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The Euroccupations database and its underlying principles

The Euroccupations database and its underlying principles. EurOccupations: Developing a detailed 8-country occupations database for comparative socio-economic research in the European Union Specific Targeted Research Project (STREP), EU FP6 Project period: May 2006-May 2009

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The Euroccupations database and its underlying principles

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  1. The Euroccupations database and its underlying principles EurOccupations: Developing a detailed 8-country occupations database for comparative socio-economic research in the European Union Specific Targeted Research Project (STREP), EU FP6 Project period: May 2006-May 2009 EurOccupations expert conference, 20-05-08, Marseille, Germany Kea Tijdens

  2. Why EurOccupations Database? • Measurement of occupations in cross-country surveys is problematic • Research using cross-country datasets are lacking detailed information about occupations • Do similar occupational titles indicate similar job content across countries?

  3. Project outline (2006-2009) • Construction of EurOccupations Database • Expert research 150 benchmark occupations • Testing and research activities, including social stratification and Polish occupational structure • Dissemination COUNTRIES: UK, FR, GE, ES, PL, NL, BE, IT

  4. Time frame (2006-2009) • May 2006-May 2007 • Development 1st draft database • Selection of 160 occupations for job content testing • Design of web-survey for testing job content and skill levels • May 2007-May 2008 • Expert recruitment for job content and skill level testing • Jobholder recruitment for skill level testing • May 2008-May 2009 • Development final database • Research

  5. Design of EurOccupations Database • International comparable • One list of occupations for all countries • Coding according to ISCO 2008 • Source list in English with translations for 7 + 10 languages, all checked by national experts • Search trees for self-identification in surveys • Search trees offer survey respondents a choice of thousand+ occupations • Occupations falling apart in recognizable occupation titles, that are close to job titles, without being too detailed • More detailed than the 447 occupations at the 4-digit level of ISCO • 1500 occupational titles • Full measurement of the labour market

  6. Design principles • Control for occupation size • Large ISCO occupational units should be detailed -> not Clerk, but many distinct titles for clerks • Avoiding gender bias • Average size in female-dominated occupations is mostly larger than in male-dominated occupations -> detail female-dominated occupations • Control for occupation size • Large ISCO occupational units should be detailed

  7. Testing the database • Job content for 160 occupations • similar for 8 countries? • Required skill levels 160 occupations • similar for 8 countries? • Actual skill levels 1500occupations • search tree was uploaded in the worldwide WageIndicator web-survey • this survey asks about actual skill level

  8. Research on the database • The findings of the expert survey+discussions for each of the 8 clusters of occupations • The occupational structure in Poland • The gender and skill biases in the database • The database and social stratification

  9. Dissemination • A newsletter + project website • A toolkit/manual for new countries • Manual how to use the expert survey • Manual about the use of the 1500 database • The database is free available from the project website

  10. Thank you • www.euroccupations.org

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