Publikationen mit SOEP-Daten: SOEPlit

Health and Body Mass Index: No Simple Relationship

Many studies have shown that obesity is a serious health problem for our society. Empirical analyses often neglect a number of methodological issues and relevant influences on health. This paper investigates empirically whether neglecting these items leads to systematically different estimates. Based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, this study derives the following results. (1) Many combinations ...

Health and weight – gender-specific linkages under heterogeneity, interdependence and resilience factors

Many studies have shown that obesity is a serious health problem for our society. Empirical analyses often neglect a number of methodological issues and relevant influences on health. This paper investigates empirically whether neglecting these items leads to systematically different estimates. Based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, this study derives the following results. (1) Many combinations ...

The Role of Body Weight for Health, Earnings, and Life Satisfaction

Based on the German Socio-Economic Panel, the influence of the body mass index on health, earnings and satisfaction is analysed by gender. Basic results are: health worsens, income declines and satisfaction is poorer with higher body mass index. If control variables are added, estimates are split by gender and different effects of over- and underweight people are determined, the health estimates show ...

Berufliche Lohndifferentiale

Sectoral Wage Patterns, Individual Earnings and the Efficiency Wage Hypothesis

Betriebliche Weiterbildung, Mobilität und Beschäftigungsdynamik - Empirische Untersuchungen mit Individual- und Betriebsdaten

Verstärkt Weiterbildung die Betriebsbindung oder die Flexibilität der Beschäftigten?

Heritability of time preference: Evidence from German twin data

Intergenerational correlations of time preference are well documented. However, there is still limited empirical evidence about the role of genetics in this transmission process. In our paper, we use data on roughly 3,000 twins from the German TwinLife project to estimate the heritability of time preference. We rely on an experimentally validated survey measure of temporal discounting, namely, self-assessed ...

The Standard Portfolio Choice Problem in Germany

We study an investment experiment with a representative sample of German households. Respondents invest in a safe asset and a risky asset whose return is tied to the German stock market. Experimental investments correlate with beliefs about stock market returns and exhibit desirable external validity at least in one respect: they predict real-life stock market participation. But many households are ...

Peer Groups, Employment Status and Mental Well-being among Older Adults in Ireland

Research has shown that employment status, such as being unemployed or retired, can be related to well-being. In addition, the direction and size of these relationships can be influenced by the employment status of one’s peer group. For example, it has been shown that the well-being of the unemployed tends to be higher for those living in high-unemployment areas compared to the unemployed living in ...