Salary Survey and Salary Check - Data Collection Overview - WageIndicator.org

General Database Information

Full name	WageIndicator Salary Survey
Aims	The WageIndicator Salary Survey is aims to measure salaries around the world, using a continuous, multi-country, multilingual web survey for individuals with questions about wages, working hours, working conditions and occupations.
Data used for...	WageIndicator Salary Check Academic research
Countries covered	140+ countries
Languages	Survey is available in all national languages, used in WageIndicator websites
Data collection method	Web survey, WageIndicator Salary Check, data from face-to-face surveys and from third parties
Data time frame	2000 - ongoing
Data updating policy	Annual datasets
Sampling Frame	Recruitment via national WageIndicator websites and via external media
Nr. of Observations	Over 1 million survey intakes

Data archive	For academic researchers, the global, annual datasets are freely available from the IZA, Bonn, Germany
DOI code	DOI: 10.15185/wif.1
Data visuals	-
Codebook/manual	Codebook Salary Survey Codebook Salary Check Explanatory note
Long list variables	Region, industry, occupation, tasks
Formats	Stata, SPSS
Citation	Tijdens, K.G. and P. Osse, WageIndicator continuous web-survey on work and wages. Amsterdam: University of Amsterdam/AIAS and Stichting Loonwijzer.

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