Publikationen mit SOEP-Daten: SOEPlit

Warum wir Schlaf unterschätzen: „Wir sind eine chronisch unausgeschlafene Gesellschaft”

Schlaf ist wichtig – und fördert das Wohlbefinden. Aber er hat ein Imageproblem und wird viel zu oft mit Faulheit in Verbindung gebracht. Warum wir aufhören sollten, zu wenig zu schlafen.

The Right to Part-Time: Practical Implications from the Managerial Point of View

In 2001 the employee’s right to reduce working-time according to their own preferences was implemented in Germany. This legal title hardly effects the slowly but steadily growing number of part-time jobs. Nevertheless, data from the socioeconomic panel suggest that about 25% of employees wish to reduce their workingtime even if this is associated with a loss of income. The HR-manager is seen as a mediator ...

Same Same but Different – Changing Career Expectations in Germany?

Contemporary career research assumes more flexible career patterns implying increased job mobility. However, there is growing doubt that the proclaimed change is as drastic as has been suggested. We provide empirical evidence on career expectations in Germany between 1999 and 2009, arguing that objective career mobility is both a) mirrored by and b) a consequence of such expectations. Using data from ...

A quarter of a century of job transitions in Germany

By examining trends in intra-organizational and inter-organizational job transition probabilities among professional and managerial employees in Germany, we test the applicability of mainstream career theory to a specific context and challenge its implied change assumption. Drawing on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), we apply linear probability models to show the influence of time, ...

Sind wir Inflations-Masochisten? Vor fünf Jahren wurde der Euro eingeführt ...

Glück allein macht nicht vermögend. Psychologen haben herausgefunden, dass die Zufriedensten nicht die Reichsten sind

Das Glück muss man erobern

Bildungsgleich gesellt sich gern: Ist die Eamzipation daran schuld, dass Menschen unterschiedlich viel verdienen?

Soziale Systeme: Bücher sind nicht alles

Abiturienten, bis es kracht!