Publikationen mit SOEP-Daten: SOEPlit

Der Beruf prägt dich. Zum Glück.

Work-Life-Balance ist nicht alles im Leben. Wie die Berufstätigkeit die Persönlichkeit prägt.

Unemployment, unemployment duration, and health: selection or causation?

This study aims at disentangling the causal effects of unemployment on physical and mental health from the selection of the unhealthy into unemployment. To identify causal effects, it explores hypotheses concerning how physical and mental health deterioration gain additional momentum with a longer duration of unemployment. In contrast, mere selection into unemployment implies time-constant effects ...

Do local public expenditures on sports facilities affect sports participation in Germany?

This paper analyzes the effect of local public expenditures on sports facilities on sports participation in Germany. To this end, we construct a new database containing public expenditures at the municipality level and link this information with individual level data. We form locally weighted averages of expenditures based on geographic distances since people also benefit from expenditures of neighboring ...

Status anxiety and quality of life: How much does inequality hurt?

Jugend-Studie: Wieso die Zufriedenheit im Alter von 10-24 Jahren so niedrig ist

In der Adoleszenz finden einige der weitreichendsten Veränderungen der Gehirnstruktur statt. Nun haben Forscher herausgefunden, dass die Lebenszufriedenheit in der Zeit der späten Kindheit über die Pubertät bis hin zum Erwachsensein drastisch abnimmt. Für die Gründe gibt es verschiedene Erklärungansätze.

Sozialräumliche Unterschiede und individuelle Gesundheitseinschätzung in deutschen Großstädten: Eine Analyse auf Basis der Innerstädtischen Raumbeobachtung und des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels

Bewohnerinnen und Bewohner in deutschen Großstädten finden unterschiedliche Lebensbedingungen in ihren Stadtteilen vor. Wir vergleichen die Gesundheit von Personen in Stadtteilen mit einer hohen SGB-II Quote mit der von Personen aus Stadtteilen mit niedriger SGB-II Quote. Wir wollen den Einfluss kleinräumiger Unterschiede auf die Gesundheit, unter Berücksichtigung individueller sozioökonomischer und ...

Tax noncompliance and inequality - Three empirical essays for the case of Germany

Chapter 1: Germany's efforts to curb international tax evasion. We evaluate the impact of regulatory attempts by German authorities to combat international tax evasion and report a 32-34% reduction of tax haven deposits in German banks as a reaction to bilateral information exchange. We test for reactions in monthly cross-border liabilities of German banks against non-residents employing a new ...

Teachers and politics

I find that self-selection into teacher training programs in Germany is co-determined with ideology. Incoming teacher-trainees are more left-wing in ideology and political preferences than the average incoming university student. I find also that teacher training programs exert a socialization effect: as compared to the average student, teacher trainees’ views are reinforced and they become more left-wing ...

The development of wealth and its role in the “happiness gap” between East and West Germans

In Germany, there is a large wealth gap between East and West Germans as well as a gap in life satisfaction, with people in East Germany reporting to be less satisfied. This article sheds light on the role of different levels of wealth and their association with affective well-being. On a wider scale, this article examines psychological consequences of wealth inequality between societal groups. Longitudinal ...

The Distribution of National Income in Germany, 1992-2019

This paper analyzes the distribution and composition of pre-tax national income in Germany since 1992, combining personal income tax returns, household survey data, and national accounts. Inequality rose from the 1990s to the late 2000s due to falling labor incomes among the bottom 50% and rising incomes in the top 10%. This trend reversed after 2007 as labor incomes across the bottom 90% increased. ...