Symposium on Multisource Databases July 22nd, 2004 in Nuremberg, Germany Reports from Academic and Practice

Part I Linked Employer-Employee Databases Chair: Claus Schnabel (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg)

09:00 John M. Abowd (Cornell University, Census Bureau, USA) Integration of individual and employer data using a job link 09:45 Till von Wachter / Stefan Bender (Columbia University, USA / IAB) In the right place at the wrong time: The role of firms and luck in young workers careers 10:15 Martyn J. Andrews / Thorsten Schank / Richard Upward (University of Manchester, UK / University of Erlangen-Nuremberg / University of Nottingham, UK) High wage workers and low wage firms: Negative assortative matching or statistical artefact?

Part II Statistical Matching in Practice Chair: Susanne Rässler (Institute of Employment Research)

11:15 Julia Lane (Urban Institute, Census Bureau, USA) New statistical products using data from multiple sources 11:45 Gerhard Paaß (Fraunhofer Institute for Autonomous Intelligent Systems) Linking web usage information with statistical surveys 12:15 Raimund Wildner (GfK) Data fusion practice in marketing research

Part III Data Combination Methodology Chair: Johann Bacher (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg)

13:45 Geert Ridder (University of Southern California, USA) The econometrics of data combination 14:15 Rainer Schnell (University of Konstanz) Record linkage using error prone strings 14:45 Nathaniel Schenker (National Center of Health Statistics, USA) Combining Information from multiple surveys for small-area estimation: A Bayesian approach

Part IV Confidentiality Issues and Summary Chair: Jutta Allmendinger (Institute of Employment Research)

15:45 Roderick J.A. Little (University of Michigan, USA) Statistical disclosure control in microdata 16:30 Donald B. Rubin (Harvard University, USA) Concluding integrating comments

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