Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Tweet[IWS] OECD: TRANSITIONING TO A LOW-CARBON ECONOMY: PUBLIC GOALS AND CORPORATE PRACTICES [29 November 2010]
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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Transition to a low-carbon economy: Public goals and corporate practices [29 November 2010]
http://www.oecd.org/document/54/0,3343,en_21571361_44315115_46280502_1_1_1_1,00.html
or
http://www.oecdbookshop.org/oecd/get-it.asp?REF=2010051E.PDF&TYPE=browse
[full-text, 119 pages]
Companies are increasingly aware of the need to address climate change. However, while many companies are taking action to address climate change, many others are still lagging behind. This report surveys responsible business practices addressing climate change and driving the shift to a low-carbon economy. It summarises policies, regulations and other instruments in support of a low carbon economy in OECD countries and emerging economies, and analyses corporate responses to these drivers.
Using the principles of responsible business conduct identified in the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, this report reviews three key areas of corporate action: accounting for greenhouse gas emissions; achieving emissions reductions; and engaging suppliers, consumers and other stakeholders.
Table of contents:
Preface by Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General
Glossary and Acronyms
Executive Summary
Introduction – Business and Climate Change: the Broad Picture
Chapter 1. Accounting for Corporate Emissions
-1.1. Trends in corporate accounting and reporting of GHG information
-1.2. Emerging practices and standards
-1.3. Challenges
Chapter 2. Achieving Emissions Reductions
-2.1. Companies’ motivations to reduce GHG emissions
-2.2. Establishing GHG emission reduction plans
-2.3. Putting GHG emission reduction at the core of business organisation
Chapter 3. Reaching Out
-3.1. Managing emissions throughout the supply chain
-3.2. Engaging consumers
-3.3. Contributing to the development and implementation of climatechange policies
-3.4. Sharing the benefits of innovation and contributing to technology transfer
Annex A1. OECD Survey on Business Practices to Reduce Emissions
Annex A2. OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and Climate Change
Bibliography
Press Release 29 November 2010
Green and growth go together: the business case for a low-carbon economy
http://www.oecd.org/document/50/0,3343,en_21571361_44315115_46548850_1_1_1_1,00.html
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[IWS] Work Foundation (UK): UNDERSTANDING THE DEAL: Placing the employee at the heart of the employment relationship [November 2010]
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Cornell University
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Work Foundation (UK)
UNDERSTANDING THE DEAL: Placing the employee at the heart of the employment relationship [November 2010]
or
http://workfoundation.org/assets/docs/publications/275_understanding_deal.pdf
[full-text, 64 pages]
Abstract
This report, the fourth in the Future of HR series, outlines a conceptual framework of the employee’s perception of how their relationship with their employer is forged, sustained and re-negotiated. Based on the synthesis of data from over 130 interviews across six organisations, the Deal Framework considers both the formal and psychological components of the employment deal, and evaluates the interaction between the key players in the employment relationship. It provides HR and all those with an interest in people management with an instrument for understanding the motivations and meaning of work for the modern employee. The report goes on to highlight the implications of adopting this employee-centric perspective on HR practice in the areas of employee engagement, talent management, employee involvement and jobs.
Contents
Foreword 6
1. Introduction 8
2. The deal framework 10
2.1 Introduction 10
2.2 Exploring the deal framework 11
3. The case studies 16
THEME 1. What’s in it for employees? 16
THEME 2. Balancing and rebalancing the deal 20
THEME 3. Key players in the deal 26
THEME 4. Values and the deal 30
4. Implications for people management 37
4.1 Employee engagement: turning it on its head 37
4.2 Talent 41
4.3 Employee involvement 43
4.4 Jobs 44
5. The story continues 47
References 48
Appendix 1. Methodology 50
Appendix 2. Case study details 52
Appendix 3. The Future of HR programme Expert Challenge Group 59
Contact details 61
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[IWS] WorldatWork: The Connection Between Academic Research Findings and Total Rewards Professionals: A Survey of Practitioner Knowledge & Discussion of Research [November 2010]
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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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A Report by WorldatWork (Total Rewards Association)
The Connection Between Academic Research Findings and Total Rewards Professionals: A Survey of Practitioner Knowledge & Discussion of Research
November 2010
http://www.worldatwork.org/waw/adimLink?id=44841
[full-text, 24 pages]
This survey was undertaken to help WorldatWork ascertain practitioner knowledge of academic research in total rewards and to explore barriers to the application of that research.
The participants were given a list of 10 statements regarding total rewards topics that have been the subject of published academic research. The statements represented a broad range of topics so participants would need a breadth and depth of knowledge to be familiar with research in all the areas.
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[IWS] WorldatWork: SALES COMPENSATION PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES [November 2010]
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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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A Report by WorldatWork (Total Rewards Association)
Sales Compensation Programs and Practices
November 2010
http://www.worldatwork.org/waw/adimLink?id=44112&nonav=yes
[full-text, 24 pages]
This report summarizes the results of a July 2010 survey of WorldatWork members to gather information about current trends in sales compensation programs and practices. This survey focuses on the prevalence of base and variable pay programs as well as common practices used to administer and communicate these programs in today’s workplace. A similar sales compensation survey was conducted by WorldatWork in 2009. Where possible, historical comparisons from data gathered in previous WorldatWork Sales Compensation Practices surveys are shown.
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[IWS] JEC: WOMEN AND THE ECONOMY 2010 SERIES
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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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U.S. Senate
Joint Economic Committee (JEC)
Women and the Economy 2010 Series
http://jec.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=2010-women-in-the-economy-series
Part 1: 25 Years of Progress But Challenges Remain
Figure 1: Labor Force Participation Rates, 1984-2009
Figure 2: Non-Farm Payroll Employment, 1984-2009
Figure 3: Share of Payroll Employment by Gender, 1984-2009
Figure 4: Women at Work, 1984 and 2009
Figure 5: Women's Share of Total Employment, by Industry, 1984 and 2009
Figure 6: Educational Attainment, 1984-2009
Figure 7: Union Affiliation, 1983-2008
Figure 8: The Earnings Gap, 1984-2009
Figure 9: Wives' Earnings as a Share of Total Family Income, 1983-2008
Figure 10: Average Annual Income Growth for Married Families, 1983-2008
Figure 11: Families with Dependent Children Age 18 or Less, 1983-2008
Figure 12: Female Heads of Household as Share of All Families with Children, 1983-2008
Figure 13: Mothers' Labor Force Participation Rates, 1984-2008
Figure 14: Employed Mothers with Children Under 18 Years Old, 2009
Figure 15: Child Care Costs as a Share of Family Income, 2009
(To view and/or download all figures from Part 1, click here.)
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[IWS] JEC: Extending the Federal Unemployment Insurance Benefits Program: Critical to Keeping the Economic Recovery On-Track [18 November 2010]
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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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U.s. Senate
Joint Economic Committee (JEC)
Extending the Federal Unemployment Insurance Benefits Program: Critical to Keeping the Economic Recovery On-Track [18 November 2010]
or
[full-text, 8 pages]
[excerpt]
Prematurely ending the federal unemployment insurance benefits program would drain the economy of $80 billion in purchasing power and result in the loss of over one million jobs over the next year.
Ending the federal unemployment program with the unemployment rate well over 9 percent would be unprecedented. Over the past six decades, as the economy has recovered from recessions, the highest unemployment rate at which federal unemployment benefits were cut off was 7.4 percent.
Unemployment benefits are one of the most effective tools for boosting economic growth. The President's Council of Economic Advisers estimates that every dollar spent on unemployment insurance benefits increases gross domestic product (GDP) by $1.60. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office ranks extending unemployment benefits as more effective than other policies they analyzed for increasing growth and employment.
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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.
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[IWS] JEC: UNDERSTANDING THE ECONOMY: STATE-BY-STATE SNAPSHOTS (October Data) [23 November 2010]
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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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U.S. Senate
Joint Economic Committee (JEC)
Understanding the Economy: State-by-State Snapshots (October Data)
Nov 23 2010
or
http://jec.senate.gov/public/?a=Files.Serve&File_id=1a6a5de0-a648-43a1-93fa-7fff2fd56408
[full-text, 112 pages]
This is the eleventh edition of the state-by-state snapshots issued by the Joint Economic
Committee, containing employment and unemployment data at the state level for the first
ten months of 2010. Job growth in the fourth quarter of 2010 appears more robust than it
was in the middle of 2010, with 43 states and the District of Columbia experiencing private
sector growth in October. In contrast, only 22 states saw private sector growth in August
and 20 states plus the District of Columbia expanded private sector payrolls in September.
While the current recovery remains fragile and uneven, as a whole, the economic situation
of the country has improved over the past year.
• Gross domestic product grew by 2.5 percent in the third quarter of 2010, for five
quarters of uninterrupted economic expansion. Growth in the third quarter was more
robust than in the second quarter of 2010, when the economy grew 1.7 percent.
• Private sector employment has increased by 1.1 million jobs (1.0%) so far in 2010,
ten consecutive months of expansion. Private sector job creation slowed in May and
June, averaging only 56,000 jobs in those months. In contrast, private sector job
creation has averaged 131,500 jobs per month from July to October, with over
100,000 jobs created in each month.
While the economy has started to recover, a stronger, sustained level of job creation is
needed to reduce the large number of workers who remain unemployed. The national
unemployment rate remained elevated at 9.6 percent in October 2010, although it is below
the peak of 10.1 percent reached in October 2009.
This month’s report shows the progress states have made creating jobs and reducing
unemployment since the beginning of the year, including:
• Forty-three states and the District of Columbia added private sector jobs in October
2010. The District of Columbia has seen the largest expansion of private sector
payrolls, expanding by 3.4 percent in 2010 to date. A number of other states have
expanded private sector payrolls by more than 2 percent in 2010, including
Oklahoma (2.8%); Minnesota (2.5%); Arkansas (2.4%); Texas (2.3%); New
Hampshire (2.3%); Indiana (2.1%); Louisiana (2.1%) and Wyoming (2.0%).
• Almost every state has experienced private sector job creation in 2010. The only
exceptions are: Rhode Island (-0.3%); Alaska (-0.3%); Missouri (-0.4%); and Nevada
(-1.6%).
• In an improvement over August and September, 30 states added manufacturing jobs
in October 2010, compared to only 21 states in August, and 23 states in September.
• Texas has seen manufacturing jobs gains in every month so far in 2010 with Texas’s
manufacturing sector expanding 3.9 percent in 2010. Texas has the second largest
manufacturing sector, with 844,000 manufacturing jobs, more than 7 percent of the
U.S. total. California, which has the largest manufacturing base of all states,
expanded its manufacturing base by only 0.7 percent in 2010, below the U.S.
average (1.2%). California’s manufacturing base expanded in October, after
contracting in July, August and September. Other large manufacturing states have
done well in 2010, including: Michigan (3.9%); Indiana (3.2%); and Ohio (2.3%).
Although Michigan and Ohio expanded their manufacturing jobs in October, the
manufacturing base stagnated in Indiana in the last three months.
• Thirty-two states and the District of Columbia added jobs in the professional and
business services sector in October 2010, with California gaining jobs in this sector
in each of the first ten months of 2010. The growth in California’s professional and
business services sector (3.0%) exceeds the national average (1.9%). New York,
which has also has a large professional and business services sector, saw a
substantial increase in employment in this sector in 2010 (3.0%). However, New
York’s growth in this sector was not as consistent as California’s growth.
• Twenty-eight states added jobs in the leisure and hospitality sector in October 2010,
after only 16 states and the District of Columbia expanded jobs in this sector in
September. Thirty-seven states and the District of Columbia gained leisure and
hospitality jobs in at least five of the first ten months of 2010.
In order to provide a clearer picture of economic performance at a more local level, the Joint
Economic Committee has prepared a snapshot of the current economic climate within each
state. The attached state pages highlight key economic statistics for each state:
• Jobs created or lost since the start of the recession;
• Jobs saved or created by the Recovery Act;
• Unemployment rates;
• Per capita earnings; and,
• The condition of the housing sector.
Next month’s edition will be the final edition of the state-by-state for the 111th Congress.
This release, which will include data through November 2010, will highlight state-level
trends during 2010.
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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.
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[IWS] BLS: MAP (Beta): QUARTERLY CENSUS OF EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES (by STATE & COUNTY)
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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
________________________________________________________________________
QUARTERLY CENSUS OF EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES (QWEC STATE & COUNTY MAP--BETA)
The Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program publishes a quarterly count of employment and wages reported by employers covering 98 percent of U.S. jobs, available at the county, MSA, state and national levels by industry.
Introducing the QCEW State and County Map Application
http://www.bls.gov/cew/map_application.htm
BETA of
QWEC STATE and COUNTY MAP
http://beta.bls.gov/maps/cew/us
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has developed an interactive state and county map application available at http://beta.bls.gov/maps/cew/us. The application displays geographic economic data through maps, charts, and tables, allowing users to explore employment and wage data of private industry at the National, State, and county level. Throughout this application, URLs are specific to the data displayed, so links can be bookmarked, reused, and shared. The application includes maps, charts, tables, and a link to standard BLS data tables and graphs.
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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.
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[IWS] GAO: WOMEN IN MANAGEMENT: ANALYSIS OF FEMALE MANAGERS' REPRESENTATION, CHARACTERISTICS, AND PAY [20 September 2010]
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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
________________________________________________________________________
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Women in Management: Analysis of Female Managers' Representation, Characteristics, and Pay
GAO-10-892R, Sep 20, 2010
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d10892r.pdf
[full-text, 41 pages]
Summary
According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, women made up nearly 47 percent of the total workforce in the United States in July 2010. Women's participation in the labor force, particularly among women with children, is much higher today than several decades ago. For example, using data from the Current Population Survey, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that couples in which only the husband worked represented 18 percent of married couple families in 2007, compared with 36 percent in 1967. In addition, an increasing proportion of women are attaining higher education. Among women aged 25 to 64 in the labor force, the proportion with a college degree roughly tripled from 1970 to 2008. Further, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission found that the percentage of female officials and managers in the private sector increased from just over 29 percent in 1990 to 36.4 percent in 2002. Although women's representation across the general workforce is growing, there remains a need for information about the challenges women face in advancing their careers. In 2001, using 1995 and 2000 data from the Current Population Survey, we found women were less represented in management than in the overall workforce in 4 of the 10 industries reviewed. We also found differences in the characteristics and pay of male and female managers, which we explored using statistical modeling techniques. To respond to your request that we update this information to 2007, this report addresses the following three questions: (1) What is the representation of women in management positions compared to their representation in nonmanagement positions by industry? (2) What are the key characteristics of women and men in management positions by industry? and (3) What is the difference in pay between women and men in full-time management positions by industry?
Based on our own analysis of 13 industry sectors in both 2000 and 2007, we found that in 2007 women comprised an estimated 40 percent of managers and 49 percent of nonmanagers on average for the industry sectors we analyzed--industries that comprised almost all of the nation's workforce--compared to 39 percent of managers and 49 percent of nonmanagers in 2000. In all but three industry sectors women were less than proportionately represented in management positions than in nonmanagement positions. Women were more than proportionately represented in management positions in construction and public administration, and there was no statistically significant difference between women's representation in management and nonmanagement positions for the transportation and utilities sector. According to our estimates, female managers in 2007 had less education, were younger on average, were more likely to work part-time, and were less likely to be married or have children, than male managers. While the average female married manager earned the majority of her own household's wages, her share of household wages was smaller than the share contributed by the average male married manager to his household's wages. These findings were generally similar to findings for 2000. The estimated difference in pay between female managers working full time and male managers working full time narrowed slightly between 2000 and 2007 after adjusting for selected factors that were available and are commonly used in examining salary levels, such as age, hours worked beyond full time, and education. When looking at all industry sectors together and adjusting for these factors, we estimated that female managers earned 81 cents for every dollar earned by male managers in 2007, compared to 79 cents in 2000. The estimated adjusted pay difference varied by industry sector, with female managers' earnings ranging from 78 cents to 87 cents for every dollar earned by male managers in 2007, depending on the industry sector.
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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.
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Monday, November 29, 2010
Tweet[IWS] CBO: Estimated Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on Employment and Economic Output From July 2010 Through September 2010 [24 November 2010]
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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
________________________________________________________________________
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Estimated Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on Employment and Economic Output From July 2010 Through September 2010 [24 November 2010]
http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=11975
or
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/119xx/doc11975/11-24-ARRA.pdf
[full-text, 20 pages]
Abstract
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) contains provisions that are intended to boost economic activity and employment in the United States. Section 1512(e) of the law requires the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to comment on reports filed by recipients of ARRA funding that detail the number of jobs funded through their activities. This CBO report fulfills that requirement. It also provides CBO’s estimates of ARRA’s overall impact on employment and economic output in the third quarter of calendar year 2010. Those estimates--which CBO considers more comprehensive than the recipients’ reports--are based on evidence from similar policies enacted in the past and on the results of various economic models.
Contents
CBO
Measuring ARRA’s Impact Using Recipients’ Reports 2
Measuring ARRA’s Impact Using Economic Models and Historical Data 4
CBO’s Modeling Approach 4
Change from CBO’s Previous Estimates of the Impact of ARRA 8
Appendix: Evidence on the Economic Effects of Fiscal Stimulus 9
Tables
1. Estimated Macroeconomic Impact of the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act, 2009 to 2012 3
2. Estimated Output Multipliers for Major Provisions of the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act 6
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[IWS] NSF: Numbers of Doctorates Awarded Continue to Grow in 2009; Indicators of Employment Outcomes Mixed [22 November 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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National Science Foundation (NSF)
Info Brief
NSF 11-305
November 2010
Numbers of Doctorates Awarded Continue to Grow in 2009; Indicators of Employment Outcomes Mixed [22 November 2010]
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf11305/
or
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf11305/nsf11305.pdf
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[excerpt]
This InfoBrief uses data collected from the 2009 Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED) to report on trends in the numbers of individuals who earn research doctoral degrees from U.S. academic institutions. Postgraduation plans of new doctorate recipients are examined from 2004 to 2009, a period that includes the recent economic decline. The following key findings are described in detail in this report:
•49,562 research doctorates were awarded in 2009, up 1.6% over the 2008 total.
•Doctorates awarded in science and engineering (S&E) fields were up 1.9% over 2008, owing entirely to growth in numbers of female S&E doctorate recipients.
•The number of doctorates earned by U.S. citizens and permanent residents who are members of racial/ethnic minority groups continues to grow faster than the number earned by white recipients.
•The number of doctorate recipients with temporary visas was down 3.5% from 2008.
•The proportion of 2009 doctorate recipients with employment prospects in the coming year (gauged by definite commitments to a position) was slightly less than that reported in 2008 and about the same as that reported in 2007, the year before the advent of the recession.
•Among doctorate recipients reporting definite commitments, a growing proportion are taking postdoctoral (postdoc) positions; 2009 marked the largest single-year increase in the proportion of doctorate recipients taking postdoc positions during the 2004–09 period.
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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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