Publikationen mit SOEP-Daten: SOEPlit

Political implications of ‘green’ infrastructure in one’s ‘backyard’: the Green Party’s Catch 22?

A clean environment is a public good, with the benefits shared by all. While most individuals can agree on the need to implement green policies, we argue that the cost-benefit calculation is quite different depending on where one lives. Those individuals living in places where green infrastructure is infeasible, such as cities, can advocate for green technologies knowing that the chance of having to ...

Changes in Working Hours Are Driving Earnings Inequality

According to Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) data, inequality in gross monthly earnings in Germany increased significantly between 1993 and 2003 and has been stagnating at a high level since 2008. As this Weekly Report shows, the increase is not being driven by higher hourly wage inequality, but rather by working hours: In recent years, employees with a high hourly wage work more than previously compared ...

Entwicklung der Arbeitszeiten treibt die Ungleichheit der Erwerbseinkommen

Die Ungleichheit der monatlichen Bruttoerwerbseinkommen der Beschäftigten in Deutschland ist laut Sozio-oekonomischem Panel (SOEP) zwischen 1993 und 2003 signifikant gestiegen und stagniert seit 2008 auf relativ hohem Niveau. Wie dieser Bericht zeigt, liegt der Anstieg weniger an einer höheren Ungleichheit der Stundenlöhne, sondern daran, dass diese zunehmend mit der Arbeitszeit korrelieren: Beschäftigte ...

Unter- und Überbeschäftigung ist sozialpolitisch problematisch: Interview

The Socioeconomic Associations with Women's Partnership Formation and Dissolution in Russia, Germany, and the United States

This dissertation consists of three studies that evaluate how women form partnerships, leave partnerships, and the economic outcomes of those partnerships. These demographic transitions and outcomes are evaluated in three country contexts with differing political, welfare regimes, social history. I use longitudinal data from Russia to analyze marital status differences and trends in in poverty risk. ...

Forced Migration and Social Cohesion: Evidence from the 2015/16 Mass Inflow in Germany

A commonly expressed concern about immigration is that it undermines social cohesion in the receiving country. In this paper, we study the impact of a large and sudden inflow of asylum seekers on several indicators of social cohesion. In 2015/16, over one million asylum seekers from Syria, Afghanistan, and elsewhere arrived in Germany. Anecdotal evidence suggests that this inflow changed the public ...

Optimal Taxation when the Tax Burden Matters

Survey evidence shows that the magnitude of the tax liability plays a role in value judgements about which groups deserve tax breaks. Such considerations can be explained with a role for the tax burden itself, but do not follow from standard welfarist optimal taxation. We show that the German tax-transfer system is not in line with a standard welfarist inequality averse social planner. Instead, it ...

Marriage, the Risk of Overeducation, and Selection into Both: Evidence from Germany

Two competing theories of social support and role specialization have been invoked to explain how marital status affects labour market outcomes. Whereas evidence of beneficial labour market outcomes among married men and employed married women favours a social support perspective, evidence of married women’s reduced labour market participation corresponds to a role specialization perspective. We make ...

Sector switching in Germany

Wechsel des Beschäftigungssektors im Laufe des Berufslebens, d. h. der Wechsel vom privaten in den öffentlichen Sektor oder umgekehrt, sind häufig, wurden bisher jedoch kaum untersucht. Mit Daten des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels für Deutschland gebe ich Einblicke in diese Sektorwechsel. Außerdem analysiere ich, ob sozio-demografische Merkmale oder Einstellungen die Wahrscheinlichkeit, den Sektoren zu ...

Determinants of Lifestyle Choices Among South Korean College Students: An Experimental Analysis

Purpose: Based on theoretical predictions from human capital theory, the aim of this exploratory study is to analyze the relationship between experimentally elicited, incentivized economic preference parameters, Big Five and Grit personality traits, cognitive ability, and the Alameda Seven lifestyles: smoking, drinking excessively, being overweight or obese, experiencing stress, following a healthy ...