Summary
Data Source
The Sample of Integrated Employer-Employee Data (SIEED) is based on a 1% sample of all German establishments covered by the IAB Employment History (BeH) as of 30 June, dating back to 1975 (and to 1992 for East Germany). From 1975 to 1998, this comprised all establishments with at least one employee subject to social insurance contributions. From 1999 onwards, the sample also includes establishments with no employees subject to social insurance contributions, provided they have at least one marginal employee. The entire employment biographies of all people ever employed in the sampled establishments are made available over the entire period, with only employer notifications taken into account. Employment biographies can be tracked for these individuals down to the day, even when they change jobs before or after becoming an employee in one of the sampled establishments. Additionally, the data includes administrative establishment information from the Establishment History Panel (BHP) for all establishments.
Contents
The administrative individual data contain information on the person such as gender, year of birth, nationality, education and place of residence, as well as employment-related information such as daily wages, occupation, employment status, fixed-term contracts and temporary work. It is also possible to track individual employment biographies down to the day over the entire observation period.
The administrative establishment data contain information about the industry and location of an establishment. Furthermore, they report on the number of employees liable for social security contributions , as well as the number of marginal part-time employees, both in total and broken down by gender, age, occupational status, qualifications and nationality. The means and medians of wages for full-time employees are also provided. Additional datasets providing information about (gross) worker flows and the foundations and closures of establishments are available on request.
Data Versions
Data version (link to description of data version) |
DOI |
Availability |
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10.5164/IAB.SIEED7523.de.en.v1 |
2025-05-30 |
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10.5164/IAB.SIEED7518.de.en.v1 |
2020-11-18 |