Wednesday, May 28, 2014
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 28 May 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, 28 May 2014
Academic Research
International Labour Organization (ILO)
INFORM Bureau of Library and Information Services
ILO DATABASES [37 currently listed as of 21 May 2014]
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/support/lib/resource/ilodatabases.htm
IZA Discussion Paper (Institute for the Study of Labor)
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers
Recent studies include ---
8202 The Illusion of School Choice: Empirical Evidence from Barcelona
8201 Gender Gaps in Primary School Achievement: A Decomposition into Endowments and Returns to IQ and Non-cognitive Factors
(forthcoming in: Economics of Education Review)
8200 Private Notes on Gary Becker
8199 Human Capital Mobility: Implications for Efficiency, Income Distribution, and Policy May 2014 Abstract
8198 Work and Tax Evasion Incentive Effects of Social Insurance Programs: Evidence from an Employment-Based Benefit Extension
8197 Cohort Size and Youth Employment Outcomes
8196 Local Funds and Political Competition: Evidence from the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in India
8195 Return Migration, Self-Selection and Entrepreneurship in Mozambique
8194 Coresidency, Ethnicity, and Happiness of China's Rural Elders
8193 Do Interventions Targeted at Micro-Entrepreneurs and Small and Medium-Sized Firms Create Jobs? A Systematic Review of the Evidence for Low and Middle Income Countries
8192 Skills and Youth Entrepreneurship in Africa: Analysis with Evidence from Swaziland
8191 Reversal of Gender Gaps in Child Development: Evidence from Young Children in India
8190 Availability of Family-Friendly Work Practices and Implicit Wage Costs: New Evidence from Canada
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)
ADB Briefs, No. 23
USING INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY TO SUPPORT WOMEN'S ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN CENTRAL AND WEST ASIA [27 May 2014]
by Inmaculada Martinez; Dr. Thao Nguyen
or
[full-text, 8 pages]
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN: CONDITONAL TRANSFER PROGRAMMES AND THE LABOUR MARKET [May 2014]
or
http://www.eclac.org/publicaciones/xml/1/52921/eclac-iloN10.pdf
[full-text, 34 pages]
European Commission (EC)
INNOBAROMETER 2014: LACK OF FINANCIAL RESOURCES HINDERS THE COMMERICIALISTION OF INNOVATIONS [27 May 2014]
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-14-384_en.htm?locale=en
or
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-14-384_en.pdf
[full-text, 5 pages]
European Commission
Eurostat
BUSINESS ECONOMY BY SECTOR--NACE Rev. 2
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Business_economy_by_sector_-_NACE_Rev._2
See Also—
European business - facts and figures
European Commission
Eurostat
TOURISM STATISTICS--TOP DESTINATIONS [22 May 2014]
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
SOCIAL DIALOGUE IN MICRO AND SMALL COMPANIES [21 May 2014]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef1412.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2014/12/en/1/EF1412EN.pdf
[full-text, 96 pages]
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA)
EUROPEAN DRUG REPORT 2014: TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS [27 May 2014]
http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications/edr/trends-developments/2014
or
http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/attachements.cfm/att_228272_EN_TDAT14001ENN.pdf
[full-text, 88 pages]
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
IDB Working Paper Series No. IDB-WP-502
PUBLIC-PRIVATE COLLABORATION ON PRODUCTIVE DEVELOPMENT IN CHILE [May 2014]
by Andrés Zahler, Claudio Bravo, Daniel Goya, and José Miguel Benavente
or
[full-text, 49 pages]
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
IN THE FAST LANE: INNOVATIONS IN DIGITAL FINANCE [22 May 2014]
by MARCIA PARADA and GRETA BULL
[full-text, 24 pages]
Press Release 22 May 2014
New Study Shows How Innovations in Digital Financial Services are Driving Financial Inclusion in Africa
http://ifcext.ifc.org/ifcext/pressroom/IFCPressRoom.nsf/0/721A2606CD332C2185257CE0003AFD9F
International Labour Organization (ILO)
WORLD OF WORK 2014: DEVELOPING WITH JOBS [27 May 2014]
http://www.ilo.org/global/research/global-reports/world-of-work/2014/WCMS_243961/lang--en/index.htm
or
http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/documents/publication/wcms_243961.pdf
[full-text, 222 pages]
Executive Summary
http://www.ilo.org/global/research/global-reports/world-of-work/2014/WCMS_243962/lang--en/index.htm
or
http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/documents/publication/wcms_243962.pdf
[full-text, 10 pages]
Press Release 27 May 2014
ILO: Countries investing in high quality jobs can make economic leaps
The ILO’s flagship report on the world of work shows, for the first time, that quality jobs can drive sustained growth in emerging and developing countries.
http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_244161/lang--en/index.htm
Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)
DATABOOK OF INTERNATIONAL LABOUR STATISTICS 2014 [freely available 12 May 2014]
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/estatis/databook/index.htm
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
OECD OBESITY UPDATE 2014 [27 May 2014]
http://www.oecd.org/health/obesity-update.htm
or
http://www.oecd.org/els/health-systems/Obesity-Update-2014.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]
Press Release 27 May 2014
More efforts needed to tackle rising obesity, says OECD
http://www.oecd.org/newsroom/more-efforts-needed-to-tackle-rising-obesity.htm
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
THE COST OF AIR POLLUTION: HEALTH IMPACTS OF ROAD TRANSPORT [21 May 2014]
http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/environment/the-cost-of-air-pollution_9789264210448-en
or
[read full-text online, 83 pages]
Press Release 21 May 2014
Rising air pollution-related deaths taking heavy toll on society, OECD says
http://www.oecd.org/newsroom/rising-air-pollution-related-deaths-taking-heavy-toll-on-society.htm
World Bank
THE STATE OF SOCIAL SAFETY NETS 2014 [May 2014]
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/18376
or
[full-text, 124 pages]
Federal
BLS: MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW (through 27 May 2014)
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2014/home.htm
2014
· Job characteristics among working parents: differences by race, ethnicity, and nativity 05/27/2014
· Do performance-based incentives work for teachers? 05/19/2014
BLS: TED: The Editor’s Desk (through 27 May 2014)
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/year.htm
May 2014
· Productivity in the information industry, 1987–2012 (05/27/2014)
· Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders had a higher labor force participation rate than Asians (05/23/2014)
· State unemployment, 2004 to 2014 (05/22/2014)
· Indiana has highest share of total employment in manufacturing, April 2014 (05/21/2014)
· Real average hourly earnings fall in April 2014 (05/20/2014)
· Consumer prices up 2.0 percent from April 2013 to April 2014 (05/19/2014)
· Producer prices up 0.6 percent in April (05/16/2014)
· U.S. import and export prices down in April 2014 (05/15/2014)
· Productivity and costs, first quarter 2014 (05/14/2014)
· Job openings and the Beveridge curve, December 2000–March 2014 (05/13/2014)
· Job growth at small businesses, 1992–2013 (05/12/2014)
· Americans' aging autos (05/09/2014)
BLS: CONSUMER EXPENDITURES MIDYEAR UPDATE -- JULY 2012 THROUGH JUNE 2013 AVERAGE [23 May 2014]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cesmy.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cesmy.pdf
[full-text, 5 pages]
BLS REPORT 1049
WOMEN IN THE LABOR FORCE: A DATABOOK [22 May 2014]
http://www.bls.gov/cps/wlf-databook-2013.pdf
[full-text, 106 pages]
BLS: AMERICAN TIME USE SURVEY
2012 Well-Being Module Microdata Files [21 May 2014]
http://www.bls.gov/tus/wbdatafiles_2012.htm
See also--
American Time Use Survey (ATUS) Well-Being Module Microdata Files [updated 21 May 2014]
http://www.bls.gov/tus/wbdatafiles.htm
Census
2012 Census of Governments G12-CG-ASPEF
PUBLIC EDUCATION FINANCES: 2012 [22 May 2014]
http://www.census.gov/govs/school/
or
http://www2.census.gov/govs/school/12f33pub.pdf
[full-text, 63 pages]
Press Release 22 May 2014
For the First Time, Public Education Revenue Decreases in 2012, Census Bureau Reports
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/education/cb14-95.html
Census
POPULATION ESTIMATES
CITY AND TOWN TOTALS: VINTAGE 2013 [22 May 2014]
http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2013/index.html
Press Release 22 May 2014
South, West Have Fastest-Growing Cities, Census Bureau Reports; Three of Top 10 are in Texas Capital Area
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/population/cb14-89.html
Census
2012 E-STATS REPORT [22 May 2014]
http://www.census.gov/econ/estats/2012_e-stats_report.pdf
[full-text, 6 pages]
See-
E-Stats - Measuring the Electronic Economy
http://www.census.gov/econ/estats/?eml=gd&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery
Census
Latest Quarterly E-Commerce Report
http://www.census.gov/retail/
[scroll to bottom of page]
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
U.S. Foreign Trade in Services: Trends and U.S. Policy Challenges
William H. Cooper, Specialist in International Trade and Finance
Rebecca M. Nelson, Specialist in International Trade and Finance
May 15, 2014
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R43291.pdf
[full-text, 29 pages]
U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)
Find It! By Audience — Veterans
http://www.dol.gov/dol/audience/aud-veterans.htm
U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)
FORMATIVE EVALUATION OF JOB CLUBS OPERATED BY FAITH- AND COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS: FINDINGS FROM SITE VISITS AND OPTIONS FOR FUTURE EVALUATION
FINAL REPORT May 2014 [20 May 2014]
http://www.dol.gov/asp/evaluation/reports/Job_Clubs_Evaluation-Final_Report-May.pdf
[full-text, 164 pages]
See also Blog on
Job Clubs Under the Microscope
http://social.dol.gov/blog/job-clubs-under-the-microscope/
U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Retirement Security: Challenges for Those Claiming Social Security Benefits Early and New Health Coverage Options GAO-14-311: Published: Apr 23, 2014. Publicly Released: May 27, 2014.
http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-14-311
or
http://www.gao.gov/assets/670/662727.pdf
[full-text, 75 pages]
National Science Foundation (NSF)
SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING STATE PROFILES [27 May 2014]
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/states/
[go to above URL for interactive map and profiles of States]
or
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/states/download/state_profiles_2014.xls
[spreadsheet including all States]
National Science Foundation (NSF)
NSF 14-313
Foreign Graduate Enrollment in Science and Engineering Continues to Rise While Overall Graduate Enrollment Remains Flat [22 May 2014]
by Ruth Heuer, Peter Einaudi, and Kelly H. Kang
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf14313/
or
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf14313/nsf14313.pdf
[full-text, 6 pages]
Institutes/Associations/Commercial
AON Hewitt
Press Release 21 May 2014
Survey: Female Employees Place a Higher Priority on Health than Male Counterparts
http://aon.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=25776&item=136965
CIETT (International Confederation of Private Employment Agencies))
[THE AGENCY WORK INDUSTRY AROUND THE WORLD] ECONOMIC REPORT 2014 EDITION (Based on data of 2012/2013)
http://www.eurociett.eu/fileadmin/templates/ciett/docs/Stats/Economic_report_2014/CIETT_ER2013.pdf
[full-text, 60 pages]
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
EBRI NOTES, vol. 35, no. 5
TRENDS IN HEALTH COVERAGE FOR PART-TIME WORKERS, 1999-2012 [22 May 2014]
http://www.ebri.org/publications/notes/index.cfm?fa=notesDisp&content_id=5395
or
http://www.ebri.org/pdf/notespdf/EBRI_Notes_05_May-14_PrtTime.pdf
[full-text, 10 pages]
Press Release 22 May 2014
Trends in Health Coverage for Part-time Workers
http://www.ebri.org/pdf/PR1078.Prt-time.22May14.pdf
Migration Policy Institute (MPI)
THE LABOR MARKET INTEGRATION OF NEW ARRIVALS IN EUROPE [as of May 2014]
UK, FRANCE, SWEDEN, SPAIN, CZECH REPUBLIC
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/labor-market-integration-new-arrivals-europe
Migration Policy Institute (MPI)
Brain Waste in the Workforce: Select U.S. and State Characteristics of College-Educated Native-Born and Immigrant Adults [May 2014]
By Margie McHugh, Jeanne Batalova, and Madeleine Morawski
or
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/sites/default/files/publications/FactSheet_BrainWaste_US-FINAL.pdf
[full-text, 6 pages]
International Congress of Actuaries
Towers Watson
30th International Congress of Actuaries 30 March to 4 April 2014
Extreme risks and the insurance industry: The 2013 update and its implications for insurers
By Tim Hodgson, Stephen Lowe and Liang Yin
https://cas.confex.com/cas/ica14/webprogram/Session6958.html
or
[full-text, 49 pages]
Law
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Domestic Human Trafficking Legislation in the 113th Congress
Alison Siskin, Coordinator, Specialist in Immigration Policy
Adrienne L. Fernandes-Alcantara, Specialist in Social Policy
Kristin Finklea, Specialist in Domestic Security
May 19, 2014
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R43555.pdf
[full-text, 28 pages]
Statistical Reports
BLS: FOREIGN-BORN WORKERS: LABOR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS -- 2013 [22 May 2014]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/forbrn.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/forbrn.pdf
[full-text, 14 pages]
BLS: PRODUCTIVITY AND COSTS BY INDUSTRY: SELECTED SERVICE-PROVIDING AND MINING INDUSTRIES, 2012 [21 May 2014]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prin2.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prin2.pdf
[full-text, 9 pages]
Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts
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
How to Stop Growth From Killing Innovation
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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