Inhaltsbereich: Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung
The Research Data Centre (FDZ) of the Federal Employment Agency at the Institute for Employment Research
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 'About us'.
FDZ-News:
Stata 12 is now available at the FDZ
Stata 12 is - in addition to Stata 11 - now available at the FDZ. If you want to use Stata 12 for remote execution, please refer to the Guidelines for On-Site Use and Remote Data Access at the FDZ of the BA at the IAB for more information :
Download Guidelines (pdf)
(08.05.2012)
EGS: German Job Vacancy Survey of the IAB – new version now available
The German Job Vacancy Survey of the IAB is a cross sectional survey that is carried out by the Institute for Employment Research in Nuremberg (IAB). Data currently provided by the FDZ cover information from the fourth quarter 2005 to the third quarter 2010.
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Further information
Download FDZ-Datenreport 02/2012 (only in German)
(08.05.2012)
SIAB: English documentation of the SIAB scientific use file now available
Now the documentation of the 'SIAB' scientific use is also available in English. The Sample of Integrated Labour Market Biographies (SIAB) is a 2 percent random sample of individuals in Germany which either have been employed subject to social security, have received benefits, or have officially been registered as job-seekers.
Download English version of FDZ Datenreport 07/2011
(08.05.2012)
KombiFiD: 'Kombinierte Firmendaten für Deutschland - Möglichkeiten und Konsequenzen der Zusammenführung von Unternehmensdaten unterschiedlicher Datenproduzenten' - FDZ Methodenreport 05/2012
In the project 'Combined firm data for Germany' (KombiFiD) firm data from different institutions were merged and made available for research for the first time. This paper provides an overview of the objectives associated with the project and its progress.
Download FDZ Methodenreport 05/2012 (only in German)
(08.05.2012)
ALWA: 'Arbeiten und Lernen im Wandel - Teil IV: Editionsbericht' and 'Teil V: Codierung offener Angaben zur beruflichen Tätigkeit, Ausbildung und Branche' - FDZ Methodenreport 03/2012 / 04/2012
FDZ Methodenreport 03/2012 documents how the authors have edited the ALWA dataset. The coding process – generating codes from the open text answers – of ALWA data on occupation, occupational ambition, vocational training and economic sector is documented in the FDZ-Methodenreport 04/2012.
Download FDZ Methodenreport 03/2012 (only in German)
Download FDZ Methodenreport 04/2012 (only in German)
(08.05.2012)
PASS: 'Multiple imputation of household income in the first wave of PASS' - FDZ Methodenreport 02/2012
Item non-response is a non-trivial challenge to the quality of survey data. The report 'Multiple imputation of household income in the first wave of PASS' by Ursula Jaenichen and Joseph W. Sakshaug summarizes the results of a project aimed at using multiple imputation to complete the variable 'household income' in the first wave of the 'Panel Arbeitsmarkt und Soziale Sicherung' (PASS).
Download FDZ Methodenreport 02/2012
(08.05.2012)
IAB Establishment Panel Survey - User conference in Nuremberg from 18-19 October 2012
Celebrating the 20th birthday of the IAB Establishment Panel Survey, a user conference will be held at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) in Nuremberg from 18-19 October 2012. Researchers are invited to send in their empirical contributions on the basis of the IAB Establishment Panel and the Linked-Employer-Employee data of the IAB.
further details on the IAB website
(02.04.2012)
Festive Opening of FDZ location in Berlin
On 30 March 2012 Stefan Bender (FDZ), Dr. Ulrike Rockmann (Chairman of the State Statistical Institute Berlin-Brandenburg) and Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. oec. Gert G. Wagner (Chairman of the Executive Board of DIW Berlin) opened the new FDZ location at the DIW Berlin (photo: from left to right). This is located at the Research Data Centre of the Statistical Offices of the Länder at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin).
see DIW press release (only in German)
(02.04.2012)