A I A S 1 Cross-country comparative research WageIndicator conference 24 june 2006 Kea Tijdens Maarten van Klaveren Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies Universiteit van Amsterdam

A I A S 2 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, ??)

A I A S 3 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

A I A S 4 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

A I A S 5 WEBSURVEY-research WEBSURVEY –funded by Erasmus University Rotterdam –Sep 2006-Aug 2009 –Countries involved: NL –Aim: research program on web-surveys –1 postdoctoral researcher

A I A S 6 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

A I A S 7 Building an occupations database EurOccupations –funded by European Commission, 6 th 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

A I A S 8 Pending proposals –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

A I A S 9 Proposals in preparation –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

A I A S 10 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????