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WorklifeWizard Future Research

WorklifeWizard.org Future Research. Isabelle Ferreras iferreras@law.harvard.edu Jason Anastasopoulos anastas@fas.harvard.edu. All About the WorklifeWizard Who We Are. A project of the Labor & Worklife Program at Harvard Law School: http://www.law.harvard.edu/programs/lwp

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WorklifeWizard Future Research

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  1. WorklifeWizard.orgFuture Research Isabelle Ferreras iferreras@law.harvard.edu Jason Anastasopoulos anastas@fas.harvard.edu

  2. All About the WorklifeWizard Who We Are • A project of the Labor & Worklife Program at Harvard Law School:http://www.law.harvard.edu/programs/lwp • Harvard Trade Union Program • Pension Research and Reform • Labor Economics and Employment and Labor Law Research • A Team of Social Scientists

  3. All About the WorklifeWizard Our Team • Dr. Richard Freeman -WorklifeWizard Research Director • PhD Economics, Harvard • Professor of Economics at Harvard University & Faculty Co-Chair, Labor and Worklife Program Harvard Trade Union Program • Dr. Isabelle Ferreras- WorklifeWizard Research Coordinator • PhD Sociology, University of Louvain, MA Political Science, MIT. • Research Associate, Labor and Worklife Program • Jason Anastasopoulos • AM Statistics, Harvard • Web and Publications Coordinator, Labor and Worklife Program

  4. Context The Need for Worklife Data in the US

  5. ContextKnowledge About Worklife In the US • Data on work and employment in the US is “incomplete” • Employment v. Work • Focus on “quantitative” aspects of the American workforce: wages, employment rates, etc. • Lack of “qualitiative” information • What is the experience of American workers?

  6. ContextKnowledge About Worklife In the US • American Data Collection Institutions • US Census Bureau: www.census.gov • Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) • The source for data on the American workforce. • Over 30,000 articles using BLS data (using Google Scholar). • Major surveys are the Current Population Survey (CPS) and the Occupational and Employment Survey.

  7. ContextKnowledge About Worklife In the US • Current Population Survey (CPS) • Deals with employment and unemployment across many dimensions – race, sex, marital status, occupation, industry, etc…) • Occupational and Employment Survey • Data forms the basis of our salary checker. • Offers detailed information about wages by state.

  8. ContextKnowledge About Worklife in the US • Where the Worklife Wizard Comes In • Ask more questions about work life rather than just employment. • Employee involvement in the workplace • Gender and power issues • Employee-management relations • Work life issues not systematically covered

  9. ContextA Permanent Research Tool • The Google of work life • A resource for researchers, academics and labor • Answers to social, political and economic questions relating to work • Making it happen

  10. Survey Structure and Methods

  11. Structure and MethodsThe Survey • Dual Level Structure • Core Survey • Special Research Modules

  12. Structure and MethodsThe Survey • Core Survey • About 40-50 questions • Similar to all other WageIndicator Survey Questions • Contains several Current Population Survey questions for statistical purposes.

  13. Structure and MethodsThe Survey • Special Research Modules (SRM’s) • Def. – A set of roughly 10-30 questions unified by a common theme • Gender • Customer-worker relations • Shared capitalism • Unlike any questions asked by major American data collection institutions.

  14. Structure and MethodsThe Survey • Special Research Modules (SRM’s) • Mechanics • Rotation • Question Submission & Data Collection

  15. Structure and MethodsMethodology • Internet Surveys • Problems with non-random sampling • Solutions • Advertising and promotion • Data Comparisons –Current Population Survey questions in the core

  16. An Information Resource

  17. An Information Resource • WorklifeWizard Observatory • An observatory of work life • A source for information about virtually all work related issues • Workers rights • Labor and employment law • Job tips and advice • A permanent blog index • Work life news, labor news, top news stories, worklife books and more!

  18. Future Collaborations • Currently working with Monster.com, Business Week & several US labor unions • Partnership program • New collaborations with American researchers

  19. CONTACT US! Isabelle Ferreras Research Coordinator iferreras@law.harvard.edu Jason Anastasopoulos Web manager janastasopoulo@law.harvard.edu

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