Publikationen mit SOEP-Daten: SOEPlit

Spouses' division of labor and marital stability: Applying the multiple-equilibrium theory to cohort trends of divorce in East and West Germany

Objective: In comparing East and West Germany, we investigate task specialization and its association with marital stability twofold: (1) Has the association between women’s employment and divorce risk changed across marriage cohorts? (2) Are men’s levels of engagement in domestic tasks associated with divorce risk Background: While older theories assumed that women’s employment destabilized marriages, ...

Proximity to refugee accommodations does not affect locals’ attitudes toward refugees: evidence from Germany

With the so-called ‘long summer of migration’ of 2015, there was an urgent need to accommodate many refugees in Germany. This situation was framed as a ‘refugee reception crisis’, and it revealed diametrically opposed stances within German society. Within this debate, anti-refugee sentiment is often explained with the placement of nearby refugee reception facilities. Conclusive evidence of this claim ...

Die Finanzierung der gesetzlichen Pflegeversicherung: Analyse struktureller Unterschiede zwischen sozialer Pflegeversicherung und privater Pflege-Pflichtversicherung sowie Bewertung der Reformoption der Pflegebürgerversicherung

Der Beitrag verfolgt das Ziel, die systematischen und strukturellen Unterschiede zwischen der sozialen Pflegeversicherung (SPV) sowie der privaten Pflege-Pflichtversicherung (PPV) zu analysieren, daraus resultierende Probleme aufzuzeigen und auf dieser Basis die Reformoption der Pflegebürgerversicherung (PBV) zu bewerten. Die Pflegeleistungen sowie deren Zugangskriterien sind in der SPV und PPV identisch, ...

Gutachten zur Erforderlichkeit von Schülerindividualdaten in NRW

Essays in Applied Economics (Dissertation)

Sonderauswertungen des Sozioökonomischen Panels (SOEP) 2020 und 2021 zu Löhnen und Arbeitszeiten in der Pandemie: Abschlussbericht

Men Lose Life Satisfaction with Fewer Hours in Employment: Mothers Do Not Profit from Longer Employment—Evidence from Eight Panels

This article uses random and fixed effects regressions with 743,788 observations from panels of East and West Germany, the UK, Australia, South Korea, Russia, Switzerland and the United States. It shows how the life satisfaction of men and especially fathers in these countries increases steeply with paid working hours. In contrast, the life satisfaction of childless women is less related to long working ...

Alterssicherung: Sorgen der Selbstständigen unauffällig

Der Koalitionsvertrag formuliert für neue Selbständige ohne obligatorische Alterssicherung eine Pflicht zur Altersvorsorge mit Wahlfreiheit. Eine Auswertung des Sozio-Oekonomischen Panels zeigt, dass zumindest die subjektiv empfundene Sorge um die Altersversorgung in der Gruppe der Selbständigen nicht höher liegt als bei den übrigen Beschäftigten.

Young adults’ gendered trajectories of housework time when leaving home

Objective: To examine young adult women’s and men’s time use for routine housework when moving out of the parental household. Background: From a life-course perspective, establishing an own household is one of the key markers of the transition to adulthood. Leaving home is associated with new responsibilities concerning the organization of everyday life, including routine housework, and provides a ...

Zooming Versus Slacking: Videoconferencing, Instant Messaging, and Work-from-Home Intentions in the Early Pandemic

This article explores key determinants of the intention to work from home (WFH) among U.S. adults in the early phase of the pandemic. Leveraging nationally representative survey data collected in the initial stages of the pandemic, it explores the role of modalities of communication alongside the more frequently studied behavioral, occupational, and sociodemographic factors in shaping WFH intentions ...