Beitrag zu Sammelwerk
The ifo Business Survey in the Insurance Industry
Artem Marjenko, Simon Litsche
ifo Institut, München, 2023
ifo Beiträge zur Wirtschaftsforschung / 100, 190-196
ifo Institut, München, 2023
ifo Beiträge zur Wirtschaftsforschung / 100, 190-196
The ifo Business Survey in the insurance industry was launched in 1999 and is a joint project of
the German Insurance Association (GDV) and the ifo Institute. The decision to implement the
survey was made after a pre-test showed that the survey results had a significant correlation
with the respective reference statistics of GDV. Since its inception, the survey has undergone
several developments. The number of response choices for the questions has been scaled
down from five to three to be in line with the monthly ifo Business Survey. The types of
insurance covered by the survey and the list of questions have also slightly changed over time.
From the summer of 2017 to 2020, companies were able to submit their answers via an online
questionnaire as an alternative to the previously used paper questionnaire. Since 2020, the
online questionnaire has been the only option to participate in the survey. Meanwhile, the
time series of the survey results are long enough that they can also be seasonally adjusted.
Schlagwörter: ifo Business Survey, ifo Business Climate, business cycle indicators, survey methodology, education survey, expert surveys
JEL Klassifikation: C010, C530, C810, C830
Enthalten in Zeitschrift bzw. Sammelwerk
Monographie (Herausgeberschaft)
Handbook of ifo Surveys
Stefan Sauer, Moritz Schasching, Klaus Wohlrabe
ifo Institut, München, 2023
ifo Beiträge zur Wirtschaftsforschung / 100
ifo Institut, München, 2023
ifo Beiträge zur Wirtschaftsforschung / 100