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„Combined Firm Data for Germany" – Possibilities and Consequences of Merging Firm Data from Different Data Producers
Biewen, Elena | Gruhl, Anja | Gürke, Christopher | Hethey-Maier, Tanja | Weiß, Emanuel
Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, Vol. 132 (2012), Iss. 3 : pp. 361–377
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Elena Biewen, Deutsche Bundesbank, Forschungszentrum, Wilhelm-Epstein-Straße 14, 60431 Frankfurt am Main.
Anja Gruhl, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) der Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Regensburger Straße 104, 90478 Nürnberg.
Christopher Gürke, Statistisches Bundesamt, – Forschungsdatenzentrum –, 65180 Wiesbaden.
Tanja Hethey-Maier, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) der Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Regensburger Straße 104, 90478 Nürnberg.
Emanuel Weiß, Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Saarbrücken, Goebenstraße 40, 66117 Saarbrücken.
Abstract
In the project „Combined firm data for Germany" (KombiFiD) firm data from different institutions were merged and made available for research for the first time. The institutions involved in the project faced considerable challenges both due to the narrow legal limits underlying such a merging procedure and as a result of the partial lack of a unique identifier. This paper provides an overview of the objectives associated with the project and its progress.