| Workers_Compensation_Research_Institute An independent, not-for-profit research organization providing objective information about public policy issues involving workers' compensation systems. |
| American_Community_Network ACN is a searchable database of demographic and economic statistics for every county and metro area in America, along with links to economic development sites. |
| Asian_Productivity_Organization An inter-governmental regional organization established by Convention in 1961 to oversee productivity development in 18 countries throughout Asia and the Pacific. |
| Bretton_Woods_Project Works to monitor and reform the World Bank and IMF. Tracks key policy statements and reports, and provides critiques and early warnings used by non-governmental organisations across the world. |
| Briefings_on_Development_and_Gender_(BRIDGE) Provides tailor-made briefings on gender issues on request. BRIDGE briefings present state of the art research findings, review current policy debates, synthesise best practice and evaluate strategies |
| Debt_Relief_International UK-based non-profit organisation established in order to assist Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPCs) to manage their own debt strategy and analysis, without having to rely on international technica |
| Development_and_Culture_at_UNESCO Aims to stimulate a process of world wide reflection on how cultural policies could be integrated into development strategies. |
| The_Development_Group_for_Alternative_Policies Development GAP works to ensure that the knowledge, priorities and efforts of the women and men of the South inform decisions made in the North about their economies and the environments in which they |
| Development_Information_Online Devline provides information services and systems for development professionals and for everyone else working on issues of economic, social and sustainable development. |
| The_Economic_Commission_for_Africa Established in 1958, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) is one of five regional commissions. Its member states are 53 African nations. |
| Economic_Development_Directory Directory of economic development agency web sites listed by geographical location. |
| Economic_Development_Network Providing data on communities that want economic development to companies and entrepreneurs planning facilities location or site selection projects. |
| Economic_Development,_Technological_Change_and_Growth_-_WebEc Provides list of links to collections, institutions, and publications. |
| Economic_Growth_Research Political, economic, and social data on the history of developing countries' and their prospects, from the World Bank Research Department. Includes research papers on economic growth and development, |
| Economic_Growth_Resources Helping economic growth and development researchers make the most of the internet. Maintained by Jonathan Temple and hosted by Nuffield College, Oxford. |
| The_Economic_War_Among_the_States Analysis of development incentives from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Do they promote local job opportunities and enhance private sector competitiveness or do they divert government money f |
| EDIRC,_Economic_Development Economics Departments, Institutes and Research Centers presents an attempt by Christian Zimmermann of the Center for Research on Employment and Economic Fluctuations, University of Quebec to index all |
| The_Gateway_to_Development_Information Eldis is funded by Danida and hosted by the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex. It has a large number of links on development topics and organizations |
| Information_for_Development_in_the_21st_Century ID21 is a fast-track research reporting service aiming to make policymakers aware of the latest British development research findings. |
| Inter-American_Development_Bank provides funds for economic and social development in Latin America and the Caribbean. |
| International_Development_Exchange Builds partnerships to overcome economic and social injustice and work toward people's greater control over their resources, political structures, and economic processes that affect their lives. |
| International_Development_Research_Centre A public corporation created by the Canadian government to help communities in the developing world find solutions to social, economic, and environmental problems through research. |
| OECD_-_Development Presents OECD's publications and working papers about development like statistics, propectives studies or country surveys. |
| Sustainable_Development_Department,_IDB Covering issues such as human resources and social development; environment and natural resources; and infrastructure, financial markets and private enterprise development. |
| Trade_and_Industrial_Policy_Secretariat_(TIPS) The online resource for trade and industrial policy research in South Africa. |
| United_Nations_Development_Fund_for_Women Promotes women's empowerment and gender equality, working for participation of women in all levels of development planning and practice. |
| Virtual_Developing_Country Presents issues in development economics using Zambia as a case study. Provides background information, virtual field trips, worksheets, data, photos, development glossary, and teaching resources. |
| Worldbank_Discussion_Forum_for_Topics_in_Economic_Development E-discussions on a variety of current and topical private sector development issues moderated by experts. |
| Austrian_Scholars_Conference An annual international professional gathering of economists, historians, philosophers doing research in the tradition of the Austrian School. Usually held in Auburn, Alabama. |
| VIIIth_Spring_Meeting_of_Young_Economists Held in Leuven (Belgium). (April 3, 2003) |
| Canadian_Econometrics_Study_Group_Conference Held in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. (October 18, 2002) |
| Fourteenth_International_Conference_on_Input-Output_Techniques Themed "Ecological and Economic Sustainability in the New Economy" and held at the Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada. (October 15, 2002) |
| Conference_on_Empirical_Behavioural_Finance Held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. (October 11, 2002) |
| Conference_on_Computational_and_Mathematical_Methods_in_Science_and_Engineering_(CMMSE) Held in Alicante, Spain. (September 20, 2002) |
| European_Workshop_on_Econometrics_and_Health_Economics Held in Lund, Sweden. (September 11, 2002) |
| Royal_Statistical_Society_(RSS)_Conference Held in Plymouth, UK. (September 3, 2002) |
| European_Finance_Association_(EFA)_Annual_Meeting Held in Berlin, Germany. (August 21, 2002) |
| European_Meeting_of_Statisticians_(EMS_2002) Held in Prague, Czech Republic. (August 19, 2002) |
| Joint_Statistical_Meetings_(JSM) Held in new York, NY. (August 11, 2002) |
| Econometric_Conference_on_Common_Features_in_Rio Held in Rio de Janeiro [Requires Flash]. (July 29, 2002) |
To facilitate faculty and student research, assist students exploring possiblepaper and thesis topics, and supplement the assigned text material in itsclasses, the Program in Labor Studies has set up the following page withannotated links to sites that address (a) general labor economics issues and (b) selected policy issues.Quick Index General Economics and Labor Economics Resources Affirmative Action Resources Child Care Resources Living Wages and Minimum Wages Population Economics Resources Welfare Reform Resources Graduate and Summer Support Our Labor Link of the WeakGeneral Economics and Labor Economics Resources: Department and University links: The Department of Economics has a web page with links togeneral economics resources includinggovernment pages,on-line journalsand publications,professional associations, andon-line data sets. Gelman library also has web page withlinks to general economics resources. Federal Government links: Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis On-line edition of itsSurvey of Current Business Census Bureau Center for Economic Studies, "a research unit of the Office of the ChiefEconomist, U.S. Bureau of the Census, established to encourage and support theanalytic needs of researchers and policy makers throughout government, academia,and business." The Bureau's on-linepublications StatisticalAbstract of the United States Stateand Metropolitan Area Data Book Countyand City Data Book Department of Education National Center for EducationStatistics Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Compensationand Working Conditions Online MonthlyLabor Review Online Occupational OutlookHandbook Employment and Training Administration Employment Standards Administration Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Women's Bureau FEDSTATS, "More than 70 agencies in the UnitedStates Federal Government producestatistics of interest to the public. TheFederal Interagency Council onStatistical Policy maintains this site toprovide easy access to the full range ofstatistics and information produced bythese agencies for public use" House of Representatives Committee on Education andthe Workforce Committee on Ways and Means; search the Committee's 1996, 1998 and 2000 Green Books Joint Economic Committee (Majority) National Labor Relations Board U.S. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources Social Security Administration White House Economic Statistics Briefing Room Social Statistics Briefing Room Economic Report of the President State and local government links: District of Columbia Department ofEmployment Services Department ofHuman Services Maryland Department of HumanResources Department of Labor,Licensing, and Regulation Virginia Department of Labor andIndustry Department of SocialServices VirginiaEmployment Commission Academic links: University of Bonn, Institute forthe Study of Labor (IZA) -- "a private, independent research institute,which conducts nationally and internationally oriented labor market research." Columbia University, National Center for Children in Poverty Cornell University, School of Industrial and LaborRelations workindex.com, "a gateway to the best workplace-oriented web sites on the Internet" The Northwestern University / University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research University of California at Berkeley, Institute of Industrial Relations LibraryInternet Labor Resources University of Wisconsin, Institute for Research on Poverty Other links: The Coalition on Human Needs "is an alliance of national organizations working together topromote public policies which address the needs of low-income andother vulnerable populations." It maintains a comprehensive issues and resources page organized bytopic. The Economic Policy Institute "is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank that seeksto broaden the public debate about strategies to achieve a prosperous and faireconomy." The Employment Policies Institute"is a non-profit research organization dedicated to studying publicpolicy issues surrounding employment growth. In particular, EPI focuses on issues that affect entry level employment." The Heritage Foundation's Labor Home Page Institute for Global Communications,"a unique, global community of progressive individuals and organizations" WomensNet The International Labor Organization(ILO) "is the UN specialized agency which seeks the promotion of social justiceand internationally recognized human and labour rights." Publications of the ILOare available at this link. Gary Johnson's BraveNewWorkWorld and NewWork News LaborLink,"a gateway to several institutions and comprehensive reference sources relatedto Organized Labor, Employment Law, Labor Relations, and Workplace Issues" The Labour Economics Gateway,collects "resources on the Internet that are of interest to labour economists"(maintained by Jacques Brosius). LaborNET, "global online communication for a democratic, independent labor movement." Labor Policy Association,"a public policy advocacyorganization of the senior human resource executivesof America's major corporations whose purpose is to ensure that U.S. employment policy supports the competitive goals of its member companies and theiremployees" National Bureau of Economic Research National Labor Committee,"an independent not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting anddefending human and worker rights in the global economy." Society of Labor Economists Speakout.com's Issues Library on labor and poverty. W. E. Upjohn Institute forEmployment Research, "an independent, nonprofit research organization devotedto finding, evaluating, and promoting solutions to employment-related problems." WebEc(World Wide Web Resources in Economics, U.S. mirror site),"WebEc is an effort to categorize free informationin economics on the WWW" XPDNC Suitable Solutionslabor union resources page -- a VERY comprehensive set of links to laborrelated materials Affirmative Action Resources: Government links: Employment Standards Administration Description of Nondiscrimination andAffirmative Action Requirements Applicable to Employers Receiving GovernmentContracts, Grants, or Financial Assistance Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Minority Business Development Agency Academic links: The Affirmative Action and Diversity Project at the University of California at SantaBarbara and its page on the Economics of Affirmative Action Other links: American Association for Affirmative Action Brookings Institute Policy Brief on "Racial and Ethnic Preference in CollegeAdmissions" Heritage Foundation Issues Brief National Center for Policy Analysis Issues Page National Organization for Women page on Affirmative Action Urban Institute recent reports on Civil Rights / Affirmative Action Child Care Resources: Government links: Census Bureau Child Care Statistics Child Care Bureau Children's Bureau Head Start Bureau National Child Care Information Center National Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education Academic links: AskERIC at Syracuse University Other links: National Child Care Information Center list of organizations serving child care andrelated professions NCCIC index of State Child Care Profiles Living Wages and Minimum Wages: Government links: Employment Standards Administration page on the minimum wage Academic links: David Neumark's minimum wage data Other links: The Coalition on Human Needs maintans a page with links to news, information and studies that support the minimum wage. Issue Briefs from the Economic Policy Institute: Issue guide for Living Wage policies Issue guide for Minimum Wage policies "The Impact of the Minimum Wage: Policy lifts wages, maintains floor for low-wage labor market" (June 2000) "The Minimum Wage Increase: A Working Woman's Issue" (Sept. 1999) The Employment Policies Institute maintains acollection of studies andand information that are critical of the minimum wage. March 31, 2002 article in Time on "How Muchis a Living Wage? The Welfare Information Network maintains a comprehensive page withlinks to numerous studiesthat are both favorable and unfavorable to minimum and living wage proposals. Population Economics Resources: Academic Links: The Pennsylvania State University's Population Research Institute Organizations and Associations: European Society for PopulationEconomists Population Association of America Population Reference Bureau AmeriStat --"a one-stop source for U.S. population data" PopNet --"presents information on population topics such as Demographic Statistics,Economics, Education, Environment, Gender, Policy and Reproductive Health.Its resources include Web sites produced by Government and International Organizations, Non-governmental Organizations, UniversityCenters, and Associations and Listserves. Publications: Journal of PopulationEconomics Welfare Reform Resources: Federal Government links: DHHS Administration for Children and Families welfare reform information Employment and Training Administration Welfare-to-Work Initiative Food and Nutrition Service description of implications of welfare reformfor the FoodStamp Program The Health Care Financing Administration's Welfare Reform and Medicaid page State Government links: National Governors Association Best Practices Center information on welfare reform A Summary of Maryland's State Plan under Federal Human Services Reform March,1997 Description of Virginia Independence Program Academic links: Harvard Family Research Project Other links: American Public Human ServicesAssociation The Center for Law and Social Policyand its State Policy Documentation Projectpage The Electronic Policy Network's Links for Poverty and Income Distribution. The Heritage Foundation Policy.com's Issues Library on Welfare. Speakout.com's Issues Library on welfare. The Urban Institute's "Assessing the New Federalism" project Welfare Policy Center of the Hudson Institute Welfare Information Network Graduate and Summer Support: Federal Government programs: SummerInternships at the Economic Research Service of the USDA. JacobK. Javits Fellowship Program National ScienceFoundation Graduate Fellowships National ScienceFoundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Proposal Private Foundation programs: Spencer FoundationDissertation Fellowships for Research Related to Education And Finally ... Our Labor Link of the Weak:This link goes to a web page which (in the Webmaster's humble opinion)has set the study of labor economics back at least a week. ![[Weak]](http://www.gwu.edu/~<b>labor</b>/weak_logo.gif){kind=logo}
Finally, an economic analysis witha peel.(Added 6/28/02, thanks to Genevieve in our office who found this).Anticipating how wildly popular this feature will become (could a limitededition collector's set of commemorative weak link plates from the FranklinMint be far off?), we have already set up an archive of links frompast weaks, er weeks.![[Department of Economics]](http://www.gwu.edu/~<b>labor</b>/pop_econ/gwecon_button.jpg)
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