Publikationen mit SOEP-Daten: SOEPlit

Parental Labor Market Success and Children's Education Attainment

This study examines the effects of parental labor market activities on children's education attainment. In contrast to the existing literature we consider parental experiences until the children graduate from school. In addition, the effects of the regional economic environment during teacher's decision about the secondary school track are analyzed. Using data drawn from the German Socio-Economic ...

Are Recessions Good for Educational Attainment?

In this study, we examine how economic performance during the child-specific primary school phase, during which teachers make recommendations regarding secondary school level, affects the educational level achieved ultimately by these children. Using data for Germany, we find that an economic downturn, coupled with increased unemployment, affects children's education attainment negatively. In ...

Wohlstand für wenige

Bin ich reich?

Wirtschaftsforscher haben nachgerechnet, wer zu den obersten zehn Prozent der Top-Verdiener im Land gehört. Das Ergebnis überrascht: Selbst viele Menschen, die sich bisher zur Mittelschicht zählten, gelten als wohlhabend.

Das bisschen Haushalt

Verteilungsbericht: Ganz oben oder ganz arm

Are newly self-employed overly optimistic about their future well-being?

The formation of expectations is considered a fundamental aspect of the decision process when people reason about entering self-employment. We evaluate the accuracy of newly self-employed individuals’ predictions of their overall future well-being. Based on individual panel data for Germany, we find that they, on average, are overly optimistic when we compare their predictions right after the status ...

(Mis-)Predicted Subjective Well-Being Following Life Events

The correct prediction of how alternative states of the world affect our lives is a cornerstone of economics. We study how accurate people are in predicting their future well-being after facing major life events. Based on individual panel data, we compare people’s life satisfaction forecasts reported in the first interview after a major life event with their actual evaluations five years later on. This ...

Marry one to be one: the effects of assimilation on immigrants' wages

Successful assimilation of immigrants into their host country improves immigrants' labor market outcomes and consequently benefits the host country. I use marriage between an immigrant man and a German woman (intermarriage) as a measure of assimilation. Married immigrant men might benefit even more from intermarriage than either single men or those married to other immigrants through legal benefits, ...

Health and Inequality

We examine the relationship between income and health with the purpose of establishing the extent to which the distribution of health in a population contributes to income inequality and is itself a product of that inequality. The evidence supports a significant and substantial impact of ill-health on income mainly operating through employment, although it is difficult to gauge the magnitude of the ...