We study the relationship between cyclical job and worker flows at the plant level using a new data set spanning from 1976-2006. We find that procyclical labor demand explains relatively little of procyclical worker flows. Instead, all plants in the employment growth distribution increase their...

We study the relationship between cyclical job and worker flows at the plant level using a new data set spanning from 1976-2006. We find that procyclical labor demand explains relatively little of procyclical worker flows. Instead, all plants in the employment growth distribution increase their...

We use an extensive,matched employer-employee dataset to analyze the employer-size wage relation and its contribution to wage inequality in Germany. Applying models with additive fixed effects for workers and establishments, we document that the large firm wage premium, which has risen over 25...

We use an extensive, matched employer-employee dataset to analyze the employersize wage relation and its contribution to wage inequality in Germany. Applying models with additive fixed effects for workers and establishments, we document that the large firm wage premium, which has risen over 25...

"In the project 'Combined firm data for Germany' (KombiFiD) firm data from different institutions were merged and made available for research for the first time. The institutions involved in the project faced considerable challenges both due to the narrow legal limits underlying such a merging...

"In the project 'Combined firm data for Germany' (KombiFiD) firm data from different institutions were merged and made available for research for the first time. The institutions involved in the project faced considerable challenges both due to the narrow legal limits underlying such a merging...

"This Datenreport provides an overview of the dataset (Version 1.0), which was developed in the project KombiFiD (Kombinierte Firmendaten für Deutschland). Within the project KombiFiD, data from the Statistical Offices, the Federal Employment Agency and the Deutsche Bundesbank was linked for a...

"In Germany, process-generated data and survey data on firms are collected by different data producers. Each data producer provides access for researchers to its data, but the combination of datasets from different producers is not possible at the moment. A new project (KombiFiD) aims to...

"Dieses LIAB-Datenhandbuch beschreibt die Linked Employer-Employee Daten des Instituts für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), wie sie über das Forschungsdatenzentrum (FDZ) der Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA) im IAB für wissenschaftliche Auswertungen zur Verfügung stehen. Die Linked...