The Next Decade
Conference at the occasion of 10 years Wage Indicator
12 May 2011, Amsterdam
Download the conference presentations booklet: The Next Decade (pdf, 2.6 MB)
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Download the conference report: 10 Years Wage Indicator (pdf, 65 kB)
10 Year Wage Indicator - Congratulations - US - Team - Harvard Law School - Richard Freeman
Program
14.00
Introduction
Paulien Osse, Moderator
14.05
The Next Decade
Wiemer Salverda, Chairman Supervisory Board Wage Indicator Foundation, director University of Amsterdam/AIAS, Amsterdam
14.15
Wage Indicator as an Organization
Biju Varkkey and Khushi Mehta, Regional Office Wage Indicator Asia, Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad
14.35
The Impact of Lohnspiegel.de on the Trade Union Movement
Reinhard Bispinck, Project Manager Lohnspiegel.de, Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliches Institut (WSI), Düsseldorf
14.45
The Effect of Elsalario.com.ar on the Argentine Labour Market
Victor Beker, Regional Office Wage Indicator Latin America, Centro de Estudios de la Nueva Economia (CENE), Buenos Aires
15.05
Behind the Screen: same Backbone for Standard, Mobile and Partners
Huub Bouma, Developer Wage Indicator, Wyldebeast & Wunderliebe, Groningen
15.10
Why Mojarzaplata.by in Belarus is the best
Taisa Bandarenka, Regional Office Wage Indicator NIS countries, Manager Mojazarplata, Minsk
15.20
Search Engine Optimization: Brains beat Money
Irene van Beveren, Search Engine Optimizer, Wage Indicator Office, London
15.30
Break
16.00
Online Surveys: towards a Global Standard
Kea Tijdens, Research Coordinator Wage Indicator, University of Amsterdam/AIAS, Amsterdam
16.15
Potential for Global Wage Comparisons
Martin Guzi, Regional Office Wage Indicator Bratislava and Central European Labour Studies Institute, Bratislava
16.25
Bias in the Data: so what?
Stephanie Steinmetz, University of Amsterdam/AIAS, Amsterdam
16.35
Why should Wage Indicator focus on Minimum Wage?
Maarten van Klaveren and Biju Varkkey, University of Amsterdam/AIAS and Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
16.50
Meusalario.org Campaign: Debates and Publicity
Egidio G. Vaz Raposo, Regional Office Wage Indicator, Maputo
Minimum Wage Trade Union Campaign in Zambia
Silvia Chimpampwe, director gender and women, Zambia Union of Financial Institutions and Allied Workers (ZUFIAW), Lusaka
17.00
The effect of Collective Bargaining Data Online
Saliem Patel, Partner in Wage Indicator Southern Africa, Director Labour Research Services (LRS), Cape Town
17.10
Video message by Richard Freeman, Harvard Law school, Cambridge, USA
17.15 - Presentation first Wage Index by WageIndicator-Netherlands and Monster-Netherlands - by Rikke Wivel - Director Marketing Monster Benelux
Debate - Issues:
- More Wage Indexes - in more countries or worldwide?
- Who benefits from a worldwide network? The poor or rich countries?
- What is your dream when it comes to a Wage Indicator in your country, your region and the world?
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Practicalities & Regional Team Meetings:
- Flights, Hotel (Eden Hotel, Amstel 144) ,
- Visa – Office@WageIndicator.org
- Urgent? Call +31 6 53977695
- Bring laptop, camera, favorite music
- May 12 - Morning meeting - regional teams discussion about Decent Wages projects in Asia, Africa, Latin America - Place: Amsterdam - De Burcht - Henri Polaklaan 9 - 1018 CP Amsterdam- Start: 9.00 AM- 12.00)
- May 13 - Full day meeting regional managers: Future structure and HR - Wage Indicator Foundation - Place; Simon Stevinweg 35, Bussum, Start 10 AM.
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