Abstract:
This report provides details on the sampling design, the fieldwork, as well as nonresponse and population adjustments for the 2024 sample M8d of the IAB-SOEP-Migration Survey. The survey is conducted in cooperation between the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) and the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). It refreshes the IAB-SOEP-Migration samples M8a, M8b and M8c by adding 348 households of foreigners from countries outside the European Union (EU) to allow for evaluating the Skilled Labor Immigration Act (Fachkräfteeinwanderungsgesetz). The act came into effect on March 1, 2020. Its goal is to facilitate the immigration of skilled workers from non-EU countries to Germany.