The MPI-IC-IAB-Inventor data 2002 (MIID 2002): Record-linkage of patent register data with labor market biography data of the IAB

"This report describes the generation of a linked employer-inventor data set, the MPI-IC-IAB-Inventor Data 2002 (MIID 2002), using methods of record linkage. The MIID 2002 combines patent register data comprising inventors residing in Germany and who are listed on patent filings with the DPMA in 2002, with administrative labor market biography data on employees. Labor market biographies originate from social security records and are provided by the Institute for Employment Research (IAB). Our matched data comprises 46,180 unique employee-inventor pairs who were involved in the filing of 42,435 patents with the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA) in 2002. With its rich scope of variables combining individual and establishment characteristics with patent and inventor related information, the MIID 2002 provides a novel register based data set for research on inventors and their patenting activities in the context of the labor market." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))