Tuesday, November 22, 2011

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin: NO MESSAGES until 7 December 2011

IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
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
________________________________________________________________________

 

 

NO MESSAGES will be sent until 7 December 2011.

________________________________________________________________________

This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

****************************************
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Institute for Workplace Studies 
Cornell/ILR School                        
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New York, NY 10016                        
                                   
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 16 November 2011

IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
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
________________________________________________________________________

 

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

http://www.esa.doc.gov/sites/default/files/reports/documents/exploringthedigitalnation-computerandinternetuseathome.pdf

[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

www.pbgc.gov

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]

http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/reports/2011/11_development_under_pressure/11_development_under_pressure.pdf

[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/

 

 



________________________________________________________________________

This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.

****************************************
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                  
****************************************

 

 


Wednesday, November 09, 2011

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 9 November 2011

IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
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
________________________________________________________________________

 

IWS Weekly Bulletin, 9 November 2011

 


Academic Research

 

 

International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS) at the ILO

World of Work Report 2011: Making markets work for jobs [31 October 2011]

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/download/wow2011.pdf

[full-text, 159 pages]

Executive Summary

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/download/eswow11_e.pdf

FIGURES

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/data/wow2011.xls

[spreadsheet]

 

 

New America Foundation

The Way Forward: Moving From the Post-Bubble, Post-Bust Economy to Renewed Growth and Competitiveness [10 October 2011]

By Daniel Alpert, Westwood Capital; Robert Hockett, Professor of Law, Cornell University; and Nouriel Roubini, Professor of Economics, New York University

October 10, 2011

http://www.newamerica.net/publications/policy/the_way_forward

or

http://growth.newamerica.net/sites/newamerica.net/files/policydocs/NAF--The_Way_Forward--Alpert_Hockett_Roubini.pdf

[full-text, 35 pages]

 

 

Oxford University Press

Collision Course: Ronald Reagan, the Air Traffic Controllers, and the Strike that Changed America

Joseph A. McCartin

ISBN13: 9780199836789

ISBN10: 0199836787

Hardback, 504 pages

Sep 2011

http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/HistoryAmerican/?view=usa&ci=9780199836789

 

 

IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)

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

Recent studies include ---
6074       Labor Demand During the Crisis: What Happened in Germany? 

6073       Performance-related Funding of Universities: Does More Competition Lead to Grade Inflation?               

6072       Age at Immigration and the Education Outcomes of Children

(abridged version forthcoming in: Ann Masten, Karmela Liebkind and Donald J. Hernandez (editors). The Potential of Immigrant Youth. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,)  

6071       The Effects of Female Labor Force Participation on Obesity         

6070       Differentiation and Performance: An Empirical Investigation on the Incentive Effects of Bonus Plans      

6069       Every Child Matters? An Evaluation of "Special Educational Needs" Programmes in England         

6068       Can Higher Employment Levels Bring Lower Poverty in the EU? Regression Based Simulations of the Europe 2020 Target        

6067       Combating In-Work Poverty in Continental Europe: An Investigation Using the Belgian Case

(forthcoming in: Journal of Social Policy, 2012)   

6066       Work and Wage Dynamics around Childbirth      

6065       Bounds on Average and Quantile Treatment Effects of Job Corps Training on Wages       

6064       Do Dropouts Benefit from Training Programs? Korean Evidence Employing Methods for Continuous Treatments       

6063       International Labour Force Participation Rates by Gender: Unit Root or Structural Breaks?

(forthcoming in: Bulletin of Economic Research, 2012)

 


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

 

 

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

Cities for Local Integration Policy (CLIP)

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

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/areas/populationandsociety/clip.htm

CLIP--ETHNIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/areas/populationandsociety/clipethnicentrepreneurship.htm

CASE STUDIES

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/areas/populationandsociety/clipethnicentrepreneurshipcases.htm

Most Recent

Ethnic entrepreneurship: Case study: Wrocław, Poland [7 November 2011]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef11213.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2011/213/en/1/EF11213EN.pdf

[full-text, 29 pages]

 

 

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

Foundation seminar series 2011-2012 - Improving working conditions: Contribution to active ageing

1st session: 7 - 9  November 2011, Dublin, Ireland

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/events/2011/fssdublin/index.htm

Foundation Seminar Series 2011 - 2012

Session One:

Improving Working conditions: contribution to active ageing

CONCEPT PAPER

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/events/2011/fssdublin/conceptpaper.pdf

[full-text, 6 pages]

 

 

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

Company initiatives for workers with care responsibilities for disabled children or adults [4 November 2011]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef1147.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2011/47/en/1/EF1147EN.pdf

[full-text, 100 pages]

ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef11478.htm

or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2011/478/en/1/EF11478EN.pdf

[full-text, 64 pages'

Executive Summary
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef11471.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2011/471/en/2/EF11471EN.pdf

 

 

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

EUROFOUND OBSERVER [3 November 2011]

http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=46441f70124bed066f0803c16&id=7c7101bf22&e=dfea509978

 

 

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

Half a century of OECD country studies now available online [27 October 2011]

http://www.oecd.org/document/2/0,3746,en_21571361_44315115_48960706_1_1_1_1,00.html

see--

OECD ECONOMIC SURVEYS

http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/economics/oecd-economic-surveys_16097513

 

 

World Bank

Unfinished Business? The WTO's Doha Agenda [8 November 2011]

Editors: Will Martin and Aaditya Mattoo, November 2011

http://econ.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTDEC/EXTRESEARCH/EXTPROGRAMS/EXTTRADERESEARCH/0,,contentMDK:23041494~pagePK:64168182~piPK:64168060~theSitePK:544849,00.html
or

http://go.worldbank.org/GNZDGVG1C0

or

http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2011/11/07/000112742_20111107120307/Rendered/PDF/654560PUB0mart0ness0Doha00CEPR02011.pdf
[full-text, 449 pages]

See Press Release 8 November 2011

http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:23042526~pagePK:64257043~piPK:437376~theSitePK:4607,00.html

 

World Bank

Skills, Not Just Diplomas: Managing Education for Results in Eastern Europe and Central Asia [November 2011]

by Lars Sondergaard and Mamta Murthi

with Dina Abu-Ghaida, Christian Bodewig, and Jan Rutkowski

http://siteresources.worldbank.org/ECAEXT/Resources/101411_FullReport.pdf

[full-text, 270 pages]

 

 

World Bank

REBALANCING, GROWTH, AND DEVELOPMENT: AN INTERCONNECTED AGENDA [October 2011]

Prepared by Staff of the World Bank

http://siteresources.worldbank.org/DEC/Resources/84797-1320153303397/Rebalancing_Growth_and_Development-WB_paper_for_G20.pdf

[full-text, 15 pages]

 

 

Federal

 

 

BLS: Focus on Prices and Spending | Import and Export Prices | Volume 2, Number 9

Current Price Topics: The Impact of the Earthquake in Japan on U.S. Imports

http://www.bls.gov/opub/focus/volume2_number9/ipp_2_9.htm

 

 

BLS: REDESIGNED GEOGRPAHIC INFORMATION [4 November 2011]

 

·         Redesigned: Geographic Information: Occupational Wages

http://www.bls.gov/regions/occupationalwages.htm

·         Redesigned: Geographic Information: Women's Earnings 
http://www.bls.gov/regions/womensearnings.htm

·         Redesigned: Geographic Information: Workplace Fatalities
http://www.bls.gov/regions/workplacefatalities.htm

·         Redesigned: Geographic Information: County Wages and Employment
http://www.bls.gov/regions/countywagesandemployment.htm   

 

 

BLS: American Time Use Survey (ATUS) Well-Being Module Microdata Files [4 November 2011]

http://www.bls.gov/tus/wbdatafiles.htm

 

 

Census

Current Population Reports

Consumer Income

P60-241

The Research SUPPLEMENTAL POVERTY MEASURE: 2010 [7 November 2011]

http://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/p60-241.pdf

[full-text, 24 pages]

 

 

Census

Changing American Households [4 November 2011]

http://www.census.gov/newsroom/cspan/households.html

or

http://www.census.gov/newsroom/pdf/cah_slides.pdf

[full-text, 17 pages]

 

 

Census

AMERICA'S FAMILIES AND LIVING ARRANGEMENTS 2011 [3 November 2011]

http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hh-fam.html

Detailed Tables

http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hh-fam/cps2011.html

Press Release 3 November 2011

More Young Adults are Living in Their Parents' Home, Census Bureau Reports

http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/families_households/cb11-183.html

 

 

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

Gender Pay Differences: Progress Made, but Women Remain Overrepresented among Low-Wage Workers

GAO-12-10 October 12, 2011 [online 3 November 2011]

http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-12-10

or

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d1210.pdf

[full-text, 58 pages]

or
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/868/

 

 

Joint Economic Committee (JEC)

Nowhere to Go: Geographic and Occupational Immobility and Free Trade [12 October 2011]

http://jec.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=27894f8b-2fc7-4dad-8107-65d83dbad5c2

[full-text, 4 pages]

 

 

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

Student Victimization in U.S. Schools: Results From the 2009 School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey  [2 November 2011]

http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2012314

or

http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2012/2012314.pdf

[full-text, 72 pages]

 

 

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

THE NATION'S REPORT CARD [REPORTS] [1 November 2011]

The Nation's Report Card: Findings in Brief Reading and Mathematics 2011

http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2012459

or

http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pdf/main2011/2012459.pdf


The Nation's Report Card: Reading 2011

http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2012457

or

http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pdf/main2011/2012457.pdf

 

The Nation's Report Card: Mathematics 2011

http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2012458

or

http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pdf/main2011/2012458.pdf

 

NAEP Mathematics 2011 State Snapshot Reports

http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2012451

or

The Nation's Report Card: Mathematics 2011 State Snapshot Reports for Grade 4

http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pubs/stt2011/20124514.asp

or

The Nation's Report Card:  Mathematics 2011 State Snapshot Reports for Grade 8

http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pubs/stt2011/20124518.asp

 

NAEP Reading 2011 State Snapshot Reports

http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2012454

or

The Nation's Report Card: Reading 2011 State Snapshot Reports for Grade 4

http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pubs/stt2011/20124544.asp

or

The Nation's Report Card: Reading 2011 State Snapshot Reports for Grade 8

http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pubs/stt2011/20124548.asp

 

 

 

U.S. Commercial Service

Country Commercial Guides Recently Produced

[DOING BUSINESS IN...]

Country Commercial Guide - Oman 2011

http://www.buyusainfo.net/docs/x_9032298.pdf

 

Kenya 2011 Country Commercial Guide

http://www.buyusainfo.net/docs/x_374344.pdf

 

2011 Uganda Country Commercial Guide

http://www.buyusainfo.net/docs/x_7586136.pdf

 

Bermuda Country Commercial Guide 2011

http://www.buyusainfo.net/docs/x_2403908.pdf

 

Doing Business in Mozambique: 2011 Country Commerical Guide

http://www.buyusainfo.net/docs/x_138752.pdf

 

 

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

 

 

Brookings

The Hamilton Project

UNEMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS LOSSES: THE LONG-TERM IMPACTS OF THE GREAT RECESSION ON AMERICAN WORKERS [4 November 2011]

by Michael Greenstone and Adam Looney

http://www.hamiltonproject.org/files/downloads_and_links/110411_jobs_greenstone_looney.pdf

[full-text, 5 pages]

 

 

Challenger, Gray, & Christmas, Inc. [7 November 2011]
Seasonal Hiring Sees Strong Start
OCTOBER HIRING MATCHES 2010 LEVEL, BUT RECENT SLOWDOWN COULD STUNT GROWTH 
http://www.challengergray.com/press/PressRelease.aspx?PressUid=197

 

 

Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. [2 November 2011]

Layoffs Plummet After Hitting 28-Month High

october planned job cuts fall 63% to 42,759

http://www.challengergray.com/press/PressRelease.aspx?PressUid=195

 

 

International Trade Union Confedertion (ITUC)

ANNUAL SURVEY OF VIOLATIONS OF TRADE UNION RIGHTS, 2011

http://survey.ituc-csi.org/

NOTE: "Mouse Over" the REGION of interest on RED BAR to find specific information by COUNTRY

Advanced Search

http://survey.ituc-csi.org/spip.php?page=advancedsearch

The new Survey website

http://survey.ituc-csi.org/new-features.html

 

 

International Trade Union Confedertion (ITUC)

Haiti: solidarity with export processing zone workers [31 October 2011]

http://www.ituc-csi.org/haiti-solidarity-with-export.html?lang=en

 

 

Mercer
European 2012 employee salary increase forecasts (and other regions) [8 November 2011]

http://www.mercer.com/press-releases/European-2012-salary-increase-forecast

 

 

Migration Policy Institute (MPI) & European University Institute (EUI)

US and European Immigration Systems

A Collaborative Project on Improving the Capacity for Responding to Global Challenges

[FINAL REPORT] Shared Challenges and Opportunities for EU and US Immigration Policymakers [2 November 2011]

http://www.migrationpolicy.org/pubs/US-EUimmigrationsystems-finalreport.pdf

[full-text, 30 pages]

The 21 reports and policy briefs produced by MPI as part of this project are available at:

http://www.migrationpolicy.org/immigrationsystems/

 

 

Urban Institute (UI)

The Nonprofit Sector in Brief: Public Charities, Giving and Volunteering, 2011 [1 November 2011]

Katie L. Roeger, Amy Blackwood, Sarah L. Pettijohn

http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?ID=412434

or

http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/412434-NonprofitAlmanacBrief2011.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

 

 

Law

 

 

NOLO: Law for All

EMPLOYMENT LAW CENTER (numerous articles and information free of charge)

Whether you're a small business owner, an HR professional, or an employee, you can learn the rules of employment law here

http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/hr-employment-law;jsessionid=DF221EAB2C3ED6D2FFDD58AA7EC15995

 

 

Statistical Reports

 

 

BLS: Job Openings and Labor Turnover – September 2011 [8 November 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

 

 

BLS: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION -- OCTOBER 2011 [4 November 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 Third Quarter 2011, Preliminary [3 November 2011]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod2.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod2.pdf

[full-text, 12 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

http://www.bls.gov/web/prod2.supp.toc.htm

 

 

BLS: METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT -- SEPTEMBER 2011 [2 November 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

 

 

OECD

Consumer Prices, OECD - Updated: 2 November 2011

http://www.oecd.org/document/46/0,3746,en_21571361_44315115_48969326_1_1_1_1,00.html

or

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/39/59/48969239.pdf

[full-text, 3 pages]

 

 

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

 

NOTE THE FOLLOWING:

Equality Diversity and Inclusion Conference 2012

http://www.edi-conference.org/index.php

5th Equality, Diversity and Inclusion International Conference, 2012, Toulouse, France

23-25 July, 2012, Toulouse Business School

Conference theme: country and comparative perspectives on equality, diversity and inclusion

The 5th EDI conference will be held in Toulouse, Southwest France, 23-25 July 2012. It will provide an exciting forum for encounters and publication projects in a stimulating intellectual, cultural and historical environment.

Call for Papers: http://www.edi-conference.org/CallforPapers.php


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Occupy Isn't Enough

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