After attending in the past week the Global Wage Indicator conference in the Netherlands events are speeding up really fast. The project focuses on collecting wage information online and will have by July 25 countries online, including China. The plan is to expand the coverage to 175 countries as part of a plan to develop a global grid of globally comparable wages.That is no minor task, but I see moving things very fast. Apart from China in Asia India and South-Korea are already participating in the project, but compared to for example Latin-America and Europe, Asia is still lagging behind.
I'm quite happy to participate then in a briefing at the ILO-offices in Beijing on 12 and 13 May, illustrating a bit what kind of support the Wage Indicator is generating. At the meeting of course the team of Renmin University, led by vice-professor Yi Dinghong will be present, but when things are go well also representatives from South-Korea and India might be present, although timing is rather tight.
Most teams consist of a combination of leading academics and major (online) media, so I could imagine at in Beijing there might be more interest to hear about this project. If so, let me know soon, as I'm now in the profane business of booking flights to Beijing and it does not look we will be hanging around in Beijing long after the ILO-briefing.
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