The IAB/ZEW Start-Up Panel

Elisa Rodepeter; Hanna Hottenrott; Sandra Gottschalk

doi:10.1515/jbnst-2025-0023

The IAB/ZEW Start-Up Panel

Elisa Rodepeter
, Hanna Hottenrott
, Sandra Gottschalk

Associate Professorship of Economics of Innovation

Technical University of Munich
Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW)

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Abstract

The IAB/ZEW Start-Up Panel is a longitudinal and representative survey established in 2008, designed to focus on founders and their businesses during the very early stages of the firm life cycle. Data on newly founded companies, their founders, business activities, and innovation and market strategies is scarce, posing challenges for both research and evidence-based policymaking. The IAB/ZEW Start-Up Panel’s objective is to provide reliable research data on new businesses in Germany for the research community. This paper outlines the panel’s design, methods, and structure. We also discuss potential research topics, usage, and access to the data for academic purposes.

Original language	English
Journal	Jahrbucher fur Nationalokonomie und Statistik
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1515/jbnst-2025-0023
State	Accepted/In press - 2025

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firm performance
innovation
panel survey
start-ups

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