IWS Documented News DAILY POSTINGS

noreply@blogger.com (SBasefsky) — Wed, 13 Oct 2021 16:44:00 +0000

JEC: A Selection of Publications Issued between 23 August and 9 October 2021 (in reverse chronological order)

(JEC=Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Senate)

Health Insurance Tax Subsidies in the Build Back Better Act Will Provide Affordable Health Insurance for Millions of Americans [7 October 2021]

https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/efeda4ea-07e5-4746-8363-5a003c67db6e/positive-impacts-of-the-bbb-ptc-expansions.pdf

Universal Paid Family and Medical Leave Will Generate Economy-Wide Benefits and Spur Economic Growth [5 October 2021]

https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/bf389596-f53a-4398-a01c-3da58addd2e0/universal-paid-family-and-medical-leave-will-generate-economy-wide-benefits.pdf

Education Can Help Narrow the Racial Wealth Gap, but Structural Solutions Are Needed to Close It [1 October 2021]

https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/1d07cb0d-6ec2-4f49-9fa7-6ee5c771fbe3/education-and-racial-wealth-gap.pdf

Breaching the Debt Ceiling Could Harm Millions of Americans and Produce Economic Devastation [27 October 2021]

https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/bc97a13b-ea0c-478c-973b-0189b5e42c64/debt-limit-brief.pdf

Strong Care Infrastructure Is Critical to Increasing Labor Force Participation and Driving Future Economic Growth [23 September 2021]

https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/c473b773-5886-4ba2-ab6c-bb9d4906dd15/care-infrastructure-and-economic-growth-final-2021-09-23.pdf

Updated SNAP Benefit Levels Will Help 42 Million People and Add $31.8 Billion in Local Economic Activity Every Year [16 September 2021]

https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/b13c917a-b5a7-45a5-8b73-4aa6e90ec736/jec---snap-economic-impact---final.pdf

Hispanic Workers Kept the U.S. Economy Moving During the Coronavirus Pandemic but Face Lower Wages and Poor Working Conditions [15 September 2021]

https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/71785c75-00f4-4db8-9686-2960f0526b65/hispanic-workers-brief-.pdf

National and State Level Data on the Economic Situation of Hispanic Americans [13 September 2021]

https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/a309e645-506f-4066-b8cf-8d9500379ab4/hhm-data-toolkit-chart-pack.pdf

Expanding the Housing Choice Voucher Program to Improve Housing Affordability and Economic Security for the Lowest-Income Families [13 September 2021]

https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/7e74545e-c52e-4b54-be21-a7b3ba959eeb/hcv-expansion-to-address-affordable-housing-shortfall.pdf

Estimates of Advance Child Tax Credit Distribution by Congressional District [9 September 2021]

https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/democrats/issue-briefs?ID=DB677198-A118-4C7D-8467-73FC591670EC

Lessons Learned from Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Should Be Applied to Permanent Reforms of Unemployment Insurance [7 September 2021]

https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/e96bddc0-8e4c-493f-bb27-15e3b811c5f0/lessons-learned-from-pandemic-ui-for-reform-final-2021-09-07.pdf

The American Rescue Plan and Bipartisan Emergency Measures Helped Keep 50 Million People Out Of Poverty [31 August 2021]

https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/bbf66dee-a404-43b2-8152-cbfb818c34a4/poverty-projections-brief-final.pdf

noreply@blogger.com (SBasefsky) — Mon, 11 Oct 2021 14:16:00 +0000

CRS: Selected Publications issued between 23 August and 9 October 2021 (in reverse chronological order)

Corporate Tax Reform: Issues for Congress
8 October 2021
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/RL/RL34229

Human Trafficking: Key Federal Criminal Statutes
7 October 2021
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF11942

Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)
7 October 2021
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF10506

SBA Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loan Forgiveness: In Brief
6 October 2021
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R46397

The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant: A Legislative History
6 October 2021
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R44668

Labor Market Tightness and the Economic Recovery, Part 1
5 October 2021
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IN/IN11770

Labor Market Tightness and the Economic Recovery, Part 2
5 October 2021
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IN/IN11771

Social Security Dual Entitlement
5 October 2021
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF10738

Social Security: Selected Findings of the 2021 Annual Report
5 October 2021
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF11939

Global Economic Effects of COVID-19
4 October 2021
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R46270

Trends in TANF Receipt: Select Information for the Debate to Extend the Expanded Child Credit
1 October 2021
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IN/IN11767

Noncitizen Eligibility for Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
22 September 2021
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R46697

Social Security: The Average Wage Index
22 September 2021
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF11931

Social Security: Revisiting Benefits for Spouses and Survivors
21 September 2021
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R41479

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA): Emergency Temporary Standards (ETS) and COVID-19
13 September 2021
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R46288

OSHA Jurisdiction Over Public Schools and Other State and Local Government Entities: COVID-19 Issues
13 September 2021
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF11619

Social Security’s Funding Shortfall
3 September 2021
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF10522

Social Security Trust Fund Investment Practices
2 September 2021
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF10564

noreply@blogger.com (SBasefsky) — Mon, 11 Oct 2021 13:33:00 +0000

Eurofound: Publications issued between 23 August and 9 October 2021 (in reverse chronological order)

Tools of trade: Supporting export businesses to improve their workplace practices POLICY BRIEF
6 October 2021
https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/sites/default/files/ef_publication/field_ef_document/ef21003en.pdf

COVID-19: A turning point for convergence in health and healthcare in the EU? POLICY BRIEF
30 September 2021
https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/sites/default/files/ef_publication/field_ef_document/ef20026en.pdf

Towards the future of Europe: Social factors shaping optimism and pessimism among citizens REPORT
16 September 2021
https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/sites/default/files/ef_publication/field_ef_document/ef21004en.pdf

Right to disconnect: Exploring company practices REPORT
9 September 2021
https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/sites/default/files/ef_publication/field_ef_document/ef21004en.pdf

Workers want to telework but long working hours, isolation and inadequate equipment must be tackled ARTICLE
6 September 2021
https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/article/2021/workers-want-to-telework-but-long-working-hours-isolation-and-inadequate-equipment-must-be-tackled

noreply@blogger.com (SBasefsky) — Mon, 11 Oct 2021 13:15:00 +0000

ILO: Key Publications issued between 23 August and 9 October 2021 (in reverse chronological order)

ILO adopts code of practice on safety and health in textiles, clothing, leather and footwear industries
8 October 2021
https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_822368/lang--en/index.htm

See--Draft code of practice on safety and health in textiles, clothing, leather and footwear
6 September 2021
https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_dialogue/---sector/documents/normativeinstrument/wcms_818873.pdf

Financing human-centred COVID-19 recovery and decisive climate action worldwide: International cooperation’s twenty-first century moment of truth
07 October 2021
https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---inst/documents/publication/wcms_821931.pdf

Global review of impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on labour force surveys and dissemination of labour market statistics
30 September 2021
https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---stat/documents/publication/wcms_821387.pdf

LFS modular time use measurement project: Closing the gender data gap on unpaid domestic and care work
29 September 2021
https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---stat/documents/publication/wcms_821251.pdf

Measuring Women and Men’s Work: Main Findings from a Joint ILO and World Bank Study in Sri Lanka
01 September 2021
https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---stat/documents/publication/wcms_818313.pdf
Summary of the above
https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---stat/documents/publication/wcms_818312.pdf

World Social Protection Report 2020-22: Social protection at the crossroads – in pursuit of a better future
01 September 2021
https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_817572.pdf

noreply@blogger.com (SBasefsky) — Sat, 09 Oct 2021 20:27:00 +0000

OECD: A SELECTION OF PUBLICATIONS issued between 23 AUGUST and 9 OCTOBER 2021 (in reverse chronological order)

Empowering Youth and Building Trust in Jordan Book English
09 Oct 2021 OECD Pages: 111
https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/governance/empowering-youth-and-building-trust-in-jordan_8b14d38f-en

OECD Regulatory Policy Outlook 2021 Book English
06 Oct 2021 OECD Pages: 301
https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/governance/oecd-regulatory-policy-outlook-2021_38b0fdb1-en

Using Digital Technologies for Early Education during COVID-19 : OECD Report for the G20 2020 Education Working Group Report English
05 Oct 2021 OECD Pages: 67
https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/using-digital-technologies-for-early-education-during-covid-19_fe8d68ad-en

Teachers Getting the Best out of Their Students : From Primary to Upper Secondary Education Book English
28 Sep 2021 OECD Pages: 290
https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/teachers-getting-the-best-out-of-their-students_5bc5cd4e-en

Digital Government Review of Slovenia : Leading the Digital Transformation of the Public Sector Book English
25 Sep 2021 OECD Pages: 159
https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/governance/digital-government-review-of-slovenia_954b0e74-en

Preparing for the Future of Work Across Australia Book English
24 Sep 2021 OECD Pages: 155
https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/employment/preparing-for-the-future-of-work-across-australia_9e506cad-en

OECD Business and Finance Outlook 2021 : AI in Business and Finance Book English
24 Sep 2021 OECD Pages: 164
https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/finance-and-investment/oecd-business-and-finance-outlook-2021_ba682899-en

Disability, Work and Inclusion in Ireland : Engaging and Supporting Employers Book English
22 Sep 2021 OECD Pages: 157
https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/employment/disability-work-and-inclusion-in-ireland_74b45baa-en

OECD Economic Outlook, Interim Report September 2021 : Keeping the Recovery on Track Supplement English
21 Sep 2021 OECD Pages: 21
https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/economics/oecd-economic-outlook/volume-2021/issue-1_490d4832-en

The State of Global Education : 18 Months into the Pandemic Report English
16 Sep 2021 OECD Pages: 45
https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/the-state-of-global-education_1a23bb23-en

Education at a Glance 2021 : OECD Indicators Book English
16 Sep 2021 OECD Pages: 474
https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/education-at-a-glance-2021_b35a14e5-en

Environment at a Glance Indicators Book English
15 Sep 2021 OECD
https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/environment/environment-at-a-glance-indicators_ac4b8b89-en

Industrial Policy for the Sustainable Development Goals : Increasing the Private Sector’s Contribution Book English
15 Sep 2021 OECD Pages: 196
https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/industry-and-services/industrial-policy-for-the-sustainable-development-goals_2cad899f-en

OECD Economic Surveys: Australia 2021 Book English
14 Sep 2021 OECD Pages: 137
https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/economics/oecd-economic-surveys-australia-2021_ce96b16a-en

Compendium of International Organisations’ Practices : Working Towards More Effective International Instruments Book English
13 Sep 2021 OECD Pages: 127
https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/governance/compendium-of-international-organisations-practices_846a5fa0-en

OECD Economic Surveys: European Union 2021 Book English
10 Sep 2021 OECD Pages: 112
https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/economics/oecd-economic-surveys-european-union-2021_a77ab220-en

OECD Economic Surveys: Euro Area 2021 Book English
10 Sep 2021 OECD Pages: 96
https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/economics/oecd-economic-surveys-euro-area-2021_214e9f0a-en

Pricing Long-term Care for Older Persons Book English
08 Sep 2021 OECD, World Health Organization Pages: 374
https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/social-issues-migration-health/pricing-long-term-care-for-older-persons_a25246a6-en

Beyond Academic Learning : First Results from the Survey of Social and Emotional Skills Book English 07 Sep 2021 OECD Pages: 170
https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/beyond-academic-learning_92a11084-en

OECD Economic Surveys: Italy 2021 Book English
06 Sep 2021 OECD Pages: 133
https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/economics/oecd-economic-surveys-italy-2021_07d8b9cd-en

noreply@blogger.com (SBasefsky) — Sun, 04 Apr 2021 15:04:00 +0000

U.S. GOVERNMENT RESOURCES for LEGISLATION; REGULATION; PRESIDENTIAL DOCS; & JUDICIAL MATERIALS

Legislative Process Resources

Congress.gov - official website for U.S. federal legislative information
https://www.congress.gov/

Docs.House.Gov - provides access to committee documents and text of legislation being considered in committee and by the House
http://docs.house.gov/

House.gov - website of the United States House of Representatives
http://www.house.gov/

How Our Laws Are Made (PDF) - House Document 110-49
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CDOC-110hdoc49/pdf/CDOC-110hdoc49.pdf

Overview of the Legislative Process - videos, diagrams, and transcripts prepared by Congress.gov
https://www.congress.gov/legislative-process

Senate.gov - website of the United States Senate
http://www.senate.gov/index.htm

Uscode.house.gov - search and browse the U.S. Code
http://uscode.house.gov/

Regulatory Process Resources

A Guide to the Rulemaking Process (PDF) - prepared by the Office of the Federal Register
https://www.federalregister.gov/uploads/2011/01/the_rulemaking_process.pdf

Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (eCFR) - currently updated, unofficial version of the Code of Federal Regulations
http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/ECFR?page=browse

RegInfo.gov - provides reliable, transparent information about regulations under development
http://www.reginfo.gov/public/

Regulations.gov - find, read, and comment on regulatory issues
http://www.regulations.gov/#!home

Federal Register 2.0 - HTML edition of the Federal Register
https://www.federalregister.gov/

Presidential Documents Resources

Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/malhome.html

Codification of Presidential Proclamations Presidential Proclamations and Executive Orders - April 13, 1945 through January 20,1989
http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/codification/

George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress - 1741–1799
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gwhtml/gwhome.html

"I Do Solemnly Swear . . . ": Presidential Inaugurations
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/pihtml/pihome.html

Thomas Jefferson Papers at the Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/collections/thomas-jefferson-papers/about-this-collection/

Judicial Branch Resources

PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records) - public access service that allows users to obtain case and docket information online from federal appellate, district, and bankruptcy courts, and the PACER Case Locator
https://www.pacer.gov/

United States Reports - a series of bound case reporters that are the official reports of decisions for the United States Supreme Court.
https://www.loc.gov/collections/united-states-reports

[IWS] OECD: SECURING LIVELIHOODS FOR ALL: FORESIGHT FOR ACTION [31 March 2015] [NOTE: THIS IS THE LAST AND FINAL POSTING]

noreply@blogger.com (SBasefsky) — Tue, 31 Mar 2015 12:41:00 +0000

IWS Documented News Service

_______________________________

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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NOTE: Funding for this service ends on 31 March 2015. Postings will end on this date as well.

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

SECURING LIVELIHOODS FOR ALL: FORESIGHT FOR ACTION [31 March 2015] [NOTE: THIS IS THE LAST AND FINAL POSTING]

http://www.oecd.org/dev/securing-livelihoods-for-all-9789264231894-en.htm

http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/development/securing-livelihoods-for-all_9789264231894-en#page1

[read onine, 162 pages]

http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/development/securing-livelihoods-for-all_9789264231894-en

The world has made good progress in improving global livelihoods. More than two billion people have emerged from extreme poverty over the last four decades. Other notable improvements include real increases in wages for unskilled workers, better life expectancy, greater gender equality and more widespread literacy. However, a number of daunting challenges threaten to undo this progress, particularly on the demographic and environmental fronts. While outlining the status of livelihoods today, this fascinating report enumerates the main emerging trends which will have a significant impact on livelihoods in the near future. It looks at a whole range of issues: economy, technology, demography, environment, security and governance. This book presents five possible future scenarios for livelihoods, whose positive or negative outcomes depend on how several emerging challenges are dealt with. It concludes with ideas for global, national and local action that hold significant promise for securing resilient livelihoods for all.

Press Release 31 March 2015

Action is needed to secure future livelihoods in developed and emerging economies, says the OECD Development Centre

http://www.oecd.org/newsroom/livelihoods-2015-press-release.htm

[excerpt]

Worrying global trends include:

· Increasing inequality as the benefits of economic growth are not shared equally. The poorest 66% of the world’s population are estimated to receive less than 13% of world income, while the richest 1% receive nearly 15%. And around 70% of the world’s undernourished live in middle-income countries.

· Jobless growth both in emerging and developing economies. The case of China is striking: between 1991 and 2012, GDP multiplied by a factor of almost nine (adjusted for inflation), while total employment remained almost static, and the workforce participation rate of 24-65 year olds fell from 85% to 77%.

· Jobs are further challenged by rapid technical change and automation. Even white-collar occupations such as accountancy, legal work and technical writing may eventually be phased out.

· Persisting financial fragilities. Policy measures taken in recent years to reduce the fragility of the financial and banking systems have been considerable, but more is needed to make the system truly robust. The next major shocks may well come from emerging markets, whose growing corporate sector has benefited from massive lending by the global financial system.

· The growing youth population in Sub-Saharan Africa – where the labour force is growing by 8 million people a year - and in South Asia – where it is growing by 12 million a year - which will become a source of major stress if they do not have enough jobs.

· Environmental and resource challenges, particularly the expected increase in severe drought incidence. By 2050, more than 40% of the world’s population will live under severe water stress.

· New security concerns – such as cybercrime and terrorism –threaten livelihoods in addition to traditional conflicts due to geopolitical unrest.

Despite these challenges, the report is optimistic that livelihoods can be secured if innovative initiatives are taken. It makes a call for action at all relevant levels to seize these opportunities:

· At the global level, efforts must continue to increase co-ordination and co-operation to create the right conditions for livelihoods in many fields, from financial stability to climate change, from international trade to migration, from water governance to cyber security.

· National governments can be enablers of vibrant societies and a back-stop in hard times. For example, to address the jobs challenge, governments could enhance opportunities for lifelong learning and promote livelihood portfolios made up of part-time work, paid training, and unemployment benefits.

· Local initiatives help secure livelihoods, for example, by supporting a vibrant shared local economy in which individuals can survive through a patchwork of entrepreneurial and social initiatives involving exchanges, barters and virtual service marketplaces. The introduction of local currencies (also known as complementary or community currencies) for example, could shelter local communities from the turbulence of volatile global financial markets.

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[IWS] BLS: TED: THE ECONOMICS DAILY (articles from the 16th to 30th March 2015]

noreply@blogger.com (SBasefsky) — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 21:07:00 +0000

IWS Documented News Service

_______________________________

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

________________________________________________________________________

NOTE: Funding for this service ends on 31 March 2015. Postings will end on this date as well.

TED: THE ECONOMICS DAILY (articles from the 16th to 30th March 2015]

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/year.htm

[Click on title below for access]

MARCH 2015

· Largest counties accounted for 74 percent of 12-month increase in U.S. employment, September 2014 (03/30/2015)

· Real average hourly earnings rise 2.1 percent from February 2014 to February 2015 (03/27/2015)

· Consumer Price Index unchanged from February 2014 to February 2015 (03/26/2015)

· Unemployment rates fall in most metropolitan areas, for the year ending in January 2015 (03/25/2015)

· San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California, has largest employment percent increase over the year (03/24/2015)

· Veteran unemployment rate decreases to 5.3 percent in 2014 (03/23/2015)

· West North Central region had lowest unemployment rate, Pacific region the highest, in January 2015 (03/20/2015)

· Delaware had highest share of employment in financial activities in January 2015 (03/19/2015)

· Consumer spending by age group in 2013 (03/18/2015)

· Producer Price Index for final demand decreased from February 2014 to February 2015 (03/17/2015)

· Fuel import prices and import and export air passenger fare price indexes in February 2015 (03/16/2015)

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[IWS] BLS: BEYOND THE NUMBERS (articles released in March 2015)

noreply@blogger.com (SBasefsky) — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 21:01:00 +0000

IWS Documented News Service

_______________________________

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

________________________________________________________________________

NOTE: Funding for this service ends on 31 March 2015. Postings will end on this date as well.

BEYOND THE NUMBERS (articles released in March 2015)

http://www.bls.gov/opub/btn/archive/home.htm

[Click on title below for access]

Mar 2015	Prices & Spending	Movies, Music, And Sports: U.S. Entertainment Spending, 2008–2013 (PDF)	Ann C. Foster	Beyond the Numbers
Mar 2015	Prices & Spending	Falling Gasoline Prices Lead To Lowest Inflation Since 2008 (PDF)	Stephen B. Reed	Beyond the Numbers

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[IWS] BLS: MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW (articles during March 2015)

noreply@blogger.com (SBasefsky) — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 20:58:00 +0000

IWS Documented News Service

_______________________________

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

________________________________________________________________________

NOTE: Funding for this service ends on 31 March 2015. Postings will end on this date as well.

MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW (articles during March 2015)

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2015/home.htm

[Click on Title Below for Access]

2015

· Travel expenditures, 2005–2013: domestic and international patterns in recession and recovery03/27/2015

· Does labor market activity affect voter turnout? 03/27/2015

· Gender gap in financial literacy transcends national borders 03/23/2015

· Has performance pay contributed to the rise of inequality in the United States? 03/11/2015

· Lifting the veil on human trafficking 03/11/2015

· A look at violence in the workplace against psychiatric aides and psychiatric technicians 03/10/2015

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[IWS] CBO: THE EFFECTS OF POTENTIAL CUTS IN SNAP [food stamps] SPENDING ON HOUSEHOLDS WITH DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF INCOME [16 March 2015]

noreply@blogger.com (SBasefsky) — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 12:51:00 +0000

IWS Documented News Service

_______________________________

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

________________________________________________________________________

NOTE: Funding for this service ends on 31 March 2015. Postings will end on this date as well.

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

SNAP=The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as Food Stamps)

THE EFFECTS OF POTENTIAL CUTS IN SNAP SPENDING ON HOUSEHOLDS WITH DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF INCOME [16 March 2015]

http://www.cbo.gov/publication/49978

http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/49978-SNAP.pdf

[full-text, 28 pages]

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as Food Stamps) provides benefits to low-income households to help them buy food. Total federal expenditures on SNAP amounted to $76 billion in fiscal year 2014. In an average month that year, 47 million people (or one in seven U.S. residents) received SNAP benefits.

Some policymakers have expressed a desire to scale back the program significantly to reduce federal spending. In this report, CBO examines several options for doing so and their effects on the benefits that would be received by households with different amounts of income.

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[IWS] BEA: PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS, FEBRUARY 2015 [30 March 2015]

noreply@blogger.com (SBasefsky) — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 12:43:00 +0000

IWS Documented News Service

_______________________________

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

________________________________________________________________________

NOTE: Funding for this service ends on 31 March 2015. Postings will end on this date as well.

PERSONAL INCOME AND OUTLAYS, FEBRUARY 2015 [30 March 2015]

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2015/pi0215.htm

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2015/pdf/pi0215.pdf

[full-text, 11 pages]

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2015/xls/pi0215.xls

[spreadsheet]

and

Highlights

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/2015/pdf/pi0215_fax.pdf

Personal income increased $58.6 billion, or 0.4 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI) increased $54.2 billion,

or 0.4 percent, in February, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)

increased $11.8 billion, or 0.1 percent. In January, personal income increased $61.8 billion, or 0.4 percent, DPI

increased $61.5 billion, or 0.5 percent, and PCE decreased $28.5 billion, or 0.2 percent, based on revised estimates.

Real DPI increased 0.2 percent in February, compared with an increase of 0.9 percent in January. Real PCE decreased

0.1 percent, in contrast to an increase of 0.2 percent.

AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....

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[IWS] IADB: 2015 LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN MACROECONOMIC REPORT--THE LABYRINTH: HOW CAN LATIN AMERICAN AND THE CARIBBEAN NAVIGATE THE GLOBAL ECONOMY [28 March 2015]

noreply@blogger.com (SBasefsky) — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 12:39:00 +0000

IWS Documented News Service

_______________________________

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

________________________________________________________________________

NOTE: Funding for this service ends on 31 March 2015. Postings will end on this date as well.

Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)

2015 LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN MACROECONOMIC REPORT--

THE LABYRINTH: HOW CAN LATIN AMERICAN AND THE CARIBBEAN NAVIGATE THE GLOBAL ECONOMY [28 March 2015]

http://www.iadb.org/en/research-and-data/publication-details,3169.html?pub_id=IDB-AR-111

http://publications.iadb.org/bitstream/handle/11319/6850/2015-Latin-American-and-Caribbean-Macroeconomic-Report-The-Labyrinth-How-Can-Latin%20America-and-the-Caribbean-Navigate-the-Global-Economy.pdf;jsessionid=651846EA92D6388E33CC6D0466DADCA5?sequence=1

[full-text, 106 pages]

In Spanish

http://publications.iadb.org/bitstream/handle/11319/6850/Informe-macroeconomico-de-America-Latina-y-el-Caribe-2015-El-Laberinto-Como-America-Latina-y-el-Caribe-puede-navegar-la-economia-global.pdf?sequence=2

[full-text, 114 pages]

The 2015 Latin American and Caribbean Macroeconomic Report argues that the region is in the midst of a labyrinth and must navigate several global and domestic obstacles—including lower commodity prices and new types of financial risks—to ensure strong and sustainable growth. The report suggests that many countries must make fiscal adjustments to avoid higher debt without compromising the significant social gains of recent years, and details both the types and speed of policies that may be adopted. The report urges each country to fashion its own specific response based on its particular circumstances and further enhance productivity to attain higher, long-term growth.

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[IWS] ADB: CAMPAIGNING FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN THE MUSLIM WORLD [video] [30 March 2015]

noreply@blogger.com (SBasefsky) — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 12:30:00 +0000

IWS Documented News Service

_______________________________

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

________________________________________________________________________

NOTE: Funding for this service ends on 31 March 2015. Postings will end on this date as well.

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

CAMPAIGNING FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN THE MUSLIM WORLD [video] [30 March 2015]

http://www.adb.org/news/videos/campaigning-women-s-rights-muslim-world

Malaysia's Zainah Anwar, founding member of Sisters in Islam and Director of non-governmental organization Musawah, explains the importance of cultural debate in the promotion of equality and justice for women in the Muslim world.

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[IWS] Eurostat: MATERIAL DEPRIVATION STATISTICS: EARLY RESULTS [30 March 2015]

noreply@blogger.com (SBasefsky) — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 12:22:00 +0000

IWS Documented News Service

_______________________________

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

________________________________________________________________________

NOTE: Funding for this service ends on 31 March 2015. Postings will end on this date as well.

European Commission

Eurostat

MATERIAL DEPRIVATION STATISTICS: EARLY RESULTS [30 March 2015]

http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Material_deprivation_statistics_-_early_results

Data extracted in March 2015. Most recent data: Further Eurostat information, Main tables and Database. Planned article update: May 2015.

Increased timelines of the EU-SILC data

Eurostat disseminates early results for severe material deprivation rates so that trends in poverty levels can be tracked more closely. 2014 data are available for over half the European Union (EU) Member States, and Iceland. The coverage and the timeliness is expected to increase in the coming years. Latvia and Hungary have provided final data for the early results, while Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Spain, Italy, Malta, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, the United Kingdom and Iceland have transmitted provisional data. Early EU-28 aggregates are not yet available for 2014, as not all Member States have transmitted final or provisional material deprivation variables.

In 2014, of the countries that sent data to Eurostat, early severe material deprivation rates increased for Greece (+1.4 percentage points), Belgium and Spain (both +0.8 pp) and for Malta (+0.7 pp) The rates fell significantly in Bulgaria (-9.9 pp), Latvia (-4.8 pp), Poland (-1.5 pp), Hungary (- 2.9 pp), Estonia (-1.4 pp), Italy and United Kingdom (both -1.0 pp). No large variations were seen in the other countries for which data is available.

This article is based on data sent to Eurostat by end of March 2015. Final EU-SILC cross sectional data for 2014 are already available for two Member States^[1] and 15 Member States and Iceland have provided provisional material deprivation and ‘economic strain’ data^[2]. In Eurostat’s online database, provisional indicators are flagged ‘p’ (provisional) to distinguish them from final data. The difference between provisional data and final data is explained below in the section on ‘Data sources and availability’. For the countries for which only provisional data is available, the analysis is merely indicative: in some cases, there may be discrepancies between provisional and final data. Although we refer to the severe material deprivation indicators for the 18 countries as early indicators, for Latvia and Hungary the values are already final.

Material deprivation rates gauge the proportion of people whose living conditions are severely affected by a lack of resources. The severe material deprivation rate represents the proportion of people living in households that cannot afford at least four of the following nine items:

· mortgage or rent payments, utility bills, hire purchase instalments or other loan payments;

· one week’s holiday away from home;

· a meal with meat, chicken, fish or vegetarian equivalent every second day;

· unexpected financial expenses;

· a telephone (including mobile telephone);

· a colour TV;

· a washing machine;

· a car; and

· heating to keep the home sufficiently warm.

The severe material deprivation rate, broken down by gender, age group and household type, is the main indicator for material poverty in this article.

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[IWS] Eurostat: HOURLY LABOUR COSTS [updated 27 March 2015]

noreply@blogger.com (SBasefsky) — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 12:18:00 +0000

IWS Documented News Service

_______________________________

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

________________________________________________________________________

NOTE: Funding for this service ends on 31 March 2015. Postings will end on this date as well.

European Commission

Eurostat

HOURLY LABOUR COSTS [updated 27 March 2015]

http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Hourly_labour_costs

Data extracted in March 2015. Most recent data: Further Eurostat information, Main tables and Database.

This article provides recent statistics on hourly labour costs in the European Union (EU).

In 2014, average hourly labour costs were estimated at EUR 24.6 in the EU-28 and at EUR 29.2 in the euro area (EA-18). However, this average masks significant gaps between EU Member States, with hourly labour costs ranging between EUR 3.8 and EUR 40.3.

When comparing labour cost estimates in euro over time, it should be noted that data for those Member States outside the euro area are influenced by exchange rate movements.

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[IWS] EurWORK: THIRD EUROPEAN COMPANY SURVEY--OVERVIEW REPORT: WORKPLACE PRACTICES: PATTERNS, PERFORMANCE AND WELL-BEING [27 March 2014]

noreply@blogger.com (SBasefsky) — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 12:11:00 +0000

IWS Documented News Service

_______________________________

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

________________________________________________________________________

NOTE: Funding for this service ends on 31 March 2015. Postings will end on this date as well.

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

European Observatory of Working Life (EurWORK)

THIRD EUROPEAN COMPANY SURVEY--OVERVIEW REPORT: WORKPLACE PRACTICES: PATTERNS, PERFORMANCE AND WELL-BEING [27 March 2014]

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/report/2015/working-conditions-industrial-relations/third-european-company-survey-overview-report-workplace-practices-patterns-performance-and-well

http://eurofound.europa.eu/sites/default/files/ef_publication/field_ef_document/ef1502en_0.pdf

[full-text, 160 pages]

Executive Summary

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/executive-summary/2015/working-conditions-industrial-relations/third-european-company-survey-workplace-practices-patterns-performance-and-well-being-executive

http://eurofound.europa.eu/sites/default/files/ef_publication/field_ef_document/ef1502en1.pdf

The third wave of Eurofound’s European Company Survey was carried out in 2013. It surveyed management representatives in over 24,000 establishments; where available, employee representatives were also interviewed – in 6,800 of these establishments. The survey captured workplace practices in terms of work organisation, human resource management, direct participation and social dialogue. After setting out the findings, this report then examines how these practices relate to each other and to the outcomes for companies and workers. Overall, it finds that establishments that used joint employee-management decision-making on daily tasks, have a moderately structured internal organisation, make a limited investment in human resource management but have extensive practices for direct participation score best both in terms of establishment performance and workplace well-being. An executive summary is available - see Related content.

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[IWS] JILPT: LABOR SITUATION IN JAPAN AND ITS ANALYSIS: DETAILED EXPOSITION 2014/2015 [26 March 2015]

noreply@blogger.com (SBasefsky) — Sat, 28 Mar 2015 13:29:00 +0000

IWS Documented News Service

_______________________________

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

________________________________________________________________________

NOTE: Funding for this service ends on 31 March 2015. Postings will end on this date as well.

Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT)

LABOR SITUATION IN JAPAN AND ITS ANALYSIS: DETAILED EXPOSITION 2014/2015 [26 March 2015]

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/lsj/detailed/2014-2015.html

CONTENTS

1. Trends in Non-regular Employment in Japan and Analysis of Several Related Themes (PDF:254KB)

2. Labor Supply and Demand Estimates — Policy Simulations Based on the Labor Supply and Demand Model (FY2013)(PDF:288KB)

3. Long-term Care Workforce Supply-demand Structure and Related Challenges (PDF:245KB)

4. Diverse Needs for Mature Adult Career Guidance in Japan — Focus on the Three Topics of Segmentation, Delivery, and Cost (PDF:359KB)

5. WLB Support Initiatives and Women’s Job Continuity in Japan (PDF:284KB)

6. Analysis of Case Law on Dismissal of Restricted Regular Employees (PDF:127KB)

7. Systems and Practices Related to Hiring and Termination of Employment in Japanese Companies, and Individual Labor-related Disputes — from the “Fact-finding Survey on Employee Hiring and Firing” (PDF:295KB)

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[IWS] Census/CSPAN: UNION MEMBERSHIP--recorded [27 March 2015]

noreply@blogger.com (SBasefsky) — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 16:11:00 +0000

IWS Documented News Service

_______________________________

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

________________________________________________________________________

NOTE: Funding for this service ends on 31 March 2015. Postings will end on this date as well.

CSPAN

27 March 2015
UNION MEMBERSHIP
Michael Horrigan and Lydia DePillis talked about a report on private and public sector union membership rates, which showed union membership fell about 20 percent between 1983 and 2014.
This program was part of Washington Journal’s regular Friday “America by the Numbers” series.
http://www.c-span.org/video/?325050-5/washington-journal-michael-horrigan-lydia-depillis-union-membership [ßsee recorded presentation here]

Presentation (slides)
http://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/newsroom/c-span/2015/20150326_cspan_union_slides.pdf

Census

Union Membership Statistics in America, Mike Horrigan, BLS
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/cspan/2015/union.html

Speaker Biography

Mike Horrigan

Associate Commissioner for Employment and Unemployment, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)

News Release

Jan. 23, 2015, UNION MEMBERS — 2014

Additional Information

Membership Rate Falls for U.S. Unions in 2014 (Wall Street Journal)

American unions membership declines as public support fluctuates (Pew Research Center)

Union Membership Ticks Up In The Private Sector (Huffington Post)

Labor union membership falls in U.S. in 2014 (MarketWatch)

The state of the unions: Membership is up, but density still drops (Washington Post)

US Reports Slight Decline in Union Membership During 2014 (The New York Times)

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[IWS] OECD: AGEING AND EMPLOYMENT POLICIES: POLAND 2015 [27 March 2015]

noreply@blogger.com (SBasefsky) — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 14:37:00 +0000

IWS Documented News Service

_______________________________

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

________________________________________________________________________

NOTE: Funding for this service ends on 31 March 2015. Postings will end on this date as well.

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

AGEING AND EMPLOYMENT POLICIES: POLAND 2015 [27 March 2015]

WORKING BETTER WITH AGE IN POLAND

http://www.oecd.org/employment/ageing-and-employment-policies-poland-2015-9789264227279-en.htm

http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/employment/ageing-and-employment-policies-poland-2015_9789264227279-en#page3

[Read Online, 152 pages]

http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/employment/ageing-and-employment-policies-poland-2015_9789264227279-en

See addtional AGEING AND EMPLOYMENT POLICES at http://www.oecd.org/employment/ageingandemploymentpolicies.htm

People today are living longer than ever before, while birth rates are dropping in the majority of OECD countries. Such demographics raise the question: are current public social expenditures adequate and sustainable? Older workers play a crucial role in the labour market. Now that legal retirement ages are rising, fewer older workers are retiring early, but at the same time those older workers who have lost their job after the age of 50 have tended to remain in long term unemployment. What can countries do to help? How can they give older people better work incentives and opportunities? These reports offer analysis and assessment on what the best policies are for fostering employability, job mobility and labour demand at an older age.

Press Release 27 March 2015

Promoting longer working lives is vital to improving Poland's future prosperity

http://www.oecd.org/newsroom/promoting-longer-working-lives-is-vital-to-improving-polands-future-prosperity.htm

27/03/2015 - Encouraging more people to work later in life would help Poland meet the challenges of a rapidly ageing population. The percentage of old to younger groups (defined as share of over 65s to people aged 20-64) is projected to nearly triple from 22% in 2012 to 63% in 2050, according to a new OECD report.

Working Better with Age in Poland says that reforms over the past decade, such as limiting access to early retirement and stricter criteria for disability benefits, have already had a strong impact: the share of 55-59 year olds in work has increased significantly from 36% in 2003 to 55% in 2013

But the proportion of older people in Poland who are working still remains well below the average for OECD countries: in 2013, the employment rate of 55-64 year olds was 41%, compared with the OECD average of 55%, and it was only 9% for the age group 65-69, compared with the OECD average of nearly 20%

"Further reforms to encourage active ageing and longer working lives are needed in Poland. Employers need to do more to improve working conditions for older workers and reduce the large gender gap in employment," said Stefano Scarpetta, OECD Director of Employment, Labour and Social Affairs.

‌

Among its recommendations, the OECD says Poland should:

· Help more women stay longer in the labour market. Further development of care facilities is required to help older women combine work with family responsibilities. Women's labour market conditions and future pensions should be reformed.

· Concentrate on preventive measures in occupational health services. Local health services should also have prevention and early identification of health risks as priorities.

· Make social dialogue a driving force in the design and implementation of policies to prolong working lives, for example, through projects in the "Solidarity Across Generations" programme, which was renewed in 2013.

· Align employment protection legislation (EPL) across all age groups by abolishing the special protection rules for older workers. This should however be combined with reinforced active labour market measures for older jobseekers to facilitate their quick reintegration into employment.

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[IWS] BLS: REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT -- FEBRUARY 2015 [27 March 2015]

noreply@blogger.com (SBasefsky) — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 14:10:00 +0000

IWS Documented News Service

_______________________________

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

________________________________________________________________________

NOTE: Funding for this service ends on 31 March 2015. Postings will end on this date as well.

REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT -- FEBRUARY 2015 [27 March 2015]

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

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

[full-text, 21 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

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

Regional and state unemployment rates were little changed in February.

Twenty-six states had unemployment rate decreases from January, 6 states

and the District of Columbia had increases, and 18 states had no change,

the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Forty-six states had

unemployment rate decreases from a year earlier, four states had increases,

and the District of Columbia had no change. The national jobless rate edged

down to 5.5 percent from January and was 1.2 percentage points lower than

in February 2014.

In February 2015, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 36 states and

the District of Columbia, decreased in 13 states, and was unchanged in Wyoming.

The largest over-the-month increases in employment occurred in California

(+29,400), Georgia (+25,400), and New York (+20,200). The largest over-the-

month decrease in employment occurred in Connecticut (-3,700), followed by

Rhode Island (-2,700) and West Virginia (-2,400). The largest over-the-month

percentage increases in employment occurred in Kansas, South Dakota, and

Utah (+0.7 percent each). The largest over-the-month percentage decline in

employment occurred in Rhode Island (-0.6 percent), followed by Alaska and

West Virginia (-0.3 percent each). Over the year, nonfarm employment increased

in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The largest over-the-year

percentage increase occurred in Utah (+4.2 percent), followed by North

Dakota (+4.0 percent) and Georgia (+3.8 percent).

AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....

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[IWS] GDP & CORPORATE PROFITS: 4TH QTR & ANNUAL 2014 [27 March 2015]

noreply@blogger.com (SBasefsky) — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 14:06:00 +0000

IWS Documented News Service

_______________________________

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

________________________________________________________________________

NOTE: Funding for this service ends on 31 March 2015. Postings will end on this date as well.

National Income and Product Accounts

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT: FOURTH QUARTER AND ANNUAL 2014 (THIRD ESTIMATE)

CORPORATE PROFITS: FOURTH QUARTER AND ANNUAL 2014 [27 March 2015]

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2015/gdp4q14_3rd.htm

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2015/pdf/gdp4q14_3rd.pdf

[full-text, 19 pages]

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2015/xls/gdp4q14_3rd.xls

[spreadsheet]

and

Highlights

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/gdp/2015/pdf/gdp4q14_3rd_fax.pdf

Real gross domestic product -- the value of the production of goods and services in the United

States, adjusted for price changes -- increased at an annual rate of 2.2 percent in the fourth quarter of

2014, according to the "third" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the third

quarter, real GDP increased 5.0 percent.

The GDP estimate released today is based on more complete source data than were available for

the "second" estimate issued last month. In the second estimate, the increase in real GDP was also 2.2

percent. While increases in exports and in personal consumption expenditures (PCE) were larger than

previously estimated and the change in private inventories was smaller, GDP growth is unrevised, and

the general picture of the economy for the fourth quarter remains the same (see "Revisions" on page 3).

The increase in real GDP in the fourth quarter reflected positive contributions from PCE,

nonresidential fixed investment, exports, state and local government spending, and residential fixed

investment that were partly offset by negative contributions from federal government spending and

private inventory investment. Imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of GDP, increased.

The deceleration in real GDP growth in the fourth quarter primarily reflected an upturn in

imports, a downturn in federal government spending, a deceleration in nonresidential fixed investment,

and a larger decrease in private inventory investment that were partly offset by accelerations in PCE and

in state and local government spending.

AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....

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[IWS] Eurostat: SOCIAL PROTECTION STATISTICS: NET EXPENDITURE ON BENEFITS [27 March 2015]

noreply@blogger.com (SBasefsky) — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 13:59:00 +0000

IWS Documented News Service

_______________________________

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

________________________________________________________________________

NOTE: Funding for this service ends on 31 March 2015. Postings will end on this date as well.

European Commission

Eurostat

SOCIAL PROTECTION STATISTICS: NET EXPENDITURE ON BENEFITS [27 March 2015]

http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Social_protection_statistics_-_net_expenditure_on_benefits

Net expenditure on social protection benefits in Europe. A statistical portrait based on 2011 data.

Data extracted in March 2015. Most recent data: Further Eurostat information, Main tables and Database.

This article presents statistics on net social protection expenditure in the EU. These statistics are collected through the European system of integrated social protection statistics (ESSPROS).

In 2011, in EU Member States EUR 3 689 thousand million gross, or 29.0 % of their GDP, were spent on social protection benefits^[1]. The income provided by some benefits paid in cash is, however, potentially subject to levies imposed through the fiscal system. The deduction of levies, such as income taxes or social contributions, from the gross amounts received by beneficiaries means that some of the original expenditure is returned to the government coffers and that net expenditure on social protection benefits may therefore be considerably lower than the gross amount disbursed. Indeed, in 2011 around 7.6 % of gross expenditure on social protection benefits in the EU was recouped through the fiscal system making the net cost 92.4 % of gross expenditure (Figure 1).

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[IWS] CRS: ISRAEL AFTER THE 2015 ELECTIONS: WHAT DOES NETANYAHU'S VICTORY MEAN FOR U.S. POLICY? [24 March 2015]

noreply@blogger.com (SBasefsky) — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 20:44:00 +0000

IWS Documented News Service

_______________________________

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

________________________________________________________________________

NOTE: Funding for this service ends on 31 March 2015. Postings will end on this date as well.

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

CRS Insights

Israel After the 2015 Elections: What Does Netanyahu's Victory Mean for U.S. Policy? [24 March 2015]

Jim Zanotti, Specialist in Middle Eastern Affairs (jzanotti@crs.loc.gov, 7-1441)

March 24, 2015 (IN10251)

https://fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/IN10251.pdf

[full-text, 3 pages, with numerous links]

[excerpt]

The Israeli Knesset elections held on March 17, 2015, were a subject of significant interest for the

United States. The leading candidates openly differed on how to manage disagreements with the

United States and the international community on various matters, though how that might have

translated into substantively different policy stances is unclear. The timing and manner of official Israeli

statements and actions influence regional and international attitudes and developments, and may

shape how the Obama Administration and Congress work together and with Israel on these issues.

Since the beginning of March 2015, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has

· spoken assertively at a joint meeting of Congress in opposition to the presumed parameters of a

possible diplomatic agreement on Iran's nuclear program;

· appeared to renounce his previously expressed willingness to accept the creation of a Palestinian

state, before claiming shortly after the election that he still supports a "two-state solution" in

principle but not under current realities;

· declared that foreign sources were funding and advising Israeli left-leaning and Arab groups in an

effort to unseat him, amid evidence of substantial private American support for both Netanyahu's

right-of-center Likud party and its main rival—the left-of-center Zionist Union.

Likud finished with a six-seat advantage over the Zionist Union, which was particularly striking because

Likud had trailed by four seats in final pre-election polls. Many commentators attribute Likud's win at

least partly to statements by Netanyahu in the final days of the campaign to persuade right-leaning

voters to choose Likud over smaller parties in order to prevent Zionist Union from taking power. To

some extent, such statements may have been calculated to counter media reports that Netanyahu had

previously considered making concessions to the Palestinians.

AND MUCH MORE…

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[IWS] BLS: MULTIFACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRENDS - 2013 [26 March 2015]

noreply@blogger.com (SBasefsky) — Thu, 26 Mar 2015 17:30:00 +0000

IWS Documented News Service

_______________________________

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

________________________________________________________________________

NOTE: Funding for this service ends on 31 March 2015. Postings will end on this date as well.

MULTIFACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRENDS - 2013 [26 March 2015]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod3.nr0.htm

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prod3.pdf

[full-text, 16 pages]

Private nonfarm business sector multifactor productivity increased at a 0.9

percent annual rate in 2013, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported

today. (See chart 1, table A.) This gain in 2013 reflected a 2.7-percent

increase in output and a 1.8-percent increase in the combined inputs of

capital and labor. Capital services grew by 1.7 percent, the largest gain

since 2008, and labor input - which is the combined effect of hours worked

and labor composition - grew 1.8 percent. Capital services per hour of all

persons decreased at a rate of 0.1 percent in 2013 after falling 0.8 percent

in 2012. The decreases in 2011, 2012, and 2013 are the only three years of

decline in this measure of capital intensity which began in 1987.

(See table 1.)

Multifactor productivity measures the change in output relative to the

change in capital and labor inputs used to produce that output. It is

designed to measure the joint influences of technological change,

efficiency improvements, returns to scale, reallocation of resources,

and other factors of economic growth, accounting for the effects of capital

and labor. Multifactor productivity annual measures differ from BLS

quarterly labor productivity (output per hour worked) measures because the

former also include the influences of capital services and shifts in the

composition of the workforce. Additionally, much of the source data needed

to construct multifactor productivity measures are not available on a

quarterly basis.

Private business sector multifactor productivity increased at a 1.1 percent

annual rate in 2013, reflecting a 2.9- percent increase in output and a

1.7-percent increase in the combined inputs of capital and labor.

(See table 2.)

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