Labour demand panel

Summary

Strengths: Longitudinal (panel data) and long time series data.

Type of data

Data Source
Survey

Type of Study
Survey same

Data gathering method
Telephone
Face-to-face

Access to data

Conditions of access
Cannot be downloaded directly.

Type of available data (e.g. anonymised microdata, aggregated tables, etc.)
Anonymised microdata

Formats available
SPSS (default)

Coverage

Coverage Years of collection, reference years, and sample sizes
Data collection ongoing since 1989 (1989-2013) with a net sample size between 2,000 and 3,000 organizations. The response rate is between 40 and 70 percent. Data collection is scheduled to continue at some point in the future.

First year of collection
1989

Stratification if applicable
Stratification by sector (10 categories) and number of employees (5 categories).

Base used for sampling

Geographical coverage and breakdowns
Up until 1993: all organizations with 10 or more employees, 1995 and after: all organizations with 5 or more employees.

Age range
Not applicable

Statistical representativeness
Special group, please specify

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics
Detailed study of: Labour demand of Dutch organizations; workforce information, workforce policies, workforce adjustments; opinions of employers on older workers.

Linkage

Standardisation

Possibility of linkage among databases

Data quality

Entry errors if applicable
Survey errors.

Breaks
Breaks due to methodological changes in 2001 and 2003 (changes in modes of observations).

Consistency of terminology or coding used during collection
Most concepts are consistent in time.

Governance

Contact information

The Netherlands Institute for Social Research (SCP)
Rijnstraat 50
2515 XP Den Haag Netherlands Phone: 003170-3407000
Email: info(at)scp.nl
Url:

Timeliness, transparency
Data is collected every two years.