DOI: 10.5164/IAB.SIG0720.de.en.v2
Summary
The Sample of Integrated Welfare Benefit Biographies (SIG) is a 4 percent random sample drawn from the Unemployment Benefit II Recipient History (LHG) of the Institute for Employment Research (IAB). Comprehensive records on both the sampled individuals and their household members from the Integrated Employment Biographies (IEB) further enrich this data. The IEB consist of daily information on employment subject to social security, marginal part-time employment, benefit receipt according to the German Social Code III or II, official registration as job seeking at the German Federal Employment Agency, and (planned) participation in programs of active labour market policies.
Upon reasonable request, this already rich data product can further be extended by means of detailed financial information on welfare receipt from the UB II Income and Benefit Statistics – Sample of the IAB (LST-S). All information is available for the period of 2007 through 2020 as well as enriched by some variables describing potential previous employment periods (before 2007).
Dataset Descriptions and Frequencies
German
- DOI: 10.5164/IAB.FDZD.2205.de.v1
- FDZ-Datenreport 05/2022 (pdf)
- Auszählungen und Labels (zip)
English
- DOI: 10.5164/IAB.FDZD.2205.en.v1
- FDZ-Datenreport 05/2022 (pdf)
- Frequencies and labels (zip)
Data Access
On-site Use included Remote Data Access. Further information on Applying for on-site use.
Test data
Test data in Stata are available in order to allow for the preparation of programs to facilitate remote data access as well as on-site use:
Test data for Stata (9 MB): SIG0720_test_stata.zip
Test data are random and therefore not eligible for analysis!
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 SIG are obligated to acknowledge the data base and its documentation within their publications, including the DOI, by using the following reference:
Data:
Dummert, Sandra; Grunau, Philipp; Hohmeyer, Katrin; Lietzmann, Torsten; Bruckmeier, Kerstin; Graf, Tobias; Grießemer, Stephan; Köhler, Markus; Oertel, Martina; Schneider, Andreas; Seth, Stefan (2022): "Sample of Integrated Welfare Benefit Biographies (SIG) – Version 0720 v2". Research Data Centre of the Federal Employment Agency (BA) at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB). DOI: 10.5164/IAB.SIG0720.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:
- Sandra Dummert, Philipp Grunau, Katrin Hohmeyer, Torsten Lietzmann, Kerstin Bruckmeier, Martina Oertel (2022): Stichprobe der Integrierten Grundsicherungsbiografien (SIG) 2007 - 2020. FDZ Datenreport, 05/2022 (de), Nürnberg. DOI:10.5164/IAB.FDZD.2205.de.v1
- Sandra Dummert, Philipp Grunau, Katrin Hohmeyer, Torsten Lietzmann, Kerstin Bruckmeier, Martina Oertel (2022): Sample of Integrated Welfare Benefit Biographies (SIG) 2007 - 2020. FDZ Datenreport, 05/2022 (en), Nürnberg. DOI:10.5164/IAB.FDZD.2205.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 SIG datasets.