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I.
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Marlene K. Heyser, Presiding |
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II.
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| RETURNING PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
TO THE WORKFORCE |
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| Douglas Kruse, Presiding |
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| Early-Early Intervention in Rhode Island: Helping Workers Compensation Recipients Return to Work |
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| Scott
Szymendera 7 |
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| III.
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| LERA REFEREED PAPERS: LABOR MARKET
ECONOMICS, HUMAN RESOURCES, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING |
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| Dale Belman, Presiding |
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| Occupational Pension Plans, Group Registered Retirement Savings Plans, and Employee Quit Transitions | |
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| Unemployment Insurance Receipt and Unemployment Durations of Immigrants | |
Wei Chi and Brian P. McCall 35
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| Declining Access to Retiree Health Insurance Keeps Older Workers in the Labor Force | |
Christian Weller and Jeffrey Wenger 51 |
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| Deferred Compensation and Organizational Productivity | |
Tony Fang and Andrew A. Luchack 67 |
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| THE CLEARING OF THE PERFECT STORM:
WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD FOR DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION PLANS? |
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| Diana Murray, Presiding |
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| Weathering the Perfect Storm: Defined-Benefit Pension Plans in the Airline Industry | |
| Beth Almeida |
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| Smoothing the Waves of the Perfect Storm: Changes in Pension Funding Rules Could Reduce Cyclical Underfunding | |
Christian Weller and Dean Baker 94 |
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| Discussion | |
David Blitzstein 102 |
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| V.
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| VOLUNTARY RECOGNITION: AN INNOVATION
IN LABOR-MANAGEMENT COOPERATION? |
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| Wilma Liebman, Presiding |
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| Contractual
Approaches to Labor Organizing: Supplanting the Election Paradigm? |
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| James J. Brudney 106
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| Discussion | |
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| Discussion | |
Charles Cohen 117 |
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| Discussion | |
Andrew S. Levin 119 |
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| THE IMPACTS OF ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION ON WORKPLACE OUTCOMES |
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| Ronald Seeber, Presiding |
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| Lisa
Blomgren Bingham 131 |
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| Discussion | |
David B. Lipsky 134 |
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| VII.
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| EMPLOYEE VOICE IN THE ANGLO-AMERICAN WORLD: |
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| Paula B. Voos, Presiding |
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| Employee Voice in the Anglo-American World: An Overview of Five National Surveys |
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| Peter Boxall and Peter Haynes 139 |
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| Employee Voice in the Anglo-American World: Some Implications for Unions | |
| David
Peetz and Ann Frost |
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| Discussion | |
Thomas A. Kochan 159 |
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| REGIONAL INTEGRATION IN HISTORICAL
PERSPECTIVE: NAFTA, MERCOSUL AND THE EUROPEAN UNION |
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| David Bensman, Presiding |
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| Crafting a Social Dimension in a Hemispheric Trade Agreement | |
| Lance
Compa 167 |
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| Mercosul and South American Responses to Regional Integration | |
Maria Silvia Portella de Castro 174 |
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| Discussion | |
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Owen E. Herrnstadt 181 |
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| Discussion | |
Russell E. Smith 184 |
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| THE GROWTH OF UNREGULATED WORK IN MAJOR U.S. CITIES |
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| Katherine McFate, Presiding |
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| Unregulated Work and New Business Strategies in American Cities | |
| Annette Bernhardt, James DeFilipis,
Nina Martin, and Siobhán McGrath 188 |
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| X.
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| THE NEXT WAVE: CITYWIDE MINIMUM
WAGE |
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| Jen Kern, Presiding |
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| Arindrajit
Dube and Michael Reich |
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| Citywide Minimum Wage Laws: A New Policy Tool for Local Governments | |
Paul K. Sonn 205 |
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| XI.
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| LERA REFEREED PAPERS: LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW, LABOR UNIONS/LABOR STUDIES, INTERNATIONAL/COMPARATIVE & NAFTA |
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| Tia Schneider Deneberg, Presiding |
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| Trade Union Recognition in Britain: Is a Corner Being Turned? |
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| Gregor
Gall 216 |
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| LERA POSTER SESSION |
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| Robert Hoell, Presiding |
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| Mohammad
A. Ali |
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| The Utilization of Contingent Workers in Order to Control Costs and Firm Financial Performance | |
| Paula Alexander Becker 230 |
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| How Peripheral Are Peripheral Workers? | |
| Matthew Bidwell 231 |
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| Determinants of Employee Layoffs in High-Technology Firms | |
| Minston Chao, Chih-Ting Shih, Shyh-jer
Chen, and Jyh-jer Ko |
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| Class War in Paradise: A Participant-Observer Perspective | |
Jack Fiorito 232 |
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| Mandatory or Not Mandatory—That is the Question: A Comparison of Overtime in the U.S. Labor Market | |
Lonnie Golden and Barbara Wiens-Tuers 233 |
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| Factors Associated with Employee Dismissal: Some Canadian Experience | |
James D. Grant and Terry H. Wagar 233 |
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| The Impact of Federal and State Occupational Safety and Health Regulations on Workplace Injuries, Illnesses | |
Stephen J. Havlovic, William Moore, and David
McLain 234 |
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| Explaining the Association Between Gender Density of Occupations and Compensation | |
Timothy J. Keaveny and Edward J. Inderrieden 234 |
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| Effects of High-Performance Work System on Workplace Safety: Evidence from Korea | |
Yong-Seung Park 235 |
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| Participation in Union Locals | |
Julie Sadler 236 |
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| Support for Labor-Management Cooperation: Results from a Survey of Local Union Officials | |
Terry H. Wagar and James D. Grant 236 |
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| XIII.
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| 2004 LERA BEST DISSERTATION COMPETITION |
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| Christopher
Riddell, Co-winner 238 |
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| Essays on External Conditions and Wage Setting Within Firms | |
| Eric Verhoogen, Co-winner 248 |
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| XIV.
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| 2004 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD |
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| Walter J. Gershenfeld, Awardee 256
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| LERA DISTINGUISHED PANEL |
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| Due Process in Employment Arbitration: Differential Coverage is Not Due Process |
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| Walter J. Gershenfeld 259 |
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| XVI. |
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| LERA ANNUAL REPORTS |
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270 |
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| Executive Board Meeting in Philadelphia, PA, January 6, 2005 |
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275 |
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| General Membership Meeting in Philadelphia, January 8, 2005 | |
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