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Linked Personnel Panel (LPP) – Version 1221 v2

DOI: 10.5164/IAB.LPP1221.de.en.v2

Summary

With the LPP, the IAB provides a unique data product for personnel economic research in Germany. The simultaneous observation of employer and employee perspective allows both cross and longitudinal analyses of the relationship between HR management, individual job quality and firm performance. The following central questions can be answered on the basis of the data: Which HR management instruments are used by establishments? Are there differences in the heterogeneity of application, for instance with respect to establishment size classes or sectors? How do HR management strategies develop over time? Is there an impact of certain HR management strategies on firm performance? Is there an impact of certain HR management strategies on employees’ attitudes, satisfaction, health status, commitment etc.? What changes occured during the Corona pandemic and with the introduction of new technologies? In addition, the linkage of the surveys with the IAB Establishment Panel offers further analytic potential.

Corona Special Survey: At the beginning of the Corona pandemic, a special corona online survey was conducted among a subset of the employees who participated in wave 4. The resulting data from three survey waves during 2020 are available as a supplementary module to the LPP data product upon request.

For detailed information on the IAB Establishment Panel please refer to the Establishment Panel web sites of the department 'Establishments and Employment' as well as to the related FDZ web site.

Dataset Descriptions, Questionnaires and Frequencies

All details on variables are included in the respective FDZ-Datenreports. Information on the survey design is available in the FDZ-Methodenreports. 

German

English

Data Access

LPP is available via the following way of access:

On-site Use included Remote Data Access. Further information on Applying for on-site use. With your application to LPP we provide automatically the IAB Establishment Panel.

Test data

Test data help to prepare programs ahead of on-site and remote data access. The test data include all variables of the original data with the same variable name variable label and value label. It is possible to generate a panel over all waves with coherence of characteristics over time. They are freely accessible over the web and therefore have to be anonymised. That means: Test data are random and therefore not eligible for Analysis!

Other Working Tools

  • FDZ-Methodenreport 05/2020 and FDZ-Methodenreport 04/2023: Mode Effects in the Fourth Wave of the Linked Personnel Panel (LPP) Employee Survey / Telefon oder Web: Moduspräferenz und modusbedingtes Antwortverhalten in einer Beschäftigtenerhebung
    The employee survey of the LPP was conducted via telephone during the first three waves. In wave four the data was either collected via telephone or alternatively via web. The survey outcomes of the fourth wave demonstrate two note-worthy results, which should be considered when working with the LPP. First, the distribution of several panel variables differs between wave four and earlier waves. Second, there are mode effects in the fourth wave of the employee survey. The FDZ-Methodenreports 05/2020 (pdf) and 04/2023 (pdf) describe both aspects and shows the causes for mode effects.
  • In Mackeben and Sakshaug (2023) and Mackeben and Sakshaug (2023), there is an analysis on nonresponse and selection effects between survey methods (web and telephone).
  • Measuring the Use of Human Resources Practices and Employee Attitudes: The Linked Personnel Panel
    The paper by Kampkötter et al. (2016) offers a summary of the data.
  • Generation of a Panel:
    We provide Stata programs (zip) to generate a Panel. 
  • FDZ Methodenreport 1/2008: Das IAB-Betriebspanel – von der Stichprobe über die Erhebung bis zur Hochrechnung [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.
  • English Labels:
    The LPP is available with English labels. Stata user can get access to the labels by using the command "label language en".

Further working tools as the standards for the citation of data and data documentation and papers on working with the FDZ data can be found at key working tools of the FDZ.

Citation

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

Data:

Ruf, Kevin; Mackeben, Jan; Wolter, Stefanie; Grunau, Philipp (2022): "Linked Personnel Panel (LPP) – Version 1221 v2". Research Data Centre of the Federal Employment Agency (BA) at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB). DOI: 10.5164/IAB.LPP1221.de.en.v2
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 subsequently remote data access.

Data documentation:

  • Ruf, Kevin; Mackeben, Jan; Wolter, Stefanie; Grunau, Philipp (2022): LPP – Linked Personnel Panel 1221 – Arbeitsqualität und wirtschaftlicher Erfolg: Längsschnittstudie in deutschen Betrieben (Datendokumentation der fünfen Welle), FDZ-Datenreport 06/2022 (de), Nürnberg. DOI: 10.5164/IAB.FDZD.2206.de.v1
  • Ruf, Kevin; Mackeben, Jan; Wolter, Stefanie; Grunau, Philipp (2022): LPP – Linked Personnel Panel 1221 – Quality of work and economic success: longitudinal study in German establishments (data documentation on the fifth wave), FDZ-Datenreport 06/2022 (en), Nürnberg. DOI: 10.5164/IAB.FDZD.2206.en.v1
  • Schütz, Holger; Caspers, Anne; Metselaar, Carolin; Höhle, David; Becker, Johanna; Schumacher, Dennis (2022): IAB-Beschäftigtenbefragung – Projekt „Arbeitsqualität und wirtschaftlicher Erfolg: Panelstudie zu Entwicklungsverläufen in deutschen Betrieben" – Personenbefragung, – 5. Erhebungswelle. FDZ-Methodenreport 03/2022 (de), Nürnberg. DOI: 10.5164/IAB.FDZM.2203.de.v1
  • Tschersich, Nikolai; Gensicke, Miriam (2022): Vertiefende Betriebsbefragung – „Arbeitsqualität und wirtschaftlicher Erfolg“ – 2020 – Welle 5. FDZ-Methodenreport 04/2022 (de), Nürnberg. DOI: 10.5164/IAB.FDZM.2204.de.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.

Data Versions

>> Further information on other versions of the LPP dataset.