IWS Documented News WEEKLY BULLETIN

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  December 2011

 

Academic Research

 

 

IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)

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

Recent studies include ---
6174       Vignette Equivalence and Response Consistency: The Case of Job Satisfaction   

6173       How Does Education Affect the Earnings Distribution in Urban China?    

6172       The Effect of Religiosity and Religious Festivals on Positional Concerns: An Experimental Investigation of Ramadan            

6171       Labor Productivity and Vocational Training: Evidence from Europe           

6170       Multidimensional Well-Being at the Top: Evidence for Germany               

6169       Migration, Openness and the Global Preconditions of 'Smart Development'       

6168       Dynamic Skill Accumulation, Comparative Advantages, Compulsory Schooling, and Earnings        

6166       It's the Opportunity Cost, Stupid! How Self-Employment Responds to Financial Incentives of Return, Risk and Skew           

6165       Bargaining Over Labor: Do Patients Have Any Power?    

6164       The Role of Peers in Estimating Tenure-Performance Profiles: Evidence from Personnel Data     

6163       The Persistence of Informality: Evidence from Panel Data

                (forthcoming in: Research in Labor Economics, 2012)      

6162       Average and Marginal Returns to Upper Secondary Schooling in Indonesia          

6161       The Measurement of Educational Inequality: Achievement and Opportunity

 

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)

ASIA ECONOMIC MONITOR: DECEMBER 2011 [6 December 2011]

http://aric.adb.org/pdf/aem/dec11/Dec_AEM_complete.pdf

[full-text, 65 pages]

Press Release 6 December 2011

Rising Risk of Deep Eurozone-US Recessions Poses Threat to Asia

http://beta.adb.org/news/rising-risk-deep-eurozone-us-recessions-poses-threat-asia

 

 

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Long-term projections of Asian GDP and trade—November 2011

http://beta.adb.org/sites/default/files/projections-gdp-trade.pdf

[full-text, 34 pages]

 

 

European Commission

SPECIAL EUROBAROMETER 377

EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL POLICY [29 November 2011]

Summary

http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/eb_special_379_360_en.htm#377

or

http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_377_sum_en.pdf

 

 

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

Educational and training services: Anticipating the challenges - Overview report [25 November 2011]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef1164.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2011/64/en/1/EF1164EN.pdf

[full-text, 61 pages]

Executive Summary

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef11641.htm

 

 

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

European network of cities for local integration policies for migrants (CLIP)

CLIP case studies – Ethnic entrepreneurship [latest update 3 December 2011]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/areas/populationandsociety/clipethnicentrepreneurshipcases.htm

 

 

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

European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)

European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)

Public instruments to support restructuring in Europe - ERM Report 2011 [21 November 2011]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef1165.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2011/65/en/3/EF1165EN.pdf

[full-text, 108 pages]

Executive Summary

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef11651.htm

DATABASE

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/emcc/erm/supportinstruments/

 

 

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

Extension of collective bargaining agreements in the EU - Background paper [16 November 2011]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef1154.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2011/54/en/1/EF1154EN.pdf

[full-text, 14 pages]

 

 

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

Time-off provisions for employee representatives in Europe - Background paper [16 November 2011]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef1178.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2011/78/en/1/EF1178EN.pdf

[full-text,7 pages]

 

 

Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)

JILPT Research Report No. 127

HOW WIVES VIEW THEIR HUSBANDS' WORKING HOURS: SUMMARY [28 November 2011]

by Yutaka Asao

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/reports/documents/jilpt-research/no.127.pdf

[full-text, 14 pages]

 

 

Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)

JILPT Research Report No. 128

WORK CHARACTERISTICS, PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS, AND WORKING HOURS: SUMMARY [9 November 2011]

by Kazuya Ogura and Takashi Fujimoto

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/reports/documents/jilpt-research/no.128.pdf

[full-text, 22 pages]

 

 

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

DIVIDED WE STAND: WHY INEQUALITY KEEPS RISING [5 December 2011]

www.oecd.org/els/social/inequality

or browse online at

http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/social-issues-migration-health/the-causes-of-growing-inequalities-in-oecd-countries_9789264119536-en

Subscribers and readers at subscribing institutions can access the online edition via OECD-ilibrary, our online library.

Country Notes

http://www.oecd.org/document/51/0,3746,en_2649_33933_49147827_1_1_1_1,00.html#COUNTRY_NOTES
Press Release 5 December 2011

Society: Governments must tackle record gap between rich and poor, says OECD

http://www.oecd.org/document/40/0,3746,en_21571361_44315115_49166760_1_1_1_1,00.html

 

 

OECD

GREEN GROWTH STUDIES: ENERGY [1 December 2011]

www.oecd.org/greengrowth

or

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/37/42/49157219.pdf

[full-text, 106 pages]

Press Release 1 December 2011

Environment: Transforming the energy sector to deliver greener growth

http://www.oecd.org/document/7/0,3746,en_21571361_44315115_49108487_1_1_1_1,00.html

 

 

OECD

OECD BROADBAND PORTAL [Latest Data 1 December 2011]

http://www.oecd.org/document/54/0,3746,en_2649_34225_38690102_1_1_1_1,00.html

 

 

Federal

 

 

Census

WHO'S MINDING THE KIDS? CHILD CARE ARRANGEMENTS: SPRING 2010 [5 December 2011]

http://www.census.gov/hhes/childcare/index.html

and

DETAILED TABLES
http://www.census.gov/hhes/childcare/data/sipp/2010/tables.html

Press Release 5 December 2011
One-Third of Fathers with Working Wives Regularly Care for Their Children, Census Bureau Reports
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/children/cb11-198.html

 

 

Census

Household Economic Studies

P70-127

Comparing Program Participation of TANF and Non-TANF Families Before and During a Time of Recession [1 December 2011]

http://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/p70-127.pdf

[full-text, 28 pages]

Press Release 1 December 2011

More Families with Children Receive TANF During 2009 Recession, Census Bureau Reports

http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/children/cb11-200.html

 

 

Census

Model-based Small Area Income & Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) for School Districts, Counties, and States [29 November 2011]

http://www.census.gov/did/www/saipe/index.html

The 2010 school district, county and state estimates were released in November 2011.

·         Release highlights of 2010 »

·         School district estimates for 2010 »

·         State and county estimates for 2010 »

·         View state and county maps for 2010 »

Press Release 29 November 2011

Census Bureau Releases 2010 Income and Poverty Estimates for All Counties and School Districts

http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/income_wealth/cb11-199.html

 

 

Census

American Community Survey Reports (ACS)

ACS-17

90+ in the United States: 2006-2008 [17 November 2011]

http://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/acs-17.pdf

[full-text, 34 pages]

Press Release 17 November 2011

Census Bureau Releases Comprehensive Analysis of Fast-Growing 90-and-Older Population

 http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/aging_population/cb11-194.html

 

 

Census

American Community Survey Data on Educational Attainment

Supplement to Education and Synthetic Work-life Earnings [17 November 2011]
http://www.census.gov/hhes/socdemo/education/data/acs/index.html

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See ORIGNAL NEWS RELEASE & REPORT

Report
http://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/acs-14.pdf

[full-text, 16 pages]

Press Release 17 November 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

 

 

Census

American Community Survey Briefs (ACSBR)

ACSBR 10/12
Disability Characteristics of School Age Children: 2010  [17 November 2011]
http://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/acsbr10-12.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]

 

 

Census

American Community Survey Briefs (ACSBR)

ACSBR 10/08

Food Stamp/Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Receipt in the Past 12 Months for Households by State: 2009 and 2010 [17 November 2011]
http://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/acsbr10-08.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]

 

 

Census

American Community Survey Briefs (ACSBR)

ACSBR 10/05

Child Poverty by Selected Race Groups and Hispanic Origin: 2009 and 2010 [17 November 2011]
http://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/acsbr10-05.pdf
[full-text, 16 pages]

 

 

Census

American Community Survey Briefs (ACSBR)

ACSBR 10/06
The Foreign-Born with Science and Engineering Degrees: 2010 [17 November 2011]
http://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/acsbr10-06.pdf
[full-text, 10 pages]

 

 

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

POLICIES FOR INCREASING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND EMPLOYMENT IN 2012 AND 2013 [15 November 2011]

http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=12437

or

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/124xx/doc12437/11-15-Outlook_Stimulus_Testimony.pdf

[full-text, 54 pages]

 

 

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Finance and the Economy: Occupy Wall Street in Historical Perspective

Mark Jickling, Specialist in Financial Economics

Sean M. Hoskins, Analyst in Financial Economics

November 14, 2011

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42081.pdf

[full-text, 11 pages]

 

 

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

Distance Education Courses for Public Elementary and Secondary School Students: 2009–10  [29 November 2011]

http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2012008

or

http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2012/2012008.pdf

[full-text, 66 pages]

 

 

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

Employees in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2010, and Salaries of Full-Time Instructional Staff, 2010-11  [22 November 2011]

http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2012276

or

http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2012/2012276.pdf

[full-text, 50 pages]

 

 

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

Revenues and Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts: School Year 2008–09 (Fiscal Year 2009)  [17 November 2011]

http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2012313

or

http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2012313

[full-text, 29 pages]

 

 

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

Federal Education Tax Benefits: Who Receives Them and to What Extent Do They Shape the Price of College Attendance?  [15 November 2011]

http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2012212

or

http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2012/2012212.pdf

[full-text, 18 pages]

 

 

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

Characteristics of GED Recipients in High School: 2002–06 [16 November 2011]

http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2012025

or

http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2012/2012025.pdf

[full-text, 3 pages]

 

 

National Science Foundation (NSF)

SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING STATE PROFILES [1 December 2011]

Last updated: November 2011

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/states/

or download spreadsheet at

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/states/state_profiles_2011.xls

 

 

National Science Foundation (NSF)

InfoBrief

NSF 12-303 | November 2011 |

Numbers of Doctorates Awarded in the United States Declined in 2010 [22 November 2011]

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf12303/

or

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf12303/nsf12303.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

 

 

Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of Labor (DOL)

2011 Top Management Challenges Facing the Department of Labor

http://www.oig.dol.gov/public/topchallenges/2011.pdf

[full-text, 22 pages]

 

 

U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION (USCC)

2011 REPORT TO CONGRESS [16 November 2011]

of the U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION

http://www.uscc.gov/annual_report/2011/annual_report_full_11.pdf

[full-text, 414 pages]

Press Release 16 November 2011

http://www.uscc.gov/pressreleases/2011/11_16_11pr.pdf

 

 

United States International Trade Commission (USITC)

INTERACTIVE TARIFF AND TRADE DATAWEB

http://dataweb.usitc.gov/

 

 

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

 

 

BlueGreen Alliance

More Jobs, Less Pollution: Growing the Recycling Economy in the U.S. [14 November 2011]

http://www.bluegreenalliance.org/press_room/publications?id=0086

or

http://www.bluegreenalliance.org/admin/publications/files/MoreJobsLessPollutionFinal-1.pdf

[full-text, 51 pages]

 

 

Catalyst

Gender and Corporate Social Responsibility: It's A Matter of Sustainability [16 November 2011]

http://www.catalyst.org/publication/507/42/gender-and-corporate-social-responsibility-its-a-matter-of-sustainability

or

http://www.catalyst.org/file/522/gender_and_corporate_social_responsibility_final.pdf

[full-text, 4 pages]
Press Release 16 November 2011
New Catalyst Study Links More Women Leaders to Greater Corporate Social Responsibility
http://www.catalyst.org/press-release/197/new-catalyst-study-links-more-women-leaders-to-greater-corporate-social-responsibility

 

 

Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.

Holiday Hiring Falls Slightly

HOLIDAY RETAIL HIRING STRONGEST SINCE 2007 [5 DECEMBER 2011]
http://iwsdocumentednewsdaily.blogspot.com/2011/12/iws-challenger-holiday-retail-hiring.html

 

 

Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.

Press Release 16 November 2011
MORE WALL STREET JOB CUTS REVEAL ONGOING TROUBLES FOR BANKS
http://iwsdocumentednewsdaily.blogspot.com/2011/11/iws-challenger-wall-st-job-cuts-reveal.html

 

 

Law

 

 

World Legal Information Institute (WorldLII)

Free, independent and non-profit access to worldwide law

Industrial Relations & Labor Law

http://www.worldlii.org/catalog/51110.html

 

 

 

Statistical Reports

 

 

BLS: METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT -- OCTOBER 2011 [6 December 2011]

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

or

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

[full-text, 23 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

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

 

 

BLS: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS:  FIRST QUARTER 2011 [17 November 2011]

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

or

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

[full-text, 17 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

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

 

 

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

 

Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)

Arrest-Related Deaths, 2003-2009 - Statistical Tables [17 November 2011]

http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=2228

or

http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/ard0309st.pdf

[full-text, 16 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

Gaspard Kanyarukiga – Hearing – Scheduling Order     
MEDIA ALERT      
Nov 28, 2011
http://www.unictr.org/tabid/155/Default.aspx?id=1242

 

THE BACHARACH BLOG
http://bacharachblog.com/

           

 

Google Analytics & more: BB's Top 10 Stories of the Week

POSTED by SEAN LEE on NOV 30, 2011

http://sambacharach.com/bacharachblog/linksy/google-analytics-more-blgs-top-10-stories-of-the-week/

 

 

David Stern's Fight

POSTED by SEAN LEE on NOV 21, 2011

http://sambacharach.com/bacharachblog/leader/david-sterns-fight/

 

 

6 Leadership Lessons from the NBA Lockout

POSTED by SAMUEL B. BACHARACH on NOV 17, 2011

http://sambacharach.com/bacharachblog/leader/6-lessons-from-the-nba-lockout/

 

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