Wednesday, March 26, 2014
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 26 March 2014
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, 26 March 2014
Academic Research
IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers
Recent studies include ---
8046 Inputs, Gender Roles or Sharing Norms? Assessing the Gender Performance Gap Among Informal Entrepreneurs in Madagascar
8045 Effect of Sexual Orientation on Job Satisfaction: Evidence from Greece
(revised version forthcoming in Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society)
8044 The Fertility-Sex Ratio Trade-off: Unintended Consequences of Financial Incentives
8043 Does Grief Transfer across Generations? In-Utero Deaths and Child Outcomes
8042 Why Do Some Motorbike Riders Wear a Helmet and Others Don't? Evidence from Delhi, India
8041 Can US Coordination Failure Explain Why Americans Work So Much More than Europeans?
8040 Modelling Exposure to Risk of Experiencing Discrimination in the Context of Endogenous Ethnic Identification
8039 Ethnic Disparities in the Transition to Home Ownership
(forthcoming in: Journal of Housing Economics)
8038 Housing Adequacy Gap for Minorities and Immigrants in the U.S.: Evidence from the 2009 American Housing Survey
8037 The Impact of Adult Child Emigration on the Mental Health of Older Parents
8036 Impact of Internal Migration on Political Participation in Turkey
8035 Is a Policy of Free Movement of Workers Sustainable?
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/
or
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)
ECONOMIC BRIEF: LABOUR MARKET REFORMS IN POST-TRANSITION NORTH AFRICA [19 March 2014]
or
[full-text, 20 pages]
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
ADDRESSING DISEASES OF POVERTY [24 March 2014]
http://www.adb.org/publications/addressing-diseases-poverty
or
http://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/pub/2014/addressing-diseases-poverty.pdf
[full-text, 50 pages]
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
FOUNDATION FINDINGS: SOCIAL SITUATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN EUROPE [24 March 2014]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef1404.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2014/04/en/1/EF1404EN.pdf
[full-text, 28 pages]
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO)
COMPARATIVE STUDY
REPRESENTATIVENESS OF THE SOCIAL PARTNERS IN THE EUROPEAN CROSS-INDUSTRY SOCIAL DIALOGUE [19 March 2014]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn1302018s/index.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn1302018s/tn1302018s.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/eiro/tn1302018s/tn1302018s.pdf
[full-text, 87 pages]
Executive Summary
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2013/1001/en/1/EF131001EN.pdf
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO)
[BULGARIA] JOB SATISFACTION IN LIGHT OF POOR ECONOMIC OUTLOOK [18 March 2014]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/ewco/surveyreports/BG1310011D/BG1310011D.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/ewco/surveyreports/BG1310011D/BG1310011D.pdf
[full-text, 10 pages]
India
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation
Monthly Abstract of Statistics Volume-66, January,2010 to December,2013 [28 February 2014]
http://mospi.nic.in/Mospi_New/upload/mas_Jan2010_dec2013/mas_Jan2010_dec2013.htm
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN LATIN AMERICA: A STEP UP THE SOCIAL LADDER? [19 March 2014]
Edited by Eduardo Lora and Francesca Castellani
http://www.iadb.org/en/research-and-data/publication-details,3169.html?pub_id=IDB-BK-124
or
http://idbdocs.iadb.org/wsdocs/getdocument.aspx?docnum=38679817
[full-text, 210 pages]
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
JOBS STUDY: IFC AND HBL SUPPORTING JOB CREATION IN PAKISTAN
http://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/5f01b500434944a8ba12bb96db028caa/Final_Pakistan.pdf?MOD=AJPERES
[full-text, 16 pages]
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
JOBS STUDY: IFC AND FRANSABANK SUPPORTING JOB CREATION IN LEBANON
http://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/958ee1004349437db9fdb996db028caa/Final_Lebanon.pdf?MOD=AJPERES
[full-text, 12 pages]
Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)
LABOR SITUATION IN JAPAN AND ITS ANALYSIS: GENERAL OVERVIEW 2013/2014 [18 March 2014]
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/lsj/index.html
World Bank
EdStats: EDUCATION STATISTICS
http://datatopics.worldbank.org/education/
Press Release 18 March 2014
EdStats: Big Data, Better Policies, Learning for All
Federal
BLS: Monthly Labor Review (as of 19 March 2014)
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/home.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2014/home.htm
2014 [Click on title below for access]
· A better way to measure pay differentials among industries 03/19/2014
· Investment in higher education by race and ethnicity 03/11/2014
· Single mothers and welfare: a new perspective 03/11/2014
· New college degree in hand: now what? 03/10/2014
· Millennials and the pay gap 03/05/2014
· A cohort component analysis of the 2007–2009 recession 03/03/2014
· The Marcellus Shale gas boom in Pennsylvania: employment and wage trends 02/27/2014
BLS: Spotlight on Statistics
NONFATAL INJURIES AND ILLNESSES AMONG STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT WORKERS [25 March 2014]
by Shannon M. Maloney
http://www.bls.gov/spotlight/2014/soii-gov-workers/home.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/spotlight/2014/soii-gov-workers/pdf/soii-gov-workers.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages
Census
Quarterly Summary State and Local Government Tax Revenue: 3rd Quarter and 4th Quarter 2013 [25 March 2014]
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/governments/cb14-tps26.html
or
http://www.census.gov/govs/qtax/
U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)
WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION PROGRAM: Opportunities Exist for OSHA and DOT to Strengthen Collaborative Mechanisms GAO-14-286: Published: Mar 19, 2014.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-14-286
or
http://www.gao.gov/assets/670/661768.pdf
[full-text, 46 pages]
Small Busines Administration (SBA)
Office of Advocacy
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS [updated 25 March 2014]
http://www.sba.gov/sites/default/files/FAQ_March_2014_0.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]
Social Security Administration (SSA)
SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD: THE AMERICAS, 2013 [24 March 2014]
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2012-2013/americas/index.html
or
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2012-2013/americas/ssptw13americas.pdf
[full-text, 209 pages]
Institutes/Associations/Commercial
Brookings
Brookings Panel on Economic Activity
March 20–21, 2014
Are the Long-Term Unemployed on the Margins of the Labor Market?
Alan B. Krueger, Princeton University & NBER
Judd Cramer, Princeton University
David Cho, Princeton University
http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/projects/bpea/spring%202014/2014a_krueger.pdf
[full-text, 59 pages]
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
2014 Retirement Confidence Survey (RCS) — 2014 Results [18 March 2014]
http://www.ebri.org/surveys/rcs/2014/
2014 RCS Press Release—March 18, 2014
2014 RCS Findings—Published as the March 2014 EBRI Issue Brief
Fact Sheets
· Changing Expectations About Retirement
· Age Comparisons Among Workers
· Gender Comparisons Among Workers
· Preparing for Retirement in America
· Attitudes About Current Social Security and Medicare
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
EBRI Notes March 2014, Vol. 35, No. 3 [24 March 2014]
“Brand-Name and Generic Prescription Drug Use After Adoption of a Full-Replacement, Consumer-Directed Health Plan With a Health Savings Account,” and “How Would Defined Contribution Participants React to Lifetime Income Illustrations? Evidence from the 2014 Retirement Confidence Survey”
http://www.ebri.org/publications/notes/index.cfm?fa=notesDisp&content_id=5367
or
http://www.ebri.org/pdf/notespdf/EBRI_Notes_03_Mar-14_Accts-RCS1.pdf
[full-text, 16 pages]
International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
THE CASE AGAINST QATAR: Host of the FIFA 2022 World Cup | ITUC Special Report | March 2014 [16 March 2014]
http://www.ituc-csi.org/ituc-special-report-the-case
or
http://www.ituc-csi.org/IMG/pdf/the_case_against_qatar_en_web170314.pdf
[full-text, 34 pages]
See also:
Qatar 2022 World Cup risks 4000 lives, warns International Trade Union Confederation [September 2013]
http://www.ituc-csi.org/human-trade-union-rights/news,51/qatar-2022-world-cup-risks-4000
RAND
CHINESE ENGAGEMENT IN AFRICA: DRIVERS, REACTIONS, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. POLICY [12 March 2014]
by Larry Hanauer, Lyle Morris
http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR521.html
or
http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR500/RR521/RAND_RR521.pdf
[full-text, 173 pages]
Summary
http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR500/RR521/RAND_RR521.sum.pdf
RAND
Research Brief
A HEALTH CARE PUZZLER [24 March 2014]
http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9782.html
or
http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_briefs/RB9700/RB9782/RAND_RB9782.pdf
[full-text, 3 pages]
The above brief relates to
PREPAREDNESS OF AMERICANS FOR THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT [24 March 2014]
by Silvia Helena Barcellos, Amelie C. Wuppermann, Katherine Grace Carman, Sebastian Bauhoff, Daniel L. McFadden, Arie Kapteyn, Joachim K. Winter, and Dana Goldman
http://www.pnas.org/gca?submit=Go&gca=pnas%3B1320488111v1&allch=
or
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2014/03/19/1320488111.full.pdf+html
[full-text, 6 pages]
or
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2014/03/19/1320488111.full.pdf
[full-text, 6 pages]
Urban Institute (UI)
TAXES AND INEQUALITY [20 March 2014]
by Leonard E. Burman
http://www.urban.org/publications/413067.html
or
http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/413067-Taxes-and-Inequality.pdf
[full-text, 30 pages]
Law
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Private Health Insurance Market Reforms in the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
Annie L. Mach, Analyst in Health Care Financing
Bernadette Fernandez, Specialist in Health Care Financing
March 13, 2014
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42069.pdf
[full-text, 24 pages]
Statistical Reports
BEA: TRAVEL AND TOURISM SPENDING ACCELERATED IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 2013 [20 March 2014]
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/industry/tourism/2014/tour413.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/industry/tourism/2014/pdf/tour413.pdf
[full-text, 7 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/industry/tourism/2014/xls/tour413.xls
[spreadsheet]
BEA: U.S. International Transactions: Fourth Quarter and Year 2013 [19 March 2014]
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/transactions/2014/trans413.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/transactions/2014/pdf/trans413.pdf
[full-text, 11 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/transactions/2014/xls/trans413.xls
[spreadsheet]
and
Highlights
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/transactions/2014/pdf/trans413_fax.pdf
and
ANNUAL HIGHLIGHTS
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/transactions/2014/pdf/trans_annual13_fax.pdf
BLS: METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT -- JANUARY 2014 [21 March 2014]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/metro.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/metro.pdf
[full-text, 24 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/metro.supp.toc.htm
BLS: EMPLOYMENT SITUATION OF VETERANS -- 2013 [20 March 2014]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/vet.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/vet.pdf
[full-text, 26 pages]
BLS: COUNTY EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES Third Quarter 2013 [19 March 2014]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cewqtr.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cewqtr.pdf
[full-text, 21 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/cewqtr.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
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/
LEADERSHIP: New Voice, New Insights, RESULTS-ORIENTED
Creativity Tips From 5 World-Famous Artists
Posted by Samuel B. Bacharach on Oct 2, 2013
http://sambacharach.com/bacharachblog/linksy/creativity-tips-from-5-world-famous-artists/
Bacharach Leadership Group (BLG)
VIDEOS on LEADERSHIP TOPICS
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyDFVYXys-4uQ3nwFM2gjig/videos
or
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyDFVYXys-4uQ3nwFM2gjig
--see also
BACHARACH LEADERSHIP GROUP (BLG)
http://sambacharach.com/blg-lead/
and
INC.com & Inc. Magazine
www.inc.com
Samuel Bacharach Articles & Videos
http://www.i nc.com/author/samuel-bacharach
When It Comes to Hiring and Keeping Great Employees, How Do You Stack Up Against the Best?
4 Ways to Tell If Your Company Is Too Big to Manage
Leadership in the Age of Gamification and Wearables
In a Negotiation, Leaders Make the First Move
How to Establish Your Company's Organizational Culture
What Today's Leaders Can Learn From Napoleon's Mistakes
Why Good Leaders Don't Always Negotiate
How Leaders Reinvent Themselves
How to Retain Your Intrapreneurs
Leadership Can Be Learned [video]
How to Encourage an Environment of Ideas [video]
All Leaders Need 2 Key Skill Sets [video]
How Effective Leaders Prepare for Negotiation [video]
3 Ways to Reenergize Your Team
Great Leaders Know That Good Ideas Aren't Enough [video]
How to Earn Credibility as a Leader [video]
Build Teams for Creativity [video]
Why All Leaders Should Read Lord of the Flies
Can You Have Meetings and Still Innovate?
5 Ways to Boost Innovation Without Breaking the Bank
4 Innovation Lessons from Mozart
Jeff Bezos' Innovation Formula
Are You Listening, Congress? 8 Things to Remember When You Play Chicken
Leadership, Obama, and the Art of the Schmooze
Leadership Lessons From a Dysfunctional Congress
Creativity Tips From 5 World-Famous Artists
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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