Inhaltsbereich: Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung
German Job Vacancy Survey of the IAB: Outline
Content characteristics
Methodological characteristics
Data access
The detailed dataset description is available under "working tools".
Content characteristics
| Category |
Description |
| Topics |
Development of employment, manpower demand, business difficulties, broken off staffing processes, occupations for which a growing demand and shortages are expected within the next three years, reform of the labour market, employment chances for unemployed, grant-aided further education of employees, One-Euro-Jobs (firms experiences), detailed information on the last case of a recruitment and on the last case of a broken off staffing process |
| Data unit |
Establishments
|
| Number of cases |
7,500 to 15,000 establishments |
| Period covered |
4th quarter 2000 to 3rd quarter 2011 |
| Time reference |
Quarterly |
| Regional structure |
East/West Germany, German federal states (Bundeslaender), further varibles see below "sensitive variables" |
Methodological characteristics
| Category |
Description |
| Method of data collection |
Representative sample of firms, stratified by firm size and sectors |
| Institutions involved |
Commissioning authorities: IAB department 'Forecasts and Structural Analyses'
Survey carried out by: Economix Research & Consulting, Munich
|
| Frequency of data collection |
Yearly written and quarterly telephone survey |
| File format and size |
Stata; all datasets 130 MB |
| File architecture |
Data file per year |
Data access
| Category |
Description |
| Data access |
Remote data access, on-site use |
| Degree of anonymisation |
weakly anonymous |
| Sensitive variables |
5-digit classification of industries 2003 and 2008 (since Q IV 2010), counties |
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