%0 Report %A Arni, Patrick %A Caliendo, Marco %A Künn, Steffen %A Zimmermann, Klaus F. %T The IZA Evaluation Dataset Survey: A Scientific Use File %D 2014 %8 2014 Feb %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) %C Bonn %7 IZA Discussion Paper %N 7971 %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp7971 %X This reference paper describes the sampling and contents of the IZA Evaluation Dataset Survey and outlines its vast potential for research in labor economics. The data have been part of a unique IZA project to connect administrative data from the German Federal Employment Agency with innovative survey data to study the out-mobility of individuals to work. This study makes the survey available to the research community as a Scientific Use File by explaining the development, structure, and access to the data. Furthermore, it also summarizes previous findings with the survey data. %K scientific use file %K labor market policies %K evaluation %K migration %K ethnicity %K attitudes %K survey data %K behavior %K skills