Publikationen mit SOEP-Daten: SOEPlit

Testosterone Administration Reduces Lying in Men

Lying is a pervasive phenomenon with important social and economic implications. However, despite substantial interest in the prevalence and determinants of lying, little is known about its biological foundations. Here we study a potential hormonal influence, focusing on the steroid hormone testosterone, which has been shown to play an important role in social behavior. In a double-blind placebo-controlled ...

Female Labour Force Participation and the Big Five

This paper investigates the relationship between personality traits and female labor force participation. While research on the role of cognitive skills for individual labor market success has a long tradition in economics, comparatively little is known about the channels through which non-cognitive skills affect individual labor market behavior. There is striking evidence that personality traits play ...

Frau sein, Frau bleiben

„Bei 5000 Euro netto ist die Glücksgrenze erreicht“(Interview mit Karlheinz Ruckriegel)

Politische Institutionen im gesellschaftlichen Wandel - Einbürgerung in Deutschland zwischen Erwartungen von Migranten und staatlicher Vorgabe

Dieser Beitrag nutzt institutionentheoretische Konzepte, um Veränderungen der politischen Inkorporation zu rekonstruieren. Am Beispiel der Reformen der Einbürgerungsbestimmungen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland wird die Re-Institutionalisierung der Staatsbürgerschaft dargestellt: Auf der Seite der staatlichen Vorgabe werden diese Prozesse anhand der Reform des Staatsangehörigkeitsrechts, auf der Seite ...

Scholz & Friends und Bundesverkehrsministerium zeigen "Perspektiven der Betroffenheit"

Home Sweet Home! Does Moving Have (Lasting) Effects on Housing Satisfaction?

Previous research has found that moving has lasting effects on housing satisfaction while adaptation to changing living environments is surprisingly absent from this research. This paper challenges and extends this current state of research. Using data from a large-scale German household panel we find that housing satisfaction (a) sharply declines before the move (self-selection into relocation), (b) ...

Needs, Comparisons, and Adaptation: The Importance of Relative Income for Life Satisfaction

We examine the association between income and life satisfaction. Referring to the so-called Easterlin paradox, three mechanisms are discussed: basic human need satisfaction, interpersonal comparison processes, and adaptation. Hypotheses resulting from these considerations are empirically tested on the basis of two data sets: a self conducted cross-sectional survey among the population of Munich and ...

Do Hours Restrictions Matter? A discrete family labor supply model with endogeneous wages and hours restrictions

Joint Labour Supply Decisions of Couples