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Axenfeld, Julian B., Bruch, Christian, & Wolf, Christof (2026). Composition of core modules and item allocation in split questionnaire designs: impact on estimates from imputed data. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1080/13645579.2025.2561653
Bach, Stefan, Bartels, Charlotte, & Neef, Theresa (2026). The distribution of national income in Germany, 1992–2019. European Economic Review, 181, 105149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2025.105149
Bharadwaj, Prashant, Graeber, Daniel, Khoury, Stephanie, & Schmid, Christian P. R. (2026). Asylum seekers and host country mental health: Evidence from Germany and Switzerland. Journal of Development Economics, 178, 103579. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2025.103579
Brücker, Herbert, Kosyakova, Yuliya, Rother, Nina, Zinn, Sabine, Liebau, Elisabeth, et al. (2026). Exploring integration and migration dynamics: the research potentials of a large-scale longitudinal household study of refugees in Germany. European Sociological Review, 42(1), 146–163. https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf032
Ghose, Urmimala, Krämer, Michael D., Richter, David, Wagner, Gert G., Infurna, Frank J., Ram, Nilam, & Gerstorf, Denis (2026). How Spousal Bereavement Shapes Life Satisfaction: Stability and Change across Historical Time. European Journal of Personality (Online First). https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070251336534
Krämer, Michael D., Schaefer, Bernd, Roos, Yannick, Richter, David & Cornelia Wrzus (2026). Dynamic networks of social contact, social desire, and affect across time scales. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (Online First). https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000592
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Bartels, Charlotte, Kersting, Felix, & Wolf, Nikolaus (2025). Testing Marx: Capital accumulation, income inequality, and socialism in late nineteenth-century Germany. Review of Economics and Statistics, 107(4), 935–950. https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_01305
Bartig, Susanne, Cardozo Silva, Adriana, & Biddle, Louise (2025). Mental health of Ukrainian refugees in Germany: results of the IAB-BAMF-SOEP survey. European Journal of Public Health, 35(6). https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaf180.138
Beckmannshagen, Mattis & Koenig, Johannes (2025). Out for good: Transitory and persistent labor market effects of heterogeneous health shocks. Labour Economics, 96, 102747. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2025.102747
Biddle, Louise, Stacherl, Barbara, & Heidinger, Ellen (2025). Perceived discrimination among migrants in Germany: Does social capital moderate harmful effects on mental health? Social Science & Medicine, 370117854. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.117854
Décieux, Jean Philippe, Zinn, Sabine, & Ette, Andreas (2025). Effects of Changing the Incentive Strategy on Panel Performance: Experimental Evidence From a Probability-Based Online Panel of Refugees. Survey Research Methods, 19(2), 223–239. https://doi.org/10.18148/srm/2025.v19i2.8437
Dräger, Jascha, Müller, Nora, & Pforr, Klaus (2025). The keys to the house: How wealth transfers stratify homeownership opportunities. Social Science Research, 129, 103190. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2025.103190
EL-Awad, Usama, Eves, Robert, Hachenberger, Justin, Entringer, Theresa M., Goodwin, Robin, Realo, Anu, & Lemola, Sakari (2025). Mapping Life Satisfaction Over the First Years of Cohabitation Among Former Singles Living Alone in UK and Germany. Journal of Personality (Online first), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.70013
Fraemke, Deniz, Willems, Yayouk E., Okbay, Aysu, Lindenberger, Ulman, Zinn, Sabine; Wagner, Gert, Richter, David et al. (2025). Polygenic Associations With Educational Attainment in East Versus West Germany: Differences Emerge After Reunification. Psychological Science, 36(7), 559–573. https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976251350965
Gnambs, Timo, Stein, Jan-Philipp, Appel, Markus, Griese, Florian, & Zinn, Sabine (2025). An economical measure of attitudes towards artificial intelligence in work, healthcare, and education (ATTARI-WHE). Computers in Human Behavior: Artificial Humans, 3, 100106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbah.2024.100106
Gold, Andreas W., Perplies, Clara, Biddle, Louise, & Bozorgmehr, Kayvan (2025). Primary healthcare models for refugees involving nurses: a systematic review and narrative synthesis. BMJ Global Health, 10(3). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2024-018105
Halbmeier, Christoph & Schröder, Carsten (2025). The Long-Term Implications of Destruction During the Second World War on Private Wealth in Germany. Journal of Economic Growth, 30, 161–235. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10887-024-09242-2
Heidemann, Valeriia, Zinn, Sabine, & Biddle, Louise (2025). Early childhood development among voluntary and forced migrants: evidence from Germany. European Journal of Public Health, 35 (1). https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaf161.189
Herpell, Mathis, Marbach, Moritz, Harder, Niklas, Orlova, Alexandra, Hangartner, Dominik, & Hainmueller, Jens (2025). The impact of private hosting on the integration of Ukrainian refugees in Germany. Nature Human Behaviour, 9(11), 2249–2260. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02303-5
Hünteler, Bettina, Hank, Karsten, Alburez-Gutierrez, Diego, & Leopold, Thomas (2025). A Typology of Younger Adults’ Nuclear and Extended Family Relations in the United States. Journal of Marriage and Family, 88(1), 284–298. https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.70014
Kapelle, Nicole, Frémeaux, Nicolas, Lersch, Philipp M., & Leturcq, Marion (2025). A cohabitation wealth premium for women and men: considering the regulatory framework and normative acceptance in France and Germany. Socio-Economic Review, 23(2), 591–620. https://doi.org/10.1093/ser/mwaf013
Klinke, Dennis, Jacobsen, Jannes, Dierse, Manuel, Faas, Thorsten, Gerstorf, Denis et al. (2025). Social media sampling is an effective way to access hard to survey populations and low prevalence groups. International Journal of Social Research Methodology (online first), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/13645579.2025.2564866
König, Johannes & Longmuir, Maximilian (2025). Wage Risk and Portfolio Choice: The Role of Correlated Returns. International Review of Financial Analysis, 100, 103985. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2025.103985
König, Johannes, Schluter, Christian; Schröder, Carsten, Retter, Isabella, & Beckmannshagen, Mattis (2025). The beyondpareto command for optimal extreme-value index estimation. The Stata Journal, 25(1), 169–188. https://doi.org/10.1177/1536867X251322969
Krämer, Michael D., Rohrer, Julia M., Lucas, Richard E., & Richter, David (2025). Life Events and Life Satisfaction: Estimating Effects of Multiple Life Events in Combined Models. European Journal of Personality, 39(1), 3–23. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070241231017
Laurence, James & Goebel, Jan (2025). Immigration, segregation, and attitudes toward immigrants: a longitudinal multiscalar analysis across egohoods. European Sociological Review, 41(4), 553–574. https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcae045
Legewie, Nicolas M., Jaschke, Philipp, Krieger, Magdalena, Kroh, Martin, Löbel, Lea-Maria (2025). Support for everyone or selection of some? Self-selection and assignment into a large-scale refugee mentoring program in Germany. European Sociological Review (Online first). https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf033
Meister, Lorenz, Menkhoff, Lukas, & Schröder, Carsten (2025). Stock Market Participation, Work from Home, and Inequality. International Review of Financial Analysis, 107, 104604. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2025.104604
Mercuri, Elisabetta; Schmid, Lorenz; Poethko-Müller, Christina, … & Group, RKI-SOEP-2 Study (Grabka Markus; Zinn, Sabine) (2025). Nationwide population-based infection- and vaccine-induced SARS-CoV-2 antibody seroprevalence in Germany in autumn/winter 2021/2022. Eurosurveillance, 30(1). https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2025.30.1.2400037
Stein, Annika, Gummer, Tobias, Naumann, Elias, … Cornesse, Carina et al. (2025). Education bias in probability-based surveys in Germany: evidence and possible solutions. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/13645579.2025.2508889
Touzel, Victoria; Reifegerste, Doreen; Bozorgmehr, Kayvan; Biddle, Louise (2025). Impact of social isolation on mental health changes by socio-economic status: A moderated mediation analysis among non-migrant, migrant, and refugee subpopulations in Germany, 2016–2020. SSM - Population Health, 31, 101822. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2025.101822
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Bartels, Charlotte, Jäger, Simon, & Obergruber, Natalie (2024). Long-Term Effects of Equal Sharing: Evidence from Inheritance Rules for Land. The Economic Journal, 134(664), 3137–3172. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueae040
Beckmannshagen, Mattis & Glaubitz, Rick (2024). Is there a desired added worker effect? Evidence from involuntary job losses. Review of Economics of the Household (online first). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11150-024-09742-5
Biddle, Louise & Bozorgmehr, Kayvan (2024). Effect of area-level socioeconomic deprivation on mental and physical health: A longitudinal natural experiment among refugees in Germany. SSM - Population Health, 25, 101596. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101596
Buchinger, Laura, Entringer, Theresa M., Richter, David, Wagner, Gert G., Gerstorf, Denis, & Bleidorn, Wiebke (2024). Codevelopment of life goals and the Big Five personality traits across adulthood and old age. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 126(2), 346–368. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000477
Buchinger, Laura, Wahring, Iris V., Ram, Nilam, Hoppmann, Christiane A., Heckhausen, Jutta, & Gerstorf, Denis (2024). Kids or no kids? Life goals in one’s 20s predict midlife trajectories of well-being. Psychology and Aging, 39(8), 897–914. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000862
Eisnecker, Philipp S. & Adriaans, Jule (2024). How do my earnings compare? Pay referents and just earnings. European Sociological Review, 40(1), 129–142. https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcad002://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000477
Fossen, Frank M. & Neyse, Levent (2024). Entrepreneurship, Management, and Cognitive Reflection: A Preregistered Replication Study With Extensions. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 48(4), 1082–1109. https://doi.org/10.1177/10422587231211005
Giesselmann, Marco, Brady, David, & Naujoks, Tabea (2024). The Increase in Refugees to Germany and Exclusionary Beliefs and Behaviors. American Journal of Sociology, 130(3), 725–763. https://doi.org/10.1086/731833
Grätz, Michael & Wiborg, Øyvind N. (2024). Parental ages and the intergenerational transmission of education: evidence from Germany, Norway, and the United States. European Societies, 26(5), 1444–1471. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616696.2024.2310011
Hommelhoff, Sabine, Richter, David, & Scheibe, Susanne (2024). Sexual jokes and conversations at the workplace and their relation to employee well-being: Results from a longitudinal study. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 97(3), 767–775. https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12492
Huebener, Mathias, Pape, Astrid, Danzer, Natalia, Spiess, C. Katharina, Siegel, Nico A., & Wagner, Gert G. (2024). Cracking under Pressure? Gender Role Attitudes toward Maternal Employment during COVID-19. Feminist Economics, 30(3), 217–254. https://doi.org/10.1080/13545701.2024.2349295
Krämer, Michael D. & Bleidorn, Wiebke (2024). The well-being costs of informal caregiving. Psychological Science, 35(12), 1382–1394. https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976241279203
Lejarraga, Tomás, Schnitzlein, Daniel D., Dahmann, Sarah C., & Hertwig, Ralph (2024). Birth-order effects on risk taking are limited to the family environment. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1531(1), 60–68. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.15085
Longmuir, Maximilian & Grabka, Markus M. (2024). How Many Brackets Should We Ask For to Derive Adequate Metric Information for Income and Wealth? Survey Research Methods, 18(3), 251–261. https://doi.org/10.18148/srm/2024.v18i3.8187
Lücke, Anna J., Schilling, Oliver K., Kunzmann, Ute, Gerstorf, Denis … Wagner, Gert G. et al. (2024). Neuroticism, emotional stress reactivity and recovery in daily life: Examining extraversion and openness as moderators. Journal of Research in Personality, 109, 104474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104474
Mascherek, Anna, Düzel, Sandra, Eibich, Peter, Krekel, Christian, Goebel, Jan, Gallinat, Jürgen, Wagner, Gert G., Lindenberger, Ulman, & Kühn, Simone (2024). Working memory and fluid intelligence are differentially related to categories of urban fabric in older adults: Results from the Berlin aging study. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 93, 102224. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.102224
Schmidt, Katja, Jacobsen, Jannes, & Iglauer, Theresa (2024). Proximity to refugee accommodations does not affect locals’ attitudes toward refugees: evidence from Germany. European Sociological Review, 40(4), 615–638. https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcad028
Senik, Claudia, Clark, Andrew E., D'Ambrosio, Conchita, Lepinteur, Anthony, & Schröder, Carsten (2024). Teleworking and Life Satisfaction during COVID-19: The Importance of Family Structure. Journal of Population Economics, 37(8). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-024-00979-z
Spörlein, Christoph, Kristen, Cornelia, & Schmidt, Regine (2024). The intergenerational transmission of risk and trust attitudes: Replicating and extending “Dohmen, Falk, Huffman and Sunde 2012” using genetically informed twin data. Social Science Research, 119, 102982. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2024.102982
Stacherl, Barbara & Sauzet, Odile (2024). Chronic disease onset and wellbeing development: longitudinal analysis and the role of healthcare access. European Journal of Public Health, 34(1), 29–34. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckad167
Steinmann, Jan-Philip, Kröger, Hannes, Hartmann, Jörg, & Entringer, Theresa M. (2024). Did Religious Well-Being Benefits Converge or Diverge During the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Germany? Journal of Happiness Studies, 25(7), 103. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-024-00818-8
Stoetzer, Lukas F., Kroh, Martin, & Dasey, Leonard (2024). The backlash against free movement: Does EU-internal migration fuel public concerns about immigration? European Journal of Political Research, 63(4), 1578–1600. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.12666
Wachtler, Benjamin, Beese, Florian, Demirer, Ibrahim, Haller, Sebastian, Pförtner, Timo-Kolja, Wahrendorf, Morten, Grabka, Markus M., & Hoebel, Jens (2024). Education and pandemic SARS-CoV-2 infections in the German working population – the mediating role of working from home. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 50(3), 168–177. https://doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.4144
Willems, Yayouk E., deSteiguer, Abby, Tanksley, Peter T., … Richter, David, Wagner, Gert G. et al. (2024). Self-control is associated with health-relevant disparities in buccal DNA-methylation measures of biological aging in older adults. Clinical Epigenetics, 16(1), 22. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13148-024-01637-7