Custom Shaped Administrative Data for the Analysis of Labor Markets (CADAL)

行政数据已成为现代实证劳动力市场研究的重要组成部分。其中，行政数据利用率高的一个原因是它们可以根据研究人员的需要进行塑造。因此，许多主要期刊上的出版物都是基于个性化或定制的管理数据，这些数据完全符合研究人员的识别策略。德国联邦就业局（Bundesagentur f<e:2> r Arbeit， BA）的研究数据中心（FDZ）位于就业研究所（IAB），是德国科学界在个人/家庭或企业层面上最重要的行政劳动力市场数据供应商。FDZ在提供标准化数据集的同时，也曾与多名研究人员合作构建定制化数据，为《经济季刊》、《美国经济评论》等知名期刊的顶级出版物提供基础。对于DFG优先项目“全球化世界中的德国劳动力市场：通过贸易、技术和人口构成的挑战”，FDZ的目标是在第二资助阶段继续为DFG优先项目的研究人员提供高质量的定制数据。这些数据将被特别设计，以适应具体项目的潜在研究问题。构建此类定制数据不仅需要对源数据和数据保护法规有广泛的了解，还需要用于创建、测试和记录最终数据的资源。通常情况下，这不仅仅是一项服务任务，而是需要内部工作人员自身的研究经验以及内部和外部研究人员的密切合作。为了促进这种富有成效的交流，FDZ将与DFG优先项目的研究人员在数据开发方面进行合作。我们的想法是创建的数据不仅是DFG优先计划项目的资源，而且还将代表整个科学界的附加价值。因此，FDZ的目标是将DFG优先计划中取得的创新成果纳入其标准化数据产品中，以便未来的研究人员可以使用这些产品。在这个DFG优先项目中，FDZ、研究人员和国际专家之间的独特互动不仅将确保创造新的和创新的数据。它将为前沿研究奠定基础，可以根据国际知名度和DFG优先计划内外的顶级出版物来衡量。

Administrative data have become an important part of modern empirical labor market research. Among others, one reason for the high utilization of administrative data is that they can be shaped according to the researchers needs. As a consequence, many of the publications in leading journals are based on individualized or custom-shaped administrative data that fit perfectly the identification strategies of the researchers. The Research Data Center (FDZ) of the German Federal Employment Agency (Bundesagentur für Arbeit, BA) at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) is the most important supplier of administrative labor market data on the level of individuals/households or establishments to the scientific community in Germany. While generally providing access to standardized datasets, FDZ cooperated with several researchers in the past to build customized data, thus providing the basis for top-level publications in prestigious journals like the Quarterly Journal of Economics and the American Economic Review. For the DFG Priority Program The German Labour Market in a Globalised World: Challenges through Trade, Technology, and Demographics, FDZ aims to continue to supply high quality custom shaped data to researchers of this DFG Priority Program during the second funding phase. These data will be specifically designed to suit the underlying research questions of the specific projects. Building such customized data requires not only extensive knowledge of the source data and data protection regulations but also resources for creation, testing and documentation of the final data. Typically, this is not just a service task, but presumes own research experience of the internal staff and close cooperation between internal and external researchers. In order to foster this productive exchange, FDZ will collaborate with researchers of this DFG Priority Program on data development. The idea is to create data that are not only a resource for the projects of this DFG Priority Program but which will also represent an added value to the scientific community in general. Hence, FDZ aims to incorporate innovations achieved in this DFG Priority Program into its standardized data products to make them available for researchers in the future. The unique interaction between FDZ, researchers and international experts in this DFG Priority Program will not only ensure the creation of new and innovative data. It will lay the basis for cutting-edge research may be measured in terms of international visibility and top-level publications within this DFG Priority Program and beyond.