In each national jurisdiction, additional technical solutions are available that facilitate the use of micro data without compromising on data confidentiality. The Bundesbank, for example, has recently established a Research Data and Service Centre (RDSC), which provides researchers inside and outside the Bank with access to its micro data.
In general, the more detailed the data are, the more restrictive is the data access offered by the RDSC. Outside Bundesbank premises (off-site), only anonymised data specially prepared for academic research purposes (scientific use files) from the Panel on Household Finances study – a representative survey on the structure and composition of households’ wealth – may be used.