The German labor market has undergone profound changes over the last decades. For a long time, the debate on structural change focused on the shift from manufacturing industries to services. This Weekly Report highlights that labor market changes are attributable to three developments: In addition to structural change, i.e., sectoral shifts, key drivers are an occupational shift toward service-related ...
Ein Drittel des Jobabbaus in der Industrie geht auf andere Trends zurück – Tätigkeiten verlagern sich zunehmend in dienstleistungsnahe Bereiche – Höhere Qualifikationen gewinnen an Bedeutung Die Veränderungen der vergangenen Jahrzehnte am Arbeitsmarkt lassen sich immer weniger allein durch den klassischen Strukturwandel erklären. Neben der Verlagerung von Jobs aus der Industrie in den Dienstleistungssektor ...
Im November und Dezember 2025 kehrt unsere Online-Seminarreihe "SOEPcampus: Learn to use the SOEP over lunch" mit einem letzten Online-Workshop zurück. Der Workshop bietet eine umfassende, praxisnahe Einführung in die Daten des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP). Die Teilnehmenden lernen den Inhalt der Studie, die Datenstruktur, die Stichprobenauswahl und die Gewichtungsstrategie kennen und erhalten ...
From standard portfolio-choice theory, it is well-understood that background risk, primarily due to wage risk, is one of the central determinants of individuals’ portfolio composition: higher background risk reduces risky investments. However, if background risk is negatively correlated with financial market risk, higher background risk implies a more risky investment. We quantify the influence of ...
Previous studies report associations of cognitive reflection, the ability to avoid intuitive but potentially wrong decisions by switching to a contemplative mindset, with individual preferences, mostly relying on student samples and laboratory settings. We assess the association of cognitive reflection with preferences in the general population and real-world socioeconomic outcomes. Our preregistered ...
Successful integration into the education system is of major importance for the future prospects of immigrants and their children as well as for the social cohesion and viability of the receiving societies. Language is generally viewed as an important aspect of this integration. Whereas there is widespread agreement that the language of the residence country (L2) is crucial for students’ educational ...
Ethnic minorities are often underrepresented in survey research, due to the challenges many researchers face in including these populations. While some studies discuss several methods in comparison, few have directly compared these methods empirically, leaving researchers seeking to include ethnic minorities in their studies unsure of their best options. In this article, I briefly review the methodological ...
