Worker issues

The state of the American worker, 2006:

http://www.aei.org/publicopinion17/

The American Dream Survey 2006: Hope and Fear in Working America

http://www.changetowin.org/features/the-american-dream-survey.html

Work-related violence and threats and the risk of depression and stress disorders:

http://press.psprings.co.uk/jech/september/771_ch42986.pdf

Earnings-related severance pay:

http://ftp.iza.org/dp2232.pdf

Changing patterns in the world of work:

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/relm/ilc/ilc95/pdf/rep-i-c.pdf

Characteristics of minimum wage workers, 2005:

http://www.bls.gov/cps/minwage2005.htm

The State of Working America 2006-2007:

http://www.stateofworkingamerica.org/

Interpersonal styles and labor market outcomes:

http://ftp.iza.org/dp2466.pdf

Labor force characteristics of second-generation Americans:

http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/09/art2full.htm

Are they really ready to work? Employers' perspectives on the basic knowledge and applied skills of new entrants to the 21st century U.S. workforce

http://www.conference-board.org/pdf_free_BED-06-Workforce.pdf

Occupational pay relatives, 2005: relative occupational pay comparisons between metropolitan areas and the U.S. as a whole

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

Salary search database

http://www.indeed.com/salary

Worker displacement: 2003-2005

ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/news.release/disp.txt

No booze? You may lose: why drinkers earn more money than nondrinkers

http://www.reason.org/pb44.pdf

Institute for the Study of Labor

http://www.iza.org/

A leaner, more skilled U.S. manufacturing workforce

http://www.newyorkfed.org/research/current_issues/cil2-2/cil2-2.html

Effects of ESOP adoption and employee ownership: Thirty years of research and experience

http://repository.upenn.edu/od_working_papers/2/

Characteristics of minimum wage workers, 2006

http://www.bls.gov/cps/minwage2006.htm

Bureau of Labor Statistics

http://www.bls.gov/home.htm

Regional and state unemployment, 2006 annual averages

ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/news.release/srgune.txt

Employee tenure, 2006

http://www.ebri.org/publications/notes/index.cfm?fa=notesDisp&content_id=3801

Annual Talent Shortage Survey

http://www.manpower.com/investors/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=235798

Labor Productivity: Developments since 1995

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/79xx/doc7910/03-26-Labor.pdf

U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA unveils new pandemic flu guidance for healthcare workers

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/osha/osha20070742.htm

Offshoring and Unemployment

http://ftp.iza.org/dp2805.pdf

Managers Say the Majority of Information Obtained for Their Work Is Useless, Accenture Survey Finds

http://newsroom.accenture.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=4484

Unauthorized Employment in the United States: Issues and Options

http://opencrs.cdt.org/document/RL33973

2006 Background Screening Hit Ratio Report

http://www.kroll.com/library/pdf/2006BackgroundScreeningHitRatioReport.pdf

Preliminary multifactor productivity trends, 2006

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

Economic mobility: is the American dream alive and well?

http://www.economicmobility.org/assets/pdfs/EMP%20American%20Dream%20Report.pdf

Drinking social norms and drinking behaviors: a multilevel analysis of 137 workgroups in 16 worksites

http://press.psprings.co.uk/oem/may/om31765.pdf

EEOC ISsues New Guidance on Work/Family Balance and Promotes Employer Best Practices

http://www.eeoc.gov/press/5-23-07.html

Can California Import Enough College Graduates to Meet Workforce Needs?

http://www.ppic.org/main/publication.asp?i=750

Salary Search: Search salaries from over 50 million jobs in the past year

http://www.indeed.com/salary


Understanding Productivity: A Primer

http://www.statcan.ca/english/research/15-206-XIE/15-206-XIE2006002.pdf

2006 UBS Study "Prices and Earnings": A global comparison of purchasing power in 71 cities around the world

http://www.ubs.com/1/e/media_overview/media_americas/mediareleases?newsId=103130

Are Those Who Bring Work Home Really Working Longer Hours? Implications for BLS Productivity Measures

http://www.bls.gov/ore/abstract/ec/ec070050.htm


Ignoring Productivity at our peril: Slowing Productivity Growth and Low Business Investment
Threaten Our Economy

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/08/pdf/productivity.pdf


Day Labor in the Golden State

http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/cep/EP_707AGEP.pdf

Addressing longstanding gaps in unemployment insurance coverage

http://www.cbpp.org/7-20-07ui.htm


Job-Worker Mismatch and Cognitive Decline

http://ftp.iza.org/dp2956.pdf


Job Assignments under Moral Hazard: The Peter Principle Revisited

http://ftp.iza.org/dp2973.pdf

Why AIDS is a workplace issue: HIV/AIDS country profiles

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/trav/aids/

The labor market effects of rising health insurance premiums

http://repositories.cdlib.org/ccpr/olwp/CCPR-038-06/

Employment and unemployment among youth, summer 2007

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

Study: Long-term productivity growth in Canada and the United States, 1961-2006

http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/070828/d070828a.htm

Minimum wages in Europe

http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/83/en/1/ef0783en.pdf

Monster U.S. Employment Index

http://www.monsterworldwide.com/Press_Room/MEI/Aug07/US/MEI_US_Aug07.pdf

Explaining the Spread of At-Will Employment as an Inter-Jurisdictional Race-to-the-Bottom of Employment Standards

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=989013

Low-Income Workers and Their Employers: Characteristics and Challenges

http://www.urban.org/publications/411532.html

Where the hottest job markets are, September 2007

http://www.bizjournals.com/edit_special/55.html?t=printable

America's Dynamic Workforce - August 2007

http://www.dol.gov/asp/media/reports/workforce2007/

Job Satisfaction and Family Happiness: The Part-Time Work Puzzle

http://ftp.iza.org/dp3020.pdf

Economy's Gains Fail to Reach Most Workers' Paychecks

http://www.epi.org/content.cfm/bp195

The Decline of Job Loss and Why it Matters (01/03/08)

http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.27356/pub_detail.asp