Publikationen mit SOEP-Daten: SOEPlit

Attrition in Panel Data: The Effectiveness of Weighting

Although weighting seems to be a popular strategy for coping with panel attrition in sociological research it is not clear how effective it is in reducing attrition bias. This article aims to fill this gap by giving an assessment of the effectiveness of weighting in the European Community Household Panel (ECHP). Estimates of the distribution of social class and education appear to be dropout biased ...

Women’s Labour Force Exit: the Role of her Partner’s Socio-Economic Position

Using the longitudinal data of the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) we studied the effect of both partners’ education and occupational status on womens likelihood to exit the labour market and to become a housewife. The event-history analyses show that women partnered with high status men were more likely to exit the labour force than women with lower status partners. Yet, stronger than the effects of the ...

Refinancing Europe's higher education through deferred and income-contingent fees: An empirical assessment using Belgian, German and UK data

The arguments for refinancing the European Union's (EU) higher education via higher tuition fees largely rest on preserving the profitability of the educational investment and offering deferred and income-contingent payments. Using income survey datasets on Belgium, Germany and the United Kingdom (UK) we first estimate how graduates' private return on educational investment is likely to be ...

Within-Group Earnings Inequality in Cross-National Perspective

In this research I assess within-group inequality—earnings inequality occurring among otherwise similar individuals based on observed characteristics—in a cross-national comparative perspective. While scholarly interest in the within-group portion of inequality has grown over the past 25 years, virtually all studies focus on the US case. The current research shifts focus by assessing within-group inequality ...

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Familien- und Haushaltsstrukturen in der ehemaligen DDR und in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland von 1980 bis 1989 - ein Vergleich

Lebens- und Familienformen - Tatsachen und Normen (2. Europäischer Fachkongreß Familienforschung, 12.-14. Juni 1997, Wien)

Glücksatlas 2011: Wie zufrieden ist Deutschland? Subjektive Lebenszufriedenheit als Anker der Wohlfahrtsmessung

Well-Being in Germany: What Explains the Regional Variation?

This paper examines regional differences in subjective well-being (SWB) in Germany. Inferential statistics indicate a diminishing but still significant gap between East andWest Germany, but also differing levels of SWB within both parts of Germany. The observed regional pattern of life satisfaction reflects macroeconomic fundamentals, where labour market conditions play a dominant role. Differing levels ...