Publikationen mit SOEP-Daten: SOEPlit

Economic downturns and mental health in Germany

We study the impact of the macroeconomic environment on mental health in Germany. Endogeneity concerns are tackled using a shift-share instrumental variables approach in which exposure to macroeconomic fluctuations is estimated from regional variations in historical industry sector composition. Estimation results reveal strong procyclical effects on the 12-item short form survey’s mental health component ...

Wer trägt die Steuerlast in Deutschland? Steuerbelastung nur schwach progressiv

Eine umfassende mikrodatenbasierte Analyse zu den Verteilungswirkungen des deutschen Steuersystems im Jahr 2015 zeigt, dass die gesamte Steuerbelastung aus direkten und indirekten Steuern bei steigenden Einkommen nur moderat progressiv verläuft und in den unteren Dezilen regressiv wirkt. Zwar sind die Einkommen- und Unternehmensteuern stark progressiv. Sie belasten Haushalte mit niedrigen und mittleren ...

Does the German Minimum Wage Help Low Income Households?: Evidence from Observed Outcomes and the Simulation of Potential Effects

Does the federal minimum wage in Germany introduced in 2015 improve the income situation of low income households and reduce in-work poverty? Previous literature on its distributional impact was either focused on earnings and hourly wages (e.g. Caliendo et al., 2017), or is based on ex-ante simulations (e.g. Müller and Steiner, 2013). This paper provides systematic descriptive ex-post evidence on the ...

A test of risk vulnerability in the wider population

Panel data from the German SOEP is used to test for risk vulnerability (RV) in the wider population. Two different survey responses are analysed: the response to the question about willingness-to-take risk in general and the chosen investment in a hypothetical lottery. A convenient indicator of background risk is the VDAX index, an established measure of volatility in the German stock market. This ...

Partner market opportunities and union formation over the life course—A comparison of different measures

Abstract Even in the online dating era, individuals will seek intimate partners who live physically nearby. This paper considers the validity of different partner market measures in German NUTS-3 regions; the often used sex ratio is contrasted with different versions of the availability ratio (AR) and versions of the partner market density (PMD). The paper discusses (a) how conceptional aspects of ...

Trouble on my mind: the effect of catastrophic events on people’s worries

Major economic, environmental, or social shocks induce uncertainty, which in turn may impact economic development and may require institutional change. Based on the idea that catastrophic events (CEs) affect people’s perceptions of reality and judgments about the future, this paper analyzes the effect of CEs on people’s worries in terms of social, economic, and environmental issues. In particular, ...

What Comes after Caring? The Impact of Family Care on Women’s Employment

Previous research has shown that women providing family care tend to decrease paid work. We take the opposite perspective and examine how current and previous family care tasks influence women’s likelihood to (re-)enter employment or to increase working hours. Family care is defined as caring for an ill, disabled or frail elderly partner, parent, or other family member. Using German Socio-Economic ...

Retirement, Intergenerational Time Transfers, and Fertility

Retired parents might invest time in their adult children by providing childcare. Such intergenerational time transfers can have important implications for family decisions. This paper estimates the effects of parental retirement on the fertility of their adult children. We use representative panel data from Germany to link observations on parents and their adult children. We exploit eligibility ages ...

Kirchentage, Kirchenbesuche und Kinderzahl

Arbeitsbelastung und Gesundheit von Erwerbstätigen mit Migrationshintergrund

Hintergrund und Ziel der Arbeit: Diversität nimmt auch bei Erwerbstätigen zu. Traditionelle Ansätze des betrieblichen Arbeits- und Gesundheitsschutzes reichen meist nicht aus, um den damit einhergehenden Herausforderungen zu begegnen. Auch fehlt es derzeit an Wissen über spezifische Bedarfslagen, um adäquate Interventionen unter Einbindung von Erwerbstätigen mit Migrationshintergrund zu entwickeln. ...