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, 2 October 2013 

Academic Research

 

IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)

http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers

Recent studies include ---

7633       Making It Real: The Benefits of Workplace Learning in Upper-Secondary VET Courses    

7632       Patterns of Integration: Low Educated People and their Jobs in Norway, Italy and Hungary          

7631       Modeling Area-Level Health Rankings   

7630       Sanctions for Young Welfare Recipients                

7629       Directed Giving: Evidence from an Inter-Household Transfer Experiment             

7628       Causal Analysis after Haavelmo

7627       The Role of the Exchange Rate Regime in the Process of Real and Nominal Convergence              

7626       Parental Leave and Children's Schooling Outcomes: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from a Large Parental Leave Reform

7625       Self-Serving Use of Equity Rules in Bargaining with Asymmetric Outside Options               

7624       Wage Posting or Wage Bargaining? Evidence from the Employers' Side  

7623       The Structure of the Permanent Job Wage Premium: Evidence from Europe      

7622       Accounting for the Rise of Health Spending and Longevity           

7621       Does Federally-Funded Job Training Work? Nonexperimental Estimates of WIA Training Impacts Using Longitudinal Data on Workers and Firms  

7620       Mental Illness and Unhappiness              

7619       Artifactual Evidence of Discrimination in Correspondence Studies? A Replication of the Neumark Method              

7618       A Web Survey Analysis of the Subjective Well-being of Spanish Workers              

7617       Peer Effects in the Workplace


DigitalCommons@ILR--Most Recent Additions
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/recent_additions.html
Home Page at - http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/

           
Inside the Labor-Sending State: The Role of Frontline Welfare Bureaucrats and Informal Migration Governance in Qatar [2013]

Froilan T. Malit Jr, Zayed University

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/workingpapers/163/

or

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1163&context=workingpapers

[full-text, 28 pages]

Labor Migration and Deskilling in the United Arab Emirates: Impacts on Cameroonian Labor Migrants [2013]

Froilan T. Malit Jr., American University of Sharjah

Tchiapep Oliver, University of Beau

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/workingpapers/171/

or

http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1171&context=workingpapers

[full-text, 33 pages]

 

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

 

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).

 

 

International Labour Organization (ILO)

ILO WORKING PAPERS—Recent Studies
http://www.ilo.org/global/publications/working-papers/lang--en/index.htm

Promoting integration for migrant domestic workers in Europe: A synthesis of Belgium, France, Italy and Spain
or
http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_protect/---protrav/---migrant/documents/publication/wcms_222301.pdf
[full-text, 42 pages]
Promoting integration for migrant domestic workers in France (in French)
or
http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_protect/---protrav/---migrant/documents/publication/wcms_222299.pdf
[full-text, 102 pages]
Promoting integration for migrant domestic workers in Belgium
or
http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_protect/---protrav/---migrant/documents/publication/wcms_222293.pdf
[full-text, 95 pages]
Promoting integration for migrant domestic workers in Italy
or
http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_protect/---protrav/---migrant/documents/publication/wcms_222290.pdf
[full-tex, 80 pages]
Promoting integration for migrant domestic workers in Spain (in Spanish)
or
http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_protect/---protrav/---migrant/documents/publication/wcms_222285.pdf
[full-text, 80 pages]

 

Government Reports/Press - International, Federal, State, Local


International

 

African Development Bank (AfDB)

Public Financial Governance for Inclusive Development in Africa [online 23 September 2013]

http://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Project-and-Operations/Public%20Financial%20Governance%20for%20Inclusive%20Development%20in%20Africa.pdf

[full-text, 328 pages]

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)

Self-employed or not self-employed? Working conditions of ‘economically dependent workers’ - Background paper [30 September 2013]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef1366.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2013/66/en/1/EF1366EN.pdf

[full-text, 18 pages]

Korea Labor Institute (KLI)

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE IN ASIA [23 August 2013]

http://www.kli.re.kr/kli_ehome/publication/vew.ehome-100006?pageNo=&condition=&keyword=&year=&studyFieldSeq=&ifEnDataExist=&dataLanguage=1&seq=7270

or

http://www.kli.re.kr/kli_home/common/downloadNew.jsp?filePath=file.upload.050300.repository&copyFile=201309231453180001.pdf&newFile=UI%20in%20Asia_web.pdf

[full-text, 286 pages]

[NOTE: the above may download very slowly]

 

 

ILO

Skills and Employability Department (EMP/SKIllS)

FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR A GLOBAL BUSINESS NETWORK ON APPRENTICESHIP [26 September 2013]

http://www.ilo.org/skills/pubs/WCMS_222180/lang--en/index.htm

or

http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_emp/---ifp_skills/documents/publication/wcms_222180.pdf

[full-text, 53 pages]


ILO

Skills and Employability Department (EMP/SKIllS)

RESPONDING TO WORKER DISPLACEMENT: A COLLECTION OF CASE STUDIES [26 September 2013]

http://www.ilo.org/skills/pubs/WCMS_222181/lang--en/index.htm

or

http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_emp/---ifp_skills/documents/publication/wcms_222181.pdf

[full-text, 100 pages]

This publication is intended as a companion reader to an earlier publication

‘A Guide to worker displacement: Some tools for reducing the impact on workers, communities and enterprises’ (ILO; 2001, 2009)

http://www.ilo.org/skills/pubs/WCMS_103594/lang--en/index.htm

or

http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_emp/---ifp_skills/documents/publication/wcms_103594.pdf

 

World Bank

THE LITTLE DATA BOOK ON FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT 2014 [25 September 2013]

https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/15896

or

https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/15896/81331.pdf?sequence=1

[full-text, 233 pages]

 

 

Federal

 

Bureau of International Labor Affaires (ILAB)

REVISIONS TO EXECUTIVE ORDER 13126 [23 July 2013]

http://www.dol.gov/ilab/regs/eo13126/main.htm

"Prohibition of Acquisition of Products Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor"

 

 

Bureau of Interntional Labor Affaires (ILAB)

Labor Rights and Factory Safety in Bangladesh

BANGLADESH ACTION PLAN 2013 [19 July 2013]

http://www.dol.gov/ilab/map/countries/bangladesh-gsp.htm

or

http://www.dol.gov/ilab/media/press/Statement-BangladeshFactoryFire.pdf

[full-text, 3 pages]

 

 

Census

2012 Census of Governments G12-CG-ISD

STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENTS

2012 INDIVIDUAL STATE DESCRIPTIONS [26 September 2013]

http://www.census.gov/govs/go/index.html

or

http://www2.census.gov/govs/cog/2012isd.pdf

[full-text, 336 pages]

Tip Sheet, 26 September 2013

2012 Census of Governments: Revised Counts of Governments and Individual State Descriptions

http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/governments/cb13-tps87.html

 

 

Census

International Programs

[INTERNATIONAL] HIV/AIDS SURVEILLANCE DATA BASE

http://www.census.gov/population/international/data/hiv/interactive/

Tip Sheet, 25 September 2013

HIV/AIDS Database Update

http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/international_population/cb13-tps_89.html

or

http://www.census.gov/population/international/data/hiv/interactive/

 

 

Census

International Programs

COUNTRY RANK [by Population] 1950 to 2050

http://www.census.gov/population/international/data/countryrank/rank.php

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Health Insurance Exchanges: Health Insurance “Navigators” and In-Person Assistance

Suzanne M. Kirchhoff, Analyst in Health Care Financing

September 25, 2013

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R43243.pdf

[full-text, 32 pages]

 

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Security Clearance Process: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

Michelle D. Christensen, Analyst in Government Organization and Management

Frederick M. Kaiser, Visiting Scholar

September 9, 2013

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/secrecy/R43216.pdf

[full-text, 15 pages]

U.S. Department of State

TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2013 [19 June 2013]

http://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/2013/index.htm

-Introductory Material (PDF)  [11448 Kb]
-Country Narratives: A-C (PDF)  [6487 Kb]
-Country Narratives: D-I (PDF)  [4502 Kb]
-Country Narratives: J-M (PDF)  [5136 Kb]
-Country Narratives: N-S (PDF)  [6318 Kb]
-Country Narratives: T-Z and Special Case (PDF)  [4068 Kb]
-Relevant International Conventions/Closing Material (PDF)  [2454 Kb]

White House

Progress Report: The Obama Administration’s Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking at Home and Abroad [25 September 2013]

http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/cgi_fact_sheet.pdf

 

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

American Psychological Association (APA) with Harris Interactive

Communication Technology: Implications for Work and Well-Being [4 September 2013]

http://www.apaexcellence.org/assets/general/2013-work-and-communication-technology-survey-final.pdf

[full-text, 44 pages]

Press Release 4 September 2013

Americans Stay Connected to Work on Weekends, Vacation and Even When Out Sick

More than half of employed adults say work-related communication technology has its benefits

http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2013/09/connected-work.aspx


American Psychological Association (APA) with Harris Interactive

2013 Work and Well-Being Survey [5 March 2013]

http://www.apaexcellence.org/assets/general/2013-work-and-wellbeing-survey-results.pdf

[full-text, 30 pages]

Press Release 5 March 2013

APA Survey Finds US Employers Unresponsive to Employee Needs

Women feel less valued, have fewer opportunities at work

http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2013/03/employee-needs.aspx

HelpAge.org

GLOBAL AgeWatch INDEX 2013 [1 October 2013]

http://www.helpage.org/global-agewatch/

or

http://www.helpage.org/download/524a93640776b/

[full-text, 52 pages]

Global Ranking Table

http://www.helpage.org/global-agewatch/data/global-rankings-table/

Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

Localization Barriers to Trade: Threat to the Global Innovation Economy [25 September 2013]

by Stephen Ezell,Robert D. Atkinson and Michelle Wein

http://www.itif.org/publications/localization-barriers-trade-threat-global-innovation-economy

or

http://www2.itif.org/2013-localization-barriers-to-trade.pdf

[full-text, 94 pages]

 

Towers Watson

2013 HR Service Delivery and Technology Survey: Explore the Possibilities: Seize the Moment [25 September 2013]

http://www.towerswatson.com/en/Insights/IC-Types/Survey-Research-Results/2013/08/2013-HR-Service-Delivery-and-Technology-Survey

or

http://www.towerswatson.com/DownloadMedia.aspx?media={43CE250C-5A0F-4D47-9928-760E04BDBAE2}

[full-text, 12 pages]

Press Release 25 September 2013

Asia Pacific Companies to see Big Change in HR Function as They Seek Operational Efficiencies, Towers Watson Survey Finds

Investment in HR technology remains steady and strong

http://www.towerswatson.com/en/Press/2013/09/Asia-Pacific-Companies-to-see-Big-Change-in-HR-Function

World Economic Forum (WEF) Prepared in collaboration with Mercer

THE HUMAN CAPITAL REPORT [1 October 2013]

http://www.weforum.org/issues/human-capital

or

http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_HumanCapitalReport_2013.pdf

[full-text, 549 pages]

Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCEsExg-j0w

HUMAN CAPITAL INDEX 2013 [1 October 2013]

http://widgets4.weforum.org/

Press Release 1 October 2013

New Index Identifies Countries’ Ability to Develop and Nurture Human Capital
http://www.weforum.org/news/new-index-identifies-countries-ability-develop-and-nurture-human-capital

 

Law

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Shutdown of the Federal Government: Causes, Processes, and Effects

Clinton T. Brass, Coordinator, Specialist in Government Organization and Management

September 25, 2013

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL34680.pdf

[full-text, 24 pages]

 

USA.gov

GOVERNMENT SERVICES DURING THE SHUTDOWN [1 October 2013]

http://www.usa.gov/shutdown.shtml

Social Security Administration (SSA)
SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD: AFRICA 2013 [August 2013]
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2012-2013/africa/index.html
or
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2012-2013/africa/ssptw13africa.pdf
[full-text, 203 pages]

 

World Bank

WOMEN, BUSINESS AND THE LAW: CREATING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR WOMEN

WOMEN BUSINESS AND THE LAW 2014: Removing Restrictions to Enhance Gender Equality [24 September 2013]

http://wbl.worldbank.org/Reports

or

KEY FINDINGS

http://wbl.worldbank.org/~/media/FPDKM/WBL/Documents/Reports/2014/Women-Business-and-the-Law-2014-Key-Findings.pdf

[full-text, 20 pages]

Press Release 24 September 2013

Many Societies Gradually Moving to Dismantle Gender Discrimination,

Yet More Can Be Done, Says World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim

http://wbl.worldbank.org/~/media/FPDKM/WBL/Documents/PressRelease/WBL-2014-Press-Release.pdf

 

Statistical Reports

BEA: State Personal Income: Second Quarter 2013 [30 September 2013]

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/spi/2013/spi0913.htm

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/spi/2013/pdf/spi0913.pdf

[full-text, 12 pages]

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/spi/2013/xls/spi0913.xls

[spreadsheet]

and

Highlights

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/regional/spi/2013/pdf/spi0913_fax.pdf

BEA: PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS, AUGUST 2013 [27 September 2013]

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2013/pi0813.htm

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2013/pdf/pi0813.pdf

[full-text, 11 pages]

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2013/xls/pi0813.xls

[spreadsheet]

and

Highlights

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2013/pdf/pi0813_fax.pdf

BEA: National Income and Product Accounts

Gross Domestic Product, 2nd quarter 2013 (third estimate);

Corporate Profits, 2nd quarter 2013 (revised estimate) [26 September 2013

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2013/gdp2q13_3rd.htm

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2013/pdf/gdp2q13_3rd.pdf

[full-text, 19 pages]

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2013/xls/gdp2q13_3rd.xls

[spreadsheet]

and

Highlights

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2013/pdf/gdp2q13_3rd_fax.pdf

 

BLS: COUNTY EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES First Quarter 2013 [26 September 2013]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cewqtr.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cewqtr.pdf

[full-text, 22 pages]

 

 

BLS: MULTIFACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRENDS FOR DETAILED INDUSTRIES, 2011 [25 September 2013]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prin3.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prin3.pdf

[full-text, 14 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 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
http://apps.usa.gov/

 

 

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 2013, 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

Senator Ted Cruz and the Pitfalls of Zealot Leadership
Posted by Samuel B. Bacharach on Sep 27, 2013
http://sambacharach.com/bacharachblog/linksy/senator-ted-cruz-and-the-pitfalls-of-zealot-leadership/

4 Ways to Justify a Good Idea
Posted by Samuel B. Bacharach on Sep 27, 2013
http://sambacharach.com/bacharachblog/linksy/4-ways-to-justify-a-good-idea/

5 Steps to Becoming an Innovation Champion
Posted by Samuel B. Bacharach on Sep 27, 2013
http://sambacharach.com/bacharachblog/linksy/5-steps-to-becoming-an-innovation-champion/

 --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

 

Senator Ted Cruz and the Pitfalls of Zealot Leadership
4 Ways to Justify a Good Idea

5 Steps to Becoming an Innovation Champion

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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