Measuring hours worked in Germany – Contents, data and methodological essentials of the IAB working time measurement concept

Wanger, Susanne; Weigand, Roland; Zapf, Ines

doi:10.1007/s12651-016-0206-0

Journal for Labour Market Research

Table 2 The most important data sources of the IAB Working Time Measurement Concept

From: Measuring hours worked in Germany – Contents, data and methodological essentials of the IAB working time measurement conceptDie Berechnung der geleisteten Arbeitsstunden in Deutschland – Inhalte, Daten und methodische Grundlagen der IAB Arbeitszeitrechnung

Components of hours worked	Data Source	Data Provider
Employees	Employment Accounts	Federal Statistical Office
Part-time and full-time	Employment Accounts	Federal Statistical Office
	Employment Statistics	Federal Employment Agency
	Statistics on Public Service Personnel	Federal Statistical Office
	Microcensus	Federal Statistical Office
Weekly workings hours	Index of Agreed Earnings and Working Hours Calculation	Federal Statistical Office
	WSI Collective Agreement Archive	Hans Böckler Foundation
	IAB Establishment Panel	Institute for Employment Research
	Microcensus	Federal Statistical Office
	Register of Collective Agreements	Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
Annual paid holidays	Microcensus	Federal Statistical Office
	WSI Collective Agreement Archive	Hans Böckler Foundation
	Monthly Tourism Survey	Federal Statistical Office
	Birth Statistics	Federal Statistical Office
Sick leave	Statutory Health Insurance Statistics	Federal Ministry of Health
Sick leave	Health Reports	Statutory health insurance companies
Paid and unpaid overtime	German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP)	German Institute for Economic Research
	Microcensus	Federal Statistical Office
	Ifo Business Survey	Ifo Institute
Short-time work	Statistics on Short-Time Work of Businesses and Short-Time Workers	Federal Employment Agency
Strikes and lock-outs	Strike Statistics	Federal Employment Agency
Working-time accounts	IAB Establishment Panel	Institute for Employment Research
Working-time accounts	GSOEP	German Institute for Economic Research
Secondary jobs	Employment Statistics	Federal Employment Agency
Secondary jobs	Microcensus	Federal Statistical Office
Adjustments for differences in the calendar	Working Days Elasticities	German Bundesbank
Self-employed persons including family workers	German Employment Account	Federal Statistical Office
Self-employed persons including family workers	Microcensus	Federal Statistical Office

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