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We are currently preparing a proposal to link SHARE data from the Czech Republic to administrative data. Similar SHARE data links already exist in Germany, Denmark and Finland.

SHARE-RV: Linking German SHARE Survey Data with Administrative Records

SHARE-RV stands for the direct linkage of survey data of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) with administrative records of the German Pension Insurance (DRV).

SHARE-RV is a project within the German subsample of SHARE which started as a pilot study in 2009 and is now integrated as a standard module of the German SHARE questionnaire. Upon respondents’ consent, the German Pension Insurance provides the administrative records which can be linked to the SHARE interviews of the same person.

The combination of accurate administrative data and profound information about different aspects of the respondents’ lives in SHARE-RV provide a wide range of research possibilities.

The great advantage of SHARE-RV lies in the possibility to combine administrative data of the German Pension Insurance and contextual factors of the respondents. Hence, SHARE-RV enables the investigation of connections between various aspects of respondents´ lives and their working history or their socio-economic status in later life. In addition administrative data of persons living in the same household can be identified and analysed simultaneously.

The Release 9.0.0 of the administrative data is available now. To get access to the administrative data, please follow the steps described at the project website.

REGLINK-SHAREDK is the second successful linkage project in SHARE and relates to the Danish subsample of SHARE. The linkage in Denmark was first completed in February 2017 by establishing the project as a national research infrastructure and will be consecutively updated when new waves of SHARE are released.

For the purpose of the linkage, a consortium has been established. At present, the consortium consists of University of Southern Denmark, Aarhus University, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Business School, Aalborg University and Roskilde University.

The current version of REGLINK-SHAREDK is based on SHARE Release 9-0-0. This includes survey data of Danish SHARE respondents of waves 1-9 linked with health, labour market and demographic registers. Those respondents who gave their consent for linkage in Wave 8 are included. For the future, it is planned to provide further updates to the REGLINK-SHAREDK database, and at the same occasions update the register variable content. This will be done jointly with the release of SHARE Wave 10 data.

Survey participants were provided with information about the linkage project and asked for their written consent to linkage in accordance with the Danish Act on Processing of Personal Data. The linkage of Danish SHARE data with administrative records of the same person is carried out via a central personal identification number.

The database provides researchers from Danish research institutions with the ability to analyse employment behaviour, health conditions, ageing processes etc. and thereby provide evidenced based solutions to many of the societal challenges, which Denmark and many other countries in Europe are facing.

More information can be found at the Accompanying Datasets website of SHARE-ERIC.

The REGLINK-SHAREFI project provides Finnish SHARE survey data linked to administrative data from Statistics Finland, Finnish Center for Pensions and Kela. The current version of REGLINK-SHAREFI includes all existing Finnish SHARE data based on SHARE Release 9-0-0 and the SHARE Corona Survey 1 & 2. Researchers can apply for administrative data separately. An update of REGLINK-SHAREFI is planned for future waves.

More information can be found at the Accompanying Datasets website of SHARE-ERIC.