Publikationen mit SOEP-Daten: SOEPlit

Income Misperception and Populism

We propose that false beliefs about the own current economic status are an important factor for explaining populist attitudes. Along with the subjects' receptiveness to right-wing populism, we elicit their perceived relative income positions in a representative survey of German households. We find that people with pessimistic beliefs about their income position are more attuned to populist statements. ...

Teilzeitarbeit im Lebensverlauf von Männern: Zur beruflichen Strukturierung von Übergängen und Konsequenzen (Dissertation)

Essays in Macroeconomics and Labor Supply

In this dissertation, I study the role of labor supply in macroeconomic fluctations and the movement of employment in response to these fluctuations. The first chapter is a theoretical and empirical study of the role of firm-specific labor supply in amplifying business cycles. The second chapter focuses on measuring the aggregate labor supply elasticity at the extensive margin, using a novel survey ...

Nationally representative results on SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and testing in Germany at the end of 2020

Pre-vaccine SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence data from Germany are scarce outside hotspots, and socioeconomic disparities remained largely unexplored. The nationwide representative RKI-SOEP study (15,122 participants, 18–99 years, 54% women) investigated seroprevalence and testing in a supplementary wave of the Socio-Economic-Panel conducted predominantly in October–November 2020. Self-collected oral-nasal ...

Skill Downgrading among Refugees and Economic Immigrants in Germany: Evidence from the Syrian Refugee Crisis

Upon arrival to a new country, many immigrants face job downgrading, a phenomenon describing workers being in jobs far below where they would be assigned based on their skills. Downgrading leads to immigrants receiving lower returns to the same skills than natives. The level of downgrading could depend on the type of immigrant and numerous factors. This study examines the determinants of skill downgrading ...

Betriebszugehörigkeit: Von wegen Hire and Fire

Deutschlands Beschäftigte arbeiten oft viele Jahre für denselben Arbeitgeber. Allerdings haben einige Faktoren einen erheblichen Einfluss darauf, wie lange die Treue zur Firma im Durchschnitt hält.

Ungleichheit: Die Deutschen sind vermögender als gedacht

Die Deutschen sind doch vermögender als gedacht. Das legt zumindest eine Auswertung nahe, die feststellt: Bisher wurde das Betriebs- und das Immobilienvermögen arg unterschätzt. Eine gute Nachricht ist das aber nicht, denn es bedeutet: Die Ungleichheit zwischen Armen und Reichen wächst

The evolution of educational wage differentials for women and men in Germany, from 1996 to 2019

This paper studies the evolution of three higher education wage differentials from 1996 to 2019 in Germany. We distinguish between degrees from academic universities, degrees from universities of applied sciences, and the master craftsman\craftswoman certificate. The educational reference category is a standard degree within the German vocational education and training system. Based on samples of male ...

Mental health and residential mobility: Does moving during childhood result in worse mental health outcomes during early adulthood?

This study examines the relationship between childhood residential mobility and early adult mental health. Findings from previous research indicate a significant relationship between the two, even when accounting for various confounders. Important confounders include family structure, parental separation, and socio-economic status. This study uses data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) to ...

Household Specialization, Social Norms and the Modern Family

Der Vergleich der deutschen Durchschnittsfamilie im Jahr 2020 mit der fünfzig Jahre früher lässt die Unterschiede deutlich zu Tage treten. Modernen Familien sind diverser und weniger stabil, Fertilitäts und Heiratsraten sind gesunken, die meisten Mütter arbeiten zumindest in Teilzeit und Ansichten über Geschlechterrollen sind zunehmend egalitärer. In Deutschland stieg das Alter der Frauen bei der ersten ...