Labor Demand Panel: Employer Surveys in the Netherlands, 1989-2016

1989 to 2016 panel survey of employer establishments in the Netherlands, conducted biennially. It contains around 3,000 observations per wave and 14 measurement waves, designed to provide insight into labor demand and personnel policy. The data is managed by the Netherlands Institute for Social Research (SCP) and originated from the Organization for Strategic Labor Market Research (OSA).

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in labor demand based on biennial survey waves from 1989 to 2016.
• Studying employer personnel policy using the combination of topics covered by the panel.
• Modeling workforce composition based on variables like employee counts by age class.
• Investigating financial and wage data such as turnover, total payroll, and gross wages from supplementary packages.

Strengths

• Longitudinal design with 14 biennial measurement waves spanning 27 years (1989-2016).
• Approximately 3,000 observations per survey wave, providing a consistent sample size.
• Covers a combination of topics including labor demand, personnel policy, financials, and wage data across three distinct data packages.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Access to supplementary data packages I and II requires a confidentiality declaration to be submitted to the SCP.

Provenance

Source

Sociaal en Cultureel Planbureau (SCP), originally from OSA (Organisatie voor Strategisch Arbeidsmarktonderzoek).

Collection Method

Questionnaire survey of employer establishments, conducted biennially.

Time Range

1989 to 2016

Freshness

Last updated 2025-10-24 03:35:49; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Netherlands