Identifying mothers in administrative data

Abstract

"Administrative data of the Federal Employment Agency provide an important data base for labour market research. However, the Federal Employment Agency's tasks define what kind of information is recorded. Therefore, some information is missing that is relevant for various research purposes. One example is information on childbirth, which is necessary to analyse female employment biographies. It is still mainly mothers who interrupt their employment to care for their children. These employment interruptions could have different effects on the career of mothers, e.g. wage reductions, reduced career opportunities or an increase in part-time employment. In this FDZ-Methodenreport we present one way to identify family-related breaks using indirect identifiers in the administrative data. We use official statistics on births to validate our identification strategy. We make our program code available as an appendix for the research community. Users can adapt when necessary." (Authors abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Cite article

Müller, D. & Strauch, K. (2017): Identifying mothers in administrative data. (FDZ-Methodenreport 13/2017 (en)), Nürnberg, 11 p.