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IAB-SOEP Migration Sample Survey Data – Version 1322 v1

DOI: 10.5684/soep.iab-soep-mig.2022

Summary

The IAB-SOEP Migration Sample is a household survey conducted yearly since 2013 jointly by the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) in Nuremberg and the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) Berlin. The target group are households and persons that migrated to Germany since 1995 and their descendants, hence 2nd and 3rd generation migrants. The IAB-SOEP Migration Sample  aims to gain for these population group representative information for analyses on migration and integration relevant research questions with a special focus on the migrants‘ labour market integration. The first ten survey waves have been carried out between 2013 and 2022, with yearly between about 2,000 and 5,000 persons taking part. The survey has partly been financed by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and the questionnaires are similar to those of the GSOEP survey “Living in Germany”. Please find more detailed information on the dataset in the outline.

In addition, the SOEP-CMI-ADIAB data product is available, in which the survey data was linked with administrative data of the IAB in case the respondent has agreed to the linkage.

Dataset Descriptions and Questionnaires

German

Fragebögen, Welle 1-10 (zip)

English

Further information and working tools about the IAB-SOEP Migration Sample can be found at the SOEP at DIW Berlin.

Data Access

Scientific Use Files (SUF). Further information on Requesting a SUF.

The IAB-SOEP Migration Sample Survey Data are also contained in the SOEP data which can be ordered at the SOEP at DIW Berlin.

Citation

Researchers working with the IAB-SOEP Migration Sample are obligated to acknowledge the data base and its documentation within their publications, including the DOI, by using the following reference:

Data:

Brücker, Herbert; Liebig, Stefan; Goebel, Jan; Grabka, Markus M.; Schröder, Carsten; Zinn, Sabine; Bartels, Charlotte; Fedorets, Alexandra; Franken, Andreas; Gerike, Martin; Griese, Florian; Jacobsen, Jannes; Kara, Selin; Krause, Peter; Kröger, Hannes; Liebau, Elisabeth; Metzing, Maria; Nebelin, Jana; Pagel, Lisa; Petrenz, Marvin; Richter, David; Schacht, Diana; Schmelzer, Paul; Schmitt, Christian; Schnitzlein, Daniel; Schupp, Jürgen; Siegers, Rainer; Steinhauer, Hans Walter; Trübswetter, Parvati; Wenzig, Knut; Zimmermann, Stefan (2024): "IAB-SOEP Migration Sample Survey Data – Version 1322 v1". Research Data Centre of the Federal Employment Agency (BA) at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB). DOI: 10.5684/soep.iab-soep-mig.2022
Data access was provided via a Scientific Use File supplied by the Research Data Centre (FDZ) of the German Federal Employment Agency (BA) at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB).

Data documentation:

Herbert Brücker, Martin Kroh, Simone Bartsch, Jan Goebel, Simon Kühne, Elisabeth Liebau, Parvati Trübswetter, Ingrid Tucci, Jürgen Schupp. 2014. The new IAB-SOEP Migration Sample: an introduction into the methodology and the contents. SOEP Survey Papers 216: Series C. Berlin: DIW/SOEP (pdf)

According to the FDZ Data Usage Agreement, any type of publication resulting from work with FDZ data must be reported to the FDZ by email at the latest one month after publication. The notification must include an electronic version of the printed version or, after publication, a reprint or a copy of the publication free of charge.

Data Versions

>> Further information on other versions of the IAB-SOEP Migration Sample dataset.