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The IAB Establishment Panel is an annual representative employer survey examining the factors influencing employment in Germany. The survey was first launched in 1993 in western Germany and later expanded to include the new federal states in 1996.
Every year, from the end of June to October, approximately 15,000 establishments of all sizes and in all economic sectors in Germany are surveyed. These establishments must have at least one employee subject to social security contributions. The survey is conducted by Verian (registered as Mantle Germany GmbH, formerly Kantar Public), Munich, on behalf of the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) in face-to-face, telephone or online interviews.
The importance of this survey, which covers a broad range of questions concerning numerous employment policy subjects, is announced in a letter from the Chairman of the Board of the Federal Employment Agency (PDF) and one from the President of the Confederation of German Employers' Associations (BDA), accompanied by a data privacy declaration. As well as the standard questions that are repeated every year, there are also questions on topical subjects.
This exhaustive longitudinal data set serves as the source for analyses of labour demand within the German job market. The information provided by the establishments is intended to assist in aligning the placement and advisory activities of the Federal Employment Agency with the reality that such businesses face. The analyses are also used for decision-making by politicians, management and labour representatives, and trade associations.
Publications and projekts from Establishment-Panel (German Language)
Special Issue
- 20 years of IAB Establishment Panel – payoffs and perspectives
Journal for Labour Market Research Vol. 47, No. 1-2/2014
