Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung

Linked Employer-Employee Data from the IAB (LIAB): Working Tools

Dataset Descriptions

The LIAB Cross-sectional Model 2 1993-2008 is described in

• FDZ Datenreport 5/2010
• Frequencies and labels for the LIAB QM2 9308

The Mover Model 1993-2008 is described in

• FDZ Datenreport 01/2012
• Frequencies and labels for the LIAB MM 9308

Other LIAB versions are described in the LIAB Data Handbook (FDZ Datenreport 3/2008 - only in German) which also contains example programs for SPSS and Stata.

• FDZ Datenreport 3/2008
• LIAB Frequencies - file containing frequency tables of all variables

An English outline can be found in Schmollers Jahrbuch.

Test Data

Test data help to prepare programs ahead of on-site and remote data access. They are freely accessible over the web and therefore have to be anonymised. They shall reflect the structure of the original data as close as possible to be useful for many kinds of different analyses. As there are no universally useful test data we suggest that you adjust the test data for your purposes, e.g. if Spanish employees are in the focus of your investigation, just recode enough nationalities to Spanish.

TEST DATA ARE RANDOM AND THEREFORE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ANALYSIS!

Test data for the Longitudinal Model Version 3 are not available, please use the test data for the IAB Establishment Panel and the comprehensive LIAB Frequencies.

Test data for Stata:

• Test data LIAB cross-sectional model 2 (1993-2008)
• Test data LIAB cross-sectional model (1993-2005)
• Test data LIAB cross-sectional model (1993-2002)
• Test data LIAB longitudinal model (1993-2002)
• Test data LIAB mover model (1993-2008)

Other Working Tools

• The establishment part of the LIAB data is the IAB Establishment Panel - see "Working tools for the IAB Establishment Panel"
• A recommendable Introduction is given by FDZ Methodenreport 01/2008: Das IAB-Betriebspanel – von der Stichprobe über die Erhebung bis zur Hochrechnung [The IAB Establishment Panel - Sample, Survey and Weighting]
  Here you will find a detailed description of  the IAB Establishment Panel including information on the establishment number and the linkage quality.
• Classifications and income thresholds:
  Overview on classifications
  Upper earnings limits and marginal part-time income thresholds