Wednesday, October 08, 2014
[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 8 October 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, 8 October 2014
Academic Research
OECD EMPLOYMENT DATABASE
http://www.oecd.org/employment/onlineoecdemploymentdatabase.htm
IZA Policy Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/policypapers
Recent studies include ---
91 Is Unemployment Structural or Cyclical? Main Features of Job Matching in the EU after the Crisis
90 Evidence-Based Scientific Policy Advice S
89 Earnings Inequality
(forthcoming in: International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2nd edition)
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 School, Cornell University
THE WORKER INSTITUTE—Research
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/workerinstitute/research/
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)
EAST AFRICA QUARTERLY BULLETIN [2 October 2014]
http://www.afdb.org/en/documents/document/east-africa-quarterly-bulletin-second-quarter-2014-49668/
or
[full-text, 69 pages]
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
URBAN POVERTY IN ASIA [3 October 2014]
http://www.adb.org/publications/urban-poverty-asia
or
http://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/pub/2014/urban-poverty-asia.pdf
[full-text, 100 pages]
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
E-QUARTERLY RESEARCH BULLETIN--Vol. 5, No. 3 [3 October 2014]
http://www.adb.org/publications/e-quarterly-research-bulletin-volume-5-number-3
or
http://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/pub/2014/eqrb-july-september-2014.pdf
[full-text, 16 pages]
Eurostat
EUROSTAT REGIONAL YEARBOOK 2014
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/publications/regional_yearbook
or
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Eurostat_regional_yearbook
Press Release 6 October 2014
Eurostat regional yearbook 2014
How is my region doing within the European Union?
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_PUBLIC/1-06102014-AP/EN/1-06102014-AP-EN.PDF
[full-text, 6 pages]
Government of India
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
INFRASTRUCTURE STATISTICS PUBLICATION 2014 [September 2014]
http://mospi.nic.in/Mospi_New/upload/infra_stat_2014/main_infra_stat_2014.htm
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
OECD REGIONAL OUTLOOK 2014 [6 October 2014]
http://www.oecd.org/regional/oecd-regional-outlook-2014-9789264201415-en.htm
or
[read online, 291 pages]
or
OECD & International Institute of Social History
HOW WAS LIFE? GLOBAL WELL-BEING SINCE 1820 [2 October 2014]
http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/economics/how-was-life_9789264214262-en
or
http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/economics/how-was-life_9789264214262-en#page1
[read online, 274 pages]
World Bank
INEQUALITY IN A LOWER GROWTH LATIN AMERICA [7 October 2014]
http://www.worldbank.org/content/dam/Worldbank/document/reporte_perspectivas2014.pdf
[full-text, 73 pages]
Press Release 7 October 2014
World Bank: End of Boom Doesn’t Have to Mean a Bust for the Poor in Latin America
World Bank
THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE 2014 EBOLA EPIDEMIC: SHORT AND MEDIUM TERM ESTIMATES FOR WEST AFRICA [8 October 2014]
or
[full-text, 71 pages]
Press Release 8 October 2014
Ebola: New World Bank Group Study Forecasts Billions in Economic Loss if Epidemic Lasts Longer, Spreads in West Africa
World Bank
TANZANIA: PRODUCTIVE JOBS WANTED [September 2014]
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/20263
or
[full-text, 217 pages]
World Bank
THE WORLD BANK GROUP A TO Z [3 October 2014]
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/20192
or
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/20192/9781464803826.pdf?sequence=5
[full-text, 258 pages]
World Bank
Policy Research Working Paper 7031
FEMALE LABOR PARTICIPATION IN THE ARAB WORLD: SOME EVIDENCE FROM PANEL DATA IN MOROCCO [September 2014]
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/20328
or
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/20328/WPS7031.pdf?sequence=1
[full-text, 24 pages]
Federal
BLS: MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW
CONSUMER SPENDING AND U.S. EMPLOYMENT FROM THE 2007-2009 RECESSION THORUGH 2022 [3 October 2014]
or
[full-text, 36 pages]
BLS: THE EDITOR'S DESK (TED)
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/year.htm
· Professional and business services added 81,000 jobs in September 2014 (10/06/2014)
· California had 7 of the 10 metropolitan areas with the highest unemployment rates, August 2014 (10/03/2014)
· Employment change in baseball playoff metro areas, August 2009–August 2014 (10/02/2014)
· National Hispanic Heritage Month (10/01/2014)
Census
INFOGRAPHIC: MANUFACTURING IN AMERICA [3 October 2014]
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2014/cb14-tps76.html
or
http://www.census.gov/how/infographics/manufacturing_2014.html
or
http://www.census.gov/how/pdf/manufacturing_2014_print.pdf
[full-text, 8 pages]
Census
THE FOREIGN-BORN POPULATON FROM AFRICA: 2008-2012 [1 October 2014]
http://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2014/acs/acsbr12-16.pdf
[full-text, 10 pages]
Supplemental Tables
http://www.census.gov/population/foreign/data/acs.html
Press Release 1 October 2014
African-Born Population in U.S. Roughly Doubled Every Decade Since 1970, Census Bureau Reports
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2014/cb14-184.html
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention
EBOLA (Ebola Virus Disease): INFORMATION FOR HEALTHCARE WORKERS [updated 6 October 2014]
http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/hcp/index.html
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYED IN MARCH 2007 AND MARCH 2014 [7 October 2014]
http://www.cbo.gov/publication/49448
or
http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/49448-LongTermUnemployment.pdf
[full-text, 3 pages]
U.S. Department of Labor
Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)
September 2014
Private Pension Plan Bulletin: Abstract of 2012 Form 5500 Annual Reports [September 2014]
http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/pdf/2012pensionplanbulletin.pdf
[full-text, 73 pages]
U.S. Department of Labor
Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)
September 2014
Private Pension Plan Bulletin Historical Tables and Graphs [September 2014]
http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/pdf/historicaltables.pdf
[full-text, 49 pages]
U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)
Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB)
2013 FINDINGS ON THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [7 October 2014]
http://www.dol.gov/ilab/reports/child-labor/findings/
or
http://www.dol.gov/ilab/reports/child-labor/findings/2013TDA/2013TDA.pdf
[full-text, 1027 pages]
Press Release 7 October 2014
"Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor" reportreleased by US Labor Secretary Thomas E. Perez
$7M in funding for global project to combat child labor also announced
http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/ilab/ILAB20141902.htm
U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC)
ANDEAN TRADE PREFERENCE ACT: IMPACT ON U.S. INDUSTRIES AND CONSUMERS AND ON DRUG CROP ERADICATON AND CROP SUBSTITUTION, 2012, SIXTEENTH REPORT [30 September 2014]
http://www.usitc.gov/publications/332/pub4486.pdf
[full-text, 95 pages]
Press Release 30 September 2014
ATPA'S IMPACT ON U.S. ECONOMY, DRUG CROP ERADICATION STILL NEGLIGIBLE, SAYS USITC
Ecuador Was Sole Remaining Beneficiary Country When ATPA Preferences Expired in 2013
http://www.usitc.gov/press_room/news_release/2014/er0930mm2.htm
Institutes/Associations/Commercial
Migration Policy Institute (MPI)/ILO
BENIGN NEGLECT? POLICIES TO SUPPORT UPWARD MOBILITY FOR IMMIGRANTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM [8 October 2014]
or
http://migrationpolicy.org/sites/default/files/publications/UKEmployment-Policy.pdf
[full-text, 29 pages]
See more studies on
THE LABOR MARKET INTEGRATION OF NEW ARRIVALS IN EUROPE
http://migrationpolicy.org/programs/labor-market-integration-new-arrivals-europe
Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE)
LABOR AND UNEMPLOYMENT—Hot Topic Readings
http://www.piie.com/research/topics/hottopic.cfm?HotTopicID=26
RAND
The Federal Civil Service Workforce: Assessing the Effects on Retention of Pay Freezes, Unpaid Furloughs, and Other Federal-Employee Compensation Changes in the Department of Defense [2 October 2014]
by Beth J. Asch, Michael G. Mattock, James Hosek
http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR514.html
or
http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR500/RR514/RAND_RR514.pdf
[full-text, 73 pages]
Towers Watson
Which Employees Are Delaying Retirement and Why? [25 September 2014]
Those delaying retirement tend to fit a certain profile
or
http://www.towerswatson.com/DownloadMedia.aspx?media={E5AE44D5-90B6-402F-9FDC-1956E0A4FA0C}
[full-text, 8 pages]
WorldatWork (Total Rewards Association)
PAID TIME OFF PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES [7 October 2014]
http://www.worldatwork.org/waw/adimLink?id=76002
[full-text, 47 pages]
Press Release 7 October 2014
WorldatWork Releases Paid Time Off Survey
Workplace Flexibility Top Motivator for Employers Implementing a Paid Time Off Bank Program
http://www.worldatwork.org/waw/adimLink?id=76040&from=press4
WorldatWork (Total Rewards Association)
Public Policy Legislative Tracker
http://worldatwork.org/Content/publicpolicy/public-policy-legislative-tracker.jsp
WorldatWork (Total Rewards Association)
Public Policy Regulatory Tracker
http://worldatwork.org/Content/publicpolicy/public-policy-regulatory-tracker.jsp
Law
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Temporary Professional, Managerial, and Skilled Foreign Workers: Legislation in the 113th Congress
Ruth Ellen Wasem, Specialist in Immigration Policy
September 30, 2014
http://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R43745.pdf
[full-text, 17 pages]
Statistical Reports
BLS: JOB OPENINGS AND LABOR TURNOVER – AUGUST 2014 [7 October 2014]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/jolts.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/jolts.pdf
[full-text, 18 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/jolts.supp.toc.htm
BLS: THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION -- SEPTEMBER 2014 [3 September 2014]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf
[full-text, 38 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/empsit.supp.toc.htm
BLS: METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT -- AUGUST 2014 [1 October 2014]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/metro.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/metro.pdf
[full-text, 23 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/metro.supp.toc.htm
Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses
Kenneth Katzman, Specialist in Middle Eastern Affairs
October 1, 2014
http://fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RL32048.pdf?
[full-text, 76 pages]
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 Lead Multitasking Control Freaks
Manageable Problem Vs. The Gates of Hell: There's a Time for a Leader to Go Crazy
How to Choose the Right Leadership Training Program
Leadership Skills For Surviving a Buyout
3 Core Leadership Competencies to Teach Your High-Potentials
Julia Child's Recipe for Entrepreneurial Success
Want People to Support Your Ideas? Conquer Their Fears
How to Go From a Product Company to a 'Solution' Company
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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