Wednesday, April 11, 2012
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 11 April 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, 11 April 2012
Academic Research
World Bank
OPEN KNOWLEDGE REPOSITORY [10 April 2012]
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/
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Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)
JAPAN LABOR REVIEW [5 April 2012]
Volume 9, Number 2, Spring 2012
Special Edition: Unemployment and Its Detrimental Effects
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2012/JLR34_all.pdf
[full-text, 122 pages]
Introduction Masaru Sasaki
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2012/JLR34_intro_sasaki.pdf
Articles
Legal Benefits System for Retirement Risk in Japan: Basic Structure and Relationship with the Employment System
Yasuyuki Konishi
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2012/JLR34_konishi.pdf
Changes in Family Life Resulting from the Unemployment of the Husband
Akane Murakami
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2012/JLR34_murakami.pdf
The Psychological Impact of Job Loss in Japan after the "Lehman Shock"
Susumu Hirokawa
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2012/JLR34_hirokawa.pdf
Unemployment and Happiness
Fumio Ohtake
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2012/JLR34_ohtake.pdf
Recession, Unemployment, and Suicide in Japan
Joe Chen, Yun Cheong Choi,Kota Mori,Yasuyuki Sawada,Saki Sugano
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2012/JLR34_sawada.pdf
Article Based on Research Report
A Study Concerning the Promotion of Migration to Regions outside the Three Major Metropolitan Areas and the Activation of Endogenous Employment Creation by Using Migrants
Go Otani, Shizue Igawa
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2012/JLR34_otani_igawa.pdf
JILPT Research Activities
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2012/JLR34_activities.pdf
IZA Research Reports(Institute for the Study of Labor)
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/reports
Recent studies include ---
Report No. 43: Study on Active Inclusion of Migrants
Report prepared for the European Commission, Bonn 2012 (216 pages)
Report No. 42: Pension Systems in the EU – Contingent Liabilities and Assets in the Public and Private Sector
Based on a study conducted for the European Parliament, Bonn 2011 (144 pages)
Report No. 41: Germany's Immigration Policy and Labor Shortages
Report prepared for the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Bonn 2011 (39 pages)
Report No. 40: The Integration of Migrants and its Effects on the Labour Market
Based on a study conducted for the European Parliament, Bonn 2011 (133 pages)
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
African Development Bank (AfDB)
Economic Brief
Chinese Investments and Employment Creation in Algeria and Egypt [5 April 2012]
http://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Publications/Brochure%20China%20Anglais.pdf
[full-text, 23 pages]
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
Korean Occupational Safety and Health Agency (KOSHA) modelled on
Eurofound's European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS)
Working conditions in KOREA: Survey highlights [4 April 2012]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef1219.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2012/19/en/1/EF1219EN.pdf
[full-text, 11 pages]
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
COMPARATIVE STUDY
Representativeness of the European social partner organisations: Insurance [5 April 2012]
April 2012
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn1102028s/index.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn1102028s/tn1102028s.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/eiro/tn1102028s/tn1102028s.pdf
[full-text, 45 pages]
More Reprensentativeness Studies at
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/representativeness.htm
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Workding Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
Household debt advisory services in the European Union [4 April 2012]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef1189.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2011/89/en/1/EF1189EN.pdf
[full-text, 57 pages]
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditons (Dublin Foundation)
Living conditions of the Roma: Substandard housing and health [29 March 2012]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef1202.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2012/02/en/1/EF1202EN.pdf
[full-text, 64 pages]
OECD
TOWARDS NEW ARRANGEMENTS FOR STATE OWNERSHIP IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA [10 April 2012]
http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/governance/towards-new-arrangements-for-state-ownership-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa_9789264169111-en
or
The full version is accessible to subscribers at http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264169111-en
or
http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/towards-new-arrangements-for-state-ownership-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa_5kg0pbhpbv41.pdf;jsessionid=ajste11iphj02.epsilon?contentType=/ns/Book&itemId=/content/book/9789264169111-en&containerItemId=/content/book/9789264169111-en&accessItemIds=&mimeType=application/pdf
[full-text, 175 pages]
Press Release 10 April 2012
OECD calls for reform of governance of state-owned firms in the Middle East and North Africa
http://www.oecd.org/document/45/0,3746,en_21571361_44315115_50081389_1_1_1_1,00.html
Federal
Census
See DETAILED TABLES at
http://www.census.gov/popest/estimates.html
PRESS KIT
GAPHICS/MAPS
http://www.census.gov/popest/data/maps/11maps.html#counties
Press Release 5 April 2012
Census Estimates Show New Patterns of Growth Nationwide
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/population/cb12-55.html
[See special tables far below at link above]
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention
Injury Center
ACTIONABLE KNOWLEDGE SERIES
http://www.cdc.gov/ViolencePrevention/ASAP.html
Applying Science. Advancing Practice. (ASAP)
ASAP (General)
· The Public Health Approach to Violence Prevention
· Putting Knowledge into Action to Prevent Violence
· The Social-Ecological Model: A Framework for Violence Prevention
· Understanding the Interactive Systems Framework for Dissemination and Implementation
Sexual Violence Prevention ASAP
· The Bully-Sexual Violence Pathway in Early Adolescence
Suicide Prevention ASAP
· Putting Knowledge into Action to Prevent Violence
· Suicide Prevention: A Public Health Issue
· Preventing Suicide Through Connectedness
Youth Violence Prevention ASAP
· The Bully-Sexual Violence Pathway in Early Adolescence
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Industrial Competitiveness and Technological Advancement: Debate Over Government Policy
Wendy H. Schacht, Specialist in Science and Technology Policy
March 13, 2012
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL33528.pdf
[full-text, 15 pages]
or
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/key_workplace/901/
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
International Data Table Library
http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/international/table-library.asp
CROSS-NATIONAL COMPARISONS OF INSTRUCTIONAL TIME [9 April 2012]
New tables with cross-national comparisons of average numbers of hours of instruction in and out of schools.
| Table C.3.15a. Fifteen-year-old students' average in-school hours of instruction per week in the test language of the jurisdiction, by national quarters of the PISA index of economic, social and cultural status (ESCS) and jurisdiction: 2009 New! | | |
| Out-of-school instructional time, 15-year-old test language | Table C.3.15b. Fifteen-year-old students' average out-of-school hours of instruction per week in the test language of the jurisdiction, by national quarters of the PISA index of economic, social and cultural status (ESCS) and jurisdiction: 2009 New! | |
| In-school instructional time, 15-year-old mathematics | Table C.3.16a. Fifteen-year-old students' average in-school hours of instruction per week in mathematics, by national quarters of the PISA index of economic, social and cultural status (ESCS) and jurisdiction: 2009 New! | |
| Out-of-school instructional time, 15-year-old mathematics | Table C.3.16b. Fifteen-year-old students' average out-of-school hours of instruction per week in mathematics, by national quarters of the PISA index of economic, social and cultural status (ESCS) and jurisdiction: 2009 New! | |
| In-school instructional time, 15-year-old science | Table C.3.17a. Fifteen-year-old students' average in-school hours of instruction per week in science, by national quarters of the PISA index of economic, social and cultural status (ESCS) and jurisdiction: 2009 New! | |
| Out-of-school instructional time, 15-year-old science | Table C.3.17b. Fifteen-year-old students' average out-of-school hours of instruction per week in science, by national quarters of the PISA index of economic, social and cultural status (ESCS) and jurisdiction: 2009 New! | |
| Out-of-school instructional time, 15-year-old other subjects | Table C.3.18. Fifteen-year-old students' average out-of-school hours of instruction per week in subjects other than mathematics, science, or the test language of the jurisdiction, by national quarters of the PISA index of economic, social and cultural status (ESCS) and jurisdiction: 2009 New! |
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Arts Education in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools: 1999-2000 and 2009-10 [2 April 2012]
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2012014
or
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2012/2012014.pdf
[full-text, 126 pages]
U.S. Office of Homeland Security
Office of Immigration Statistics
POLICY DIRECTORATE
U.S. LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENTS: 2011 [6 April 2012]
http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/publications/lpr_fr_2011.pdf
[full-text, 6 pages]
Institutes/Associations/Commercial
RAND
Research Brief
How Do Soldiers' Deployments Affect Children's Academic Performance and Behavioral Health? [9 April 2012]
by Amy Richardson, Anita Chandra, Laurie T. Martin, Claude Messan Setodji, Bryan W. Hallmark, Nancy F. Campbell, Stacy Hawkins, Patrick Grady
http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9651.html
or
http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_briefs/2012/RAND_RB9651.pdf
[full-text, 3 pages]
Law
Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)
CASE DOCKET & CASE RELATED ITEMS
http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/case-docket/georgia-education-funding
The SPLC complaint, filed in November 2011, described how Georgia uses a school funding formula that encourages districts to unnecessarily segregate students with disabilities to receive more money. The system encourages schools to segregate students with disabilities even when they perform well in inclusive classrooms.
Press Release 5 April 2012
Department of Justice to Investigate Discrimination in Georgia Public Schools Following Southern Poverty Law Center Complaint
http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/news/department-of-justice-to-investigate-discrimination-in-georgia-public-schools-foll
Statistical Reports
BLS: Job Openings and Labor Turnover – February 2012 [10 April 2012]
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: METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT -- FEBRUARY 2012 [10 April 2012]
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: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION -- MARCH 2012 [6 April 2012]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf
[fulll-text, 38 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/empsit.supp.toc.htm
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/
Toads & Good Ideas
Posted by Samuel B. Bacharach on Mar 30, 2012
http://sambacharach.com/bacharachblog/leader/toads-good-ideas/
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