What does the Kinshasa-index entail – or, rather, what might it come to signify?
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focus on Africa as the continent where the growth to global presence in 2023 would take WageIndicator first (presently 25 of Africa’s 50 countries are covered)
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focus on the rise of big cities (Kinshasa is Africa’s 3rd mega-city and doubled in size over the past 15 years to roughly 10 mio, some sources already claim 13 mio, growth rate 10% per annum)
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focus on migration (both rural-urban and across neighbouring countries’ borders, as well as between continents)
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widening the scope for longitudinal studies (i.e. following individuals or groups over longer periods of time, mapping their working/family lives as and where they develop)
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deepening the understanding of occupations by refining definitions to include (varying combinations of) skills needed for specific tasks in volatile labour markets characterized by diminishing permanent employment opportunities
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the effect of wage setting starting from minimum wages ….
During the panel discussion, which rounded up a day of state of the art-presentations by WageIndicator researchers, the above broad topics for future research were proposed by the various panel members, i.e. professors:
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Paul de Beer, Amsterdam
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Rafael Bustillo, Salamanca
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Martin Kahanec, Budapest
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Kea Tijdens, Amsterdam
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Biju Varkey, Ahmedabad
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Klaus Zimmermann, Bonn
Click the name to find a personal contribution in brief (link to video statements).