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Data integration and consolidation of administrative data from various sources: the case of Germans' employment histories
Datenintegration und Datenkonsolidierung von administrativen Daten aus unterschiedlichen Quellen am Beispiel von Daten zum deutschen Arbeitsmarkt
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Abstract 'This article introduces the data integration and consolidation process of the research data base of the Institute for Employment Research. The data are process generated data and stem from various, autonomous administrative processes. This fact implies that there are manifold inconsistencies betwee... view more
'This article introduces the data integration and consolidation process of the research data base of the Institute for Employment Research. The data are process generated data and stem from various, autonomous administrative processes. This fact implies that there are manifold inconsistencies between the data from the different data sources. This opens up the methodological problem of a successful consolidation of inconsistencies. Two contrarian strategies to handle this methodological problem are discussed and the solution in the IAB-data base is presented.' (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
institutional factors; personal data; sampling error; process-produced data; consolidation; consistency; individual; Federal Republic of Germany; management; data quality; labor market; methodology; data; administration; IAB
Classification
Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Computer Methods
Research Design
Labor Market Research
Method
development of methods; historical; basic research
Document language
English
Publication Year
2009
Page/Pages
p. 215-229
Journal
Historical Social Research, 34 (2009) 3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.34.2009.3.215-229
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed