Wednesday, December 03, 2014
[IWS] WEEKLY BULLETIN, 3 December 2014
IWS Documented News Service
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IWS Weekly Bulletin, 3 December 2014
Academic Research
Census
International Programs
INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL AGENCIES
http://www.census.gov/population/international/links/stat_int.html
African Development Bank (AfDB)
DATA PORTAL
http://dataportal.afdb.org/default.aspx
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
STATISTICAL DATABASE SYSTEM (SDBS)
https://sdbs.adb.org/sdbs/index.jsp
Online Query
[see yellow ribbon at top right of screen]
MDG Tables
[see yellow ribbon at top right of screen]
SBDS Explanation
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC}
STATISTICS AND INDICATORS
http://estadisticas.cepal.org/cepalstat/WEB_CEPALSTAT/estadisticasIndicadores.asp?idioma=i
EUROPEAN UNION OPEN DATA PORTAL
http://open-data.europa.eu/en/data/
As of 24 October 2014, there are more than 7250 datasets available.
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
OECD EMPLOYMENT DATABASE
http://www.oecd.org/employment/onlineoecdemploymentdatabase.htm
IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)
http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers
Recent studies include ---
8669 Wage Inequality and Wage Mobility in Turkey
8668 The Long-term Earnings Consequences of General vs. Specific Training of the Unemployed
8667 Universal Basic Income versus Unemployment Insurance
8666 Human Capital and Optimal Redistribution
8665 Two-way Causation in Life Satisfaction Research: Structural Equation Models with Granger-Causation
8664 Estimating Mis-reporting in Dyadic Data: Are Transfers Mutually Beneficial?
8663 Measuring Heterogeneity in Job Finding Rates Among the Nonemployed Using Labor Force Status Histories
8662 Mapping 'Information Economy' Businesses with Big Data: Findings for the UK
8661 Robust Linear Static Panel Data Models Using ε-Contamination
8660 Ageing in a Long-term Regeneration Neighbourhood: A Disruptive Experience or Successful Ageing in Place?
8659 Policy Variation, Labor Supply Elasticities, and a Structural Model of Retirement
8658 Individual Survival Curves Comparing Subjective and Observed Mortality Risks
8657 Seasonal Credit Constraints and Agricultural Labor Supply: Evidence from Zambia
8656 Adaptation to Poverty in Long-Run Panel Data
8655 How Darwinian Should an Economy Be?
8654 From Riches to Rags, and Back? Institutional Change, Financial Development and Economic Growth in Argentina since the 1890s
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
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
PACIFIC ECONOMIC MONITOR--DECEMBER 2014 [2 December 2014]
http://www.adb.org/publications/pacific-economic-monitor-december-2014
or
http://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/publication/149735/pem-december-2014.pdf
[full-text, 32 pages]
see also
ADDENDUM
http://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/publication/149735/pem-december-2014-addendum.pdf
and
PACFIC ECONOMIC MONITOR DATABASE
http://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/publication/149735/pacmonitor-database-dec2014.xlsx
[spreadsheet]
and
CHARTS
http://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/publication/149735/pacmonitor-charts-data-dec2014.zip
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Country Diagnostic Study
CAMBODIA DIVERSIFYING BEYOND GARMENTS AND TOURISM [28 November 2014]
http://www.adb.org/publications/cambodia-diversifying-beyond-garments-and-tourism
or
[full-text, 175 pages]
and
Executive Summary
http://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/publication/149853/cambodia-diversifying-cds-execsum.pdf
[full-text, 12 pages]
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
ADB Economics Working Paper Series No. 418 | 2014
The People's Republic of China's Potential Growth Rate: The Long-Run Constraints [27 November 2014]
by Jesus Felipe, Matteo Lanzafame,and Juzhong Zhuang
http://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/publication/149729/ewp-418.pdf
[full-text, 41 pages]
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
ADB Economics Working Paper Series No. 419 | 2014
The Declining Share of Agricultural Employment in the People's Republic of China: How Fast? [27 November 2014]
by Jesus Felipe, Connie Dacuycuy, and Matteo Lanzafame
http://www.adb.org/publications/declining-share-agricultural-employment-prc-how-fast
or
http://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/publication/149676/ewp-419.pdf
[full-text, 24 pages]
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
SOCIAL PARTNERS AND GENDER EQUALITY IN EUROPE [27 November 2014]
or
http://eurofound.europa.eu/sites/default/files/ef_publication/field_ef_document/ef1458en_1.pdf
[full-text, 66 pages]
and
Executive Summary
http://eurofound.europa.eu/sites/default/files/ef_publication/field_ef_document/ef1458en1.pdf
European Commission
Eurostat
Press Release 2 December 2014
Situation of people with disabilities in the EU
Fewer than 1 in 2 disabled adults were in employment in the EU28 in 2011
And almost a third at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2013
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_PUBLIC/3-02122014-BP/EN/3-02122014-BP-EN.PDF
[full-text, 6 pages]
European Commission
Eurostat
3 DISABILITY DATA REPORTS [2 December 2014]
(1) DISABILITY STATISTICS--LABOUR MARKET ACCESS
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Disability_statistics_-_labour_market_access
(2) DISABILITY STATISTICS--ACCESS TO EDUCATION AND TRAINING
(3) DISABILITY STATISTICS--POVERTY AND INCOME INEQUALITIES
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Disability_statistics_-_poverty_and_income_inequalities
European Commission
Eurostat
MACROECONOMIC IMBALANCE PROCEDURE (MIP) INDICATORS [Updated 28 November 2014]
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/macroeconomic_imbalance_procedure/indicators
European Commission
Eurostat
SERVICES STATISTICS--SHORT-TERM INDICATORS [26 November 2014]
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Bangkok, Thailand
LABOUR PROTECTION OF INTERNS IN CHINESE TEXTILE AND APPAREL ENTERPRISES [2014]
[full-text, 48 pages]
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
OECD FOREIGN BRIBERY REPORT: An Analysis of the Crime of Bribery of Foreign Public Officials [2 December 2014]
http://www.oecd.org/corruption/oecd-foreign-bribery-report-9789264226616-en.htm
or
[read online, 51 pages]
or
http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/governance/oecd-foreign-bribery-report_9789264226616-en
Press Release 2 December 2014
Scale of international bribery laid bare by new OECD report
http://www.oecd.org/newsroom/scale-of-international-bribery-laid-bare-by-new-oecd-report.htm
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION OUTLOOK 2014 [1 December 2014]
http://www.oecd.org/migration/international-migration-outlook-1999124x.htm
or
[read online, 430 pages]
or
Press Release 1 December 2014
Shifts in migration underline need for policy reform, says OECD
http://www.oecd.org/newsroom/shifts-in-migration-underline-need-for-policy-reform.htm
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS & GENDER INDEX (SIGI) 2014 Edition [27 November 2014]
see
SYNTHESIS REPORT
http://gender.prodnet.eu/sites/default/files/docs/BrochureSIGI2015.pdf
[full-text, 37 pages]
Press Release 27 November 2014
2014 edition of the Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI):
Tackling the root causes of gender inequality is possible and is key to counteracting the negative domino effects of inequality throughout a woman's life, says the OECD Development Centre
http://www.oecd.org/dev/development-gender/press-release-sigi.htm
Organisation for Economic Cooperaton and Development (OECD)
HEALTH AT A GLANCE: ASIA/PACIFIC 2014: Measuring Progress towards Universal Health Coverage [27 November 2014]
[read online, 120 pages]
or
http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/social-issues-migration-health/health-at-a-glance-asia-pacific-2014_health_glance_ap-2014-en
Press Release 27 November 2014
Asia/Pacific countries need to improve affordable access to healthcare, says OECD
World Bank
SHARED PROSPERITY THROUGH INCLUSIVE BUSINESS: HOW SUCCESSFUL COMPANIES REACH THE BASE OF THE PYRAMID [21 November 2014]
by Mignano, Kathleen Gaertner; Ishikawa, Eriko
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/20594
or
[full-text, 48 pages]
Federal
BLS: BEYOND THE NUMBERS--recent articles
http://www.bls.gov/opub/btn/archive/home.htm
Nov 2014 | Global Economy | David Mead | Beyond the Numbers | |
Nov 2014 | Prices & Spending | Steven D. Sawyer and Sterling Kelley | Beyond the Numbers | |
Nov 2014 | Employment & Unemployment | Trends In Unemployment And Other Labor Market Difficulties (PDF) | Vernon Brundage | Beyond the Numbers |
Nov 2014 | Prices & Spending | Reginald A. Noël | Beyond the Numbers |
BLS: CAREER OUTLOOK:
WORKING FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT: PARTS 1 (September 2014) and 2 (November 2014)
http://www.bls.gov/careeroutlook/2014/home.htm
2014
· Working for the federal government: Part 2 November 2014
· Working for the federal government: Part 1 September 2014
BLS: MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW—recent articles
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2014/home.htm
2014
· Big-box stores pay workers good wages 11/19/2014
· The increased supply of underutilized labor from 2006 to 2014 11/18/2014
· Is a college degree still worth it? 11/13/2014
· Imputing income in the Consumer Expenditure Interview Survey 11/13/2014
· Book review interest? 11/05/2014
· Is disability insurance used as a form of extended unemployment insurance? 11/05/2014
· Welcome to the jungle: organized labor in decline 11/05/2014
BLS: TED: THE ECONOMICS DAILY--articles from November 2014
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/year.htm
NOVEMBER 2014
· Illinois and Nevada have largest unemployment rate declines, October 2013 to October 2014 (11/28/2014)
· Minnesota had highest employment in turkey production, with North Carolina close behind (11/26/2014)
· State employment in the trade, transportation, and utilities industry in October 2014 (11/25/2014)
· Real average hourly earnings rise 0.4 percent over the year; real weekly earnings up 0.9 percent (11/24/2014)
· Consumer price index up 1.7 percent over the year again (11/21/2014)
· Industries with the highest concentration of employment among large areas, 2013 (11/20/2014)
· PPI for final demand up 1.5 percent, October 2013–October 2014 (11/19/2014)
· Unemployment and other labor market difficulties (11/18/2014)
· U.S. import and export prices down again for the year ended October 2014 (11/17/2014)
· Hires and quits increase in September 2014 (11/14/2014)
· Payroll employment up 214,000 in October 2014 (11/13/2014)
· Unemployment rates by educational attainment, October 2014 (11/12/2014)
· Employment and unemployment among all veterans, Gulf-War era II veterans, and nonveterans (11/10/2014)
· Nonfarm business labor productivity up 0.9 percent over the year, third quarter 2014 (11/07/2014)
· Sixty-five percent of workers in the Northeast had access to paid sick leave in March 2014 (11/06/2014)
· Inflation-adjusted compensation costs rise 0.6 percent in private industry over the year (11/05/2014)
· Employment in political organizations, by state (11/04/2014)
· Illinois had 5 of 10 metro areas with largest 12-month declines in unemployment rate, September 2014 (11/03/2014)
Census
American Community Survey Reports ACS-29
OLDER AMERICANS WITH A DISABILITY: 2008-2012 [2 December 2014]
by Wan He and Luke J. Larsen
http://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2014/acs/acs-29.pdf
[full-text, 30 pages]
Press Release 2 December 2014
Mobility is Most Common Disability Among Older Americans, Census Bureau Reports
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2014/cb14-218.html
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Welfare, Work, and Poverty Status of Female-Headed Families with Children: 1987-2013
Thomas Gabe, Specialist in Social Policy
November 21, 2014
https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41917.pdf
[full-text, 117 pages]
U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)
Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB)
LIST OF PRODUCTS PRODUCED BY FORCED OR INDENTURED CHILD LABOR [1 December 2014]
http://www.dol.gov/ilab/reports/child-labor/list-of-products/
also
LIST OF GOODS PRODUCED BY CHILD LABOR OR FORCED LABOR [1 December 2014]
http://www.dol.gov/ilab/reports/child-labor/list-of-goods/
Press Release 1 December 2014
US Labor Department announces updated lists of goods produced by child labor, forced labor
http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/ilab/ILAB20142116.htm
Article 1 December 2014
11 New Products Added to List of Goods Produced by Child labor, Forced labor
by Marcia Eugenio
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
MOBILE DIGEST OF EDUCATION STATISTICS [20 November 2014]
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2014086
or
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2014/2014086.pdf
[full-text, 76 pages]
Institutes/Associations/Commercial
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
EBRI DATABOOK ON EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
http://www.ebri.org/publications/books/?fa=databook
Law
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Legal Sidebar
The Obama Administration's Announced, Immigration Initiative: A Primer
11/24/2014
https://fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/immprimer.pdf
[full-text, 3 pages--with extensive links]
NOLO: Law for All
EMPLOYMENT LAW CENTER
http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/hr-employment-law
Statistical Reports
BEA: PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS, OCTOBER 2014 [26 November 2014]
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2014/pi1014.htm
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2014/pdf/pi1014.pdf
[full-text, 11 pages]
or
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2014/xls/pi1014.xls
[spreadsheet]
and
Highlights
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2014/pdf/pi1014_fax.pdf
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
The One Leadership Skill You Need
Good Manners Make Good Leaders
Top 10 Compelling Proactive Leadership Links: Oct. 20-24
How To Be Successful & Only Work Two Hours A Day
Two Invaluable Productivity Tips From H.L. Mencken
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
The Unspoken Leadership Skill You Need to Survive
Are You a Failing Leader?
How to Lead Millennials
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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