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Cross-country comparative

research

WageIndicator conference 24 june 2006

Kea TijdensMaarten 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 ILO’s ISCO classification– Aim: comparing job content for 150

occupations across the seven countries

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Pending proposals• WEBDATA@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@WORK– Proposal for Netherlands Science

Foundation– NL, 5 year– funding for research on data-enrichment

and data-collection for work&wages 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????