"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...

"Das IAB-Betriebspanel ist eine für Deutschland einzigartige, jährliche Betriebsbefragung, da sie bundesweit alle Branchen und Betriebsgrößen repräsentiert und auch im Längsschnitt ausgewertet werden kann. Mittlerweile werden knapp 16.000 Betriebe zu einer Vielzahl...

"The IAB Establishment Panel is an annual survey of establishments and is unique in Germany, as it represents all industries and establishment sizes nationwide and can also be analysed on a longitudinal basis. The design of the IAB Establishment Panel was developed in the early 1990s and...

"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...

"The article deals with the impact of uncertainty as regards the retention of trainees completing vocational training programmes on firms' training behaviour. As an alternative to vocational training, the external recruitment of skilled workers is considered via an opportunity costs approach....

"The analysis of job tasks has become a field of growing scientific activity in recent years. Information on such tasks has been used to analyze various research questions, especially regarding changes in the overall structure of the economy and their implications for persons and firms. Arguably...

"In many countries early retirement has become a personnel strategy. The establishments are interested in hiring younger employees and try to avoid 'deferred payments' which arise if older employees are paid above their productivity. Firms enter into contracts with their employees that include...