Wednesday, August 28, 2013
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 28 August 2013
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, 28 August 2013
[Please note that for the next few weeks, postings will include key material that was released since early May 2013 until late August 2013. This is the yearly time period that the IWS Documented News Service is not operational. Otherwise new material will be posted as usual].
Academic Research
IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers
Recent studies include ---
7578 Child Labor and Learning
7577 Job Contact Networks and Wages of Rural-Urban Migrants in China
7576 Do House Prices Affect Consumption? A Re-assessment of the Wealth Hypothesis
7575 Testosterone and the Gender Wage Gap
7574 Channels of Labour Supply Responses of Lone Parents to Changed Work Incentives
7573 Making Sense of Arab Labor Markets: The Enduring Legacy of Dualism
7572 Regional Determinants of Establishments' Innovation Activities: A Multi-Level Approach
7571 A Provocative Perspective on Population Aging and Old-Age Financial Protection
7570 The Causal Effect of Retirement on Mortality: Evidence from Targeted Incentives to Retire Early
7569 Preferences for Employment Protection and the Insider-Outsider Divide
7568 Birthplace Diversity and Economic Prosperity
DigitalCommons@ILR--Most Recent Additions
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/recent_additions.html
Home Page at - http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/
ILR PRESS
http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/presses/?fa=publisher&NameP=ILR%20Press
Government Reports/Press - International, Federal, State, Local
International
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)
DEVELOPMENTS IN COLLECTIVELY AGREED PAY 2012 [10 July 2013]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn1303028s/index.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/eiro/tn1303028s/tn1303028s.pdf
[full-text, 75 pages]
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)
DEVELOPMENTS IN COLLECTIVELY AGREED WORKING TIME 2012 [26 June 2013]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn1305017s/tn1305017s.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/eiro/tn1305017s/tn1305017s.pdf
[full-text, 28 pages]
International Labour Organization (ILO) & OECD
Short-term labour market outlook and key challengesin G20 countries [17 July 2013]
Statistical update for the Meeting of G20 Labour and Employment Ministers
Moscow, 18–19 July 2013
http://www.ilo.org/global/publications/books/WCMS_217546/lang--en/index.htm
or
[full-text, 20 pages]
OECD
OECD EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK [17 July 2013]
http://www.oecd.org/els/emp/oecdemploymentoutlook.htm
or
www.oecd.org/employment/outlook
Press Release 16 July 2013
Unemployment set to remain high in OECD countries through 2014 – youth and low-skilled hit hardest
OECD Reviews of Vocational Education and Training
A Skills beyond School Review of the United States [10 July 2013]
by Małgorzata Kuczera and Simon Field
[full-text, 153 pages]
Press Release 10 July 2013
OECD: Postsecondary education key to maintaining global standing of U.S. workforce
Federal
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW (May to August 2013)
Archive by Date CLICK ON TITLE TO OPEN
2013
· The relationship between the housing and labor market crises and doubling up: an MSA-level analysis, 2005–2011 08/16/2013
· Updating the rent sample for the CPI Housing Survey 08/06/2013
· A welcome "sticker" shock: "Made in the U.S.A." 08/06/2013
· Are student test scores an accurate measure of high school teachers' effectiveness? 08/06/2013
· Leveling the playing field 08/05/2013
· The hockey lockout of 2012–2013 07/19/2013
· The Monthly Labor Review gets a new look 07/17/2013
· The Caribbean Economies in an Era of Free Trade 07/17/2013
· Green acres is the place to be? 07/15/2013
· Within-country archetypes: best chance for climate change mitigation 07/15/2013
· Consumer Expenditure Survey: is it worth expending energy on and need it consume our time? 06/30/2013
· High-employment-growth firms: defining and counting them 06/29/2013
· Linking firms with establishments in BLS microdata 06/28/2013
· Current Labor Statistics: June 2013 (Guide) 06/01/2013
· Current Labor Statistics: June 2013 (Tables) 06/01/2013
· Current Labor Statistics: June 2013 (Notes) 06/01/2013
· The relationship between job characteristics and retirement savings in defined contribution plans 05/30/2013
· Job openings continue to grow in 2012, hires and separations less so 05/06/2013
· Implementing the 2010 Standard Occupational Classification in the Occupational Employment Statistics 05/02/2013
· Profiles of significant collective bargaining disputes of 2012 05/01/2013
· Current Labor Statistics: May 2013 (Guide) 05/01/2013
· Current Labor Statistics: May 2013 (Tables) 05/01/2013
· Current Labor Statistics: May 2013 (Notes) 05/01/2013
· Stakeholders and the modern corporation 05/01/2013
· The "skinny" on financial incentives for exercise programs 05/01/2013
· What determines wage levels during the business cycle? 05/01/2013
· Consumer Expenditure Survey Microdata Users' Workshop, July 2012 04/30/2013
· Where did we indulge? Consumer spending during the asset boom 04/30/2013
· Differences in union and nonunion compensation, 2001–2011 04/30/2013
· People with a disability in 2012: a visual essay 04/30/2013
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
BEYOND THE NUMBERS (May to August 2013) CLICK ON THE TITLE TO OPEN
Aug 2013 | Prices & Spending | Antonio Lombardozzi and Joseph Kelley | Beyond the Numbers | |
Aug 2013 | Global Economy | The Reemergence Of The United States As A Global Petroleum Producer (PDF) | Edwin Bennion and David Mead | Beyond the Numbers |
Aug 2013 | Pay & Benefits | Robert W. Van Giezen | Beyond the Numbers | |
Jul 2013 | Employment & Unemployment | Thomas Nardone, Kenneth Robertson, and Julie Hatch Maxfield | Beyond the Numbers | |
May 2013 | Prices & Spending | Spending On Pets: "Tails" From The Consumer Expenditure Survey (PDF) | Steve Henderson | Beyond the Numbers |
May 2013 | Pay & Benefits | Compensation Highlights In Trade, Transportation, And Utilities Industries (PDF) | Eli R. Stoltzfus | Beyond the Numbers |
May 2013 | Prices & Spending | Owners' Equivalent Rent And The Consumer Price Index: 30 Years And Counting (PDF) | Frank Ptacek and Darren A. Rippy | Beyond the Numbers |
May 2013 | Prices & Spending | The Effects Of Shale Gas Production On Natural Gas Prices (PDF) | PPI Energy and Chemicals Team | Beyond the Numbers |
May 2013 | Global Economy | Jon Ruder and Edwin Bennion | Beyond the Numbers |
Census
ANNUAL SURVEY OF PUBLIC PENSIONS: STATE-AND LOCALLY-ADMINISTERED DEFINED BENEFIT DATA SUMMARY REPORT: 2011 [22 August 2013]
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/governments/cb13-tps79.html
and
http://www.census.gov/govs/retire/
and
http://www.census.gov/govs/apes/
Census
ARAB HOUSEHOLDS IN THE UNITED STATES: 2006-2010 [29 May 2013]
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/american_community_survey_acs/cb13-tps52.html
or
http://www.census.gov/prod/2013pubs/acsbr10-20.pdf
[full-text, 5 pages]
Census
COMMUTER-ADJUSTED POPULATION ESTIMATES: AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 2006-2010 [30 May 2013]
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/american_community_survey_acs/cb13-tps53.html
or
http://www.census.gov/hhes/commuting/data/daytimepop.html
Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
WORKING CONDITIONS AND WORKER RIGHTS IN CHINA: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS [31 July 2013]
or
[full-text, 143 pages]
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
The U.S. Science and Engineering Workforce: Recent, Current, and Projected Employment, Wages, and Unemployment
John F. Sargent Jr., Specialist in Science and Technology Policy
May 6, 2013
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R43061.pdf
[full-text, 40 pages]
U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION (USCC)
HEARING: TRENDS AND IMPLICATIONS OF CHINESE INVESTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES [9 May 2013]
http://www.uscc.gov/Hearings/hearing-trends-and-implications-chinese-investment-united-states
or
[full-text, 130 pages]
Unites States International Trade Commission (USITC)
DIGITAL TRADE IN THE U.S. AND GLOBAL ECONOMIES, PART 1 [15 August 2013]
http://www.usitc.gov/publications/332/pub4415.pdf
[full-text, 280 pages]
United States International Trade Commission (USITC)
PASSENGER VEHICLES: INDUSTRY & TRADE SUMMARY [May 2013]
http://www.usitc.gov/publications/332/working_papers/pub_ITS_09_PassengerVehiclesSummary5211.pdf
(full-text, 107 pages]
United States International Trade Commission (USITC)
RECENT TRENDS IN U.S. SERVICES TRADE, 2013 ANNUAL REPORT [11 July 2013]
http://www.usitc.gov/publications/332/pub4412.pdf
[full-text, 121 pages]
Institutes/Associations/Commercial
RAND
A New Tool for Assessing Workforce Management Policies Over Time: Extending the Dynamic Retention Model [26 August 2013]
by Beth J. Asch, Michael G. Mattock, James Hosek
http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR113.html
or
http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR100/RR113/RAND_RR113.pdf
[full-text, 97 pages]
or
Summary
http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR100/RR113/RAND_RR113.sum.pdf
[full-text, 10 pages]
WorldatWork (Total Rewards Association)
TRENDS IN EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION [June 2013]
http://www.worldatwork.org/waw/adimLink?id=72689
[full-text, 32 pages]
Law
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): An Overview
Gerald Mayer, Analyst in Labor Policy
Benjamin Collins, Analyst in Labor Policy
David H. Bradley, Specialist in Labor Economics
June 4, 2013
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42713.pdf
[full-text, 26 pages]
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
The Federal Minimum Wage: In Brief
David H. Bradley, Specialist in Labor Economics
May 30, 2013
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R43089.pdf
[full-text, 11 pages]
Statistical Reports
BLS: NATIONAL CENSUS OF FATAL OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES IN 2012 [22 August 2013]
(PRELIMINARY RESULTS)
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cfoi.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cfoi.pdf
[full-text, 14 pages]
BLS: EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT AMONG YOUTH — SUMMER 2013 [20 August 2013]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/youth.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/youth.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]
Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts
Bacharach Leadership Group (BLG)
BLG LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
GET TRAINED--REGISTER for JUNE or OCTOBER (see programs and dates listed below) [Please share this with those who may be interested].
Leadership Academy Overview
You have a vision, now you need the skills to execute
http://academy.blg-lead.com/Leadership-Development-Training-Program-New-York-City/Overview-15361-1705P1.html
Registration Options > <-Click here
Next Available Dates: June 5-6, 2013 or October 2-3, 2013
Learn More About The Change Leadership Course <-Click here
Next Available Dates: June 7-8, 2013 or October 4-5, 2013
Learn More About The Negotiation Course <-Click here
Next Available Dates: June 12-13, 2013 or October 9-10, 2013
Learn More About The Team Leadership Course ß Click here
Next Available Dates: June 14-15, 2013 or October 11-12, 2013
Learn More About The Coaching Course <- Click here
USA.GOV
MOBILE APPS GALLERY
ADAPT Forum on Internships: Internships and Traineeships: Occupational Transition or Exploitation? October 25-26, 2013 in Bergamo.
[includes description and contact information]
Launching the BLG Leadership Academy
Posted by Samuel B. Bacharach
http://sambacharach.com/bacharachblog/leader/new-developments-launching-the-blg-leadership-academy/
BLG LEADERSHIP ACADEMY: Developing Pragmatic Leaders
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/iws/blg/
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/index2.html
or
http://www.campdesmilles.org/home2.html
[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/
LEADERSHIP: New Voice, New Insights, RESULTS-ORIENTED
5 Essential Skills for Successful Coaching
Posted by Admin on Aug 21, 2013
http://sambacharach.com/bacharachblog/linksy/5-essential-skills-for-successful-coaching/
4 Strategies That Inspire Creativity
Posted by Samuel B. Bacharach on Aug 21, 2013
http://sambacharach.com/bacharachblog/linksy/4-strategies-that-inspire-creativity/
--see also
BACHARACH LEADERSHIP GROUP (BLG)
http://sambacharach.com/blg-lead/
and
INC.com & Inc. Magazine
www.inc.com
Samuel Bacharach Articles
http://www.inc.com/author/samuel-bacharach
4 Strategies That Inspire Creativity
Leadership Without Presumption: Lessons From Eisenhower
5 Productivity Strategies from the Mind of Richard Feynman
Coaching: Beyond the Sports Icon
5 Classic Movies, 5 Leadership Lessons
5 Leadership Lessons From a Hollywood Pope
4 Reasons Your Employees Resist Change--And How To Overcome Them
Are You Still a Great Leader?
4 Lessons for Mid-Life Entrepreneurs
5 Leadership Lessons From the Seder
The One Thing You Need To Create Change
How Competition Makes You Better: 4 Lessons from Picasso and Matisse
Change: A Play in 4 Acts
Creativity Tips From 5 Very Funny People
Great Leaders Know When to Step Down: A Lesson From the Pope
5 Reasons Leaders Fail
Stop Procrastinating: 5 Tips From Ben Franklin
How to Avoid a Desperate Decision
You Talk Too Much
Leading for a Gender-Inclusive Workplace
Can You Manage and Lead?
How to Hang Onto Your Best & Brightest
Negotiation: How to Play the Doomsday Strategy
Your Own Private Whale: Leadership Lessons From Moby Dick
Why He Won: A Lesson in What People Really Want in a Leader
The Leadership Gifts of Keeping Your Mouth Shut
Will They Tell You You're Naked?
5 Traits of True Leaders
How to Lead Creative Geeks
Boosting "Big Mo"
Leadership Training for Your High-Potential Employees
Gen-Y Employees: How to Motivate Them
The 5 Traits of High-Potential Employees
Why You Should Say What You Pay Employees
How to Change Your Mind Without Being a Flip-Flopper
Don't Do Office Politics? Then You Don't Do Leadership.
Leading Teams: Find the Right Balance Between Hands-on and Hands-off
Charisma Is Not Enough. Great Leaders Execute
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