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
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
[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
[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]
[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)
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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Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
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New York, NY 10016
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