IWS Documented News WEEKLY BULLETIN: February 2014

Thursday, February 27, 2014

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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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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 26 February 2014

IWS Documented News Service

_______________________________

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, 26 February 2014

Academic Research

IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)

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

Recent studies include ---

7982 Immigrants and Demography: Marriage, Divorce, and Fertility

(forthcoming in: B. R. Chiswick and P. W. Miller (eds.), Handbook on the Economics of International Migration)

7981 The Formation of Migrant Networks

7980 The Effect of Labor Migration on the Diffusion of Democracy: Evidence from a Former Soviet Republic

7979 The Effect of Economic Change and Elite Framing on Economic Preferences: A Survey Experiment

7978 Market vs. Residence Principle: Experimental Evidence on the Effects of a Financial Transaction Tax

7977 The Dynamics of Social Assistance Benefit Receipt in Germany: State Dependence Before and After the 'Hartz reforms'

7976 A Tale of Minorities: Evidence on Religious Ethics and Entrepreneurship from Swiss Census Data

7975 Information Technologies and Provision of National Identification Cards by the Bolivian Police: Evidence from Two Randomized Natural Field Experiments

7974 Evaluating Specification Tests in the Context of Value-Added Estimation

7973 A Comparison of Growth Percentile and Value-Added Models of Teacher Performance

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

BePress (Berkeley Electronic Press)

HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COMMONS

http://network.bepress.com/business/human-resources-management/

http://network.bepress.com/explore/business/human-resources-management/

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

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

International

African Development Bank (AfDB)

Africa and Global Economic Trends Quarterly Review - Fourth Quarter 2013 [online 19 February 2014]

http://www.afdb.org/en/documents/document/africa-and-global-economic-trends-quarterly-review-fourth-quarter-2013-45983/

http://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Publications/Africa_and_Global_Economic_Trends_Quarterly_Review_-_Fourth_Quarter_2013.pdf

[full-text, 24 pages]

African Development Bank (AfDB)

Southern Africa Quarterly Review and Analysis – 4th Quarter 2013 - Issue 11 [online 19 February 2014]

http://www.afdb.org/en/documents/document/southern-africa-quarterly-review-and-analysis-4th-quarter-2013-issue-11-45947/

http://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Publications/Southern_Africa_Quarterly_Review_and_Analysis_%E2%80%93_4th_Quarter_2013_-_Issue_11.pdf

[full-text, 44 pages]

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

ADB Working Paper Series on Regional Economic Integration

No. 123 | January 2014

CAN LOW INTEREST RATES BE HARMFUL?: AN ASSESSMENT OF THE BANK RISK-TAKING CHANNEL IN ASIA [online 20 February 2014]

by Ramayandi, Arief; Rawat, Umang; Tang, Hsiao Chink

http://www.adb.org/publications/can-low-interest-rates-be-harmful-assessment-bank-risk-taking-channel-asia

or
http://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/pub/2014/reiwp-123-can-low-interest-rates-harmful.pdf
[full-text, 52 pages]

European Commission

Eurostat

New!-EUROPEAN SOCIAL STATISTICS [online][21 February 2014]

http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/European_social_statistics

European Commission

EUROPEAN VACANCY MONITOR [24 February 2014]

Issue No. 12 / February 2014

http://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=11426&langId=en

[full-text, 40 pages]

FEBRUARY 2014

· Job openings rates by region, December 2013 (02/18/2014)

· Average annual expenditures on sweets, flowers, stationery, jewelry, and other items in 2012 (02/14/2014)

· Productivity and costs, fourth quarter 2013 (02/12/2014)

· Unemployment by sex and age, January 2014 (02/11/2014)

· Payroll employment up 2,238,000 over the year; averaged 186,500 jobs per month (02/10/2014)

· Trends in metal prices for Olympic medals (02/07/2014)

· Naples-Marco Island, Florida has largest over-the-year percentage increase in employment (02/06/2014)

· Employer health benefits costs rise 3.0 percent in year ending December 2013 (02/05/2014)

· Median weekly earnings at $786, fourth quarter 2013 (02/04/2014)

· Net employment gain of 666,000 private sector jobs in second quarter 2013 (02/03/2014)

JANUARY 2014

· Spectator sports employment (01/31/2014)

· State unemployment rates in December 2013 (01/30/2014)

· State employment over-the-year percent changes, December 2013 (01/29/2014)

· Union membership rate 11.3 percent in 2013, the same as in 2012 (01/28/2014)

· Occupations projected to add most new jobs, 2012 to 2022 (01/27/2014)

· Share of labor force projected to rise for people age 55 and over and fall for younger age groups (01/24/2014)

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

Estimated Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on Employment and Economic Output in 2013 [21 February 2014]

http://www.cbo.gov/publication/45122

http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/45122-ARRA.pdf

[full-text, 10 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

U.S. MANUFACTURING IN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE

Marc Levinson, Section Research Manager

February 20, 2014

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42135.pdf

[full-text, 22 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Employment for Veterans: Trends and Programs

Benjamin Collins, Coordinator, Analyst in Labor Policy

Robert Jay Dilger, Senior Specialist in American National Government

Cassandria Dortch, Analyst in Education Policy

Lawrence Kapp, Specialist in Military Manpower Policy

Sean Lowry, Analyst in Public Finance

Libby Perl, Specialist in Housing Policy

February 20, 2014

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42790.pdf

[full-text, 21 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Countering Violent Extremism in the United States

Jerome P. Bjelopera, Specialist in Organized Crime and Terrorism

February 19, 2014

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/R42553.pdf

[full-text, 33 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Small Business: Access to Capital and Job Creation

Robert Jay Dilger, Senior Specialist in American National Government

February 18, 2014

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R40985.pdf

[full-text, 33 pages]

National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)

Vital and Health Statistics

Series 10, Number 260

Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2012 [18 February 2014]

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_260.pdf

[full-text, 206 pages]

Social Security Administration (SSA)

PERSPECTIVES: IMMIGRANTS AND RETIREMENT RESOURCES [25 February 2014]

by Purvi Sevak and Lucie Schmidt

Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 74 No. 1, 2014

http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v74n1/v74n1p27.html

http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v74n1/v74n1p27.pdf

[full-text, 19 pages]

Social Security Administration (SSA)

ANNUAL STATISTICAL SUPPLEMENT, 2013 [19 February 2014]

http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/supplement/2013/index.html

http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/statcomps/supplement/2013/supplement13.pdf

[full-text, 547 pages]

U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION (USCC)

HEARING: U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC CHALLENGES [21 February 2014]

http://www.uscc.gov/Hearings/hearing-us-china-economic-challenges-webcast

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

Brookings Institution

All Cities Are Not Created Unequal [20 February 2014]

By: Alan Berube

http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2014/02/cities-unequal-berube

and

Appendix (data)

http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/research/files/papers/2014/02/city%20inequality/appendix.pdf

Thomson Reuters

ACCELUS

THE VOLCKER RULE: BURDEN FOR MANY, OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME (Whitepaper) [February 2014]

http://s2922.t.eloqua.com/e/f2.aspx?elqFormName=VolckerRuleWhitepaperDownloaded&elqSiteID=2922&email=smb6@cornell.edu&leadsd=Volcker+Rule+Whitepaper+-+Downloaded&ref=http://images.info.accelus.thomsonreuters.biz/Web/ThomsonReutersGRC/{581d86fc-778f-48aa-ac0e-84457a294954}_2014-02_Volcker_Rule_Whitepaper_GRC00802.pdf

[full-text, 12 pages]

http://images.info.accelus.thomsonreuters.biz/Web/ThomsonReutersGRC/%7B581d86fc-778f-48aa-ac0e-84457a294954%7D_2014-02_Volcker_Rule_Whitepaper_GRC00802.pdf

[full-text, 12 pages]

Towers Perrin [Europe]

The Economist

IS 75 THE NEW 65? RISING TO THE CHALLENGE OF AN AGEING WORKFORCE [February 2014]

http://www.economistinsights.com/sites/default/files/IS%2075%20THE%20NEW%2065.pdf

[full-text, 30 pages]

Press Release 10 February 2014

Is 75 the new 65? Rising to the challenge of an ageing workforce

http://www.towerswatson.com/en/Insights/IC-Types/Survey-Research-Results/2014/02/rising-to-the-challenge-of-an-ageing-workforce

Towers Watson

HR Digest — February 2014

http://www.towerswatson.com/en/Insights/Newsletters/Americas/us-hr-digest/2014/hr-digest-febuary-2014

· Three Ways to Achieve a Culture of Health,

http://www.towerswatson.com/en/Insights/IC-Types/Survey-Research-Results/2013/12/stayingatwork-survey-report-2013-2014-us

and

STAYING@WORK SURVEY REPORT 2013/2014 UNITED STATES: THE BUSINESS VALUE OF A HEALTHY WORKFORCE

http://www.towerswatson.com/DownloadMedia.aspx?media={D8BDD95E-3100-4ADD-A64C-8D2FB7C32B19}

[full-text, 40 pages]

· How Workforce Segmentation Transforms Talent Management,

http://www.towerswatson.com/en/Insights/IC-Types/Reprints/2014/01/transforming-talent-management

TRANSFORMFING TALENT MANAGEMENT THROUGH EVIDENCE-BASED WORKFORCE SEGMENTATION

http://www.towerswatson.com/en/Insights/IC-Types/Reprints/2014/01/transforming-talent-management

and

http://www.towerswatson.com/DownloadMedia.aspx?media={4383CCD1-946C-457D-BF55-7BC48CF3C267}

[full-text, 2 pages]

· Why Performance Management Should Help You Align Talent and Strategy

http://www.towerswatson.com/en/Insights/IC-Types/Reprints/2013/10/performance-management-as-a-business-discipline

and

PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AS A BUSINESS DISCIPLINE: ALIGNING TALENT WITH STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

http://www.towerswatson.com/DownloadMedia.aspx?media={883B128A-CD90-47F5-B359-181162CA79F6}

[full-text, 9 pages]

· Case Study: Fine-Tuning Performance Management at UPS

http://www.towerswatson.com/en/Insights/Newsletters/Global/strategy-at-work/2014/fine-tuning-performance-management-at-ups

and

http://www.towerswatson.com/DownloadMedia.aspx?media={EBA632DA-38E8-44AF-BB8C-CD50B17F02EA}

[full-text, 8 pages]

· Special Feature: Gartner Newsletter — Projecting Talent Demand for the Next Decade

http://www.towerswatson.com/en/Insights/IC-Types/Ad-hoc-Point-of-View/2014/01/talent-unleashed-preparing-your-hr-data-house-for-the-next-10-years

and

TALENT UNLEASHED: PREPARING YOUR HR DATA HOUSE FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS: FEATURING RESEARCH FROM GARTNER

http://www.towerswatson.com/DownloadMedia.aspx?media={F39F8DAD-3874-407D-9BC1-4E8BB544979F}

[full-text, 12 pages]

Law

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Laws Affecting the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP)

Annie L. Mach, Analyst in Health Care Financing

Ada S. Cornell, Information Research Specialist

February 18, 2014

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42741.pdf

[full-text, 45 pages]

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

“Leahy Law” Human Rights Provisions and Security Assistance: Issue Overview

Nina M. Serafino, Coordinator, Specialist in International Security Affairs

June S. Beittel, Analyst in Latin American Affairs

Lauren Ploch Blanchard, Specialist in African Affairs

Liana Rosen, Analyst in International Crime and Narcotics

January 29, 2014

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R43361.pdf

[full-text, 28 pages]

Statistical Reports

BLS: VOLUNTEERING IN THE UNITED STATES -- 2013 [25 February 2014]

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

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

[full-text, 12 pages]

BLS: CONSUMER PRICE INDEX - JANUARY 2014 [20 February 2014]

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

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

[full-text, 39 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

http://www.bls.gov/web/cpi.supp.toc.htm

BLS: REAL EARNINGS * JANUARY 2014 [20 February 2014]

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

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

[full-text, 5 pages]

BLS: PRODUCER PRICE INDEXES - JANUARY 2014 [19 February 2014]

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

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

[full-text, 36 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

http://www.bls.gov/web/ppi.supp.toc.htm

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions (NCSCBHEP)

Announcement
41st Annual National Conference
A Joint Labor/Management Meeting
Achieving Successful Results in Higher Education through Collective Bargaining
CUNY Graduate Center, New York, New York,
April 6, 7, 8, 2014
http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/ncscbhep

Cornell University

AMERICAN CAPITALISM: A HISTORY [free MOOC] starting 17 MARCH 2014

https://www.edx.org/course/cornellx/cornellx-hist1514x-american-capitalism-1307

https://courses.edx.org/register?course_id=CornellX/HIST1514x/1T2014&enrollment_action=enroll

See INTRODUCTORY VIDEO

http://www.youtube.com/embed/KP6z7f4kSNE?autoplay=1&rel=0

ILR School/Cornell University

Press Release 8 January 2014

AMERICAN CAPITALISM "MOOC"

Hyman co-teaching one of Cornell's first massive open online courses

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/news/HymanMOOC_1814.html

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 in 2014, 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/