Wednesday, October 20, 2010

[IWS] Weekly Bulletin, 20 October 2010

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, 20 October 2010

 


Academic Research

 

 

OAPEN LIBRARY

http://www.oapen.org/xtf/home?brand=oapen

See Society and the Social Sciences

http://www.oapen.org/xtf/search?brand=oapen;expand=subject;f1-subject=Society%20and%20social%20sciences

 

Welcome to OAPEN online library and publication platform

OAPEN (Open Access Publishing in European Networks) is a collaborative initiative to develop and implement a sustainable Open Access publication model for academic books in the Humanities and Social Sciences. The OAPEN Library aims to improve the visibility and usability of high quality academic research by aggregating peer reviewed Open Access publications from across Europe.

 

 

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

ADB Economics Working Paper Series No. 218

Past and Future of the Labor Force in Emerging Asian Economies

Jinyoung Kim

September 2010

http://www.adb.org/documents/working-papers/2010/economics-wp218.pdf

[full-text, 27 pages]

 

 

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

ADB Economics Working Paper Series No. 220

Economic Growth in Asia: Determinants and Prospects

Jong-Wha Lee and Kiseok Hong

September 2010

http://www.adb.org/documents/working-papers/2010/economics-wp220.pdf

[full-text, 38 pages]

 

 

IZA Discussion Papers (Institute for the Study of Labor)

http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers

Recent studies include ---

5259       Do Foreign-Owned Firms Provide Better Working Conditions Than Their Domestic Counterparts? A Comparative Analysis    
5258       Estimating the Returns to Firm-Sponsored On-the-Job and Classroom Training  
5257       Determinants of Employer-Provided Further Training: A Multi-Level Approach  
5256       What Do Unions Do to Pension Performance?   
5255       Mentoring, Educational Services, and Incentives to Learn: What Do We Know About Them?       
5254       Differences by Degree: Evidence of the Net Financial Rates of Return to Undergraduate Study for England and Wales          
5253       Her Time, His Time, or the Maid's Time: An Analysis of the Demand for Domestic Work 
5252       Foreign Acquisitions, Domestic Multinationals, and R&D               
5251       Manufacturing Employment and Exchange Rates in the Portuguese Economy: The Role of Openness, Technology and Labour Market Rigidity
5250       Are Specific Skills an Obstacle to Labor Market Adjustment? (forthcoming in: Labour Economics)              
5249       Are Microloans Bad for Growth?


DigitalCommons@ILR--Most Recent Additions
http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/recent_additions.html
Home Page at - http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/

 

 

Government Reports/Press - International, Federal, State, Local


International

 

 

African Development Bank (AfDB)

Africa & Global Economic Trends Quarterly Review

Third Quarter 2010

Volume 3, issue 3

12 October 2010

http://www.afdb.org/fileadmin/uploads/afdb/Documents/Publications/101012%20Africa_Global%20Econ%20Trends_3Q2010.pdf

[full-text, 15 pages]

 

 

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Improving Health and Education Service Delivery in India through Public-Private Partnerships [August 2010]

http://www.adb.org/Documents/reports/health-education-delivery-india-ppp/default.asp

or

http://www.adb.org/Documents/reports/health-education-delivery-india-ppp/health-education-delivery-india-ppp.pdf

[full-text, 105 pages]

 

 

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)

Managing household debts: Social service provision in the EU - Working paper [12 October 2010]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef1070.htm

or

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2010/70/en/1/EF1070EN.pdf

[full-text, 27 pages]

 

 

International Labour Organization (ILO)

[NEW DATABASE] [20 October 2010]

Short term indicators of the labour market

http://laborsta.ilo.org/sti/sti_E.html

 

 

Federal

 

 

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Homeland Security: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Border Surveillance

Chad C. Haddal, Specialist in Immigration Policy

Jeremiah Gertler, Specialist in Military Aviation

July 8, 2010

http://opencrs.com/document/RS21698/2010-07-08/download/1013/

[full-text, 10 pages]

 

 

Institutes/Associations/Commercial

 

 

Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.

CEO Departures Surge in September

EXITS UP 17% TO 111; HIGHEST SINCE MAY

http://iwsdocumentednewsdaily.blogspot.com/2010/10/iws-challenger-ceo-departures-surge-in.html

 

 

Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)

EBRI NOTES

October 2010, Vol. 31, No. 10

'Retirement Savings Shortfalls for Today's Workers' and 'The Impact of the COBRA Premium Subsidy on Coverage'

http://www.ebri.org/publications/notes/index.cfm?fa=notesDisp&content_id=4667

or

http://www.ebri.org/pdf/notespdf/EBRI_Notes_10-Oct10.RetShrtfl-Cobra.pdf

[full-text, 16 pages]

Press Release 19 October 2010]

Nursing Home Costs a Big Factor in Americans' Retirement Adequacy Deficit [19 October 2010]
http://www.ebri.org/pdf/PR.897.19Oct10.RSS.pdf

 

 

Working America

JOB TRACKER (a ZIP code–searchable database of jobs exported (as well as Occupational Safety and Health Act violations and other workplace issues)).

http://www.workingamerica.org/jobtracker/

See also accompanying report-

Sending Jobs Overseas: The Cost to America's Economy and Working Families

http://www.workingamerica.org/upload/OutsourcingReport.pdf

[full-text, 30 pages]

 

 

Law

 

 

CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON CHINA (CECC)

ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

OCTOBER 10, 2010

ANNUAL REPORT 2010 [online 15 October 2010]

http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_house_committee_prints&docid=f:61507.pdf

[full-text, 346 pages]

Press Release 15 October 2010

Congressional-Executive Commission on China Releases 2010 Annual Report on Human Rights and the Rule of Law in China
http://www.cecc.gov/pages/annualRpt/annualRpt10/index.php

 

 

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Immigration-Related Worksite Enforcement: Performance Measures

Andorra Bruno, Specialist in Immigration Policy

June 24, 2010

http://opencrs.com/document/R40002/2010-06-24/download/1013/

[full-text, 15 pages]

 

 

Statistical Reports

 

 

BEA: U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES August 2010 [14 October 2010]

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2010/trad0810.htm

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2010/pdf/trad0810.pdf

[full-text, 48 pages]

or

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2010/xls/trad0810.xls

[spreadsheet]

and

Highlights

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/international/trade/2010/pdf/trad0810_fax.pdf

 

 

BLS: Consumer Price Index - September 2010 [15 October 2010]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cpi.pdf

[full-text, 19 pages]

 

 

BLS: REAL EARNINGS  SEPTEMBER 2010 [15 October 2010]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/realer.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/realer.pdf

[full-text, 5 pages]

 

 

BLS: PRODUCER PRICE INDEXES - SEPTEMBER 2010 [14 October 2010]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ppi.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ppi.pdf

[full-text, 22 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

http://www.bls.gov/web/ppi.supp.toc.htm

 

 

Idiosyncratic But Relevant Facts

 

 

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 shortly after 2010, will appear from time to time on this news service.

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)

www.ictr.org

The PROSECUTOR

v.

Augustin NGIRABATWARE

Case No. ICTR-99-54-T

DECISION ON DEFENCE MOTION FOR JUDGEMENT OF ACQUITTAL [14 October 2010]

http://www.unictr.org/Portals/0/Case/English/Ngirabatware/decisions/101014.pdf

 

 

 

THE BACHARACH BLOG
http://bacharachblog.com/

           

 

10 Must-Read Social Media & Leadership Stories From October 11-15

BY WBRIGGS on 10/15/10

http://bacharachblog.com/linksy/10-must-read-social-media-leadership-stories-from-october-11-15/

 

 

The Battle for Employee Engagement

POSTED by SEAN LEE on OCT 13, 2010

http://bacharachblog.com/managerial-competence/the-battle-for-employee-engagement/

 



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Director, IWS News Bureau                
Institute for Workplace Studies 
Cornell/ILR School                        
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor             
New York, NY 10016                        
                                   
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