This variable provides data on the total size of the company for all working responders (including self-employed and employees). It is mainly generated from the annual question about the number of people employed in the entire company referring to all company sites not just the local branch. This information is reported in the plb0049_v#
variables from the pl dataset.
Special attention should be given to categories (4), (5), and (8), which became necessary due to changes in the answer options over the years. Subsequently, the question asked about company size became more detailed. In 1991, the introduction of the category "under 5 employees" led to the creation of category (4) for the period before 1990. The wording then remained unchanged until 1999 when the option "20-100 employees" was added, resulting in the creation of category (8) for the period up to 1998. Starting from 2005, the prior category "5 to 20 employees" was further divided into two more specific categories, necessitating the creation of category (5) for the period between the initial reformulation in 1990 and 2004.
In 2012, the questionnaire provides a one-time-only information on the size of the local establishment in addition to the size of the entire company. The enriched questionnaire revealed that in previous interviews, respondents have mistakenly provided information on the local establishment size instead of the entire company size, especially if their entire company had 2000 and more employees. Due to the importance of longitudinal consistency, these individuals where identified, and their 2012 original value of the entire company size was replaced by their value of the local establishment size. Furthermore, data of people without a job change were modified if:
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the entire company size varies from 2011 to 2012,
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the local establishment size in 2012 matches the entire company size in 2011.
Those person's values of the entire company in 2012 were replaced by their values of the local establishment size in 2012.
Please also see PGALLBET for a broader categorization of the firm size, which is appropriate for analyses that include all sample years.
This variable provides data on the total size of the company for all working responders (including self-employed and employees). It is mainly generated from the annual question about the number of people employed in the entire company referring to all company sites not just the local branch. This information is reported in the plb0049_v#
variables from the pl dataset.
Special attention should be given to categories (4), (5), and (8), which became necessary due to changes in the answer options over the years. Subsequently, the question asked about company size became more detailed. In 1991, the introduction of the category "under 5 employees" led to the creation of category (4) for the period before 1990. The wording then remained unchanged until 1999 when the option "20-100 employees" was added, resulting in the creation of category (8) for the period up to 1998. Starting from 2005, the prior category "5 to 20 employees" was further divided into two more specific categories, necessitating the creation of category (5) for the period between the initial reformulation in 1990 and 2004.
In 2012, the questionnaire provides a one-time-only information on the size of the local establishment in addition to the size of the entire company. The enriched questionnaire revealed that in previous interviews, respondents have mistakenly provided information on the local establishment size instead of the entire company size, especially if their entire company had 2000 and more employees. Due to the importance of longitudinal consistency, these individuals where identified, and their 2012 original value of the entire company size was replaced by their value of the local establishment size. Furthermore, data of people without a job change were modified if:
-
the entire company size varies from 2011 to 2012,
-
the local establishment size in 2012 matches the entire company size in 2011.
Those person's values of the entire company in 2012 were replaced by their values of the local establishment size in 2012.
Please also see PGALLBET for a broader categorization of the firm size, which is appropriate for analyses that include all sample years.