Publikationen mit SOEP-Daten: SOEPlit

Die Abstiegssorgen der Mittelschicht

Zur Diskussion gestellt - Wachstum, Wohlstand, Lebensqualität: Brauchen wir einen neuen Wohlstandsindikator? Das Bruttoinlandsprodukt hat als Wohlstandsmaß nicht ausgedient!

Im Allgemeinen ist das BIP-Wachstum der Maßstab für die Wirtschaftskraft und den Wohlstand eines Landes. Sollte die Größe als Wohlstandsmaß ersetzt oder wenigstens ergänzt werden? Rolf Kroker, Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln, beantwortet diese Frage klar mit "nein". Das Bruttoinlandsprodukt sei und bleibe der wichtigste Indikator zur Analyse der wirtschaftlichen Leistungsfähigkeit ...

An application of Mincer model in the analysis of higher education influence on the wages’ level. Próba zastosowania modelu Mincera do oceny wpływu wyższego wykształcenia na poziom wynagrodzeń.

The development of educational system has been one of the priorities of the European Union policy since the beginning of its existence. In the course of the last 15 years particularly strong emphasis has been placed on the modernization of higher education, which is perceived as a key factor for the development of the European Union. The postulated reforms require changes both in the area of governance ...

Trends in gender differences in health at working ages among West and East Germans

Before 1990, Germany was divided for more than 40 years. While divided, significant mortality disparities between the populations of East and West Germany emerged. In the years following reunification, East German mortality improved considerably, eventually converging with West German levels. In this study, we explore changes in the gender differences in health at ages 20–59 across the eastern and ...

Berufsbiografie und Familiengründung. Biografiegestaltung junger Erwachsener nach Abschluss der Berufsausbildung

Policy Effects on Behaviour: Persuasion Effects in Electoral Campaigns – A Comparative Analysis of Household Panel Data

This study looks at the campaign effects of national elections, using household panel surveys from Germany, Great Britain and Switzerland. As household panels collect the party preferences of the same individuals on an annual basis, we are able to study individual dynamics over the electoral cycle. This makes it easier to distinguish between activation and persuasion effects than studying electoral ...

Ist Armut messbar?

Überraschend klug - Viele Schüler ohne studierte Eltern haben ein hohes Potenzial - kommen aber nicht aufs Gymnasium

From Strangers to Acquaintances? Interviewer Continuity and Socially Desirable Responses in Panel Surveys

In many panel surveys that rely on face-to-face interviewing, interviewers are repeatedly allocated to the same respondents in each wave. Researchers and fieldwork agencies argue that interviewer continuity can contribute to the quality of the data collected, for instance, by reducing panel attrition. However, there is almost no empirical evidence focusing on the effects of growing familiarity between ...

Sampling in Times of High Immigration: The Survey Process of the IAB-BAMF-SOEP Survey of Refugees

Over the course of 2013 to 2016, over one million asylum seekers arrived in Germany, around 890,000 of them in 2015 alone. The growing refugee population posed a major challenge for Germany’s policy makers, civic administrators, and society at large, in finding new approaches to registration procedures, housing, and social and economic integration. To design policies and programs that meet these needs, ...