Publikationen mit SOEP-Daten: SOEPlit

Persons in contexts: The role of social networks and social density for the dynamic regulation of face-to-face interactions in daily life

Current psychological theories on daily social interactions emphasize individual differences yet are underspecified regarding contextual factors. We aim to extend this research by examining how two context factors shape social interactions in daily life: how many relationships people maintain and how densely people live together. In Study 1, 307 German participants (M(age) = 39.44 years, SD(age) = ...

Persönlichkeit für Integration wichtiger als Religion

Wie gut sich Geflüchtete in die Gesellschaft integrieren, hängt von ihrer Persönlichkeit ab. Eine Studie hat ergeben, dass risikobereite Flüchtlinge zum Beispiel schneller Arbeit und mehr Kontakte zu Einheimischen finden. Die Religion spielt laut Studie keine entscheidende Rolle.

Bruttowertschöpfung von unbezahlter Arbeit

Das Sozio-ökonomische Panel (SOEP) wird jährlich im September erhoben. Darin werden knapp 30’000 Menschen in 22’000 Haushalten in Deutschland befragt. Die Befragung wird als repräsentativ gewertet. Durchgeführt wird das SOEP durch eine forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung am Deutschen Institut für Wirtschaft (DIW) in Berlin. Innerhalb des Fragebogens, der sich mit verschiedenen Aspekten des ...

Personality Traits and the Likelihood of Self-Employment: A Journey into the Crafts’ Way of Doing Business

Given the renewed scholarly interest in the crafts, this paper explores the nuances of crafts entrepreneurship through a personality-based approach. Our findings validate prior research on the general influence of broad and narrow personality traits on self-employment. However, our analysis also suggests that certain effects differ between crafts and non-crafts, most notably the role of the Big Five ...

Evaluation der Rechtsgrundlagen und Maßnahmen der Pandemiepolitik

Do Migrants Pay Their Way? A Net Fiscal Analysis for Germany

This study quantifies the direct average net fiscal impact (ANFI) of migration in Germany, taking into account both indirect taxes and in-kind benefits such as health and education spending. Using a status quo approach with data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) for 2018 and microsimulation techniques to impute both indirect taxes and in-kind benefits, our results show that migrants, especially ...

Transnational ties, endowment with capital, and health of immigrants in Germany: cross-sectional study

Aim: Maintaining transnational ties may be an indication of poor integration into the host society (according to classical ‘assimilation theory’) or may convey additional capital resources to immigrants (the ‘transmigrant’ view of migration). Consequences for health would be negative in the first and positive in the second scenario. We tested the hypotheses that (1) maintaining transnational ties may ...

Willingness to Care-Financial Incentives and Caregiving Decisions

As population aging will likely lead to an increasing number of people in need of care, the demand for informal care is expected to rise. In this context, it is often discussed whether financial incentives can motivate more individuals to assume caregiving responsibilities. We analyze the potential effect of financial incentives on the provision of informal care by estimating a structural model with ...

Loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from five European countries

We use quarterly panel data from the COME-HERE survey covering five European countries to analyse three facets of the experience of loneliness during the COVID-19 pandemic. First, in terms of prevalence, loneliness peaked in April 2020, followed by a U-shape pattern in the rest of 2020, and then remained relatively stable throughout 2021 and 2022. We then establish the individual determinants of loneliness ...

The Dynamics of Household Location Preferences in Germany

Inspired by the literature on social polarisation and residential segregation we draw on a probabilistic approach to pursue the evolution of household location preferences in West Germany. Using microdata from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) for the period 1984-2020 we demonstrate that structural economic change was accompanied by an increasing preference for residence in compact housing close ...