Publikationen mit SOEP-Daten: SOEPlit

Genetic variants associated with subjective well-being, depressive symptoms, and neuroticism identified through genome-wide analyses

Very few genetic variants have been associated with depression and neuroticism, likely because of limitations on sample size in previous studies. Subjective well-being, a phenotype that is genetically correlated with both of these traits, has not yet been studied with genome-wide data. We conducted genome-wide association studies of three phenotypes: subjective well-being (n = 298,420), depressive ...

Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

Educational attainment is strongly influenced by social and other environmental factors, but genetic factors are estimated to account for at least 20% of the variation across individuals1. Here we report the results of a genome-wide association study (GWAS) for educational attainment that extends our earlier discovery sample1, 2 of 101,069 individuals to 293,723 individuals, and a replication study ...

Rückwanderung, Selbstselektion und Lohnverteilungen: Empirische Evidenz für Einwanderer in Deutschland (Diplom)

This thesis examines self-selection mechanisms regarding the return migration decision of immigrants as well as the influence of both these mechanisms and cohort effects on cross-sectional wage assimilation measures using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) from 1984 to 2007. In contrast to former empirical studies assimilation patterns are not solely investigated in a cross-sectional ...

Cohort Size Effects on the German Labor Market

Although population aging is internationally pervasive, only few recent studies analyze its effects on relative labor market outcomes in the most affected countries. This paper shows that demographic change in Germany causes shifts in the wage and employment structures in favor of young workers. I firstly account for the fact that workers compete for certain jobs mainly within occupational tracks. ...

Wohlbefinden und Schichtung, Erziehungseinstellungen und Arbeitseinstellungen beim Ravensburger Elternsurvey

Bildung und Wohlbefinden - Bildungsaspirationen bei den Müttern und Vätern

Ethnische Einbettung und schulischer Erfolg: Zur Bedeutung ethnisch segregierter Lebenswelten für den Bildungserwerb von Kindern mit Zuwanderungshintergrund

Melanie Olczyk untersucht die Bedeutung (eigen-)ethnischer Bezüge für den Bildungserwerb von Kindern und Jugendlichen mit Zuwanderungshintergrund. Dazu führt sie theoretische Überlegungen zusammen, diskutiert die vorliegenden empirischen Befunde und unterzieht die zentralen Argumente anschließend einer empirischen Prüfung auf Grundlage von Daten des Nationalen Bildungspanels (NEPS) und des Sozio-oekonomischen ...

Unequal Pay or Unequal Employment? A Cross-Country Analysis of Gender Gaps

Remittances and the Wage Impact of Immigration

This paper examines how the outflow of remittances affect the wages of native workers. The model shows that the wage impact of immigration depends on the competing effects of an increase in labor market competition and an increase in the consumer base. Immigrant remittances provide a unique way of isolating this latter effect because they reduce the consumer base but not the workforce. The predictions ...

Monitoring Subjective Well-being: Some New Empirical Evidence for Germany

What is subjective well-being influenced by? Since the Report by the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress by Stiglitz, Sen and Fitoussi a huge number of studies has raised this question – with partly different findings. In addition, international organizations are increasingly addressing subjective well-being issues. The post-2015 development agenda of the United ...