What's New from OECD, 17 Sept 2012 -Highlights

Education at a Glance 2012: OECD Indicators says governments should increase investment in early childhood programmes and maintain reasonable costs for higher education in order to reduce inequality, boost social mobility and improve people’s employment prospects.

Corporate Governance, Value Creation and Growth: The Bridge between Finance and Enterprise  Book on OECD iLibrary

Competitive Neutrality: Maintaining a Level Playing Field between Public and Private Business Book on OECD iLibrary

Defining and Measuring Green Investments :  Implications for Institutional Investors’ Asset Allocations Working paper

OECD Economics Department Working Papers
-980: Import Competition, Domestic Regulation and Firm-Level Productivity Growth in the OECD

Teaching Practices and Pedagogical Innovations: Evidence from TALIS Book on OECD iLibrary

Key employment statistics by country: Website

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ICPSR Webinars: Just in Time for the 2012 Presidential Election - Explore the American National Election Study and More!

On Tuesday, October 2, join ICPSR experts for TWO sessions that feature the American National Election Study (ANES) – an introduction and in-depth tips on using ANES information and its variables effectively.

Want more?  There is a  third session on Wednesday, October 3 for tours of ICPSR’s robust archive of election and polling data AND the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research!

Register today for:

Tuesday, October 2

11-11:50 a.m.: The American National Election Studies: An Introduction

Webcast link: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/971531750

ICPSR holds data from the American National Election Studies(ANES), the groundbreaking study of Americans' voting behavior, dating back to 1948. This session, led by David Thomas, archive manager with ICPSR's Resource Center for Minority Data, will explain what the survey measures, how it is conducted, and how the data are managed.

12-12:50 p.m.: The American National Election Study: Finding Hidden Treasure

Webcast link: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/613334026

Libbie Stephenson, ICPSR's Official Representative from the University of California at Los Angeles, will provide tips on using the ANES Web site and ICPSR's ANES information effectively. She will demonstrate the unique features of each site, including the variety of easily accessible tables and time series information available at the click of a mouse and the search capabilities on both sites. ICPSR Assistant Director Mary Vardigan will also briefly describe a newly funded partnership between ICPSR and ANES to provide metadata markup so that information in all files is easier to find and use.

Wednesday, October 3

11-11:50 a.m.: Elections, Polling, and Politics .... Oh, My!

Webcast link: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/744921722

ICPSR's holdings in election and polling data are deep and wide. David Thomas of the Resource Center for Minority Data at ICPSR and Peter Granda, director of ICPSR's General Archive, will be joined by Lois Timms-Ferrara, Associate Director of the Roper Center for Public OpinionResearch at the University of Connecticut to highlight the election and political polling studies available for secondary analysis and review. This is a wonderful opportunity to learn and explore the vast holdings of these two friendly competitor archives.

These webcasts are part of ICPSR’s 2012 Data Fair featuring election data.  For still more sessions to be held October 1 – 3, 2012, visit the schedule at: http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/membership/datafair/schedule.html

Questions? Contact ICPSR Representative Barbara Mento