Wednesday, January 25, 2012
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 25 January 2012
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, 25 January 2012
Academic Research
IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers
Recent studies include ---
6280 High on Life? Medical Marijuana Laws and Suicide
6279 Team Incentives: Evidence from a Firm Level Experiment
6278 Revisiting the Complementarity between Education and Training: The Role of Personality, Working Tasks and Firm Effects
6277 Peer Effects and Social Preferences in Voluntary Cooperation
6276 The Complexity of Immigrant Generations: Implications for Assessing the Socioeconomic Integration of Hispanics and Asians
6275 Nice Guys Finish Last: Are People with Higher Tax Morale Taxed More Heavily?
6274 Average Wage, Qualification of the Workforce and Export Performance in German Enterprises: Evidence from KombiFiD Data
6273 The Indian Ultrasound Paradox
6272 Men's Sexual Orientation and Job Satisfaction
(revised version forthcoming in: International Journal of Manpower)
6271 Labor Mobility across the Formal/Informal Divide in Turkey: Evidence from Individual Level Data
6270 Hours of Work and Retirement Behavior
6269 Less Myth, More Measurement: Decomposing Excess Returns from the 1989 Minimum Wage Hike
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)
European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)
COMPARATIVE STUDY
Public measures to support self-employment and job creation in one-person and micro enterprises [10 January 2012]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/emcc/erm/studies/tn1108034s/index.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/emcc/erm/studies/tn1108034s/tn1108034s.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/erm/tn1108034s/tn1108034s.pdf
[full-text, 45 pages]
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
CASE STUDIES ON THE IMPACT OF THE RECESSION ON AGE MANAGEMENT POLICIES [24 January 2012]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/bytype/casestudies2011.htm
OECD LABOUR-RELATED STATISTICS—CTRL + CLICK ON THE TITLES BELOW to RETRIEVE DATA
http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx
or
http://iwsdocumentednewsdaily.blogspot.com/2012/01/iws-oecd-labour-related-statisticsctrl.html
World Bank
GOLDEN GROWTH: RESTORING THE LUSTRE OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC MODEL [24 January 2012]
or
[FULL-TEXT]
and
INPUT PAPERS
and
COUNTRY BENCHMARKS
World Bank
GLOBAL ECONOMIC PROSPECTS--JANUARY 2012 [18 January 2012]
[full-text, 164 pages]
Federal
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Beginning Subbaccalaureate Students’ Labor Market Experiences: Six Years Later in 2009 [18 January 2012]
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2012273
or
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2012/2012273.pdf
[full-text, 133 pages]
National Science Foundation (NSF)
SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING INDICATORS 2012 [18 January 2012]
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind12/
USA.gov [DATA.GOV]
EDUCATION DATA COMMUNITY [Centralized Data Access]
Institutes/Associations/Commercial
RAND
How Americans Will Live and Work in 2020: A Workshop Exploring Key Trends and Philanthropic Responses [16 January 2012]
by Gregory F. Treverton, Robert J. Lempert, Krishna B. Kumar
http://www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/CF299.html
or
http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/conf_proceedings/2012/RAND_CF299.pdf
[full-text, 49 pages]
Towers Watson
INSIDER/ January 2012
Retirement Planning In a Post-Crisis Economy
[full-text, 11 pages]
Towers Watson (UK)
Press Release 11 January 2012
Money problems affect performance for one in ten workers
Towers Watson releases research about the future of workplace savings
http://www.towerswatson.com/united-kingdom/press/6189
Towers Watson
International Pension Plan survey 2011 [December 2011]
http://www.towerswatson.com/assets/pdf/6036/TW-EU-2011-22755-IPP-survey.pdf
[full-text, 20 pages]
WorldatWork (Total Rewards Association)
2012 Sales Compensation Trends Survey© Results [6 January 2012]
A Survey by The Alexander Group, Inc. and WorldatWork
January 2012
http://www.worldatwork.org/waw/adimLink?id=58227
[full-text, 51 pages]
Law
United States Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) www.cecc.gov
CHINA HUMAN RIGHTS AND RULE OF LAW UPDATE, 2012, No.1 [24 January 2012
http://iwsdocumentednewsdaily.blogspot.com/2012/01/iws-cecc-china-human-rights-rule-of-law.html
International Institute for Labour Studies (IILS) at the ILO
Discussion Paper 212
Bridging the gap between labour rights and human rights: The role of ILO law in regional human rights courts [January 2012]
Franz Christian Ebert
Martin Oelz
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/inst/download/dp212_2012.pdf
[full-text, 24 pages]
Wisconsin Legislative Council
2010 COMPARATIVE STUDY OF MAJOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SYSTEMS [December 2011]
http://legis.wisconsin.gov/lc/publications/crs/2010_retirement.pdf
[full-text, 44 pages]
Statistical Reports
BLS: USUAL WEEKLY EARNINGS OF WAGE AND SALARY WORKERS FOURTH QUARTER 2011 [24 January 2012]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/wkyeng.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/wkyeng.pdf
[full-text, 14 pages]
BLS: REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT -- DECEMBER 2011 [24 January 2012]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/laus.pdf
[full-text, 21 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/laus.supp.toc.htm
BLS: Consumer Price Index - December 2011 [19 January 2012]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cpi.pdf
[full-text, 25 pages]
BLS: REAL EARNINGS DECEMBER 2011 [19 January 2012]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/realer.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/realer.pdf
[full-text, 5 pages]
Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts
National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
2012 Presidential Primary and Caucus Calendar
http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?TabId=24075
2012 State and Presidential Primary and Caucus Dates
http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=24079
Press Release 11 January 2012
Primary and Caucus Dates
http://ncsl.typepad.com/the_thicket/2012/01/primary-and-caucus-dates.html
ILR School at Cornell University
FREE Webcast
Are the jobs ever coming back?
Management priorities, market incentives, workplace technology and sustainable employment
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/events/01252012-compensationPanelDiscussion.html
Webcast Date: Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. (EST)
NOTE: In light of the continuing economic crisis, it is wise to educate ourselves about the social dangers that can result if societies and individuals forget the lessons of history and act irresponsibly. With this in mind, the following ongoing educational project is being brought to your attention.
Camp des Milles: A Memorial for the Future
http://www.campdesmilles.org/index.html
or
http://www.campdesmilles.org/content/view/1/7/lang,eng
[English Version]
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 2011, will appear from time to time on this news service.
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
www.ictr.org
THE BACHARACH BLOG
http://bacharachblog.com/
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