Data from the Federal Employment Agency

Abstract

"The supply of German microdata for labor market research has been rapidly growing in recent years. This paper reports on this development, focusing on three key aspects: the establishment of Research Data Centers, the creation of new anonymization techniques for establishment data and the spate of scientific analyses and evaluation studies of active labor market programs based on administrative data in the aftermath of labor market reforms, especially the new Social Code II. Substantial progress has been made in all these fields with respect to the availability of adequate data, for instance, through the combination of different datasets. However, there is still large room for improvements. For future development, we recommend to focus on three primary areas: (1) the influence of researchers on data production; (2) (internationally) combinable datasets, and (3) the establishment of an international infrastructure for data access." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Cite article

Bender, S. & Möller, J. (2010): Data from the Federal Employment Agency. In: German Data Forum & Rat für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsdaten (Hrsg.) (2010): Building on progress : expanding the research infrastructure for the social, economic, and behavioral sciences. Vol. 2, p. 943-958.