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Socio-demographic characteristics:
Individual ID, gender, year of birth, marital status, number of children, nationality, school education and professional qualifications
Employment-related characteristics:
Information on employment:
Including start and end date of employment, gross earnings subject to social security, profession (3-digit code; often less precise), occupational status (including full or part-time employment), reason for employment notification (e.g. end of or break in employment)
Information on establishment:
Establishment number, industry (2-digit code; often less precise), establishment size, proportion of employees without vocational education/ with vocational education/ with higher or university education, first and last year of existence of the establishment in the IAB establishment file, establishment location (West/ East Germany),
Benefit-related characteristics:
Start and end date of benefit receipt period, type of benefit (unemployment benefit, unemployment assistance or maintenance allowance), reason for termination of benefit payments
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