Publication Challenge and potential of linking microdata in business statistics

Linking microdata from different statistics will be of increasing importance as a tool for obtaining new information without increasing the respondent burden. This article describes the methodology of creating a linked set of microdata from structural business statistics, business demography, foreign trade statistics and the business register. In addition to the data linking process, the article presents the basic validation procedures and discusses methods for calibrated weighting of linked microdata. The analytical potential of the data is examined using the example of employment trends in enterprises engaged and not engaged in foreign trade.

Authors: Dr. Sandra Jung, Stefanie Käuser

Article published in "WISTA – Scientific Journal", 2-2016