Cross-country comparative research WageIndicator conference 24 june 2006

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Cross-country comparative research
WageIndicator conference 24 june 2006

• Kea Tijdens
• Maarten van Klaveren

Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour
Studies Universiteit van Amsterdam
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Projects for cross-country comparisons

• The WageIndicator team members have initiated
  several projects, both research and web-related
• All initiatives are welcome
• International bodies have expressed an interest
  in comparative research (ILO, ETUC, EU, ??)

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GLOBAL 1, 2 and Worklife Wizard for national
WageIndicator websites

• GLOBAL 1
• funded by FNV Mondiaal
• Jan 2005-Dec 2007
• Countries involved IN, KR, BR, ZA
• GLOBAL 2
• funded by FNV Mondiaal
• Jan 2006-Dec 2008
• Countries involved AR, MX
• WorklifeWEizard
• funded by Harvard Law School
• Countries involved USA

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EQUAL gender equality

• EQUAL
• funded by European Commission EQUAL
• Aug 2005-Jul 2007
• Countries involved BE, HU, NL
• Aim research and activities program on the
  gender pay gap

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WEBSURVEY-research

• WEBSURVEY
• funded by Erasmus University Rotterdam
• Sep 2006-Aug 2009
• Countries involved NL
• Aim research program on web-surveys
• 1 postdoctoral researcher

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WageIndicator and Collective Bargaining (WIBAR)

• WIBAR
• funded by European Commission
• Aug 2006-Jul 2007
• Countries involved all EU member states
• Cooperation with ETUC
• Aim 10 industry-based cross-country comparative
  studies related to national and European
  bargaining processes
• Conference in Apr 2007

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Building an occupations database

• EurOccupations
• funded by European Commission, 6th Framework
  Program
• May 2006-Apr 2009
• Countries involved UK, DE, BE, FR, ES, NL
• Aim building an occupations database, based on
  ILOs ISCO classification
• Aim comparing job content for 150 occupations
  across the seven countries

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Pending proposals

• WEBDATA_at_WORK.IN.THE.EU
• Proposal for European Science Foundation
• ES, PL, NL, 3 year
• funding for research on gender inequality at
  work, the effects of job insecurity, and
  web-surveys
• COST Action
• Proposal for European Commission
• UK, DE, ES, PL, NL, BE, 5 year
• funding for conferences and travels
• WageIndicator in China
• Proposal for Ministry of Economic Affairs, NL
• China, NL, 3 year
• funding for developing website in China

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Proposals in preparation

• DATA_at_WORK
• Proposal for Netherlands Science Foundation
• NL, 5 year
• funding for research on data-enrichment and
  data-collection for workwages data from several
  sources, reference survey for WageIndicator
  survey

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Future proposals

• Comparing wages for occupations, industries,
  firms, including purchasing power
• Investigating web-survey bias and web-survey
  features
• Studying collective agreements coverage
• Comparing job quality and working conditions
• Other proposals????