Monday, November 29, 2004
Tweet[IWS] BLS: Monthly Labor Review Online, NOVEMBER 2004, Vol. 127, No. 11 [29 November 2004]
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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Monthly Labor Review Online
November 2004
Vol. 127, Number 11
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/mlrhome.htm
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky *
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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Telephone: (607) 255-2703 *
Fax: (607) 255-9641 *
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu *
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
Monthly Labor Review Online
November 2004
Vol. 127, Number 11
http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/mlrhome.htm
- Annual measures of gross job gains and gross job losses
- Joshua C. Pinkston and James R. Spletzer
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/11/art1full.pdf
- [full-text, 11 pages]
- As a complement to the quarterly gross job flow statistics, annual gross job gains and losses statistics reveal the tremendous amount of churning that underlies the net growth of employment.
- The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey: what initial data show
- Kelly A. Clark
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/11/art2full.pdf
- [full-text, 10 pages]
- Early results from these new data series show trends that are in line with other surveys, both private industry and government, and allow for a more complete picture of the labor market.
- Employment and wages for the U.S. ocean and coastal economy
- Charles S. Colgan
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/11/art3full.pdf
- [full-text, 7 pages]
- Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages data provide new industrial and geographic views of the U.S. coastal and ocean economy over the 19902001 period.
- Industry productivity trends under the North American Industry Classification system
- Matthew Russell, Paul Takac, and Lisa Usher
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/11/art4full.pdf
- [full-text, 12 pages]
- The NAICS classification system presents a more consistent framework and a conceptual improvement for productivity measurement; while performance varied by industry, NAICS-based productivity measures show strong overall productivity growth during the 1990s and again after 2001especially in manufacturing, trade, and in the newly defined information sector.
- Federal statistics on healthcare benefits and cost trends
- John E. Buckley and Robert W. Van Giezen
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/11/art5full.pdf
- [full-text, 14 pages]
- Federal Government statistical agencies provide a variety of healthcare information on diverse aspects of the Nation's healthcare picture.
- Measuring defined benefit replacement rates with PenSync
- James H. Moore, Jr.
- http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2004/11/art6full.pdf
- [full-text, 12 pages]
- A synthetic pension data set created with regression and statistical matching procedures utilizes IRS data to evaluate the effectiveness of a defined benefit pension plan in meeting the income needs of retirees; the findings suggest that variations in replacement rates stem from differences in benefit formulas, earnings, years in the plan, and employment characteristics.
- Joshua C. Pinkston and James R. Spletzer
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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