AWFP Data

The Administrative Wage and Labor Market Flow Panel (AWFP) 

The AWFP is a dataset on labor market flows and stocks for the universe of German establishments (Betriebe). It contains data on job flows (changes in the number of employees per establishment), worker flows (information about the hiring and firing activity), and wages for each establishment. The AWFP was generated within the framework of the projects “Custom Shaped Administrative Data for the Analysis of Labour Market” and "Wages, Heterogeneities, and Labor Market Dynamics". Both projects are part of the German Science Foundation (DFG) priority program "The German Labor Market in a Globalized World" (SPP 1764). 

• FDZ-AWFP: The FDZ-AWFP contains selected AWFP variables for a 50 % random sample of establishments for the years 1976–2014. The FDZ-AWFP data are available on an annual and on a quarterly basis. Data access is provided by the FDZ at the IAB via on-site use and remote data access.

• FDZ-AWFP Extensions: The FDZ now provides AWFP extensions for two datasets. The extensions are available on an annual and on a quarterly basis. Data access is provided by the FDZ at the IAB via on-site use and remote data access.

  • AWFP extension for the IAB Job Vacany Survey

  • AWFP extension for the IAB Establishment Panel

• Aggregated public release data: The aggregated public release datasets of the AWFP contain, e.g., information on job and worker flows for groups of firms and thus can be used to study the cyclical dynamics (of fractions) of the labor market in terms of turnover and churning (download links see below).

Dataset descriptions:

• The Administrative Wage and Labor Market Flow Panel; updated Dec. 2018 (FAU Discussion Papers in Economics)

• The FDZ Sample of the Administrative Wage and Labor Market Flow Panel 1976–2014 (FDZ-Datenreport)

• The Administrative Wage and Labor Market Flow Panel Extension for the IAB Job Vacancy Survey 2010–2014 (FDZ-Datenreport)

• The Administrative Wage and Labor Market Flow Panel Extension for the IAB Establishment Panel 1993–2014 (FDZ-Datenreport)

• The public release data of the AWFP (Journal of Economics and Statistics / Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik)

• Description of additional AWFP public release datasets

Aggregated public release datasets are provided by the FDZ at the IAB (click here)

• Data: Version 1.0 for Stata 13 or later (12 datasets)

• Additional datasets for Stata 12 or later (1 dataset)