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

Business - industry information

From the Business Reference course given by ALA.

http://yahoo.investor.reuters.com/

http://www.vault.com/nr/ht_list.jsp?ht_type=7

http://www.library.hbs.edu/guides/#3

http://www.census.gov/econ/census02/index.html

http://www.marketresearch.com/

http://www.ita.doc.gov/td/industry/otea/outlook/

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/toc/05_02/B39150502industry.htm

http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/industries/

http://www.fuld.com/Tindex/I3.html

http://www.loc.gov/rr/business/assists/indsur.html

Ratio and commonsize analysis:

http://www.netmba.com/finance/statements/common-size/

http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/biz/bizcalcs/ratiocalcs.asp

http://www.bizstats.com/

Also:

Reports from U.S. census on manufacturing: 2005 annual survey of manufacturers; statistics for industry groups and industries, product shipments, and geographic area statistics

http://www.docuticker.com/?p=8805

Preliminary study shows R & D comtributes to economic growth

http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/rdreport06.pdf

Aviation industry:

2006 airline quality rating

http://www.aqr.aero/aqrreports/AQR2006final.pdf

Airline statistics

http://transtats.bts.gov/carriers.asp

Airport statistics

http://transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp

Aviation statistics

http://transtats.bts.gov/dtabases.asp?Mode_ID=1&Mode_Desc=Aviation&Subject_ID2=0

Productivity and costs by industry: Manufacturing, 2005

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

Private goods and private services sectors accelerated in 2006

http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/industry/gdpindustry/2007/pdf/gdpind06.pdf

National Cable and Telecommunications Association 2007 Industry Overview

http://i.ncta.com/ncta_com/PDFs/NCTA_Annual_Report_04.24.07.pdf

Airline Industry Data bibliography

http://www.resourceshelf.com/2007/01/11/resource-of-the-week-airline-industry-data/

Nearly 109,000 Auto Retailing Positions Available in the U.S.

http://www.autoretailing.org/release052207.html

Arts as an Industry: Their Economic Impact on New York City and New York State

http://www.allianceforarts.org/research/artsasindustry_2007.pdf

Financial News for Independent Energy Companies, First Quarter 2007

http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/perfpro/news_i/index.html

Retail and consumer aspects of the organic milk market

http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/LDP/2007/05May/LDPM15501/ldpm15501.pdf


Automotive industries: Concentration and change

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ils/pdf/opbils59.pdf

Multifactor productivity trends for detailed manufacturing industries, 2005

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/prin3.pdf

New York Public Library Science, Industry and Business Library Research Guides

http://www.nypl.org/research/sibl/guides/

Business Plans and Profiles Index: A subject guide to sample business plans and profiles for specific business types

http://www.carnegielibrary.org/subject/business/bplansindex.html

American Greyhound Track Operators Association Report to the Community

http://www.agtoa.com/community.asp

Worker Substance Use by Industry Category

http://oas.samhsa.gov/2k7/industry/worker.cfm

Productivity and costs by industry: Wholesale trade, retail trade, and food services and drinking places, 2006

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

Rising incomes cushion economy: Finding highly-skilled workers remains a long-term challenge for manufacturers. The 10th annual Labor Day report.

http://www.nam.org/s_nam/bin.asp?CID=147&DID=239205&DOC=FILE.PDF

Study results detail cruise industry's $35.7 billion contribution to U.S. economy

http://www.cruising.org/CruiseNews/news.cfm?NID=273

Eleven measures of airline performance, 2001-2006

http://www.bts.gov/programs/airline_information/performance_measures_in_the_airline_industry/2006_summary/

Small business resources

From the Business Reference 101 course given by ALA.

http://www.sba.gov/

http://www.score.org/

http://www.carnegielibrary.org/subject/business/bplansindex.html

http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/business-plans/

http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/small/

http://www.library.hbs.edu/guides/venture/

http://www.hillsource.org/asbdc/

http://www.irs.gov/

Also - state and local government sites


Other small business information:

Volatility and asymmetry of small firm growth rates over increasing time frames

http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs285tot.pdf

Small business survival index 2006: ranking the policy environment for entrepreneurship across the nation

http://www.sbecouncil.org/Media/pdf/SBSI_2006.pdf

Small business-state economic profiles

http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/profiles/

Firm size data

http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/data.html


Half of U.S. businesses are home-based, majority of firms self-financed, Census Bureau reports

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/business_ownership/007537.html

Small Business Association Frequently Asked Questions

http://www.sba.gov/advo/stats/sbfaq.pdf

Small businesses and workplace fatality risk: an exploratory analysis

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2006/RAND_TR371.pdf

Franchise high performers list

http://www.startupjournal.com/franchise/performers/index.asp

Small Business Week 2006

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/006601.html

National Association of Manufacturers' Small Manufacturers Operating Survey Results

http://www.nam.org/s_nam/bin.asp?CID=372&DID=237415&DOC=FILE.PDF

The value to banks of small business lending

http://www.sba.gov/advo/press/07-14.html

Banking Deregulation, Financing Constraints and Entrepreneurship

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-033.pdf

NFIB Releases Small Business Health-Care Survey Results

http://www.nfib.com/object/IO_33470.html

Family to Family: Laird Norton Tyee Family Business Survey 2007

http://www.familybusinesssurvey.com/

Nearly Half of Small Firms Had No Employee Turnover in Past 12 Months

http://www.nfib.com/object/IO_34275.html

Second Quarter 2007: The Economy and Small Business

http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/sbqei0702.pdf


Entrepreneurship and Firm Formation Across Countries

http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/IW3P/IB/2007/08/13/000158349_20070813105025/Rendered/PDF/wps4313.pdf

Business Plans and Profiles Index: A subject guide to sample business plans and profiles for specific business types

http://www.carnegielibrary.org/subject/business/bplansindex.html

Occupational licensing: Ranking the states and exploring alternatives

http://www.reason.org/ps361/

What Is the Value of Entrepreneurship? A Review of Recent Research

http://ftp.iza.org/dp3014.pdf

Business sources - company and finance

These are from the Business Reference 101 course given by ALA.

Free online company information sources:

http://www.hoovers.com/

http://finance.yahoo.com/

http://www.specialissues.com/lol/

http://www.loc.gov/rr/business/company/rankings.html

http://www.sec.gov/

Fee-based online company directories:

http://www.dnbmdd.com/mddi/

http://www.referenceusa.com/

http://www.valueline.com/

Historical stock prices:

http://www.bigcharts.com/

Sources for learning about corporate finance:

http://www.duke.edu/~charvey/Classes/wpg/glossary.htm

http://philanthropy.ml.com/ipo/resources/pdf/howtoreadfinreport.pdf

http://www.ibm.com/investor/tools/financials.phtml

http://www.sos.mo.gov/securities/pubs/How%20to%20Read%20A%20Prospectus_01.2005.pdf

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/01_20/b3732001.htm

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/02_09/b3772114.htm

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/02_05/b3768111.htm

Finding and using economic statistics:

http://www.nabe.com/publib/links/index.html

Also:

Which states are best for business? The 2007 state business tax climate index:

http://www.taxfoundation.org/press/show/1923.html

CEO compensation, 2006

http://www.forbes.com/lists/2006/04/17/06ceo-compensation_land.html

100 Smartest Companies

http://www.baselinemag.com/article2/0,1540,1945941,00.asp

Best performing cities, 2005: Where America's jobs are created and sustained

http://www.milkeninstitute.org/publications/publications.taf?function=detail&ID=478&cat=ResRep

America's most admired companies, 2006

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/mostadmired/index.html

Business Plans and Profiles Index

http://www.carnegielibrary.org/subject/business/bplansindex.html

Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce

http://www.bea.gov/index.html

Companies: Beware hazards of getting big too fast

http://mansci.journal.informs.org/cgi/reprint/53/4/683.pdf

Wal-Mart's #1 Business Problem

http://www.wakeupwalmart.com/feature/bizproblems/

20 Investments: Introduction

http://www.investopedia.com/university/20_investments/