The IAB Job Vacancy Survey: design and research potential

Bossler, Mario; Gürtzgen, Nicole; Kubis, Alexander; Küfner, Benjamin; Lochner, Benjamin

doi:10.1186/s12651-020-00278-6

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“…Besides its overall impact on jobs and the economy, the pandemic is expected to have a particularly strong impact on life course transitions that mainly take place at young adult ages, such as entry into postsecondary education, labor market entry and early career development (Settersten et al, 2020). Between 2019 and 2020, the number of new hires decreased by around 3.4% and newly concluded training contracts by around 11% (Bossler et al, 2021; Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training, 2021). Estimations show that the amount of offered apprenticeships declined by around 7.3% due to the pandemic in 2020 (Oeynhausen et al, 2020).…”

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The impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on internal migration in Germany: A descriptive analysis

Stawarz

Rosenbaum‐Feldbrügge

Sander

et al. 2022

Population Space and Place

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The COVID‐19 pandemic has affected economies, labor markets, health care, education and tourism around the globe in unprecedented ways. However, little research has yet been devoted to the impact that the pandemic might have had on internal migration. This study aims to address this gap by determining how the intensity and spatial patterns of internal migration changed between 2019 and 2020 in Germany. We draw on data from the population register on annual flows between 401 counties. We find that the COVID‐19 pandemic was associated with a 5% drop in the intensity of inter‐county migration in 2020 compared to the previous year, with significant variation across age. The pandemic was also associated with an upsurge in net migration losses for the largest cities, driven by fewer inflows of young adults and continuing outflows of families.

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The impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on internal migration in Germany: A descriptive analysis

Stawarz

Rosenbaum‐Feldbrügge

Sander

et al. 2022

Population Space and Place

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“…The JVS is a representative employer survey conducted at regular intervals among employers in Germany. Its overall aim is to determine the current demand for labor and to observe staff-search and hiring processes in detail (Davis et al, 2014 ; Bossler et al, 2020 ). Every year some 12,000 establishments and administrations of all sizes and from all sectors of the economy complete the written questionnaire in the fourth quarter of the year.…”

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On the Impact of Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence on Employers' Flexibility Requirements in Occupations—Empirical Evidence for Germany

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Weber

Püffel

2022

Front. Artif. Intell.

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Artificial intelligence (AI) has a high application potential in many areas of the economy, and its use is expected to accelerate strongly in the coming years. This is linked with changes in working conditions that may be substantial and entail serious health risks for employees. With our paper we are the first to conduct an empirical analysis of employers' increasing flexibility requirements in the course of advancing digitalization, based on a representative business survey, the IAB Job Vacancy Survey. We combine establishment-level data from the survey and occupation-specific characteristics from other sources and apply non-linear random effects estimations. According to employers' assessments, office and secretarial occupations are undergoing the largest changes in terms of flexibility requirements, followed by other occupations that are highly relevant in the context of AI: occupations in company organization and strategy, vehicle/aerospace/shipbuilding technicians and occupations in insurance and financial services. The increasing requirements we observe most frequently are those concerning demands on employees' self-organization, although short-term working-time flexibility and workplace flexibility also play an important role. The estimation results show that the occupational characteristics, independently of the individual employer, play a major role for increasing flexibility requirements. For example, occupations with a larger share of routine cognitive activities (which in the literature are usually more closely associated with artificial intelligence than others) reveal a significantly higher probability of increasing flexibility demands, specifically with regard to the employees' self-organization. This supports the argument that AI changes above all work content and work processes. For the average age of the workforce and the unemployment rate in an occupation we find significantly negative effects. At the establishment level the share of female employees plays a significant negative role. Our findings provide clear indications for targeted action in labor market and education policy in order to minimize the risks and to strengthen the chances of an increasing application of AI technologies.

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“…The IAB-JVS collects data on a range of topics from job vacancies and worker flows to working hours and recruitment processes. It is designed as a voluntary, nationallyrepresentative, annual repeated cross-sectional survey with a sub-annual panel component (Bossler et al 2020). In the fourth quarter (October-December) of each year, a new quasi-panel is started with a fresh sample.…”

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“…Gürtzgen and Kubis 2021). This voluntary and nationwide establishment survey captures the number and structure of job vacancies, as well as detailed information about recruiting processes from up to 14,000 respondents in Germany each year (Bossler et al 2020). In 2020, it also covered various items on COVID-19 including layoffs due to the pandemic and receipt of government subsidies.…”

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Establishment survey participation during the COVID-19 pandemic

Küfner

Sakshaug

Zins

2022

J Labour Market Res

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Establishment surveys around the globe have measured the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on establishments’ conditions and business practices. At the same time, the consequences of the pandemic, such as closures, hygiene standards, or remote work arrangements, may have also altered patterns of survey participation and introduced nonresponse bias, threatening the quality of establishment survey data. To investigate these issues, this article examines fieldwork outcomes, nonresponse bias, and predictors of survey participation in the IAB-Job Vacancy Survey. As comparisons with previous survey years show, it became more difficult to successfully interview establishments during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using linked administrative data, we show that nonresponse bias was higher in 2020 compared to previous years, even after applying the standard weighting adjustment. However, general patterns of survey participation in 2020 were similar to previous years and COVID-19 related measures were not strong predictors of survey participation in 2020. Further, we provide evidence that nonresponse bias during the pandemic can be reduced by incorporating additional administrative variables into the weighting procedure relative to the standard weighting variables. We conclude this article with a discussion of the findings and implications for survey practitioners.

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The IAB Job Vacancy Survey: design and research potential

Cited by 17 publications

References 25 publications

The impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on internal migration in Germany: A descriptive analysis

The impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on internal migration in Germany: A descriptive analysis

On the Impact of Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence on Employers' Flexibility Requirements in Occupations—Empirical Evidence for Germany

Establishment survey participation during the COVID-19 pandemic

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