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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 West Germany and later expanded to include the New Federal States in 1996.
From the end of June to October approximately 15,000 establishments of all sizes and in all economic sectors in Germany are surveyed every year. The survey is based on the population of establishments with at least one employee subject to social security contributions. It 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 the representative establishment 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 in German, not fully accessible) and the President of the Confederation of German Employers' Associations (BDA), accompanied by a data protection sheet (in German) Current subjects augment the annual standard questions.
This exhaustive longitudinal data set serves as the source for analyses of labour demand within the German labour 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 of the establishment. Analyses are also used for decision-making by politicians, collective bargaining parties, and 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
