Eine Hilfsklassifikation mit Tätigkeitsbeschreibungen für Zwecke der Berufskodierung: Leitgedanken und Dokumentation

Malte Schierholz, Lorraine Brenner, Lea Cohausz, Lisa Damminger, Lisa Fast, Ann-Kathrin Hörig, Anna-Lena Huber, Theresa Ludwig, Annabell Petry and Laura Tschischka
Additional contact information
Malte Schierholz: Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg, Germany ; Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung ; Univ. Mannheim
Lorraine Brenner: Univ. Mannheim
Lea Cohausz: Univ. Mannheim
Lisa Damminger: Univ. Mannheim
Lisa Fast: Univ. Mannheim
Ann-Kathrin Hörig: Univ. Mannheim
Anna-Lena Huber: Univ. Mannheim
Theresa Ludwig: Univ. Mannheim
Annabell Petry: Univ. Mannheim
Laura Tschischka: Univ. Mannheim

No 201813, IAB-Discussion Paper from Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]

Abstract: "Occupational classifications are structured by the type of work that employees perform. Consequently, German surveys ask employees about the work they perform in order to collect information about occupation. Although the question is tailored to this classification principle, category definitions describing the work are infrequently used for coding. Instead, coding is more indirect as coders often select job titles from a separate coding index. Since many job titles are imprecise and do not sufficiently describe the work actually performed, incorrect assignments may occur. As an alternative, we develop an auxiliary classification describing work activities, useful for computer-assisted coding. It allows coders to select the most appropriate work activity without using imprecise job titles for coding. The new auxiliary classification is based on both the 2010 German Classification of Occupations and the 2008 International Standard Classification of Occupations and allows simultaneous coding to both classifications. The greatest benefits are realized if detailed knowledge about the respondents' work activities is available. Therefore, the auxiliary classification is most useful if respondents themselves can select the most appropriate work activity from it." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Keywords: Bundesrepublik Deutschland; ausgeübter Beruf; Befragung; Berufsbeschreibung; Berufsklassifikation; Codierung; ISCO; Tätigkeitsmerkmale (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C83 J40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 43 pages
Date: 2018
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-ger
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://doku.iab.de/discussionpapers/2018/dp1318.pdf

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:iab:iabdpa:201813

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in IAB-Discussion Paper from Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany] Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by IAB, Geschäftsbereich Wissenschaftliche Fachinformation und Bibliothek ().