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Panel Study Labour Market and Social Security (PASS) – Version 0621 v2

DOI: 10.5164/IAB.PASS-SUF0621.de.en.v2

Summary

The Panel Labour Market and Social Security (PASS) is a central dataset for research on the labour market, poverty and means-tested income support in Germany (German Social Code Book II). Established by the IAB in 2007, annual surveys are conducted in households in receipt of Unemployment Benefit II and households registered as residents of Germany. Initially, a personal interview is carried out with the heads of all selected households. Subsequently, all members of the household aged 15 or over are interviewed.

The Panel Study Labour Market and Social Security allows to analyse the dynamic of the receipt of Unemployment Benefit II as well as the effects of receipt of social benefits on the economic and social situation of the affected households and individuals. Furthermore, PASS also offers information beyond its central issues of employment and unemployment, comprising a variety of socio-demographic characteristics and subjective indicators such as contentment, fears and problems or employment orientation.

Dataset Descriptions, Questionnaires and Frequencies

Detailed descriptions for each wave are included in the respective FDZ Datenreports. Information on the survey design is available in the FDZ Methodenreports.

For the scientific-use file of PASS provided via the FDZ, modified identifiers (hnr, uhnr, pnr, and bgnr) are created for each new version starting with wave 15. These are compatible within a version, but not between different versions.

German

English

Quality Control in PASS

Interviewer falsification

More detailed information on the method of identifying interviewer falsification in the PASS Survey are available in the FDZ Methodenreport 04/2021 (pdf, only in German).

Error in question PEO0100a-e ("self-efficacy") in PASS wave 11 interviews in Russian language

In questions PEO0100a-e ("self-efficacy"), a translation error occurred in the Russian-language interviews, so that these variables cannot be used. This affects all interviews in Russian language in wave 11 (167 interviews in PENDDAT). Please take this into account in your analyses. The cases can be identified by the wave specification (welle == 11) and the survey language (psprache == 2). The error will be corrected in the new PASS SUF W16, which is expected to be available at the Research Data Centre in autumn 2023.

Data Access

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

Other working tools

Further working tools as a list of BHP variables and papers on working with the FDZ data can be found at key working tools of the FDZ.

Citation

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

Data:

Sophie Altschul, Sebastian Bähr, Jonas Beste, Matthias Collischon, Mustafa Coban, Sandra Dummert, Corinna Frodermann, Patrick Gleiser, Stefanie Gundert, Benjamin Küfner, Jan Mackeben, Sonja Malich, Bettina Müller, Stefan Schwarz, Jens Stegmaier, Nils Teichler, Mark Trappmann, Stefanie Unger, Claudia Wenzig, Marco Berg, Ralph Cramer, Christian Dickmann, Reiner Gilberg, Birgit Jesske, Martin Kleudgen (2023): "Panel Study Labour Market and Social Security (PASS) – Version 0621 v2". Research Data Centre of the Federal Employment Agency (BA) at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB). DOI: 10.5164/IAB.PASS-SUF0621.de.en.v2
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:

  • Marco Berg et al. (2022): Codebuch und Dokumentation des Panel "Arbeitsmarkt und soziale Sicherung" (PASS) – Datenreport Welle 15. FDZ Datenreport, 10/2022 (de), Nürnberg. DOI: 10.5164/IAB.FDZD.2210.de.v1
  • Marco Berg et al. (2022): Codebook and Documentation of the Panel Study „Labour Market and Social Security“ (PASS) – Datenreport Wave 15. FDZ Datenreport, 10/2022 (en), Nürnberg. DOI: 10.5164/IAB.FDZD.2210.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.

Data Versions

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