Upcoming event in 2019

The 10th International Conference of Panel Data Users will take place in Switzerland in early June 2019. Expect some special events for this 10^th edition, which will also mark the 20^th wave of data collection of the SHP.

Past events

2018

The biennial SHP workshop took place from 11 to 14 June at the University of Lausanne. After the usual introductory day, we succeeded in gaining Prof. André Berchthold who gave a course on “Missing data and data imputation with the Swiss Household Panel”.

• Handout

2017

The 9^th International Conference of Panel Data Users in Switzerland took place from 6 to 8 June 2017 at the University of Lausanne. For the first time, we added a third day during which we organised a well-received workshop.

• Program
• Abstracts

2016

The biennial SHP workshop took place from 4 to 7 July at the University of Lausanne. Prof. Priscila Ferreira held a course on “Survival analysis using the Swiss Household Panel.”

• Handout

2015

The 8^th International Conference of Panel Data Users in Switzerland took place on 1 and 2 June at the University of Lausanne.

• Program
• Abstracts

Data users automatically become members of the “Living in Switzerland” research network. Since 2009 the members automatically receive the latest data sets and updates. Members of the network also automatically receive an invitation to the Swiss Panel Conference and to workshops. In order to find out what other users are working with the data and how to get in touch with them, you can find the complete list of members of the research network here.

Currently, the “Living in Switzerland” research network has more than 1’100 registered members (i.e. researchers who have signed a data contract since 1999 and who have received at least onc SHP CD) analysing the SHP data on a variety of topics, such as: types of households and families, poverty, health, living conditions of elderly people, living conditions of first and second generation immigrants, political participation and life satisfaction, etc.

The SHP data users come from:

• sociology (34%)
• economics (30%)
• political science (8%)
• public health (4%)
• psychology (4%)
• statistics (3%)
• education (2%)

The network also includes several technical scientists and geographers, indicating that the SHP data is also being used to analyse spatially related topics.

The active data users belong to the following institutions:

• Swiss academic institutions (69%)
• International academic institutions (18%)
• Public administrations (8%)
• Private institutes (5%)

National and international academic communities clearly dominate comprising 87% of all data users. However, the “statistical” use by public administrations and private research facilities is not negligible. Within Switzerland, all universities and many universities of applied science are represented among the data users.

Members of the research network who wish to make changes to update their details should send an e-mail to denise.bloch@fors.unil.ch.

The SHP is part of the Cross-National Equivalent File (CNEF). The CNEF contains equivalently defined variables for the US – Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), the British Household Panel Study (BHPS)/(Understanding Society), the Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA), the Canadian Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID), the Korean Labour and Income Panel Survey (KLIPS), the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey-Higher School of Economics (RLMS-HSE) and the Swiss Household Panel (SHP).

The data is designed to allow cross-national researchers to access a simplified version of these panels with guidelines for formulating equivalent variables across countries.

An article (Frick et al. 2007) describing the CNEF project can be downloaded here.

The CNEF variables of the SHP can be obtained via2 channels:

1. Download CNEF variables of the SHP (registered users only)
   
2. Comparative CNEF data of all member countries

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The CNEF data (CD including all member countries) and documentation can be acquired from the Ohio State University. They will email you an invoice for 125 USD. Once they receive your payment, they will mail you the disc. Continuing users receive free data updates. Contracts with the separate institutions responsible for the panels must be signed to access the data on the CD (additional details).

Consortium of Household Panels for European Socio-Economic Research (CHER)

The SHP participated in the Consortium of Household Panels for European Socio-Economic Research (CHER). The CHER core data set on income, employment, living conditions and health was released in 2004. It contains information from the following countries: Germany (since 1984); United Kingdom (since 1991); Denmark, Netherlands, France, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Spain and Portugal (since 1994); Austria and Finland (since 1995); Sweden (since 1997); Switzerland (since 1999).

Statistics of Income and Living Conditions (SILC)

The pilot surveys (2004 and 2005) of SILC (Statistics of Income and Living Conditions; Eurostat) were conducted by the Swiss National Statistical Office in close cooperation with the SHP. Data from the pilot surveys can be acquired from COMPASS.

Cross-National Equivalent File (CNEF)

Other panel studies in Switzerland:

Transitions for Education to Employment (TREE)

Swiss Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (COCON)

Survey on Health Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE)

Other household panels:

Germany : Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)

Australia : Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey (HILDA)

US : Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID)

Canada : Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID)

UK : British Household Panel Survey (BHPS)/(Understanding Society)

South Korea : Korean Labor & Income Panel Study (KLIPS)

Morocco: Enqûete panel de ménage (ONDH)

Other collaborations:

Non-Marital Childbearing project (click here)

Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (LIVES)

Swiss National Cohort (SNC)