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Referierte Aufsätze Web of Science
This paper examines the gaps in Germany’s data infrastructure for responding to crises, as revealed during COVID-19, and argues that linking the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) with administrative health records would strengthen the country’s ability to generate equity-sensitive evidence during future health-related crises. Drawing on evidence from the RKI-SOEP study, we illustrate the added value of combining ...
In:
Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik
(2026), im Ersch.[online first: 2026-07-13]
| Alexander Lepe, Ingo Kolodziej, Sabine Zinn
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DIW Discussion Papers 2171 / 2026
We develop a three-step procedure for ex-ante policy evaluation. It combines (i) a vignette survey that randomizes out-of-sample policies (child allowances and external childcare subsidies) to infer fertility responses; (ii) two applied-theory lifecycle models estimated on external microdata; and (iii) the inserting of the randomized policies into the models’ estimated fertility decision rules to obtain ...
2026| Joshua Goldstein, Christos Koulovatianos, Jian Li, Carsten Schröder
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Cluster-Seminar Öffentliche Finanzen und Lebenslagen
Work-limiting disabilities pose a significant risk to the earnings potential and welfare of older workers. While coverage of public disability insurance (DI) systems is almost universal, the risk of becoming dependent on DI varies across occupations. In this paper, I study the value of public DI across different occupations using data from administrative social security records in Germany. I...
11.02.2026| Annica Gehlen
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SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
Der englische Originaltitel des Seminars lautet: “The Unequal Distribution of Bitterness: Tracing Ressentiment in Times of Change”. Die Präsentation findet auf Englisch statt.
Eine kurze Zusammenfassung zum Vortrag ist nur auf der englischen Veranstaltungsseite verfügbar!
24.06.2026| Katja Schmidt, HU Berlin
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SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
Modern democracies are undergoing multiple, overlapping transformations, driven by globalization, digitalization, migration, inequality, and climate change. While some adapt with openness, others experience what Mau et al. (2023) term Veränderungserschöpfung – change fatigue: the sense that “too much is changing, too fast, and all at once.” This paper examines whether and how such fatigue...
24.06.2026| Katja Schmidt, HU Berlin
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DIW Discussion Papers 2164 / 2026
Carbon pricing can deliver large emissions reductions, but public opposition remains a key barrier. We study how support for carbon tax-and-transfer schemes depends on policy design and information provision in a large-scale survey experiment with German respondents. Explaining the policy mechanism robustly increases support across price levels. Information on distributional consequences raises support ...
2026| Sandra Bohmann, Lars Felder, Peter Haan, Merve Kucuk,, Laura Schmitz, Jürgen Schupp
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Referierte Aufsätze Web of Science
Young people with disability face significant barriers to stable employment. Yet, little is known about how early labor market experiences shape their long-term mental health. This study examines associations between early career insecurity and subsequent mental health trajectories, focusing on disability status as a key axis of inequality. We use nationally representative longitudinal data from the ...
In:
SSM - Population Health
34 (2026), 101912, 14 S.
| Sophia Fauser, Irma Mooi-Recic, Marissa Shields, Zoe Aitken, Anne Kavanagh
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Referierte Aufsätze Web of Science
This paper estimates and analyzes the distribution and composition of pre-tax national income in Germany since reunification, combining personal income tax returns, household survey data, and national accounts. We find that pre-tax national income inequality has increased since the 1990s, though to a lesser extent than suggested by previous studies. Our results draw parallels in top income structure ...
In:
European Economic Review
181 (2026),105149, 19 S.
| Stefan Bach, Charlotte Bartels, Theresa Neef
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SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
Regional economic disparities within countries have become increasingly large, often surpassing the disparities observed between countries. To address regional inequality, governments have been turning away from standard subsidies and are experimenting with public employment reallocation as a place-based policy. This paper estimates the causal effect of public employment reallocation on local...
21.01.2026| Dimitria Freitas, TU Dresden
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SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
Der englische Originaltitel des Seminars lautet: “The Effect of Public Sector Relocations on Regional Development in Germany”. Die Präsentation findet auf Englisch statt.
Eine kurze Zusammenfassung zum Vortrag ist nur auf der englischen Veranstaltungsseite verfügbar!
21.01.2026| Dimitria Freitas, TU Dresden