Collective Bargaining Agreements - Data Collection Overview

General Database Information

Full name

WageIndicator Collective Bargaining Agreements Database

Aims

WageIndicator aims to publish the content of Collective Bargaining Agreements on the national WageIndicator websites for web visitors to have access to the content of the Agreements. WageIndicator collects the texts of Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs) around the world. It then enters these in its CBA database, annotates relevant texts according to a coding scheme and publishes the text online, if possible. The database allows for analyses across CBAs.

Data used for...

  • researching the contents of Collective Agreements
  • publishing full texts of Collective Agreements on the national WageIndicator websites
  • generating Model Collective Agreements

Countries covered

Collective Agreement Database per Country

Languages

All Collective Agreements are in the national language(s).

Data collection method

Desk research and downloads from national Collective Agreements registries.

Data time frame

2014 - ongoing

Data updating policy

Ongoing, depending on projects

Sampling Frame

The database started in 2014 for one Agreement, and gradually the number of agreements increased, including renewed agreements.

Nr. of Observations

Over 2,000 agreements

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