Publikationen mit SOEP-Daten: SOEPlit

Echoes of the past: The enduring impact of communism on contemporary freedom of speech values

Free speech is essential for informed decision-making, government efficacy, and fostering innovation in liberal societies. But what promotes or hinders freedom of speech values? Exploiting the natural experiment of German separation and later reunification, we show that living under communism has had lasting effects on free speech opinions, and the convergence process has been slow. East Germans are ...

Gendered pathways to wealth? The self-assessed relevance of different accumulation channels among women and men across the wealth distribution

Wealth inequality results from stratified access to accumulation opportunities, relating to differences in income, financial behavior, and transfers. Yet, it remains unclear whether these wealth accumulation channels differ in their perceived relevance for women and men along the wealth distribution. A deeper understanding of such perceptions is crucial for explaining attitudes toward inequality, shaping ...

Roma Eterna? Roman rule explains regional well-being divides in Germany

In light of persistent regional inequalities in adaptive outcomes such as health, well-being, and related personality traits, psychological research is increasingly adopting a historical perspective to understand the deeper roots of these patterns. In this study, we examine the role of ancient cultures, specifically the impact of Roman civilization around two thousand years ago, on the macro-psychological ...

Multivariate assessment of interviewer errors in a cross-national economic survey and the role of fieldwork institutes

Interviewers have long been identified as a source of error in face-to-face surveys. However, previous studies have typically focused on a single source of interviewer error and single-country cross-sectional surveys. We extend this literature by investigating interviewer errors from multiple dimensions in the Oesterreichische Nationalbank Euro Survey, a cross-national survey conducted annually in ...

Refugees (un)welcome: Regional demographic changes and individual attitudes towards refugees

Background: Many refugees arrived in Germany in 2015 and 2016. At the same time, anti-refugee attitudes among Germans increased. This indicates an association between immigration and attitudes. Now, ten years later, renewed public concern about immigration - while not many immigrate to Germany - highlights the need to identify factors that shape attitudes towards refugees. Aim: Thus, I tested whether ...

How socioeconomic status affects a child's education – Investigating objective and subjective factors involved in shaping educational success in Germany

Differences in educational trajectories between social backgrounds can only be partially explained by differences in cognitive abilities and are therefore considered educational inequalities. In this study, multiple constructs involved in the prediction of educational success were investigated in a joint approach to specify their unique contributions and to identify mechanisms associated with how socioeconomic ...

Challenges and progress in labor market integration: Job search, scope and quality of employment

Herausforderungen und Fortschritte bei der Arbeitsmarktintegration: Stellensuche, Umfang und Qualität der Erwerbstätigkeit

What an (Un) Favorable Match: Public Sector Employment and the Reversal of the Overeducation-Job Satisfaction Penalty

It is a well-documented phenomenon that individuals with higher education than required for their job report lower job satisfaction. However, whether this also applies to public sector employees remains unclear. The German case reveals a negative relationship between overeducation and job satisfaction in the private sector, which is reversed to positive for public sector employees. This holds robust ...

Fremd- und zweisprachige Kinder in Deutschland: Eine Auswertung des Mikrozensus

Einer eigenen Auswertung des Mikrozensus zufolge lebten im Jahr 2021 rund 801.000 Minderjährige in Deutschland, die zu Hause kein Deutsch sprachen. Das sind 5,8 Prozent aller Kinder und Jugendlichen. Deutsch und eine Fremdsprache sprachen 3,04 Millionen Minderjährige oder 21,9 Prozent. Dabei geht die Fremd- und Zweisprachigkeit häufig mit weiteren Risikofaktoren für eine erfolgreiche Bildungslaufbahn ...