Publikationen mit SOEP-Daten: SOEPlit

Sorgen und Ängste in soziologischen Gegenwartsdiagnosen: Eine kritische Bestandsaufnahme

Statusängste in Deutschland: Wachsendes Problem oder zeitdiagnostischer Mythos?

Treiben Sorgen und Ängste den »populistischen Zeitgeist«?: Eine Untersuchung von Erscheinungsformen, Verbreitung und Determinanten populistischer Einstellungen

Multi-Mode in Haushaltspanels - Erfahrungen und aktuelle Weiterentwicklungen im Sozio-oekonomischen Panel (SOEP)

Das Sozio-oekonomische Panel (SOEP) beschreibt die Situation der Privathaushalte in Deutschland mit Blick auf ein breites Themenspektrum und wird bereits seit 1984 durchgeführt. Es setzte bisher primär auf interviewergestützte Befragungsmodi und dabei vorrangig auf das Face-to-Face-Interview. Verschiedene Faktoren führten jedoch zu der Entscheidung, mehr Vielfalt in der Datenerhebung zu wagen. Dazu ...

Gender and Gambling Preference

Gambling preferences are analysed using survey data from the wider population. Respondents were confronted with a hypothetical lottery question, in which they were asked to imagine having just won a large prize, and asked how much of this prize they would be willing to invest in a further gamble. We observe the majority of respondents avoiding the gamble altogether. We demonstrate that such behaviour ...

Women in the German labor market: The cost of being a mother

Initial findings regarding the coronavirus crisis’ impact on the German labor market suggest that the existing dynamics of inequality will worsen in two respects – both between the sexes, and within the group of women alone. One thing is certain: Mothers in particular will lose out, as the following analysis shows that even before the crisis, children already cost mothers up to two-thirds of their ...

Longitudinal coupling of momentary stress reactivity and trait neuroticism: Specificity of states, traits, and age period

Personality traits like neuroticism show both continuity and change across adolescence and adulthood, with most pronounced changes occurring in young adulthood. It has been assumed, but insufficiently examined, that trait changes occur gradually over the years through the accumulation of daily experiences. The current longitudinal measurement burst study examined (a) how changes in average momentary ...

Gendered integration? How recently arrived male and female refugees fare on the German labour market

Objective: This paper examines gender differences in the labour market integration of newly arrived refugees in Germany. In particular, we focus on the heterogeneity in employment rates among female refugees. Background: Previous research has demonstrated that refugee women are disadvantaged on the labour market not only compared to their male counterparts, but also compared to other immigrant women. ...

Changes in optimism and pessimism in response to life events: Evidence from three large panel studies

Although individuals vary in how optimistic they are about the future, one assumption that researchers make is that optimism is sensitive to changes in life events and circumstances. We examined how optimism and pessimism changed across the lifespan and in response to life events in three large panel studies (combined N = 74,886). In the American and Dutch samples, we found that optimism increased ...

Does the Dream of Home Ownership Rest upon Biased Beliefs? A Test Based on Predicted and Realized Life Satisfaction

The belief that home ownership makes people happy is probably one of the most widespread intuitive theories of happiness. However, whether it is accurate is an open question. Based on individual panel data, we explore whether home buyers systematically overestimate the life satisfaction associated with moving to their privately owned property. To identify potential prediction errors, we compare people’s ...