Forschung SOEP: Subjektives Wohlbefinden, Persönlichkeit, Gesundheit

Disparities in Labour Market and IncomeTrends during the First Year of the COVID-19 Crisis: Evidence from Germany

Urban Land Use Fragmentation and Human Well-Being

We study how land use fragmentation affects the life satisfaction of city dwellers. To this end, we calculate fragmentation metrics based on exact geographical coordinates of land use from the European Urban Atlas and of households from the German Socio-Economic Panel. Using ordinary least squares and fixed effects specifications, we find little effect on life satisfaction when aggregating over land ...

Impact of the COVID‑19 Pandemic on Depression, Anxiety, Loneliness, and Satisfaction in the German General Population: a Longitudinal Analysis

Purpose Cross-sectional studies found high levels of depression and anxiety symptoms, and loneliness during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Reported increases were lower in longitudinal population-based findings. Studies including positive outcomes are rare. This study analyzed changes in mental health symptoms, loneliness, and satisfaction. Methods Respondents of the German Socio-Economic ...

Longitudinal Bidirectional Associations between Personality and Becoming a Leader

Objective: Leaders differ in their personalities from non- leaders. However, when do these differences emerge? Are leaders “born to be leaders” or does their personality change in preparation for a leadership role and due to increasing leadership experience? Method: Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study, we examined personality differences between leaders (N = 2683 leaders, women: n ...

Pandemic Depression: COVID-19 and the Mental Health of the Self-Employed

We investigate the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on self-employed people’s mental health. Using representative longitudinal survey data from Germany, we reveal differential effects by gender: whereas self-employed women experienced a substantial deterioration in their mental health, self-employed men displayed no significant changes up to early 2021. Financial losses are important in explaining these ...

Resuming Social Contact after Months of Contact Restrictions: Social Traits Moderate Associations between Changes in Social Contact and Well-being

Humans possess a need for social contact. Satisfaction of this need benefits well-being, whereas deprivation is detrimental. However, how much contact people desire is not universal, and evidence is mixed on individual differences in the association between contact and well-being. This preregistered longitudinal study (N = 190) examined changes in social contact and well-being (life satisfaction, depressivity/anxiety) ...

Pandemic Depression: COVID-19 and the Mental Health of the Self-Employed

We investigate the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on self-employed people’s mental health. Using representative longitudinal survey data from Germany, we reveal differential effects by gender: whereas self-employed women experienced a substantial deterioration in their mental health, self-employed men displayed no significant changes up to early 2021. Financial losses are important in explaining these ...

Pandemic Depression: COVID-19 and the Mental Health of the Self-Employed

We investigate the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on self-employed people’s mental health. Using representative longitudinal survey data from Germany, we reveal differential effects by gender: whereas self-employed women experienced a substantial deterioration in their mental health, self-employed men displayed no significant changes up to early 2021. Financial losses are important in explaining these ...

"Die Existenzängste der Mittelschicht könnten Vergangenheit sein"

Das Interview erschien bei Zeit Online. 1000 Euro im Monat bekommen, ohne etwas tun zu müssen? Ein Grundeinkommen sei eher möglich als viele denken, sagt der Soziologe Jürgen Schupp. Und warnt vor einem Irrtum. ZEIT ONLINE: Herr Schupp, meinen Sie wirklich, gerade setzt sich das bedingungslose Grundeinkommen durch und die Mehrheit merkt es nicht? Jürgen Schupp: Deutschland nimmt gerade tatsächlich ...

Refugees in Germany Perceived Higher Discrimination in the Wake of the Coronavirus Pandemic

Refugees in Germany perceive discrimination due to their country of origin in various life dimensions, which can negatively affect their integration into society. Using IAB-BAMF-SOEP survey data, this report analyzes to what extent refugees perceive discrimination on the labor market, at educational institutions, on the housing market, with public authorities, and in daily life. The results show that ...

Integration von Geflüchteten darf in Krisenzeiten nicht in Hintergrund rücken: Interview

Geflüchtete in Deutschland fühlten sich in der Corona-Pandemie stärker diskriminiert als zuvor

Geflüchtete in Deutschland fühlen sich in verschiedenen Lebensbereichen aufgrund ihrer Herkunft diskriminiert. Dies kann ihre Integration nachhaltig beeinträchtigen. Dieser Bericht analysiert auf Basis der IAB-BAMF-SOEP-Befragung, inwieweit sie Benachteiligungen auf dem Arbeitsmarkt, in Bildungseinrichtungen, auf dem Wohnungsmarkt, gegenüber öffentlichen Institutionen und im Alltag wahrnehmen. Die ...

Pandemic Depression: COVID-19 and the Mental Health of the Self-Employed

We investigate the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on self-employed people’s mental health. Using representative longitudinal survey data from Germany, we reveal differential effects by gender: whereas self-employed women experienced a substantial deterioration in their mental health, self-employed men displayed no significant changes up to early 2021. Financial losses are important in explaining these ...

„Millionäre sind gewissenhafter“

Geld bringt Einfluss, also sollte die Gesellschaft verstehen, wie die Reichen denken – sagt Johannes König, der sie erforscht hat. Er kennt auch den Unterschied zum Normalverdiener. Das Interview mit DIW-Ökonom Johannes König erschien am 10. April 2022 im Tagesspiegel. Tagesspiegel: Herr König, wie ticken Millionär:innen im Vergleich zu anderen Menschen? Sie sind deutlich risikotoleranter und weniger ...

Experienced Well-Being and Labor Market Status: The Role of Pleasure and Meaning

This paper examines the experienced well-being of employed and unemployed workers. We use the survey-adapted Day Reconstruction Method of the Innovation Sample of the German Socio-Economic Panel Study to analyze the role of the employment status for well-being, incorporating time use. We use the novel P-index to summarize the average share of pleasurable minutes on a day and show that in contrast to ...

Social Norms and Preventive Behaviors in Japan and Germany During the COVID-19 Pandemic

According to a recent paper by Gelfand et al., COVID-19 infection and case mortality rates are closely connected to the strength of social norms: “Tighter” cultures that abide by strict social norms are more successful in combating the pandemic than “looser” cultures that are more permissive. However, countries with similar levels of cultural tightness exhibit big differences in mortality rates. We ...

Forschung zu sozialen Beziehungen im Alltag – SOEP-PsychologInnen suchen TeilnehmerInnen für Smartphone-Studie

Wie unterscheiden sich Menschen in ihren sozialen Beziehungen? Mit Hilfe von Smartphones geht dieser Frage ein Team von WissenschaftlerInnen des SOEP am DIW Berlin, der Universität Heidelberg und der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) München nach. Dabei setzen die PsychologInnen Smartphones einerseits als „mobile Fragebögen“ ein. Andererseits untersuchen sie die alltägliche ...

The Personality Traits of Self-Made and Inherited Millionaires

Very wealthy people influence political and societal processes by wielding their economic power through foundations, lobbying groups, media campaigns, as investors and employers. Because personality shapes goals, attitudes, and behaviour, it is important to understand the personality traits that characterize the rich. We used representative survey data to construct two large samples, one from the general ...

MillionärInnen sind risikobereiter und emotional stabiler

SOEP-Studie beschreibt erstmals auf Basis von belastbaren Daten die Persönlichkeit von MillionärInnen – Vor allem Selfmade-MillionärInnen unterscheiden sich in ihrer Persönlichkeit von der Allgemeinbevölkerung – Je stärker die „Millionärspersönlichkeit“ ausgeprägt ist, desto größer ist das Vermögen MillionärInnen ...

Cracking under Pressure? Gender Role Attitudes toward Maternal Employment in Times of a Pandemic

This paper studies the effects of Covid-19 related daycare and school closures on gender role attitudes toward maternal employment in Germany. We compare women and men with dependent children to those without children one year after the outbreak of the pandemic. Using data on gender role attitudes from 2008 through 2021, we find that fathers' egalitarian attitudes toward maternal employment dropped ...