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Weakly anonymous Version of the Sample of Integrated Labour Market Biographies (SIAB) – Version 7521 v1

DOI: 10.5164/IAB.SIAB7521.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

German

English

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 (zip)

Test data are random and therefore not for analysis!

Other Working Tools

We provide person and establishment fixed effects (AKM effects) for this data set. To access the effects in an existing project please write an email to iab.fdz@iab.de. Further information can be found in this FDZ-Methodenreport (pdf).

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:

Graf, Tobias; Grießemer, Stephan; Köhler, Markus; Lehnert, Claudia; Moczall, Andreas; Oertel, Martina; Schmucker, Alexandra; Schneider, Andreas; Seth, Stefan; Thomsen, Ulrich; vom Berge, Philipp (2023): "Weakly anonymous Version of the Sample of Integrated Labour Market Biographies (SIAB) – Version 7521 v1". Research Data Centre of the Federal Employment Agency (BA) at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB). DOI: 10.5164/IAB.SIAB7521.de.en.v1
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:

  • Schmucker, Alexandra; Seth, Stefan; vom Berge, Philipp (2023): Stichprobe der Integrierten Arbeitsmarktbiografien (SIAB) 1975 - 2021. FDZ Datenreport, 02/2023 (de), Nürnberg. DOI:10.5164/IAB.FDZD.2302.de.v1
  • Schmucker, Alexandra; Seth, Stefan; vom Berge, Philipp (2023): Sample of Integrated Labour Market Biographies (SIAB) 1975 - 2021. FDZ Datenreport, 02/2023 (en), Nürnberg. DOI:10.5164/IAB.FDZD.2302.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

>> Further information on other versions of the SIAB datasets.