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BA Employment Panel: Working Tools

Dataset Descriptions

Test Data

Other Working Tools

Dataset Descriptions

All details on variables included in the scientific use file and the weakly anonymous version as well as frequency tables are included in the FDZ Datenreports:

• Schmucker, A. / Seth, S.: BA-Employment Panel, 1998-2007, Codebook. FDZ Datenreport 1/2009 [BA-Employment Panel 1998-2007, Codebook] (only in German)
  Appendix to FDZ Datenreport 1/2009 [Appendix to FDZ Datenreport No. 1/2009] (only in German)
  Fallzahlen des BAP 1998-2007 [Frequencies BAP 1998-2007] (only in German)
• Schmucker, A. / Seth, S.: BA-Employment Panel, 1998-2006, Codebook. FDZ Datenreport 1/2008 [BA-Employment Panel 1998-2006, Codebook] (only in German)
  Appendix to FDZ Datenreport 1/2008 [Appendix to FDZ Datenreport No. 1/2008] (only in German)
  Fallzahlen des BAP 1998-2006 [Frequencies BAP 1998-2006] (only in German)
• Schmucker, A. / Seth, S.: BA-Employment Panel, 1998-2005, Codebuch. FDZ Datenreport Nr. 5/2006 [BA-Employment Panel 1998-2005, Codebook] (only in German)
  Anlageband zum FDZ Datenreport Nr. 5/2006 [Appendix to FDZ Datenreport No. 5/2006] (only in German)
• Schmucker, A. / Seth, S.: BA-Beschäftigtenpanel 1998-2003, Codebuch FDZ Datenreport Nr. 9/2005 [BA-Employment Panel 1998-2003, Codebook] (only in German)
  Anlageband zum FDZ Datenreport Nr. 9/2005 [Appendix to FDZ Datenreport No. 9/2005] (only in German)

Outlines on the modalities of data acquisition, contents and anonymization procedures of the former version of the BA Employment Panel 1998-2002 are available under:

• Koch, I. / Meinken, H. (2004): The Employment Panel of the German Federal Employment Agency. In: Schmollers Jahrbuch 124, S. 315-325

Test Data

Test data in Stata are available for all waves in order to allow for the preparation of programs to facilitate remote data access as well as on-site use:

• Test data for STATA: bap9807-test-stata.zip (13 MB)

TEST DATA ARE RANDOM AND THEREFORE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ANALYSIS!

Particularities associated with the use of test data are described in the respective working tool (31 KB).

Other Working Tools

• Example programs:
  Example programs are used to demonstrate how data are processed and calculations are done with the help of the BA Employment Panel. These programs have been developed for Stata. Each ZIP archive, which can be downloaded below, contains an additional PDF document with explanations and comments.
  Sample dofile.zip (64 KB) (only in German) 

• Classifications and income thresholds:
  Overview on classifications
  Upper earnings limits and marginal part-time income thresholds

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