DOI: 10.5164/IAB.BeCovid_W01-W14.de.en.v1
Summary
The panel "Establishments in the Covid-19 Crisis" is a high-frequency representative establishment survey on labour market and human resources issues during the Corona pandemic. A total of 20 individual waves will be collected for the period 03/08/2020 - 31/12/2021. The panel provides a data set designed to trace the rapid evolution of the Covid-19 crisis.
As of 27/09/2021, the first fourteen waves are available. Newly collected waves are added at a regular interval.
Dataset Description and List of Variables
The dataset description includes questionnaires and frequency tables.
German
- DOI: 10.5164/IAB.FDZD.2113.de.v1
- FDZ-Datenreport 13/2021 (pdf)
- Fragebögen, Welle 01-14 (zip)
- Fallzahlen, Welle 01-14 (zip)
- Variablenliste, Welle 01-14 (Excel)
English
- DOI: 10.5164/IAB.FDZD.2113.en.v1
- FDZ-Datenreport 13/2021 (pdf)
- Questionnaires, wave 01-14 (zip)
- Frequency tables, wave 01-14 (zip)
- List of variables, wave 01-14 (Excel)
- A description can be found in
Bellmann, Lutz; Gleiser, Patrick; Hensgen, Sophie; Kagerl, Christian; Leber, Ute; Roth, Duncan; Umkehrer, Matthias and Stegmaier, Jens. "Establishments in the Covid-19-Crisis (BeCovid): A High-Frequency Establishment Survey to Monitor the Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic" Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik, vol. 242, no. 3, 2022, pp. 421-431.
The list of variables includes a synopsis of all panel variables and variables that are only included in one wave.
Data Access
On-site Use and Remote Data Access
Test data
Test data of the panel "Establishments in the Covid-19 Crisis" are intended to enable you to write and test evaluation programs. The test data are generated by means 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 that are particularly 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 partial coherence of characteristics over tim.
Test data for Stata: IABBeCovid_01-14_test_stata.zip
Other working tools
- English Labels:
English variable- and value labels are available for the panel „Establishments in the Covid-19 crisis“. In Stata, the English labels can be activated with the command "label language en". - Additional variables from the Establishment-History-Panel (BHP):
Selected establishment characteristics from the Establishment History Panel (BHP) can be merged to thepanel "Establishments in the Covid-19 Crisis" after conformation of the request form. The variables of the BHP are listed in the document list of BHP variables (pdf).
Further working tools and papers on working with the FDZ data can be found at key working tools of the FDZ.
Citation
Researchers working with the panel “Establishments in the Covid-19 crisis” are obligated to acknowledge the data base and its documentation within their publications, including the DOI, by using the following reference:
Data:
Backhaus, Nils; Bellmann, Lutz; Gleiser, Patrick; Hensgen, Sophie; Kagerl, Christian; Koch, Theresa; König, Corinna; Kleifgen, Eva; Kuhn, Moritz; Leber, Ute; Moritz, Michael; Pohlan, Laura; Robelski, Swantje; Roth, Duncan; Schierholz, Malte; Sommer, Sabine; Stegmaier, Jens; Tisch, Anita; Umkehrer, Matthias; Aminian, Armin (2021): "Panel „Establishments in the Covid-19 Crisis” (IAB BeCovid) – wave 01-14". Research Data Centre of the Federal Employment Agency (BA) at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB). DOI: 10.5164/IAB.BeCovid_W01-W14.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:
- Backhaus, Nils; Bellmann, Lutz; Gleiser, Patrick; Hensgen, Sophie; Kagerl, Christian; Koch, Theresa; König, Corinna; Kleifgen, Eva; Kuhn, Moritz; Leber, Ute; Moritz, Michael; Pohlan, Laura; Robelski, Swantje; Roth, Duncan; Schierholz, Malte; Sommer, Sabine; Stegmaier, Jens; Tisch, Anita; Umkehrer, Matthias; Aminian, Armin (2021): Panel „Betriebe in der Covid-19 Krise“ – 20/21. Eine Längsschnittstudie in deutschen Betrieben – Welle 1 - 14. FDZ Datenreport, 13/2021 (de), Nürnberg. DOI:10.5164/IAB.FDZD.2113.de.v1
- Backhaus, Nils; Bellmann, Lutz; Gleiser, Patrick; Hensgen, Sophie; Kagerl, Christian; Koch, Theresa; König, Corinna; Kleifgen, Eva; Kuhn, Moritz; Leber, Ute; Moritz, Michael; Pohlan, Laura; Robelski, Swantje; Roth, Duncan; Schierholz, Malte; Sommer, Sabine; Stegmaier, Jens; Tisch, Anita; Umkehrer, Matthias; Aminian, Armin (2021): Panel “Establishments in the Covid-19 Crisis” – 20/21. A longitudinal study in German establishments – waves 1 - 14. FDZ Datenreport, 13/2021 (de), Nürnberg. DOI:10.5164/IAB.FDZD.2113.en.v1
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.