Technical Report on the IAB Establishment Panel - Wave 28 (2020)

Abstract

"Changes Compared to 2019: Some questions are asked not annually but every two or more years. Within the frame-work of this modular system a number of questions were removed from the questionnaire in wave 28 and others were included. Outside the modular system a number of new questions have been included (cf. section 3.1 in detail). This year, these were questions about the impact of the Corona pandemic. Against the background of the Corona pandemic, the survey was generally conducted by telephone. However, a face-to-face interview was possible if the establishment preferred this interview mode. After the conversion of the refreshment sample in the 2019 wave, the continuer sample was converted to a computer-assisted survey mode in 2020. For a detailed description, see chapter 4.2. Since the end of May 2018, the EU Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been directly applicable in all EU member states. Against this background, in the 2019 wave, the consent of the establishments was collected at the end of the questionnaire for a renewed contact in the follow-up wave in 2020 by Kantar (Art. 6 para. 1 a, DSGVO). For this reason, the sample of panel establishments was approximately 10 percent smaller than in the 2018 survey year. This loss was offset by an increased gross input in the sample of establishments surveyed for the first time. For detailed information on the sample, see chapters 2 and 4.2. 2020 this consent question was no longer asked as agreed with the IAB. Since the 2020 wave, in conclusion with the IAB, the establishments have been asked at the beginning of the questionnaire for their consent to link the data collected in the questionnaire with data available at the IAB for research purposes, as the explanations in the data protection sheet on the dissemination and linking of the data collected are not sufficient as a basis for the linking." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Bechmann, S., Tschersich, N., Ellguth, P. & Kohaut, S. (2021): Methoden- und Feldbericht zum IAB-Betriebspanel - Welle 28 (2020). (FDZ-Methodenreport 07/2021 (de)), Nürnberg, 42 p. DOI:10.5164/IAB.FDZM.2107.de.v1