Wednesday, September 18, 2013
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 18 September 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, 18 September 2013
Academic Research
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research (FRASER®)
Sep 04 Economic Education and Historical Documents
http://www.stlouisfed.org/education_resources/tag/primary-source-documents/
Data and Statistical Publications
http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/topics/?tid=21
CORNELL HR REVIEW
http://www.cornellhrreview.org/
(The Cornell HR Review is a student-run HR publication that provides timely articles, essays, and executive commentary).
IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers
Recent studies include ---
7606 Growing out of the Crisis: Hidden Assets to Greece's Transition to an Innovation Economy
7605 Economic Conditions at Birth, Birth Weight, Ability, and the Causal Path to Cardiovascular Mortality
7604 Unmet Aspirations as an Explanation for the Age U-shape in Human Wellbeing
7603 Is There Convergence of Russia's Regions? Exploring the Empirical Evidence: 1995–2010
7602 Motivating Agents: How Much Does the Mission Matter?
7601 Better Workers Move to Better Firms: A Simple Test to Identify Sorting
7600 Spatial Changes in Labour Market Inequality
7599 Output-Employment Relationship across Sectors: A Long- versus Short-Run Perspective
7598 Unemployment of Non-western Immigrants in the Great Recession
7597 What Explains the Stagnation of Female Labor Force Participation in Urban India?
7596 (Lack of) Pension Knowledge
7595 Educational Inequality and the Returns to Skills
7594 The Perverse Effects of Job-Security Provisions on Job Security in Italy: Results from a Regression Discontinuity Design
7593 Multidimensional Targeting and Evaluation: A General Framework with an Application to a Poverty Program in Bangladesh
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
Forthcoming and recent ILR Press titles
http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/search/?fa=rechercheA&keyType=all&Editeur=ILR%20Press&StartYear=1920
Government Reports/Press - International, Federal, State, Local
International
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Asian Development Review: Volume 30, Number 2 [September 2013]
http://www.adb.org/publications/asian-development-review-volume-30-number-2
or
http://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/pub/2013/asian-development-review-vol30-no2-2013.pdf
[full-text, 180 pages]
European Commission
Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion
DATABASE ON TRANSNATIONAL COMPANY AGREEMENTS
http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=978&langId=en
See also ADVANCED SEARCH
http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=978&langId=en&mode=advancedSearch
Download the user guide
Download the data dictionary
Download the full list of all identified agreements
About the database
More information about Transnational Company Agreements
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
More and better jobs in home-care services [11 September 2013]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef1353.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2013/53/en/1/EF1353EN.pdf
[full-text, 81 pages]
An executive summary and 10 country reports (Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom) are available.
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)
Restructuring update: Lufthansa’s new work model - combine your studies and flight deck duties [11 September 2013]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/emcc
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/emcc/erm/factsheets/25119
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO)
[Austria:] Well-being and work [ 13 September 2013]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/ewco/surveyreports/AT1308011D/AT1308011D.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/ewco/surveyreports/AT1308011D/AT1308011D.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]
India
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
INDIA COUNTRY REPORT 2013: STATISTICAL APPRAISAL (29 August 2013)
SAARC Development Goals
http://mospi.nic.in/Mospi_New/upload/SAARC_Development_Goals_%20India_Country_Report_29aug13.pdf
[full-text, 98 pages]
India
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
Report No. 552 (66/10/7)
EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT SITUATION AMONG MAJOR RELIGIOUS GROUPS IN INDIA [June 2013)
(July 2009-June 2010)
http://mospi.nic.in/Mospi_New/upload/nss_report_552.pdf
[full-text, 419 pages]
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
DATAINTAL (Trade in the Hemisphere DATABASE)
http://www.iadb.org/dataintal/
QUICK QUERY
http://www.iadb.org/dataintal/CnsConsultaRapida.aspx
COMPLETE QUERY
http://www.iadb.org/dataintal/CnsConsultaCompleta.aspx
MFN TARIFFS
http://www.iadb.org/dataintal/ArancelesMFN.aspx
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
Sociómetro-BID [DATASET OF SOCIAL INDICATORS]
EDUCATION
http://www.iadb.org/research/sociometrobid/tables.cfm?indicator=2
LABOR MARKET
http://www.iadb.org/research/sociometroBID/tables.cfm?indicator=5&lang=en
INCOME AND INEQUALITY
http://www.iadb.org/research/sociometroBID/tables.cfm?indicator=4&lang=en
HOUSING
http://www.iadb.org/research/sociometroBID/tables.cfm?indicator=3&lang=en
DEMOGRAPHICS
http://www.iadb.org/research/sociometroBID/tables.cfm?indicator=1&lang=en
HEALTH
http://www.iadb.org/research/sociometroBID/coming_soon.cfm?lang=en
MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
http://www.iadb.org/research/sociometroBID/tables.cfm?indicator=6&lang=en
Inter-American Development Bank (IADb)
[Book]
FINANCING THE FAMILY: REMITTANCES TO CENTRAL AMERICA IN A TIME OF CRISIS [9 September 2013]
http://www.iadb.org/en/research-and-data/publication-details,3169.html?pub_id=IDB-BK-119
see related article FINANCING THE FAMILY at http://idbdocs.iadb.org/wsdocs/getdocument.aspx?docnum=37114622
World Bank
Connecting to work : how information and communication technologies could help expand employment opportunities [1 September 2013]
or
[full-text, 68 pages]
World Bank
Tales from the Development Frontier : How China and Other Countries Harness Light Manufacturing to Create Jobs and Prosperity [September 2013]
by Dinh, Hinh T.; Rawski, Thomas G.; Zafar, Ali; Wang, Lihong; Mavroeidi, Eleonora
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/15763
or
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/15763/9780821399880.pdf?sequence=1
[full-text, 555 pages]
Federal
BLS Report 1043
EXTENDED MASS LAYOFFS IN 2012 [13 September 2013]—DISCONTINUED GOING FORWARD
http://www.bls.gov/mls/mlsreport1043.pdf
[full-text, 25 pages]
Census
Current Population Reports P60-245
INCOME, POVERTY, AND HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE IN THE UNITED STATES: 2012 [17 September 2013]
By Carmen DeNavas-Walt, Bernadette D. Proctor, Jessica C. Smith
http://www.census.gov/prod/2013pubs/p60-245.pdf
[full-text, 88 pages]
Click on the following for more information and data
Spanish version
Press kit
Report
Income data
Poverty data
Health insurance coverage data
Press Release 17 September 2013
Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2012
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/income_wealth/cb13-165.html
Census
INDUSTRY STATISTICS PORTAL [3 September 2013]
http://www.census.gov/econ/isp/index.php
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
U.S. Farm Income
Randy Schnepf, Specialist in Agricultural Policy
August 30, 2013
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R40152.pdf
[full-text, 34 pages]
U.S. Department of Labor
Wage and Hour Division (WHD)
See special website--We Count on Home Care
Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay for Direct Care Workers
http://www.dol.gov/whd/homecare/
Effective January 1, 2015
Press Release 17 September 2012
Minimum wage, overtime protections extended to direct care workers by US Labor Department
Nearly two million home health and personal care workers to benefit
http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/whd/WHD20131922.htm
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Delphi Pensions: Key Events Leading to Plan Terminations
GAO-13-854T, Sep 11, 2013
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-13-854T
or
http://www.gao.gov/assets/660/657739.pdf
[full-text, 22 pages]
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Health Care Workforce: Federally Funded Training Programs in Fiscal Year 2012
GAO-13-709R, Aug 15, 2013 [online 16 September 2013]
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-13-709R
or
http://www.gao.gov/assets/660/656960.pdf
[full-text, 36 pages]
Social Security Administration (SSA)
OASDI BENEFICIARIES BY STATE AND ZIP CODE 2012 [12 September 2013]
Note: Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) is the official name for Social security.
http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/oasdi_zip/2012/index.html
or
http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/oasdi_zip/2012/oasdi_zip12.pdf
[full-text, 718 pages]
and
All Tables
http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/oasdi_zip/2012/oasdi_zip12.xlsx
United States International Trade Commission (USITC)
The Year in Trade 2012 [July 2013]
Operation of the Trade Agreements Program
64th Report
http://www.usitc.gov/publications/332/pub4416.pdf
[full-text, 267 pages]
Institutes/Associations/Commercial
Challenger, Gray, & Christmas, Inc.
Press Release 11 September 2013
CEO Turnover Remains High As Summer Closes
113 CEO CHANGES IN AUGUST INCLUDING MICROSOFT, US STEEL
http://www.challengergray.com/press/PressRelease.aspx?PressUid=286
THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION FOUNDATION (ITIF)
Are Robots Taking Our Jobs, or Making Them?
BY BEN MILLER AND ROBERT D. ATKINSON |9 SEPTEMBER 2013
http://www2.itif.org/2013-are-robots-taking-jobs.pdf
[full-text, 36 pages]
International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
REPORT ON VIOLATIONS OF TRADE UNION RIGHTS (12 June 2013)
Official tite: 2013 COUNTRIES AT RISK: VIOLATIONS OF TRADE UNION RIGHTS
http://www.ituc-csi.org/new-ituc-report-on-violations-of
or
http://www.ituc-csi.org/countries-at-risk-2013-report-on
or
http://www.ituc-csi.org/IMG/pdf/survey_ra_2013_eng_final.pdf
[full-text, 81 pages]
NOTE: An online website with constant updates on trade union rights violations will become publicly available in October 2013.
Press Release 12 June 2013
http://www.ituc-csi.org/new-ituc-report-on-violations-of
Mercer
2013 GLOBAL PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SURVEY FINDINGS
EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW
http://www.imercer.com/uploads/imercerReports/pdf/mercer_global_pm_survey_exec_overview.pdf
[full-text, 2 pages]
Press Release 17 September 2013
Few organisations have confidence in the effectiveness of their performance management programs
http://www.mercer.com/press-releases/performance-management-survey
Towers Watson
Infographic #2: 2013 Change and Communication ROI Study (CC ROI)
WHAT CHANGE LEADERS NEED TO GET RIGHT
or
http://www.towerswatson.com/DownloadMedia.aspx?media={C834C0F6-4F7C-4AF1-849D-E96B8D545D5C}
Press Release 29 August 2013
Only One-Quarter of Employers Are Sustaining Gains From Change Management Initiatives, Towers Watson Survey Finds
Focus on manager’s role could spark improvement in companies’ ability to manage change
Law
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Immigration-Related Worksite Enforcement: Performance Measures
Andorra Bruno, Specialist in Immigration Policy
August 7, 2013
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/R40002.pdf
[full-text, 16 pages]
European Commission (EC)
Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion
LABOUR LAW (Policies and Activities)
http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=157&langId=en
Related Links
http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=157&langId=en&moreLinks=yes
Statistical Reports
BEA: GDP BY METROPOLITAN AREA, 2012 AND REVISED 2001-2011 [17 September 2013]
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/gdp_metro/2013/gdp_metro0913.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/gdp_metro/2013/pdf/gdp_metro0913.pdf
[full-text, 23 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/gdp_metro/2013/xls/gdp_metro0913.xls
[spreadsheet]
and
Highlights
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/gdp_metro/2013/gdpm_highlights_0913.htm
BLS: CONSUMER PRICE INDEX--AUGUST 2013 [17 September 2013]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cpi.pdf
[full-text, 38 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/cpi.supp.toc.htm
BLS: REAL EARNINGS * AUGUST 2013 [17 September 2013]
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 - AUGUST 2013 [13 September 2013]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ppi.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ppi.pdf
[full-text, 23 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/ppi.supp.toc.htm
BLS: U.S. IMPORT AND EXPORT PRICE INDEXES - AUGUST 2013 [12 September 2013]
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: EMPLOYER COSTS FOR EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION – JUNE 2013 [11 September 2013]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ecec.pdf
[full-text, 23 pages]
Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-2013
Barbara Salazar Torreon, Information Research Specialist
August 30, 2013
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/R42738.pdf
[full-text, 37 pages]
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, Italy
http://moodle.adaptland.it/mod/resource/view.php?id=6823
[FLYER]
and
http://moodle.adaptland.it/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=214
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
President Obama, Syria, and the Leadership of Muddling Through
Posted by Samuel B. Bacharach on Sep 12, 2013
http://sambacharach.com/bacharachblog/linksy/president-obama-syria-and-the-leadership-of-muddling-through/
--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
President Obama, Syria, and the Leadership of Muddling Through
Using Summer's End To Boost Your Creativity
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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