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Factually anonymous Version of the Sample of Integrated Labour Market Biographies (SIAB-Regionalfile) – Version 7519 v1

DOI: 10.5164/IAB.SIAB-R7519.de.en.v1

Summary

The Sample of Integrated Labour Market Biographies (SIAB) is a 2 percent random sample drawn from the Integrated Employment Biographies (IEB) of the Institute for Employment Research (IAB). The IEB make it possible to track the employment status of a person exact to the day. The IEB consist of all individuals in Germany, which are characterized by at least one of the following employment status: employment subject to social security (in the data since 1975), marginal part-time employment (in the data since 1999), benefit receipt according to the German Social Code III or II (SGB III since 1975, SGB II since 2005), officially registered as job-seeking at the German Federal Employment Agency or (planned) participation in programs of active labour market policies (in the data since 2000). These data, which come from different sources, are merged in the IEB.

Dataset Descriptions and Frequencies

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English

Data Access

Scientific Use Files (SUF). Further information on Requesting a SUF.

Other Working Tools

Further working tools as the overview on classifications of economic activities, a list of upper earnings limits and marginal part-time income thresholds and papers on working with the FDZ data can be found at key working tools of the FDZ.

Citation

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

Data:

Frodermann, Corinna; Ganzer, Andreas; Schmucker, Alexandra; vom Berge, Philipp (2021): "Factually anonymous Version of the Sample of Integrated Labour Market Biographies (SIAB-Regionalfile) – Version 7519 v1". Research Data Centre of the Federal Employment Agency (BA) at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB). DOI: 10.5164/IAB.SIAB-R7519.de.en.v1
Data access was provided via a Scientific Use File supplied by the Research Data Centre (FDZ) of the German Federal Employment Agency (BA) at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB).

Data documentation:

  • Frodermann, Corinna; Ganzer, Andreas; Schmucker, Alexandra; vom Berge, Philipp (2021): Stichprobe der Integrierten Arbeitsmarktbiografien Regionalfile (SIAB-R) 1975 - 2019. FDZ-Datenreport, 05/2021 (de), Nürnberg. DOI: 10.5164/IAB.FDZD.2105.de.v1.
  • Frodermann, Corinna; Ganzer, Andreas; Schmucker, Alexandra; vom Berge, Philipp (2021): Sample of Integrated Labour Market Biographies Regional File (SIAB-R) 1975 - 2019. FDZ-Datenreport, 05/2021 (en), Nürnberg. DOI: 10.5164/IAB.FDZD.2105.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 e-mail to iab.fdz@iab.de 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

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