Publikationen mit SOEP-Daten: SOEPlit

Women with children first? Parenthood, policies, and gender gaps in three European labour markets

Parenthood divides today the careers of women and men. A family gap has emerged in labour markets: Women pay economic and career prices for motherhood, while the career progression of men marches on come fatherhood. Gender inequality in paid work persists despite institutional change aimed at mitigating it or curbing it altogether. Labour market and welfare institutions have variously departed from ...

Environmental Inequality in Germany

Though environmental inequality research has gained extensive interest in the United States, it has received far less attention in Europe and Germany. The main objective of this book is to extend the research on environmental inequality in Germany. This book aims to shed more light on the question of whether minorities in Germany are affected by a disproportionately high burden of environmental pollution, ...

SOEP Annual Report 2019

Four Essays on the Economics of Education and Inequality

This dissertation includes four essays on the economic analysis of education and inequality. The first essay shows that, between 1993 and 2013, the income share of housing expenditures in Germany increased strongly for the bottom income quintile and fell for the top quintile. These trends are driven by a decline in the costs of homeownership versus renting, changes in household structure, and residential ...

Occupational Attainment and Earnings in Southeast Asia: The Role of Non-cognitive Skills

Studies from industrialised countries show the importance of non-cognitive skills for occupational outcomes. However, rural labour markets in developing and emerging economies differ from industrialised labour markets, and evidence on the role of non-cognitive skills across labour markets is limited. Using new micro-level data from rural Thailand and Vietnam, we provide unique insights into the role ...

The Big Five model in rural Southeast Asia: Validation, stability, and its role in household income

Objective: We investigate the applicability of the Big Five model in rural Southeast Asia and thereby challenge recent concerns about the validity of the model in developing countries. Method: We use a novel data set on personality traits from rural Thailand and Vietnam (N = 3811 individuals). In our analysis, we (i) assess the factor structure of the data, (ii) test the internal consistency of the ...

In Sickness and in Health? Health Shocks and Relationship Breakdown: Empirical Evidence from Germany

Aus ökonomischer Sicht können Ehen und langjährige Partnerschaften als informeller Versicherungsmechanismus verstanden werden. Dieser implizite Versicherungsvertrag ist jedoch nicht vollständig durchsetzbar, da jeder Partner die Beziehung beenden kann, z.B. auch dann wenn seine Unterstützung im Falle eines negativen Lebensereignisses benötigt wird. Ein Beispiel eines solchen negativen Lebensereignisses ...

„Auswirkungen des gesetzlichen Mindestlohns auf die Lohnstruktur“: Studie im Auftrag der Mindestlohnkommission (Abschlussbericht)

Ziel des Forschungsprojekts war die Identifikation kausaler Effekte des Mindestlohns auf die Lohnstruktur und Lohnverteilung. Dabei wurden auch mögliche Spill-Over- sowie Kompressionseffekte untersucht. Als Datenbasis diente das Sozio-Oekonomische Panel (SOEP).

Stimmung: Deutsches Glück im Unglück

Deutschland geht es so gut wie lange nicht mehr. Aber für viele Menschen fühlt sich der Wohlstand nicht so gut an. Woran liegt das?

Do individuals adapt to all types of housing transitions?

This paper provides one of the first tests of adaptation to the complete set of residential transitions. We use long-run SOEP panel data and consider the impact of all housing transitions, whether or not they involve a change in housing tenure or geographical movement, on both life satisfaction and housing satisfaction. Controlling for individual characteristics, some residential transitions affect ...