Wednesday, May 07, 2014
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 7 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, 7 May 2014
Academic Research
IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers
Recent studies include ---
8163 Testing an EU-Candidate's Place on the Maps of Global Economic, Political and Social Values: The Case of Turkey
8162 Economic Growth and Political Integration: Estimating the Benefits from Membership in the European Union Using the Synthetic Counterfactuals Method
8161 Globalization and Local Profiles of Economic Growth and Industrial Change
8160 Rent Seeking and the Excess Burden of Taxation
8159 The Lifetime Earnings Premium in the Public Sector: The View from Europe
8158 Public-Private Sector Wage Differentials by Type of Contract: Evidence from Spain
8157 Long-Run Trends in the Distribution of Income and Wealth
(forthcoming in: Handbook of Income Distribution, Volume 2, edited by A.B. Atkinson and F. Bourguignon)
8156 Labor Market Institutions and Long-Term Effects of Youth Unemployment
(forthcoming in Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 2014)
8155 Not So Standard Anymore? Employment Duality in Germany
8154 The Welfare State and Anti-Poverty Policy in Rich Countries
(forthcoming in: Handbook of Income Distribution, Volume 2, edited by A.B. Atkinson and F. Bourguignon)
8153 Welfare Reform and Immigrant Fertility
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)
Innovative Asia: Advancing the Knowledge-Based Economy — Highlights of the Forthcoming ADB Study Report [3 May 2014]
http://www.adb.org/publications/innovative-asia-advancing-knowledge-based-economy
or
http://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/pub/2014/innovative-asia-knowledge-based-economy.pdf
[full-text, 39 pages]
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
[ASIA] BASIC STATISTICS 2014
http://www.adb.org/publications/basic-statistics-2014?ref=data/publications
or
http://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/pub/2014/basic-statistics-2014.pdf
[full-text, 6 pages]
Download as Spreadsheet
http://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/basic-statistics-2014.xlsx
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
UPDATED ECONOMIC OVERVIEW OF LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 2013 [April 2014]
or
http://www.eclac.org/publicaciones/xml/6/52696/UpdatedEconomicOverview2013.pdf
[full-text, 29 pages]
European Commission
Eurostat
PEOPLE AT RISK OF POVERTY OR SOCIAL EXCLUSION [2 May 2014]
European Commission
Eurostat
UNEMPLOYMENT STATISTICS--UPDATED [2 May 2014]
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Unemployment_statistics
European Commission
Eurostat
PURCHASING POWER PARITIES IN EUROPE AND THE WORLD [30 April 2014]
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
STRIVING FOR BUSINESS SUCCESS: VOICES OF LIBERIAN WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS [April 2014]
or
[full-text, 52 pages]
Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)
THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF LABOUR STUDIES 2014 [May 2014]
No. 646
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/ejournal/2014.htm#may
EMPLOYMENT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES--ABSTRACTS [May 2014]
http://www.jil.go.jp/english/ejournal/documents/201405.pdf
[full-text, 3 pages]
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
OECD BETTER LIFE INDEX 2014 [5 May 2014]
http://www.oecdbetterlifeindex.org/
Press Release 5 May 2014
“Healthy, happy and wise”, users' top priorities as OECD releases its 2014 Better Life Index
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
BOOSTING RESILIENCE THROUGH INNOVATIVE RISK MANAGEMENT [5 May 2014]
http://www.oecd.org/governance/risk/boosting-resilience-through-innovative-risk-management.htm
or
Executive Summary
http://www.oecd.org/gov/risk/executive-summary.pdf
[full-text, 14 pages]
Press Release 5 May 2014
Countries must improve resilience to disasters or face mounting costs, OECD says
Federal
BLS: Beyond the Numbers, April 2014, vol. 3, no.8
EMPLOYMENT & UNEMPLOYMENT
AN OVERVIEW OF EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND MATH (STEM) GROUPS
by John I. Jones
http://www.bls.gov/opub/btn/volume-3/an-overview-of-employment.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/opub/btn/volume-3/pdf/an-overview-of-employment.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]
BLS: Beyond the Numbers, April 2014, vol. 3, no. 7
GLOBAL ECONOMY
THE IMPACT OF THE FALLING YEN ON U.S. IMPORT PRICES [25 April 2014]
By David Mead and Sharon Royales
http://www.bls.gov/opub/btn/volume-3/the-impact-of-the-falling-yen-on-us-import-prices.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/opub/btn/volume-3/pdf/the-impact-of-the-falling-yen-on-us-import-prices.pdf
[full-text, 10 pages]
Census
Population Estimates and Projections
Current Populaton Reports P25-1140
AN AGING NATION: THE OLDER POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES [6 May 2014]
http://www.census.gov/prod/2014pubs/p25-1140.pdf
[full-text, 28 pages]
&
Population Estimates and Projections
Current Population Reports P25-1141
THE BABY BOOM COHORT IN THE UNITED STATES: 2012 TO 2060 [6 May 2014]
http://www.census.gov/prod/2014pubs/p25-1141.pdf
[full-text, 16 pages]
Press Release 6 May 2014
Fueled by Aging Baby Boomers, Nation's Older Population to Nearly Double in the Next 20 Years, Census Bureau Reports
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/aging_population/cb14-84.html
Census
Current Population Reports P60-248
LIVING IN NEAR POVERTY IN THE UNITED STATES, 1966-2012 [1 May 2014]
By Charles Hokayem and Misty L. Heggeness
http://www.census.gov/prod/2014pubs/p60-248.pdf
[full-text, 26 pages]
Press Release 1 May 2014
LIVING IN NEAR POVERTY IN THE UNITED STATES, 1966-2012
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/poverty/cb14-tps28.html
Census
2012 Survey of Public Pensions: State- and Locally-Administered Defined Benefit Data [29 April 2014]
http://www.census.gov/govs/retire/
Tip Sheet 29 April 2014
2012 Census of Governments: Finance — Survey of Public Pensions: State- and Locally-Administered Defined Benefit Data
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/governments/cb14-tps32.html
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
U.S. Travel and Tourism: Industry Trends and Policy Issues for Congress
Michaela D. Platzer, Specialist in Industrial Organization and Business
April 2, 2014
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R43463.pdf
[full-text, 21 pages]
United States International Trade Commission (USITC)
Publication 4461
[African Growth and Opportunity Act] AGOA: Trade and Investment Performance Overview [25 April 2014]
http://www.usitc.gov/publications/332/pub4461.pdf
[full-text, 393 pages]
Press Release 25 April 2014
AGOA PROGRAM'S IMPACT ON AGOA COUNTRY TRADE AND INVESTMENT LIMITED TO KEY SECTORS, SAYS USITC
http://www.usitc.gov/press_room/news_release/2014/er0425mm1.htm
Institutes/Associations/Commercial
Brookings
The Hamilton Project
TEN ECONOMIC FACTS ABOUT CRIME AND INCARCERATION IN THE UNITED STATES [1 May 2014]
[full-text, 28 pages]
Press Release 1 May 2014
Ten Economic Facts about Crime and Incarceration in the United States
By: Melissa S. Kearney and Benjamin H. Harris
http://www.brookings.edu/research/reports/2014/05/10-crime-facts
Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.
Press Release 1 May 2014
Job Cuts Rise 17% in April
EMPLOYERS ANNOUNCE 40,298 JOB CUTS; 2014 PACE STILL LOWEST SINCE 1997
http://www.challengergray.com/press/press-releases/2014-april-job-cut-report-job-cuts-rise-17-40298
PWC Saratoga
TRENDS IN WORKFORCE ANALYTICS: CAPTURING THE LATEST RESULTS FROM U.S. HUMAN CAPITAL EFFECTIVENESS BENCHMARKS, 2014 [5 May 2014]
http://www.pwc.com/en_US/us/hr-management/publications/assets/pwc-trends-in-workforce-analytics.pdf
[full-text, 21 pages]
Towers Watson
ASIA PACIFIC STAYING@WORK SURVEY REPORT 2013/2014
or
http://www.towerswatson.com/DownloadMedia.aspx?media={1A63D25E-63C7-4008-9A54-8317E65DF49B}
[full-text, 40 pages]
Press Release 6 May 2014
Indian employers rank stress as #1 lifestyle risk factor: Towers Watson report
http://www.towerswatson.com/en/Press/2014/05/Indian-employers-rank-stress-as-1-lifestyle-risk-factor
Urban Institute (UI)
Fewer Marriages, More Divergence: Marriage Projections for Millennials to Age 40 [29 April 2014]
by Steven Martin, Nan Astone, Elizabeth Peters
http://www.urban.org/publications/413110.html
or
http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/413110-Fewer-Marriages-More-Divergence.pdf
[full-text, 17 pages]
Urban Institute (UI)
The Best Evidence Suggests the Effects of the ACA on Employment Will Be Small [29 April 2014]
by Bowen Garrett, Robert Kaestner
http://www.urban.org/publications/413109.html
or
[full-text, 6 pages]
Law
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Immigration Policies and Issues on Health-Related Grounds for Exclusion
Ruth Ellen Wasem, Specialist in Immigration Policy
April 28, 2014
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/R40570.pdf
[full-text, 18 pages]
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Judicial Activity Concerning Enemy Combatant Detainees: Major Court Rulings
Jennifer K. Elsea, Legislative Attorney
Michael John Garcia, Legislative Attorney
April 21, 2014
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/R41156.pdf
[full-text, 55 pages]
Statistical Reports
BEA: U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES March 2014 [6 May 2014]
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2014/trad0314.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2014/pdf/trad0314.pdf
[full-text, 51 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2014/xls/trad0314.xls
[spreadsheet]
and
Highlights
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2014/pdf/trad0314_fax.pdf
BEA: PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS, MARCH 2014 [1 May 2014]
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2014/pi0314.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2014/pdf/pi0314.pdf
[full-text, 10 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2014/xls/pi0314.xls
[spreadsheet]
and
Highlights
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2014/pdf/pi0314_fax.pdf
BEA: National Income and Product Accounts
Gross Domestic Product: First Quarter 2014 (advance estimate) [30 April 2014]
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/gdpnewsrelease.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2014/pdf/gdp1q14_adv.pdf
[full-text, 17 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2014/xls/gdp1q14_adv.xls
[spreadsheet]
and
Highlights
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2014/pdf/gdp1q14_adv_fax.pdf
BLS: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION -- APRIL 2014 [2 May 2014]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf
[full-text, 39 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.toc.htm
BLS: EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX - MARCH 2014 [30 April 2014]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/eci.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/eci.pdf
[full-text, 21 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/eci.supp.toc.htm
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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