Publikationen mit SOEP-Daten: SOEPlit

Privatisierung von kommunalem Wohneigentum (Wohnungswirtschaftliche Schriften 4, Dissertation)

The Dynamics of Social Assistance Benefit Receipt in Germany: State Dependence Before and After the Hartz Reforms

In this article, I study state dependence in social assistance receipt in Germany using annual survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) for the years 1995-2011. There is considerable observed state dependence, with an average persistence rate in benefits of 68% comparing to an average entry rate of just above 3%. To identify a possible structural component, I estimate a series of dynamic ...

State Dependence in Social Assistance Benefit Receipt in Germany Before and After the Hartz Reforms

I study state dependence in social assistance receipt in Germany using annual survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel for the years 1995–2011. There is considerable observed state dependence, with an average persistence rate in benefits of 68 per cent comparing to an average entry rate of just above 3 per cent. To identify a possible structural component, I estimate a series of dynamic random-effects ...

Einbürgerung von Ausländern in Deutschland. Eine empirische Analyse mit Daten des SOEP (Diplomarbeit)

Ausmaß und Folgen unbeobachteter Übergänge im Rahmen des Mikrozensus-Panels: Ergebnisse empirischer Analysen

Möglichkeiten der Analyse von Arbeitsmarktübergängen mit Daten des Mikrozensus-Panels

Prediction Based on Entrepreneurship-Prone Personality Profiles: Sometimes Worse Than the Toss of a Coin

The human personality predicts a wide range of activities and occupational choices—from musical sophistication to entrepreneurial careers. However, which method should be applied if information on personality traits is used for prediction and advice? In psychological research, group profiles are widely employed. In this contribution, we examine the performance of profiles using the example of career ...

Changes in the Timing of First Birth in East Germany after Re-unification

Educational Attainment and First Births: East Germany before and after Unification

Employment Careers and the Timing of First Births in East Germany

When German unification was accompanied by a rapid decline in aggregate fertility rates, researchers particularly assigned high unemployment rates a dominant role for changes in fertility behavior. The aim of this paper is twofold. First, we investigate changes in the timing of first birth in East Germany after unification. Using data from the SOEP, we show that even after unification East Germans ...