Inhaltsbereich: Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung
About us
The Research Data Centre (FDZ) of the German Federal Employment Agency (BA) at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) provides researchers access to micro data for non-commercial empirical research in the fields of social security and employment.
The FDZ ….
Our team advises on data suitability and the technical environment available at the FDZ. The development of programs is mainly up to the researchers themselves.
What IAB's Research Data Center can do for you
This short animated film introduces the Research Data Center of the Federal Employment Agency at the Institute for Employment Research and its work.
Watch the video on YouTube
Interview about data sources, available data and data access
The interview between Florian Keusch (University of Mannheim) and Dr. Daniela Hochfellner (currently New York University) below, provides a brief overview about data sources, available data and data access at the FDZ and was created as part of the International Program in Survey and Data Science.
For further reading
- Müller, Dana; Wolter, Stefanie (2020): German labour market data - Data provision and access for the international scientific community. In: German Economic Review, online first, S. 1-21
- Müller, Dana; Möller, Joachim (2018): Giving the International Scientific Community Access to German Labor Market Data: A Success Story, In: Springer Open, p. 101-117
- Antoni, Manfred; Schmucker, Alexandra (2019): The Research Data Centre of the German Federal Employment Agency at the Institute for Employment Research (RDC-IAB) * Linked Microdata for Labour Market Research. In: International Journal of Population Data Science, Vol. 4, No. 2, Art. 5, S. 1-10
The FDZ carries out research itself and is involved in international research projects. The research focuses on the linkage of process and survey data, analyses on employment topics with FDZ data and on enhancing international data Access.