Publikationen mit SOEP-Daten: SOEPlit

Early Childcare Expansion and Maternal Health

This paper estimates the effect of increased early childcare availability on maternal health. We focus on a substantial expansion of early childcare in West Germany from 2006 to 2019. By matching county-level childcare attendance rates with individual data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), we find that a 10-percentage point increase in childcare availability decreases mothers’ self-assessed ...

Auswirkungen der Kindergrundsicherung auf Armut, Beschäftigung und Wirtschaftswachstum

Die Studie untersucht auf Basis eines mikroökonomisch fundierten makro-ökonomischen Modells die Auswirkungen der Einführung der Kindergrundsicherung auf Kinderarmut, Chancengleichheit, Beschäftigung und Wirtschaftswachstum. Der Fokus liegt auf den langfristigen Effekten, die sich aus der Ausweitung des Leistungsbezugs - zusätzlich 1,5 Millionen Kinder erhalten Unterstützung - ergeben. Die Einführung ...

Fluchterfahrungen und Unterstützung nach der Ankunft

Studying turning points in labour market trajectories – benefits of a panel-based mixed methods design

Turning points describe a fundamental change of direction in a life course trajectory. However, they are challenging to study because of their temporal extension, the complexity of processes at stake during those critical life sequences, and the fact that individuals’ interpretation as well as more objective changes in social status and position play important roles in turning points. Panel-based mixed ...

Reassessing Chronic Strain: A Research Note on Women's Income Dynamics After Divorce and Separation

The economic consequences of divorce and sep a ra tion for women are com monly asso ci ated with the chronic strain model, according to which women's losses are large and per sis tent. This research note shifts the focus to a cri sis model high light ing women's poten tial of, and routes to, recov ery from ini tial losses. Drawing on Ger man SocioEconomic Panel data (1984-2021) on women in ...

Kinderjobs und Chancengerechtigkeit in Deutschland

Nach einer Studie des Instituts der deutschen Wirtschaft (IW) vermitteln die von zahlreichen Kindern im schulpflichtigen Alter ausgeübten Jobs wichtige für den Arbeitsmarkt relevante Fähigkeiten wie Zuverlässigkeit und Eigenständigkeit, und es wird eine Reform des Jugendarbeitsschutzgesetzes angemahnt. Der Beitrag setzt sich mit den Ergebnissen und Bewertungen der Studie auseinander und schlägt Alternativen ...

Neue Heimat Deutschland - so nah und doch so fremd

Angekommen, integriert, berufstätig - viele Ukrainer möchten länger oder dauerhaft in Deutschland leben und arbeiten, so eine Studie. Doch dass beide Länder so unterschiedlich sind, ist eine Herausforderung.

Family structure transitions and educational outcomes: Explaining heterogeneity by parental education in Germany

Recent research has documented that the effect of parental separation on children’s educational outcomes depends on socioeconomic background. Yet, parental separation could lead to a stable single-parent family or to a further transition to a stepfamily. Little is known about how the effect of family structure transitions on educational outcomes depends on the education of parents and stepparents, ...

Hygiene Behaviors and SARS-CoV-2-Preventive Behaviors in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Self-Reported Compliance and Associations with Fear, SARS-CoV-2 Risk, and Mental Health in a General Population vs. a Psychosomatic Patients Sample in Germany

Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, hygiene behaviors such as keeping distance, avoiding masses, wearing face masks, and complying with hand hygiene recommendations became imperative. The current study aims to determine factors interrelating with hygiene behaviors. Methods: A total of 4049 individuals (1305 male, 2709 female, aged 18–80 years) were recruited from rehabilitation clinics or freely ...

Mortality inequality in Chile

This paper analyses trends in mortality inequality in 330 Chilean communes from 1990 to 2010 for different age groups and both genders. Chile had substantial inequalities in local-level mortality rates in 1990 but by 2010 these disparities had significantly decreased, especially among infants, children and the elderly. The only exception was Chilean men aged 20-39, for whom inequality in mortality ...