Chapter 15 Web links to sources of data
US Bureau of Labor Statistics
-publishes a large amount of information on the wages, earnings, and benefits of workers. This information is generally categorized by geographic area, occupation and industry.
https://www.bls.gov/bls/wages.htm
The Employee Benefit Research Institute
(EBRI) - provides valuable research and policy work on the development of employee benefit programs.
OECD Wellbeing
- examines people’s well-being in 35 OECD countries and 6 partner countries. Useful in calculating likely weightings for expatriate assignments
http://www.oecd.org/statistics/how-s-life-23089679.htm
The Hassle Factor (Ivey Business School)
- an 11-item measure that considers the negative aspects of a location including climate, personal safety, language and health and medical facilities. Offers a visualization of the
"Hassle Factor"
in the form of an interactive world map and country by country cobweb graphics for 131 locations. Useful in considering the attractiveness of overseas locations.
https://www.ivey.uwo.ca/internationalbusiness/research/hasslefactor/
World Economic Forum -
The Global Gender Gap Report
2017 - benchmarks 144 countries on their progress towards gender parity across four thematic dimensions: Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival, and Political Empowerment.
https://www.weforum.org/reports/the-global-gender-gap-report-2017
International Labour Office (ILO) -
provides a range of useful databases and research reports.
http://www.ilo.org/global/statistics-and-databases/lang--en/index.htm
Salary comparisons are possible using
Payscale.com
(https://www.payscale.com/) and
Salary.com