Integrated database linking international employer and employee surveys on work organisation, job quality and performance

There is an increasing consensus regarding the great research potential of linked employee and employer data sources in disentangling a wide range of topics in the fields of economics and, more generally, of social sciences. Such framework is however still missing at the EU level although many European countries have a long standing tradition in developing national linked surveys. This report aims at addressing this data gap by exploring available solutions to combine existing European employee and employer surveys. The objective is an optimal use of existing EU data sources rather than developing an EU linked survey. To this end, this report follows a stepwise approach starting with the scan of available methods for data combination followed by the selection of the best employee and employer data sources before proceeding with data harmonisation and integration. The main outcome is three linked surveys at the sector and the country levels available upon request and for which this report details the methodological characteristics.