BIBB Establishment Panel on Training and Competence Development The longitudinal data set

Abstract

The BIBB Establishment Panel on Qualification and Competence Development is the second largest annual panel survey of firms in Germany. In this article, we present the harmonised longitudinal data set from the first wave in 2011 to the 2019 wave, comprising 32,135 observations from 15,918 firms. We present information on the sample, study design and data collection and describe the characteristics of the survey. We explain the structure of the long data set designed for facilitating panel analyses. The data provides comprehensive information on firms’ human resources management, particularly in respect of vocational education and training and continuing training. Since 2016, the survey has also followed technological change and the training and employment of refugees. We present previous findings using the data, based on which we give an outline of the survey’s potential for future research. The Research Data Centre at the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training provides and regularly updates the data set.