Publikationen mit SOEP-Daten: SOEPlit

Buchbesprechung: Werding, Martin, et al., Humankapital in Deutschland: Wachstum, Struktur und Nutzung der Erwerbseinkommenskapazität von 1984 bis 2006

Steigende Anzahl ausgegrenzter Jugendlicher in Deutschland

Obwohl Deutschland ein reiches Land ist, gibt es zunehmend Jugendliche, die keine ausreichende finanzielle und emotionale Unterstützung durch Familie und Freunde erfahren. Dies hat negative Folgen für die schulische und berufliche Bildung und für die gesellschaftliche Integration dieser Jugendlichen. Eine ZEWStudie untersucht erstmals das Ausmaß und die wichtigsten Ursachen der „Unverbundenheit von ...

On the Power of Childhood Impressions for Skill Formation: Initial Evidence and Unsettled Questions

Manifold childhood impressions result from the interactions with adult caregivers and the environment. These impressions, be they beneficial or detrimental, shape individual skill formation and achievement over the life cycle. The novelty of the paper is that it bonds two different, hitherto separated, research lines, one from economics, one from psychology, to discuss the relationship between childhood ...

Bildungsanstrengungen verbessern für benachteiligte Kinder und Jugendliche

Business start-ups by the unemployed - an econometric analysis based on firm data

From Unemployment to Self-Employment - Public Promotion and Selectivity

Gregariousness, Interactive Jobs and Wages

Gregariousness is an important aspect of human life with implications for labour market outcomes. The paper examines, to the best of our knowledge for the first time for Germany, gregariousness and social interaction at the workplace and associated wage differentials. Our empirical findings with samples from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) demonstrate that gregarious people more often work in ...

A Socio-economic Analysis of Youth Disconnectedness

Disconnectedness among youth can have several dimensions. From a socio-economic viewpoint, failure in school, unemployment and the lack of an intimate relationship are among the most important ones. In our samples from SOEP youth questionnaires, approximately 13% of young people in Germany between the ages of 17 and 19 are disconnected. The percentage of disconnected youths has been on the rise since ...

Disconnected Young Adults in Germany: Initial Evidence

Disconnectedness among young adults can have several dimensions. From a socioeconomic viewpoint, failure in school, unemployment and the lack of a partner are among the most important ones. In our sample of respondents to the SOEP Youth Questionnaire, approximately 13% of young people had been socio-economically disconnected at least once between the ages of 17 and 19. The percentage of disconnected ...

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