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IAB Establishment Panel (IAB BP) – Version 9321 v1

DOI: 10.5164/IAB.IABBP9321.de.en.v1

Summary

The IAB Establishment Panel is an annual representative survey on various topics such as the determinants of labour demand. It has been conducted by the IAB since 1993 in West Germany and since 1996 in East Germany, too. The IAB Establishment Panel is the central basis for the analysis of labour demand in Germany.

Detailed information on the contents of the IAB Establishment Panel is given by the department 'Establishments and Employment' on the Establishment Panel web sites.

The IAB Establishment Panel is also available linked with individual administrative data  as Linked Employer/Employee Data (LIAB).

Dataset Description and List of Variables

The dataset description includes questionnaires and frequency tables.

German

English

The list of variables includes a synopsis of all panel variables and variables that are only included in one wave. The codebooks are ceased now. You will find them as FDZ Datenreport for the waves 1993-2005.

Data Access

On-site Use and Remote Data Access

Key working tools for the IAB Establishment Panel

Test data

Test data of the IAB Establishment Panel are intended to enable you to write and test evaluation programs. The test data are generated by means of sampling and disassociation of the original data. They are not eligible for analysis.

The test data include all variables of the original data with the same variable name, variable label and value label. Variables which are particulary sensitive in compliance with the current data protection legislation are included in the test data, but only by request in the original data. It is possible to generate a panel over all waves with coherence of characteristics over time.

Test data for Stata: IABBP9321_test_stata.zip

Generation of a panel dataset

The FDZ offers a Stata do-file (zip) for combining all waves from 1993 up to the most recent wave to form a panel data set. The underlying procedure is described in FDZ Methodenreport 12/2017 (pdf). Please cite the Methodenreport when working with the do-file.

English Labels

The IAB Establishment Panel is available with English lables. Stata user can get access to the labels by using the command 'label language en'.

Other working tools

  • FDZ Methodenreport 1/2008: Das IAB-Betriebspanel: von der Stichprobe zur Befragung und zur Prognose [The IAB Establishment Panel - Sample, Survey and Weighting]:
    The FDZ Methodenreport 1/2008 discusses methodological aspects of the IAB Establishment Panel. Primarily, it is meant to facilitate first-time analysis of the dataset. Also, the article may be used as a reference for methodological issues related to the  IAB Establishment Panel. A brief description ca be found in Schmollers Jahrbuch 2009 (pdf).
  • The IAB Establishment Panel - methodological essentials and data quality:
    Ellguth et al. (2013) provide information about methodological issues of sample design and data sampling as well as changes that have taken place in recent years.
  • Comparing survey data with an official administrative population: Assessing sample-selectivity in the IAB Establishment Panel
    Bossler et al. (2017) analyze the selectivity of the IAB Establishment Panel compared with the administrative population of all establishments in Germany.
  • FDZ Methodenreport 02/2018: Providing a consistent measure of further training for the IAB Establishment Panel (pdf)
    This FDZ-Methodenreport provides an easy and effective tool to infer the number of trained workers from the number of trainings by building on an approach by Düll and Bellmann (1998).
  • Micro Data on Robots from the IAB Establishment Panel
    Micro-data on robots have been very sparse in Germany so far. Consequently, a dedicated section has been introduced in the IAB Establishment Panel 2019 that includes questions on the number and type of robots used. This article describes the background and development of the survey questions, provides information on the quality of the data, possible checks and steps of data preparation. The resulting data is aggregated on industry level and compared with the frequently used robot data by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) which contains robot supplier information on aggregate robot stocks and deliveries.

Further working tools as the overview on classifications of economic activities and papers on working with the FDZ data can be found at key working tools of the FDZ.

Quality notes

  • Remarks on consistent industry classification:
    Please note, the stratification matrix in the IAB establishment panel varies over time. Each change marks the start of a new longitudinal period. Longitudinal results that are based on more than one period might not be representative.
  • For working with the IAB Establishment Panel, you will find here notes and comments on individual variables.

Additional data

  • We provide person and establishment fixed effects (AKM effects) for this data set. To access the effects in an existing project please write us an email. Further information can be found in this FDZ-Methodenreport (pdf).
  • Additional variables from the Establishment-History-Panel (BHP):
    Selected establishment characteristics from the Establishment History Panel (BHP) as well as BHP extension files can be merged to the IAB Establishment Panel after conformation of the request form. The variables of the BHP are listed in the document list of variables and outline (zip), section ‘BHP additional variables’. You can merge the requested BHP data into the IAB Establishment Panel by using the idnum identifier (and jahr, where appropriate).

Citation

Researchers working with the IAB BP 9321 are obligated to acknowledge the data base and its documentation within their publications, including the DOI, by using the following reference:

Data:

Bellmann, Lisa; Brunner, Laura; Ellguth, Peter; Grunau, Philipp; Hohendanner, Christian; Kohaut, Susanne; Leber, Ute; Möller, Iris; Schwengler, Barbara; Stegmaier, Jens; Umkehrer, Matthias (2022): "IAB Establishment Panel (IAB BP) – Version 9321 v1". Research Data Centre of the Federal Employment Agency (BA) at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB). DOI: 10.5164/IAB.IABBP9321.de.en.v1
The data access was provided via on-site use at the Research Data Centre (FDZ) of the German Federal Employment Agency (BA) at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) and/or remote data execution.

Data documentation:

  • Fischer, Gabriele; Janik, Florian; Müller, Dana; Schmucker, Alexandra (2009): The IAB Establishment Panel – things users should know. In: Schmollers Jahrbuch. Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Jg. 129, H. 1, S. 133-148.
  • Ellguth, Peter; Kohaut, Susanne; Möller, Iris (2014): The IAB Establishment Panel - methodological essentials and data quality. In: Journal for Labour Market Research, Vol. 47, No. 1-2, S. 27-41.

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-BP dataset.