax and to Payroll-Tax Reforms
6107 The Returns to Four-Year College for Academically Marginal Students
6106 The Effect of School Construction on Test Scores, School Enrollment, and Home Prices
6105 Sports and Child Development
6104 Remittances, Migrants' Education and Immigration Policy: Theory and Evidence from Bilateral Data
6103 Transitions to Entrepreneurship and Industry-Specific Barriers
6102 Welfare, Labor Supply and Heterogeneous Preferences: Evidence for Europe and the US
6101 Work to Live or Live to Work? Unemployment, Happiness, and Culture
6100 Anonymous Job Applications of Fresh Ph.D. Economists
6099 The Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital: Exploring the Role of Skills and Health Using Data on Adoptees and Twin
6098 A Continuous Labour Supply Model in Microsimulation: A Life-Cycle Modelling Approach with Heterogeneity and Uncertainty Extension
6097 Adjusting to Skill Shortages: Complexity and Consequences
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)
Working Paper No. 284
Why Does Population Aging Matter So Much for Asia? Population Aging, Economic Growth, and Economic Security in Asia [November 2011]
by Sang-Hyop Lee, Andrew Mason, and Donghyun Park
http://beta.adb.org/publications/why-does-population-aging-matter-so-much-asia?ref=data/publications
or
http://beta.adb.org/sites/default/files/economics-wp284.pdf
[full-text, 33 pages]
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
Working together for youth employment - From education to the workplace, a global challenge [14 November 2011]
Seminar Conclusions
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef1185.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2011/85/en/1/EF1185EN.pdf
[full-text, 19 pages]
World Bank
WORLD BANK FINANCES: OPEN FINANCIAL DATA [9 November 2011]
https://finances.worldbank.org/
COUNTRY SUMMARIES
https://finances.worldbank.org/facet/countries
ALL FINANCIAL DATASETS
https://finances.worldbank.org/page/datasets
and MORE….
WORLD BANK FINANCES MOBILE APPLICATION
http://publications.worldbank.org/index.php?main_page=page&id=20
Press Release 9 November 2011
The World Bank's Financial Data, Open and Transparent
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:23043906~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html
Federal
Census
GEOGRAPHIC MOBILITY 2010 TO 2011 [15 November 2011]
http://www.census.gov/hhes/migration/data/cps/cps2011.html
Press Release 15 November 2011
Mover Rate Reaches Record Low, Census Bureau Reports
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/mobility_of_the_population/cb11-193.html
Census
State-to-State Migration Flows 2010
http://www.census.gov/hhes/migration/data/acs/state-to-state.html
Census
American Community Survey Briefs
ACSBR/10-07
LIFETIME MOBILITY IN THE UNITED STATES: 2010
http://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/acsbr10-07.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]
Census
Household Economic Studies
P70-128
Maternity Leave and Employment Patterns of First-Time Mothers: 1961–2008 [10 November 2011]
http://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/p70-128.pdf
[full-text, 22 pages]
Press Release 10 November 2011
Half of First-Time Mothers Receive Paid Leave, Census Bureau Reports
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/fertility/cb11-181.html
U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)
Employee Benefits Security Administration [EBSA]
CONSUMER ASSISTANCE
http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/contactEBSA/consumerassistance.html
Press Release 10 November 2011
US Department of Labor's EBSA creates new consumer assistance Web page
Allows online filing of questions and complaints regarding retirement and health plans
http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/ebsa/EBSA20111627.htm
ASSISTANT INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR AUDIT
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
THE GREEN ENERGY DEBACLE: WHERE HAS ALL THE TAXPAYER MONEY GONE? [2 November 2011]
TESTIMONY OF ELLIOT P. LEWIS
http://www.oig.dol.gov/public/reports/oa/2012/18-12-900-03-390.pdf
[full-text, 6 pages]
AT A HEARING HELD BY THE
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM
SUBCOMMITTEE ON REGULATORY AFFAIRS, STIMULUS OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT SPENDING
NOVEMBER 2, 2011
Additional AUDIT REPORTS are found at—
http://www.oig.dol.gov/cgi-bin/oa_rpts.cgi?s=&y=fy92012&a=all
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Compacts of Free Association: Improvements Needed to Assess and Address Growing Migration
GAO-12-64 November 14, 2011
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-12-64
or
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d1264.pdf
[full-text, 148 pages]
U.S. Deptartment of Commerce
Economics and Statistics Administration (ESA)
and
National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)
Exploring the Digital Nation - Computer and Internet Use at Home [9 November 2011]
http://www.esa.doc.gov/Reports/exploring-digital-nation-computer-and-internet-use-home
or
[full-text, 72 pages]
Press Release 9 November 2011
NEW COMMERCE DEPARTMENT REPORT SHOWS BROADBAND ADOPTION RISES BUT DIGITAL DIVIDE PERSISTS
Adoption Gap Remains Along Demographic Lines; Socio-Economic Status Does Not Explain the Entire Gap
http://www.esa.doc.gov/news/2011/11/09/new-commerce-depart-report-shows-broadband-adoption-rises-digital-divide-persists
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
ANNUAL EXPOSURE REPORT [10 November 2011]
http://www.pbgc.gov/documents/2010-Exposure.pdf
[full-text, 21 pages]
Press Release 10 November 2011
PBGC Releases Long-Term Projections, Forecasts Some Additional Plan Failures and Higher Deficits
http://www.pbgc.gov/news/press/releases/pr12-04.html
Institutes/Associations/Commercial
AARP PUblic Policy Institute
Naomi Karp & Ryan Wilson
Protecting Older Investors: The Challenge of Diminished Capacity [November 2011]
http://www.aarp.org/content/dam/aarp/research/public_policy_institute/cons_prot/2011/rr2011-04.pdf
[full-text, 40 pages]
In Brief
http://www.aarp.org/content/dam/aarp/research/public_policy_institute/cons_prot/2011/ib195.pdf
AON Hewitt
Global Employee Satisfaction Continues to Lag in 2011, Says Aon Hewitt
Lack of connection between individual and organizational success seen as a main issue in decreasing engagement
http://aon.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=2474
See previous study:
Trends in Global Employee Engagement
http://www.aon.com/attachments/thought-leadership/Trends_Global_Employee_Engagement_Final.pdf
[full-text, 16 pages]
Brookings
GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT UNDER PRESSURE [November 2011]
[full-text, 48 pages]
Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.
October CEO Departures Fall, Lowest Of The Year [9 November 2011]
91 CEO CHANGES LOWEST SINCE NOVEMBER 2010
http://challengergray.com/press/PressRelease.aspx?PressUid=198
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
EBRI Issue Brief #364
Tax Reform Options: Promoting Retirement Security [9 November 2011]
http://www.ebri.org/publications/ib/index.cfm?fa=ibDisp&content_id=4934
or
http://www.ebri.org/pdf/briefspdf/EBRI_IB_11-2011_No364_RetTaxRfm.pdf
[full-text, 24 pages]
Press Release 9 November 2011
Tax Reform Proposals Likely to Reduce 401(k) Account Balances
http://www.ebri.org/pdf/PR946.07Nov11.Ret-TaxRfm.pdf
Towers Watson
A Look at Defined Contribution Match Reinstatements
http://www.towerswatson.com/united-states/newsletters/insider/5641
or
http://www.towerswatson.com/assets/pdf/5641/Oct11DCMatch.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]
Towers Watson
The World's 500 largest asset managers - Year end 2010
http://www.towerswatson.com/assets/pdf/5707/PI500-Analysis-YE2010.pdf
[full-text, 32 pages]
Urban Institute (UI)
WELFARE RULES DATABOOK
http://anfdata.urban.org/wrd/databook.cfm
Welfare Rules Databook Tables by Year
http://anfdata.urban.org/wrd/maps.cfm
WELFARE RULES DATABASE (WRD)
http://anfdata.urban.org/wrd/WRDWelcome.cfm
DATABASE QUERY
http://anfdata.urban.org/wrd/Query/WRDQuery.html
Law
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
EEOC POLICY GUIDANCE
http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/guidance/index.cfm
Guidance (by Subject Area)
http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/guidance/subject.cfm
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Dodd-Frank Act Regulations: Implementation Could Benefit from Additional Analyses and Coordination
GAO-12-151 November 10, 2011
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-12-151
or
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d12151.pdf
[full-text, 118 pages]
National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
PENSIONS AND RETIREMENT PLAN ENACTMENTS IN 2011 STATE LEGISLATURES (as of September 30, 2011)
http://www.ncsl.org/?tabid=22763
See also
Pensions and Retirement Plans - Resources
http://www.ncsl.org/?tabid=13399
Statistical Reports
BEA: U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES September 2011 [10 November 2011]
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/tradnewsrelease.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2011/pdf/trad0911.pdf
[full-text, 48 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2011/xls/trad0911.xls
[spreadsheet]
and
Highlights
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2011/pdf/trad0911_fax.pdf
BLS: Consumer Price Index - October 2011 [16 November 2011]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cpi.pdf
[full-text, 19 pages]
BLS: REAL EARNINGS OCTOBER 2011 [16 November 2011]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/realer.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/realer.pdf
[full-text, 5 pages]
BLS: PRODUCER PRICE INDEXES - OCTOBER 2011 [15 November 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 - OCTOBER 2011 [10 November 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: NONFATAL OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES AND ILLNESSES REQUIRING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK, 2010 [9 November 2011]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/osh2.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/osh2.pdf
[full-text, 32 pages]
BLS: EXTENDED MASS LAYOFFS -- THIRD QUARTER 2011 [9 November 2011]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/mslo.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/mslo.pdf
[full-text, 17 pages]
OECD
OECD composite leading indicators continue pointing to slowdown in economic activity [14 November 2011]
http://www.oecd.org/document/36/0,3746,en_21571361_44315115_49024420_1_1_1_1,00.html
or
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/14/27/49028266.pdf
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
CASES on APPEAL (19)
http://www.unictr.org/Cases/tabid/77/Default.aspx?id=3&mnid=3
THE BACHARACH BLOG
http://bacharachblog.com/
Leadership: Limos, Taxis & Subways
POSTED by SAMUEL B. BACHARACH on NOV 14, 2011
http://sambacharach.com/bacharachblog/leader/leadership-limos-taxis-subways/
What Herman Cain Should Do
POSTED by HOWARD ZHANG on NOV 14, 2011
http://sambacharach.com/bacharachblog/leader/what-herman-cain-should-do/
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Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
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