[PEN-L:8870] a conference call

1997-03-10 Thread Dilek Cetindamar Karaomerlioglu
I am a member of IAMOT (International Association for Management of Technology) and I am actively working for the preparation of next year's conference in Orlando (1998 February). I will organize a session on "Technology and development". If you are interested in, you can directly contact with

[PEN-L:8869] the MERU {child of NAIRU} revisited

1997-03-10 Thread James Devine
The JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES, Winter 1997, had a useful forum on the "Natural Rate of Unemployment," or what is more scientifically termed the "Non-Accelerating Inflation Rate of Unemployment" (NAIRU). On pen-l, it seems, we reached a consensus to call it the "Macroeconomic

[PEN-L:8868] Conditions Of Work For Women Deteriorate (Canada)

1997-03-10 Thread SHAWGI TELL
Only 20% of women have full-time, full-year jobs which pay more than $30,000 per year, compared to 40% of men. Canada has the second highest incidence of low-paid employment for women (34.3%) among all industrialized (OECD) countries. Only Japan (37.2%) was worse. While women account for less

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1997-03-10 Thread PHILLPS
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[PEN-L:8867] Albania: Open Rebellion In Southern Albania And Regime Of Terror

1997-03-10 Thread SHAWGI TELL
The Albanian government sent jets to bomb the population in southern Albania near Saranda on Wednesday in what the government called a major security operation to end the people's growing insurrection. Anti-government forces commandeered tanks and fired anti-aircraft guns across a river east of

[PEN-L:8865] Re: FW: BLS Daily Report

1997-03-10 Thread Richardson_D
This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. -- =_NextPart_000_01BC2D67.DCD836D0 Perhaps these things appear lest we forget who is the govt. REALLY represents. After one works here for a while the

[PEN-L:8864] Re: CPI for those over 65

1997-03-10 Thread Richardson_D
Hi Marianne -- One cite is "Experimental Consumer Price Index for Americans 62 Years of Age and Older," Kenneth J. Stewart and Joseph Pavalone, CPI Detailed Report Data, April, 1996, pp. 4-7. It shows that the CPI-E increased by 15.9% from Dec., 1990, to Dec., 1995, while the CPI-U (all

[PEN-L:8863] Deregulation Effects on Employment

1997-03-10 Thread HEATHER GROB
Dear Friends, I am putting together a panel on deregulation in the electric utility industry. If you are doing research on the employment effects of deregulation--especially in the electric industry-- please send me a note with information on what you are doing or what you have already

[PEN-L:8862] Re: FW: BLS Daily Report

1997-03-10 Thread Doug Henwood
At 9:03 AM -0800 3/10/97, Richardson_D wrote: Recent changes to the home page -- /http:www.dol.gov/ -- include addition of two new "hot buttons," one for teen safety, the other for the Family and Medical Leave Act (Daily Labor Report, page A-10). Isn't that just so revoltingly Clinton?

[PEN-L:8860] FW: BLS Daily Report

1997-03-10 Thread Richardson_D
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1997 The Bureau of Labor Statistics will likely begin publishing an experimental cost-of-living measure as an alternative to the CPI before April 15, says BLS economist Patrick Jackman at a National Association of Business Economists' seminar. Jackman,

[PEN-L:8866] FW: BLS Daily Report

1997-03-10 Thread Richardson_D
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1997 RELEASED TODAY: EMPLOYMENT SITUATION -- Nonfarm payroll employment rose, and the unemployment rate was about unchanged at 5.3 percent in February. The number of payroll jobs increased by 339,000 over the month; construction employment rose

[PEN-L:8861] FW: BLS Daily Report

1997-03-10 Thread Richardson_D
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1997 White House and congressional officials are getting flak from party colleagues for supporting the idea of an independent commission to revise the government's inflation index, slowing the momentum for the proposal Part of the difficulty is

[PEN-L:8859] RE: request for help with sources - 1

1997-03-10 Thread DICKENS, EDWIN (201)-408-3024
Does anyone know how to contact David P. Ellerman? Thanks in advance, Edwin Dickens