Publikationen mit SOEP-Daten: SOEPlit

Political Spillovers of Workplace Democracy in Germany

While works councils provide a highly developed mechanism to promote workplace democracy, research on their consequences has been dominated by economic aspects. This study brings a new perspective to the understanding of works councils by examining their influence on workers’ political behavior. Political spillover theory suggests that participation in the firm’s decision making has the potential to ...

The development and correlated change of narcissism and self-esteem in adulthood

The conceptual and empirical overlap of grandiose narcissism and self-esteem is part of ongoing debate. Whereas cross-sectional findings suggest a moderate correlation between both constructs, evidence on the longitudinal relationship of narcissism and self-esteem is still lacking. Using data of two longitudinal studies consisting of more than 10,000 participants in adulthood, the aim of the present ...

The scientific value of numerical measures of human feelings

Human feelings measured in integers (my happiness is an 8 out of 10, my pain 2 out of 6) have no objective scientific basis. They are “made-up” numbers on a scale that does not exist. Yet such data are extensively collected—despite criticism from, especially, economists—by governments and international organizations. We examine this paradox. We draw upon longitudinal information on the feelings and ...

My Wealth, (Y)Our Life Satisfaction? Sole and Joint Wealth Ownership and Life Satisfaction in Marriage

This study examines the money-subjective well-being nexus by studying the link between changes in jointly and solely (i.e. respondents’ own and their partner’s own) held gross wealth and changes in married individuals’ subjective well-being. Joint assets reflect norms of sharing responsibilities and resources. Solely held assets, in contrast, offer individual economic independence. Using wealth data ...

Essays in Macroeconomics and Labor Supply

In this dissertation, I study the role of labor supply in macroeconomic fluctations and the movement of employment in response to these fluctuations. The first chapter is a theoretical and empirical study of the role of firm-specific labor supply in amplifying business cycles. The second chapter focuses on measuring the aggregate labor supply elasticity at the extensive margin, using a novel survey ...

Technological Progress, Occupational Structure and Gender Gaps in the German Labour Market

We analyze if technological progress and the corresponding change in the occupational structure have improved the relative position of women in the labour market. We show that the share of women rises most strongly in non-routine cognitive and manual occupations, but declines in routine occupations. While the share of women also rises relatively strongly in high-paying occupations, womens' individual-level ...

Sozioökonomische und einstellungsbezogene Ursachen für Wanderungen von CDU/CSU- und SPD-Wähler*innen zur AfD bei der Bundestagswahl 2017

Längsschnittliche Studien zu den sozioökonomischen und einstellungsbezogenen Ursachen für Wählerwanderungen zur AfD sind bislang rar. Wir schließen diese Lücke auf Basis eines Modells, das Abwanderungen zur AfD bei der Bundestagswahl 2017 unter Berücksichtigung der Änderungen migrationsbezogener und ökonomischer Einstellungen sowie der sozioökonomischen Situation von CDU/CSU- und SPD-Wähler*innen des ...

Oma und Opa gefragt?: Veränderungen in der Enkelbetreuung - Wohlbefinden von Eltern - Wohlergehen von Kindern

Corona Monitoring Nationwide (RKI-SOEP-2): Seroepidemiological Study on the Spread of SARS-CoV-2 Across Germany

SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus, spread across Germany within just a short period of time. Seroepidemiological studies are able to estimate the proportion of the population with antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 infection (seroprevalence) as well as the level of undetected infections, which are not captured in official figures. In the seroepidemiological study Corona Monitoring Nationwide (RKI-SOEP-2), biospecimens ...

The Labor Market, Inequality, and Health: Four Empirical Essays

Die vorliegende Dissertation besteht aus vier Kapiteln, die Beiträge zu den Gebieten der Arbeitsmarktökonomie, der Ungleichheitsforschung und der Gesundheitsökonomie liefern. Das erste Kapitel untersucht die den Zusammenhang zwischen der räumlichen Verteilung von Arbeitsmarktkontrollen und Verstößen gegen den gesetzlichen Mindestlohn in Deutschland. Dazu kombiniert es neue administrative Daten zu Arbeitsmarktkontrollen ...