Wednesday, February 29, 2012
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 29 February 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, 29 February 2012
Academic Research
Temple University Press
The Company We Keep: Occupational Community in the High-Tech Network Society
by Daniel Marschall
204 pp
cloth: $69.50, Jan 12
EAN: 978-1-43990-755-9
ISBN: 1-4399-0755-2
Electronic Book: $69.50
EAN: 978-1-43990-757-3
http://www.temple.edu/tempress/titles/2175_reg.html
IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers
Recent studies include ---
6370 Minimum Wage, Fringe Benefits, Overtime Payments and the Gender Wage Gap
6369 The Evaluation of Immigration Policies
6368 Moroccans' Assimilation in Spain: Family-Based versus Labor-Based Migration
(published in: Middle East Development Journal, 2011, 3 (2), 119-139)
6367 Search Capital
6365 Explaining the Spread of Temporary Jobs and its Impact on Labor Turnover
6364 Misspecification Testing in a Class of Conditional Distributional Models
6363 Living and Working in Ethnic Enclaves: Language Proficiency of Immigrants in U.S. Metropolitan Areas
6362 Decomposing the Ins and Outs of Cyclical Unemployment
6361 Educational Segregation and the Gender Wage Gap for Recent College Graduates in Colombia
6360 The Incapacitation Effect of Incarceration: Evidence from Several Italian Collective Pardons
6359 Pregibit: A Family of Discrete Choice Models
6358 The Short-Term Effectiveness of a Remedial Mathematics Course: Evidence from a UK University
6357 Do Unemployed Workers Benefit from Enterprise Zones? The French Experience
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)
Knowledge Solutions
On Organizational Configurations
Date: February 2012
by Oliver Serrat
http://beta.adb.org/publications/organizational-configurations
or
http://beta.adb.org/sites/default/files/on-organizational-configurations.pdf
[full-text, 6 pages]
or
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/intl/212/
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Knowledge Solutions
Business Model Innovation
Date: January 2012
by Olivier Serrat
http://beta.adb.org/publications/business-model-innovation
or
http://beta.adb.org/sites/default/files/business-model-innovation.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]
or
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/intl/213/
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
Active inclusion of young people with disabilities or health problems: Denmark [24 February 2012]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef11357.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2011/357/en/1/EF11357EN.pdf
[full-text, 40 pages]
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
Working conditions in Tanzania [24 February 2012]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2010/95/en/1/EF1095EN.pdf
[full-text, 13 pages]
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
Working conditions in Mozambique [24 February 2012]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef1094.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2010/94/en/1/EF1094EN.pdf
[full-text, 13 pages]
International Finance Corporation (IFC) / World Bank (WB)
Women, Business and the Law: Creating Economic Opportunity for Women
OECD
ECONOMIC POLICY REFORMS: GOING FOR GROWTH 2012 [24 February 2012]
http://www.oecd.org/document/4/0,3746,en_2649_34325_49693508_1_1_1_1,00.html
or
http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/economics/economic-policy-reforms-2012_growth-2012-en
[Read online 223 pages]
Country Notes
Executive Summary
Press Release 24 February 2012
Structural reforms can make the difference as countries rebound from crisis, OECD say
http://www.oecd.org/document/50/0,3746,en_21571361_44315115_49743602_1_1_1_1,00.html
World Bank
CHINA 2030: Building a Modern, Harmonious, and Creative High-Income Society [27 February 2012]
http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/2012/02/27/china-2030-executive-summary
or
http://www.worldbank.org/content/dam/Worldbank/document/China-2030-complete.pdf
[full-text, 468 pages]
Executive Summary
http://www.worldbank.org/content/dam/Worldbank/document/China-2030-executive_summay.pdf
Press Release 27 February 2012
China: The Case for Change On the Road to 2030
http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/2012/02/27/china-case-for-change-on-road-t-030
Federal
BLS: Issues in Labor Statistics
Work absences due to bad weather: analysis of data from 1977 to 2010 [24 February 2012]
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ils/pdf/opbils90.pdf
[full-text, 7 pages]
Census
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT IN THE UNITED STATES: 2011 (CPS2011) [23 February 2012]
http://www.census.gov/hhes/socdemo/education/index.html
DETAILED TABLES
http://www.census.gov/hhes/socdemo/education/data/cps/2011/tables.html
Press Release 23 February 2012
Bachelor’s Degree Attainment Tops 30 Percent for the First Time, Census Bureau Reports
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/education/cb12-33.html
Census
Graphs on Historical Voting Trends [15 February 2012]
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/voting/cb12-tps08.html
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Estimated Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on Employment and Economic Output from October 2011 Through December 2011
February 22, 2012
http://www.cbo.gov/publication/43013
or
http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/02-22-ARRA.pdf
[full-text, 22 pages]
or
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/888/
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
CBO's Estimates of ARRA's Economic Impact
February 22, 2012
http://www.cbo.gov/publication/43014
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
The Depreciating Dollar: Economic Effects and Policy Response
Craig K. Elwell, Specialist in Macroeconomic Policy
February 23, 2012
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL34582.pdf
[full-text, 24 pages]
or
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/890/
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Representatives and Senators: Trends in Member Characteristics Since 1945
R. Eric Petersen, Coordinator, Specialist in American National Government
February 17, 2012
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42365.pdf
[full-text, 41 pages]
or
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/887/
Institutes/Associations/Commercial
AARP
Health Insurance Coverage for 50- to 64-Year-Olds
Gerry Smolka, Megan Multack, and Carlos Figueiredo
[full-text, 16 pages]
Fact Sheet
http://www.aarp.org/content/dam/aarp/research/public_policy_institute/health/Health-Insurance-Coverage-for-50-64-year-olds-fact-sheet-AARP-ppi-health.pdf
Press Release February 2012
Health Insurance for 50 to 64 Year Olds
Access drops as costs rise and employer-sponsored plans decline. Health care law promises help
by: Gerry Smolka, Megan Multack, Carlos Figueiredo | from: Public Policy Institute | February 2012
http://www.aarp.org/health/medicare-insurance/info-02-2012/Health-Insurance-Coverage-for-50-64-year-olds-insight-AARP-ppi-health.html
AARP
Multicultural Engagement State Fact Sheets
by: AARP Research & Strategic Analysis | from: Surveys and Statistics | February 2012
http://www.aarp.org/politics-society/advocacy/info-02-2012/multicultural-engagement-state-fact-sheets.html
AARP
CONNECTING GENERATIONS [7 February 2012]
http://assets.aarp.org/rgcenter/general/Connecting-Generations.pdf
[full-text, 63 pages]
Press Release
Connecting Generations
by: Microsoft and AARP Research & Strategic Analysis | from: Surveys and Statistics | February 2012
http://www.aarp.org/technology/social-media/info-02-2012/connecting-generations.html
AS YOU SOW
(As You Sow promotes environmental and social corporate responsibility through shareholder advocacy, coalition building, and innovative legal strategies)
PROXY PREVIEW 2012 [28 February 2012]
http://asyousow.org/publications/2012/ProxyPreview2012.pdf
[full-text, 84 pages]
Brookings Institution
Why Does Manufacturing Matter? Which Manufacturing Matters? A Policy Framework [22 February 2012]
Susan Helper, Timothy Krueger, and Howard Wial
[full-text, 53 pages]
Global Labour University (GLU)
The Crisis: the Response of the European Trade Unions
Monday, February 20, 2012
by Bernadette Ségol
http://column.global-labour-university.org/2012/01/crisis-response-of-european-trade.html
or
http://www.global-labour-university.org/fileadmin/GLU_Column/papers/no_88_Segol.pdf
Mercer
Press Release 21 February 2012 [see TABLE below]
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‘Women in business’ – Analysis of gender representation in Executive/Management roles across Europe
http://www.mercer.com/press-releases/Analysis-of-gender-representation-in-executive-roles
Law
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Veterans and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): A Guide for Employers [28 February 2012]
http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/publications/ada_veterans_employers.cfm
[Wounded Veterans] Understanding Your Employment Rights Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): A Guide for Veterans [28 February 2012]
http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/publications/ada_veterans.cfm
Press Release 28 February 2012
EEOC Issues Revised Publications on Employment of Veterans with Disabilities
http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/2-28-12.cfm
International Finance Corporation (IFC) and World Bank (WB)
DOING BUSINESS--LAW LIBRARY
http://www.doingbusiness.org/law-library
Search the database.
CHINA [example]
http://www.doingbusiness.org/law-library/china
Social Security Administration (SSA)
Social Security Programs Throughout the World: The Americas, 2011 [27 February 2012]
http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2010-2011/americas/index.html
[go to this URL for Country Summaries]
or
http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2010-2011/americas/ssptw11americas.pdf
[full-text, 201 pages]
or
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/891/
Towers Watson
U.S. TORT COST TRENDS 2011 UPDATE [January 2012]
http://www.towerswatson.com/assets/pdf/6282/Towers-Watson-Tort-Report.pdf
[full-text, 19 pages]
Press Release
January 2012
2011 Update on U.S. Tort Cost Trends
http://www.towerswatson.com/united-states/research/6282
World Bank Group
INVESTING ACROSS BORDERS: INDICATORS OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT REGULATION
http://iab.worldbank.org/
Statistical Reports
BLS: MASS LAYOFFS -- JANUARY 2012 [23 February 2012]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/mmls.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/mmls.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]
BLS: VOLUNTEERING IN THE UNITED STATES -- 2011 [22 Februry 2012]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/volun.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/volun.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]
Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts
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 2012, 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/
Leaders, Paradigms, Deck-Chairs, & Thomas Kuhn
Posted by Samuel B. Bacharach on Feb 23, 2012
http://sambacharach.com/bacharachblog/leader/leaders-paradigms-deck-chairs-thomas-kuhn/
All Decision Makers Should Read Thinking, Fast & Slow
Posted by Samuel B. Bacharach on Feb 22, 2012
http://sambacharach.com/bacharachblog/leader/all-decision-makers-should-read-thinking-fast-slow/
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