Publikationen mit SOEP-Daten: SOEPlit

The Direct and Indirect Impact of Religion on Well-Being in Germany

A European Social Survey (ESS)—based study of Clark and Lelkes on the European level showed a double positive connection between religion and life-satisfaction: not only did a personal involvement have a positive impact, but there was also a regional externality. Even atheists seemed to be happier in areas with many religious people. However, the regional structure of the ESS can be seen as methodologically ...

Arbeitszeitwünsche, Arbeitslosigkeit und Arbeitszeitpolitik

Employee-friendly labour time: a key element to a sustainable pattern of production and consumption

Whereas the preferences of consumers are a cornerstone of market economies, preferences of employees e.g., regarding the preferred amount of paid labour, usually are not. However, we have strong evidence that differences between aspired and actually worked weekly hours have a serious negative impact on life, job and health satisfaction. This paper investigates the gap between employees’ preferences ...

Health Insurance, Labor Supply, and Job Mobility: A Critical Review of the Literature

Finding a job: Consequences for life satisfaction and interactions with job quality

Is Any Job Better than No Job? Life Satisfaction and Re-employment

Using data for West Germany from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we analyse the impact of transitions from unemployment to full-time employment on life satisfaction, with special focus on the influence of job quality. We apply various indicators of job quality (self-reported job satisfaction, wages, type of contract, and indicators of the fit between the worker and job requirements). We control for ...

Eine Bestandsaufnahme: Niedriglohnbeschäftigung in Deutschland

Niedriglohnbeschäftigung hat viele Gesichter: Mini-Jobs, Arbeitskontrakte für Saisonkräfte, Ein-Euro-Jobs, aber auch niedrig bezahlte Arbeits in „normaler“ sozialversicherungspflichtiger Beschäftigung. Manche gering bezahlte Tätigkeiten werden um Transferleistungen ergänzt, andere bilden die einzige Einkommensquelle. Die Formen sind so unterschiedlich und so schwer vergleichbar, dass man im Grunde ...

Stigmatisierung von Arbeitnehmern durch Entlassungen? Befunde für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland anhand von Daten des Sozio-ökonomischen Panels (SOEP)

Zur Verteilung der Arbeitseinkommen in Westdeutschland

Stigma effects of layoffs? Evidence from German micro-data

Based on a signaling model of Gibbons and Katz (1991; Journal of Labor Economics 9, 351–380) this paper compares the development of the wages of dismissed employees to those who lost their job because of plant closings. In contrast to the US and Canada there is no evidence for a stigma effect of layoffs in Germany. Some explanations of the divergent results are pointed out.