"Five years after a business start-up, it becomes increasingly difficult to obtain information on the destination of people who set up businesses with the aid of the bridging allowance. At an earlier stage of the project - after an average of three years of self-employment - it was still...

Representative longitudinal data for German firms (establishments or enterprises) that can be used for scientific analyses are mainly from two sources, the IAB Establishment Panel and the AFiD-Panel based on surveys performed by the Statistical Offices. This paper compares the data from these...

"Questions on income in surveys are prone to two sources of errors that can cause bias if not addressed adequately at the analysis stage. On the one hand, income is considered sensitive information and response rates on income questions generally tend to be lower than response rates for other...

"Mit dem IAB-Betriebspanel führt das Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung seit 1993 in Westdeutschland und seit 1996 in Ostdeutschland eine jährliche groß angelegte Betriebsbefragung bei mittlerweile rund 15.500 Betrieben durch. Bei dieser Panelerhebung werden die Betriebe in...

"With the IAB Establishment Panel the Institute for Employment Research (Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung - IAB) has conducted a large-scale annual establishment survey in western Germany since 1993 and also in eastern Germany since 1996, covering some 15,500 establishments in the...

"Within the framework of the IAB establishment panel more than 4000 establishments have been interviewed annually in western Germany since 1993 and the same number in eastern Germany since 1996. Although the response rate is high - also in comparison with other establishment surveys - the...

"Within the framework of the IAB establishment panel more than 4000 establishments have been interviewed annually in western Germany since 1993 and the same number in eastern Germany since 1996. Although the response rate is high - also in comparison with other establishment surveys - the...

"Representative longitudinal data for German firms (establishments or enterprises) that can be used for scientific analyses are mainly from two sources, the IAB Establishment Panel and the AFiD-Panel based on surveys performed by the Statistical Offices. This paper compares the data from these...

"The aim of this paper is to analyze unit-nonresponse for establishments surveyed for the first time in the IAB Establishment Panel. Therefore a theoretical framework is presented which helps to explain nonresponse in establishment surveys. Empirical results mainly confirm this framework. If the...

"The aim of this paper is to analyse unit non-response in establishments surveyed for the first time in the IAB Establishment Panel. For this a theoretical framework is presented which helps to explain the decision to participate in establishment surveys. The empirical results largely confirm...