Institute for Employment Research (IAB) of the Federal Employment Agency (BA)
Federal Employment Agency (BA)
An overview of the survey can be found in
A detailed description of the survey data (Codebook) and are frequency tables is available in
A detailed description of the ALWA survey data linked to administrative data of the IAB (ALWA-ADIAB) and the corresponding frequencies are available in
A brief description of ALWA-ADIAB can be found in:
Usually test data are available in order to allow for the preparation of programs to facilitate remote data access as well as on-site use. But there are currently no test data available for ALWA-ADIAB.
We recommend users to apply for the scientific use file ALWA in order to prepare the analysis of the survey data.
Furthermore we recommend users to make use of the test data for the Sample of Integrated Labour Market Biographies in order to prepare the analysis of the administrative data. Although these data are based on a different sample, they contain the same variables.
Drasch, Katrin; Matthes, Britta; Munz, Manuel; Paulus, Wiebke; Valentin, Margot-Anna (2012): Arbeiten und Lernen im Wandel * Teil V: Die Codierung der offenen Angaben zur beruflichen Tätigkeit, Ausbildung und Branche. (FDZ Methodenreport, 04/2012 (de)), Nürnberg, 26 S.
Matthes, Britta; Drasch, Katrin; Erhardt, Klaudia; Künster, Ralf; Valentin, Margot-Anna (2012): Arbeiten und Lernen im Wandel. Teil IV: Editionsbericht. (FDZ Methodenreport, 03/2012), Nürnberg, 59 S.
Gilberg, Reiner; Hess, Doris; Prussog-Wagner, Angela; Steinwede, Angelika (2011): Arbeiten und Lernen im Wandel * Teil III: Methodenbericht. (FDZ Methodenreport, 10/2011 (de)), Nürnberg
Kleinert, Corinna; Matthes, Britta; Jacob, Marita (2008): Die Befragung "Arbeiten und Lernen im Wandel" * theoretischer Hintergrund und Konzeption. (IAB-Forschungsbericht, 05/2008), Nürnberg
Some errors have been detected in the variables 'etbs' and 'fpt'. Please use the following manual to fix them. Error Correction for ALWA (27.01.2012)