Wednesday, April 23, 2014
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 23 April 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, 23 April 2014
Academic Research
World Bank
WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS (WDI) 2014 [11 April 2014]
http://data.worldbank.org/products/wdi
Press Release 11 April 2014
http://data.worldbank.org/news/release-of-world-development-indicators-2014
IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers
Recent studies include ---
8129 The Productivity of Working Hours
8128 Health, Height and the Household at the Turn of the 20th Century
8127 What Can Life Satisfaction Data Tell Us About Discrimination Against Sexual Minorities? A Structural Equation Model for Australia and the United Kingdom
8126 Economic Well-being and Anti-Semitic, Xenophobic, and Racist Attitudes in Germany
8125 Labour Demand Research: Towards a Better Match between Better Theory and Better Data
(forthcoming in: Labour Economics)
8124 The Long-term Impact of the 1995 Hanshin–Awaji Earthquake on Wage Distribution
8123 A Pareto-Improving Minimum Wage
8122 Unaffordable Housing and Local Employment Growth: Evidence from California Municipalities
8121 Transitions to Stable and Unstable Jobs Before and During the Crisis
8120 Can Dreams Come True? Eliminating Extreme Poverty in Africa by 2030
8119 A Survey of the Role of Fiscal Policy in Addressing Income Inequality, Poverty Reduction and Inclusive Growth
8118 The Early History of Program Evaluation and the U.S. Department of Labor
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
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
ASIAN ECONOMIC INTEGRATION MONITOR--APRIL 2014 [22 April 2014]
http://www.adb.org/publications/asian-economic-integration-monitor-april-2014
or
http://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/pub/2014/aiem-apr-2014.pdf
[full-text, 66 pages]
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
ASIAN DEVELOPMENT REVIEW vol.31, no. 1 [22 April 2014]
http://www.adb.org/publications/asian-development-review-volume-31-number-1
or
http://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/pub/2014/asian-development-review-vol31-no1-2014.pdf
[full-text, 221 pages]
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
COMPARING WORKING CONDITIONS ACROSS SECTORS IN EUROPE [14 April 2014]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/surveys/ewcs/2010/sectorprofiles.htm
European Commission
Eurostat
Press Release 15 April 2014
Unemployment in the EU28 regions in 2013
Regional unemployment rates ranged from 2.6% in Oberbayern to 36.3% in Andalucía
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_PUBLIC/1-15042014-BP/EN/1-15042014-BP-EN.PDF
[full-text, 10 pages]
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
INTERNATIONAL VAT/GST GUIDELINES [18 April 2014]
http://www.oecd.org/ctp/consumption/international-vat-gst-guidelines.htm
or
http://www.oecd.org/ctp/consumption/international-vat-gst-guidelines.pdf
[full-text, 61 pages]
Press Release 18 April 2014
Governments endorse new OECD Guidelines on applying VAT across borders
http://www.oecd.org/newsroom/governments-endorse-new-oecd-guidelines-on-applying-vat-across-borders.htm
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
AGEING AND EMPLOYMENT POLICIES: NETHERLANDS 2014: WORKING BETTER WITH AGE [16 April 2014]
or
[read online, 142 pages]
Press Release 17 April 2014
The Netherlands must do more to make working at an older age more attractive, says OECD
http://www.oecd.org/newsroom/the-netherlands-must-do-more-to-make-working-at-an-older-age-more-attractive.htm
World Bank
FINLAND AS A KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY 2.0: LESSONS ON POLICIES AND GOVERNANCE [8 April 2014]
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/17869
or
[full-text, 185 pages]
Federal
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
NONFATAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, 2003-2012 [17 April 2014]
by Rachel E. Morgan, Ph.D., Jennifer L. Truman, Ph.D.
http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=4984
or
http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/ndv0312.pdf
[full-text, 21 pages]
Press Release 17 April 2014
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACCOUNTED FOR ABOUT A FIFTH OF ALL VIOLENT VICTIMIZATIONS BETWEEN 2003 AND 2012
http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/press/ndv0312pr.cfm
BLS: Monthly Labor Review
The first hundred years of the Consumer Price Index: a methodological and political history [14 April 2014]
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2014/article/the-first-hundred-years-of-the-consumer-price-index-1.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2014/article/pdf/the-first-hundred-years-of-the-consumer-price-index.pdf
[full-text, 43 pages]
BLS Report 1049
OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES AND ILLNESSES: A PILOT STUDY OF JOB-TRANSFER OR WORK-RESTRICTION CASES, 2012 [16 April 2014]
http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/osh/case/djtr2012.pdf
[full-text, 38 pages]
BLS: Fact Sheet: OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY [16 April 2014]
Fatal and Nonfatal Occupational Injuries and Illnesses in the Oil and Gas Industry
http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfoi/osar0018.htm
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
AN ANALYSIS OF THE PRESIDENT'S 2015 BUDGET [17 April 2014]
or
http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/45230-APB_1.pdf
[full-text, 23 pages]
Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
Commission Analysis: Special Report
County Government Threatens Self-Immolation Communities With Collective Punishment [14 April 2014]
or
[full-text, 13 pages]
Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
HEARING
Understanding China’s Crackdown on Rights Advocates: Personal Accounts and Perspectives [8 April 2014]
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
RETURNING TO FULL EMPLOYMENT: WHAT DO THE INDICATORS TELL US?
Marc Labonte, Specialist in Macroeconomic Policy
April 15, 2014
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R43476.pdf
[full-text, 18 pages]
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
U.S. Foreign Aid to Israel
Jeremy M. Sharp, Specialist in Middle Eastern Affairs
April 11, 2014
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RL33222.pdf
[full-text, 30 pages]
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
The Distribution of Household Income and the Middle Class
Craig K. Elwell, Specialist in Macroeconomic Policy
March 10, 2014
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RS20811.pdf
[full-text, 10 pages]
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
OUT-OF-POCKET NET PRICE FOR COLLEGE [15 April 2014]
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2014902
or
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2014/2014902.pdf
[full-text, 6 pages]
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Unemployment among Doctoral Scientists and Engineers Increased but Remained Below the National Average [17 April 2014]
by Carolina Milesi, Lance A. Selfa, and Lynn M. Milan
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf14310/
or
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf14310/nsf14310.pdf
[full-text, 6 pages]
Institutes/Associations/Commercial
Brookings Institution
EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT (EITC) INTERACTIVE RESOURCES [15 April 2014]
http://www.brookings.edu/research/interactives/eitc
Press Release 15 April 2014
New Data Illustrate Local Impact of Tax Credits for Working Families
by Jane R. Williams and Elizabeth Kneebone
http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/the-avenue/posts/2014/04/15-data-tax-credits-working-families
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Workforce Freedom Initiative (WFI)
THE BLUE EAGLE HAS LANDED: THE PARADIGM SHIFT FROM MAJORITY RULE TO MEMBERS-ONLY REPRESENTATION [16 April 2014]
or
http://www.workforcefreedom.com/sites/default/files/REPORT%20WFI_MembersOnlyUnions_Report_FIN.pdf
[full-text, 42 pages]
INTRODUCTION: WORKER CENTERS AND THE PROMOTION OF MEMBERS-ONLY UNIONS
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
EBRI NOTES, April 2014, vol. 35, no. 4
LABOR-FORCE PARTICIPATION RATES OF THE POPULATION AGES 55 AND OLDER, 2013 [16 April 2014]
http://www.ebri.org/publications/notes/index.cfm?fa=notesDisp&content_id=5380
or
http://www.ebri.org/pdf/notespdf/EBRI_Notes_04_Apr-14_LbrPart.pdf
[full-text, 11 pages]
Press Release 16 April 2014
Work-Force Participation Remains Strong Among Older Workers, Driven by Women
http://www.ebri.org/pdf/PR1072.W-F-Prt.16Apr14.pdf
Mathematica Policy Research (MPR) & Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
WHAT KINDS OF HEALTH INSURANCE DO SMALL BUSINESSES OFFER? RESULTS FROM A SURVEY OF FIVE STATES [14 April 2014]
by Catherine McLaughlin and Adam Swinburn
http://www.rwjf.org/content/dam/farm/reports/issue_briefs/2014/rwjf412363/subassets/rwjf412363_1
[full-text, 6 pages]
Towers Watson
Press Release 21 April 2014
Paid Sick Leave Laws: A Growing Trend Across the U.S.
Law
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Executive Orders: Issuance, Modification, and Revocation
Vivian S. Chu, Legislative Attorney
Todd Garvey, Legislative Attorney
April 16, 2014
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RS20846.pdf
[full-text, 13 pages]
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
NAFTA at 20: Overview and Trade Effects
M. Angeles Villarreal, Specialist in International Trade and Finance
Ian F. Fergusson, Specialist in International Trade and Finance
April 11, 2014
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R42965.pdf
[full-text, 34 pages]
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Same-Sex Marriage: A Legal Background After United States v. Windsor
Alison M. Smith, Legislative Attorney
April 17, 2014
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R43481.pdf
[full-text, 11 pages]
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Retirement Benefits for Members of Congress
Katelin P. Isaacs, Analyst in Income Security
March 19, 2014
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL30631.pdf
[full-text, 20 pages]
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Former Presidents: Pensions, Office Allowances, and Other Federal Benefits
Wendy Ginsberg, Analyst in American National Government
April 9, 2014
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL34631.pdf
[full-text, 27 pages]
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Concurrent Receipt of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Unemployment Insurance (UI): Background and Legislative Proposals in the 113th Congress
William R. Morton, Analyst in Income Security
April 9, 2014
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R43471.pdf
[full-text, 18 pages]
Statistical Reports
BLS: COLLEGE ENROLLMENT AND WORK ACTIVITY OF 2013 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES [22 April 2014]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/hsgec.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/hsgec.pdf
[full-text, 5 pages]
BLS: REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT -- MARCH 2014 [18 April 2014]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/laus.pdf
[full-text, 19 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/laus.supp.toc.htm
BLS: USUAL WEEKLY EARNINGS OF WAGE AND SALARY WORKERS -- FIRST QUARTER 2014 [17 April 2014]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/wkyeng.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/wkyeng.pdf
[full-text, 10 pages]
Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts
University of Florida, Levin College of Law
The following is a FREE MOOC (massive open online course)—sign in by opening an account (top margin of URL below)
THE GLOBAL STUDENT'S INTRODUCTION TO U.S. LAW [starts 1 May 2014]
https://www.coursera.org/course/globalintrouslaw
Watch Introduction Video at URL above
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.inc.com/author/samuel-bacharach
3 Steps to Become a Better Leader
There Are No ‘Born Leaders’
How to Train Any Employee to Lead
Leading in a Virtual Environment
The Key to Negotiating Like a Leader
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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