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Surveys

Selected Surveys of the IAB

IAB Establishment Panel

The IAB establishment panel is the central source of information for analyses related to labour demand and employment in Germany.

Panel Study Labour Market and Social Security (PASS)

The data collected by PASS provides information about the dynamics of basic security receipts and the social situation of the households in them.

Survey of Refugees

These IAB cooperation projects provide information on labor market-relevant and socio-economic characteristics of the refugees surveyed.

IAB Job Vacancy Survey

This establishment survey measures the development of the macroeconomic labour demand and examines the recruitment process of establishments.

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  • Survey on the Digitalization of the Working World
    The Institute for Employment Research (IAB) is conducting a research project on the digitalization of the working world, funded by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS). Many employees are affected by an increased use of digital technologies, leading to changes in work process...
  • Since 2020
    Study ‘Covid-19 and You’
    The study aims to investigate the changes to the life situation of children and teenagers and their parents as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. For this purpose, online surveys of parents and their children will take place at the beginning of the school year 2020/21. Follow-up surveys will ...
  • Since 2013
    IAB-SOEP Migration Sample
    The IAB-SOEP Migration Sample is a cooperation project of the IAB and the SOEP at DIW Berlin. It contains information about work biographies and their determining factors (e.g. degrees from foreign countries, reservation wages) as well as socio-economic features of the surveyed migrants. The fir...
  • Since 2016
    IAB-BAMF-SOEP Refugee Sample
    The IAB-BAMF-SOEP Refugee Sample is a cooperation project of the IAB, the SOEP at DIW Berlin and the Research Center of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF-FZ). The IAB-BAMF-SOEP Refugee Sample is a survey of recently arrived asylum seekers in Germany regarding their socio-eco...
  • Networks for Integration / شبكات الدمج
    Many refugees from war zones in the Middle East will settle permanently in Germany. Against this backdrop the Institute for Employment Research investigates processes of refugee integration in Germany. We examine the importance of social contacts (e.g., to friends and family) for work integratio...
  • Panel Study Labour Market and Social Security
    The purpose of the Panel Study "Labour Market and Social Security" (Panel Arbeitsmarkt und soziale Sicherung) carried out by the IAB is to provide a new database which will allow social processes and the non-intended side-effects of labour market reforms to be assessed empirically. The nationwid...
  • Seit 1989
    IAB Job Vacancy Survey: Job vacancies and personnel policy in establishments
    This written survey of companies and administrations is being conducted in order to learn more about the employment situation at individual establishments along with the number and structure of positions currently open. In addition to this, the survey is also being used to collect information on...
  • Seit 1992
    IAB Establishment Panel
    Within the framework of the IAB Establishment Panel, close to 16,000 establishments from all branches of the economy and of all sizes are surveyed annually and nationwide from the end of June until October. The survey is carried out orally by way of personal interviews conducted by Kantar Public...