Incomplete data is a common problem of survey research. Recent work on multiple imputation techniques has increased analysts? awareness of the biasing effects of missing data and has also provided a convenient solution. Imputation methods replace non-response with estimates of the unobserved...

Incomplete data is a common problem of survey research. Recent work on multiple imputation techniques has increased analysts' awareness of the biasing effects of missing data and has also provided a convenient solution. Imputation methods replace non-response with estimates of the unobserved...

This article describes the linkage of microdata stemming from two business surveys: “Information and Communication Technologies” and “Community Innovation Survey”.The complex and multiple relations between the use of technology, enterprise innovation patterns and economic performances...

Record Linkage (RL) aims at identifying pairs of records coming from different sources and representing the same real world object. Despite several methods have been proposed to face RL problems, none of them seems to be at the same time fully automated and very effective. In this paper we...

Official statistics do not generally provide poverty statistics for detailed geographic areas. However, local government needs reliable data to design effective policies and actions against poverty and social exclusion. On the other hand, local government agencies usually have access to a wealth...

With proactive dependent interviewing respondents are reminded of the answer they gave in the previous interview, before being asked about their current status. We examine the risk that respondents falsely confirm the answers from the previous interview as still applying, using data from a panel...

Only scarce information is available on doctorate recipients' career outcomes in Germany (BuWiN 2013). With the current information base, graduate students cannot make an informed decision whether to start a doctorate (Benderly 2018, Blank 2017). Administrative labour market data could provide...

This paper discusses the importance of the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI),1 particularly its role in monitoring systemic risk, and provides background material for Recommendation ESRB/2020/12 on identifying legal entities in order to support its implementation in the European Union.

This paper reports procedures and results obtained from linking marriage registers with the 1851 and 1881 censuses for Birmingham, a major industrial center, and rural areas in Norfolk. The results underscore regional contrasts in mobility processes. Those starting out in Birmingham from...

In light of Germany's transition approaches towards a sustainable energy system this paper examines differences of employment structure and wage differentials between renewable energy establishments and their sector peers. To do so, we have developed a novel data set by linking company-level...