Forschung SOEP: Soziale Ungleichheiten und Verteilung

Improving the Coverage of the Top-Wealth Population in the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)

We have developed and implemented a new sampling strategy to better represent very wealthy individuals in the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). Our strategy is based on the empirical regularity that the very wealthy have at least part of their assets invested in businesses, and that businesses document shares of relevant shareholders in their books. Our results show that combined analysis of the ...

First Time Around: Local Conditions and Multi-dimensional Integration of Refugees

We study the causal effect of local labor market conditions and attitudes towards immigrants at the time of arrival on refugees’ multi-dimensional integration outcomes (economic, linguistic, navigational, political, psychological, and social). Using a unique dataset on refugees, we leverage a centralized allocation policy in Germany where refugees were exogenously assigned to live in specific counties. ...

Cohort Changes in the Level and Dispersion of Gender Ideology after German Reunification: Results from a Natural Experiment

Modernization theorists’ ‘rising tide hypothesis’ predicted the continuous spread of egalitarian gender ideologies across the globe. We revisit this assumption by studying reunified Germany, a country that did not follow a strict modernization pathway. The socialist German Democratic Republic (GDR) actively fostered female employment and systematically promoted egalitarian ideologies before reunification ...

Mentoring Programs Support the Integration of Refugees

Over a million people sought asylum in Germany between 2014 and 2016. During this time, many Germans began volunteering in various ways to help refugees and mentorship pro- grams in particular gained significance. As this report shows, participating in a mentorship program has a positive impact on refugees: They improve their language skills and become more socially active. Mentors experience the relationship ...

Mentorenprogramme fördern die Integration von Geflüchteten

In den Jahren 2014 bis 2016 suchten über eine Millionen Menschen Zuflucht in Deutschland. Viele BürgerInnen engagierten sich in dieser Zeit auf unterschiedliche Weise, um Geflüchtete zu unterstützen. Insbesondere gewannen Mentorenprogramme an Bedeutung. Wie dieser Bericht zeigt, wirkt sich die Teilnahme an einem Mentorenprogramm positiv auf Geflüchtete aus: Sie verbessern ihre Sprachkenntnisse und ...

Family Life during Corona: Version: 26 Juni 2020

Geschlechter- und sexuelle Diversität im Fokus: Teilhabe und Vielfalt der Lebensformen (SOEP-GeSMin)

Die Vielfalt von geschlechtlichen Identitäten wie auch sexuellen Orientierungen repräsentieren ein gesellschaftliches Phänomen, das in Wissenschaft, Politik und Öffentlichkeit zunehmend an Bedeutung gewinnt. Die soziale Lage von Lesben, Schwulen, Bisexuellen, Trans-, Inter- und queeren Menschen (LGBTIQ) betrifft dabei thematisch verschiedenste Bereiche des Lebens wie Familien, Bildung,...

Irrational Attention to Correlation in Selected Data

It is very rare that the causal link between actions and outcomes can be observed directly. Often, it is much easier to observe correlation. To derive causality from correlation, economists use elaborate techniques. However, little is known about individuals’ capabilities to infer from correlational data in their everyday lives. I test if individuals erroneously infer...

The Variability of Occupational Attainment: How Prestige Trajectories Diversified within Birth Cohorts over the Twentieth Century

This study develops and applies a framework for analyzing variability in individuals’ occupational prestige trajectories and changes in average variability between birth cohorts. It extends previous literature focused on typical patterns of intragenerational mobility over the life course to more fully examine intracohort differentiation. Analyses are based on rich life course data for men and women ...

Gerechtigkeit und Gesundheit

Gerechtigkeit beschäftigt die Menschheit seit sehr langer Zeit. Erste Abhandlungen dazu finden sich bereits in der Zeit der frühen Hochkulturen des 2. Jahrtausends vor der christlichen Zeitrechnung. Darin wird sie als eine menschliche Tugend beschrieben, die darin begründet ist, dass sich Menschen gegenseitig etwas schulden und den Mächtigen nicht alles erlaubt sei. So lässt etwa Platon Sokrates sagen: ...