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Electricity Market Design 2030-2050: Moving Towards Implementation

Carbon Contracts for Difference: An Assessment of Selected Socio-economic Impacts for Germany

Age-specific Effects of Early Daycare on Children's Health

Over the past decades, the share of very young children in daycare has increased significantly in many OECD countries, including Germany. Despite the relevance of child health for child development and later life success, the effect of early daycare attendance on health has received little attention in the economic literature. In this study, I investigate the impact of a large daycare expansion in ...

Learn to use the SOEP over Lunch

The German Socio-Economic Panel Study is a representative panel study for the German population, collecting data on a broad variety of topics of everyday life, including general wellbeing, household composition, educational aspirations and educational status, income and occupational biographies, leisure time activities, housing, health, political orientation and more. With its long running panel...

SOEPcampus@DIW Berlin 2023

Am 9. und 10. März 2023 organisieren wir einen zweitägigen Workshop zum Sozio-oekonomischen Panel (SOEP) am DIW Berlin. Neben Vorträgen zu Aufbau, Datenstruktur, Ziehungsdesign und Gewichtungsstrategie bieten Hands-On Sessions eine praxisorientierte Annäherung an die Daten und ihre Potentiale. Der Workshop richtet sich an Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler auf allen Qualifikationsstufen,...

Krise der Mittelschicht! Wer profitiert, wer leidet?

Der Winter stellt sowohl die Verbraucher*innen als auch die Wirtschaft vor große Herausforderungen, deren Auswirkungen bis in die Mitte der Gesellschaft reichen. Zur Mittelschicht zählen in Deutschland etwa drei Viertel der Bevölkerung, sie gilt bislang als stabiles Fundament der Gesellschaft. Während jedoch viele Menschen bis weit in die Mittelschicht hinein mit steigenden Preisen und hohen...

How have you found your job? Effects of the job search channels on labour market outcomes in Germany

The most popular method to acquire a job is to use one's circle of acquaintances or social networks to find a position. However, in the current research, there is still no clear conclusion if this job search method has positive implications for different job outcomes such as wages. This paper studies the effects of this job search approach in the context of Germany compared to the formal...

Ampel-Monitor Energiewende: der Stand der Dinge nach einem Jahr Ampel-Koalition

Employment Risks and the Quality of Work in the Digital Transformation: Using the SOEP for Empirical Analysis of AI, Platform Work, and Digital Work

The digital transformation is fundamentally changing the ways people and machines work together, creating profound connections between physical and virtual worlds. New communication channels are emerging—and with them, new possibilities for flexible work practices, locations, and hours. Digitalization opens up diverse opportunities for the working world and for society as a whole, but it also...

How Migration Status Shapes Susceptibility of Individuals’ Loneliness to Social Isolation

Objectives: Our research provides competing hypotheses and empirical evidence how associations between objectively social isolation and subjective loneliness differ between host populations, migrants, and refugees.Methods: The analysis uses data of 25,171 participants from a random sample of the German population (SOEP v.35). We estimate regression models for the host population, migrants, and refugees ...