Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung

The Research Data Centre (FDZ) of the Federal Employment Agency at the Institute for Employment Research

Scope of services

The Research Data Centre (FDZ) of the German Federal Employment Agency (BA) at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) is intended mainly to facilitate access to BA and IAB micro data for non-commercial empirical research using standardised and transparent access rules. The FDZ mediates between data producers and external users. We also control for compliance with data protection regulations.

For details on services available at the FDZ click on scope of services.

More information on the start of the FDZ is also provided in:

• Heining, Jörg (2009): The Research Data Centre of the German Federal Employment Agency: Data Supply and Demand between 2004 and 2009 (RatSWD working paper, 129), Berlin 
• Allmendinger, Jutta/Kohlmann, Annette (2005): Datenverfügbarkeit und Data Access am Forschungsdatenzentrum der Bundesagentur für Arbeit im Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung. In: 'Allgemeines Statistisches Archiv 88' [Data availability and access at the Research Data Centre of the Federal Employment Agency at the Institute for Employment Research. In: Journal of the German Statistical Society 88], 159-182
• Kohlmann, Annette (2005): The Research Data Centre of the Federal Employment Agency at the Institute for Employment Research. In: 'Schmollers Jahrbuch 125', 437-447

The English website of the FDZ is under construction. Relevant FDZ publications and working tools which are still missing will be translated soon.