Publikationen mit SOEP-Daten: SOEPlit

Entwicklung individueller Zeitbudgets in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland - Eine Mikroanalyse mit den Daten des Sozio-ökonomischen Panels aus den Wellen 1-4 (1984-1987)

Polarization of Time and Income – A Multidimensional Analysis for Germany

A growing polarization of society accompanied by an erosion of the middle class is receiving increasing attention in recent German economic and social policy discussion. Our study contributes to this discussion in two ways: First, on a theoretical level we propose extended multidimensional polarization indices based on a constant elasticity of substitution (CES)-type well-being function and present ...

Inter- and intragenerational economic mobility. Germany in international comparison (IAB Bibliothek, 332)

For a considerable time now, the lack of equality in wage incomes in Germany has been getting clearly worse. Hence it is all the more important to at least guarantee equal opportunities in our society. The level of income - both for social and economic reasons - should be dependent on individual performance and not on one's parents' status. But what shape is equality of opportunity in Germany ...

Low Level of Equal Opportunities in Germany: Family Background Shapes Individual Economic Success

For many years, securing equal life opportunities has been a normative goal shared by all democratic societies in the western world. Although, in principle, all citizens enjoy the same rights, in reality, individual life opportunities still vary according to family background which, in turn, shapes the prevailing pattern of social inequality. This is not a specifically German phenomenon. Based on a ...

Wenig Chancengleichheit in Deutschland: Familienhintergrund prägt eigenen ökonomischen Erfolg

Die Sicherstellung von gleichen Lebenschancen ist ein Ziel, das seit vielen Jahren alle westlich geprägten demokratisch verfassten Gesellschaften teilen. Obwohl alle Bürger formal über gleiche Rechte verfügen, sind auch in Deutschland die Chancen für individuelle Lebensverläufe je nach familiärem Hintergrund unterschiedlich und prägen damit das Muster der sozialen Ungleichheit. Die vorliegenden Ergebnisse ...

How important is the family? Evidence from sibling correlations in permanent earnings in the US, Germany and Denmark

This paper is the first to analyze the impact of family background on permanent earnings based on sibling correlations in Germany and to provide a cross-country comparison of Germany, Denmark, and USA. The main findings are that family and community background has a stronger influence on permanent earnings in Germany than in Denmark, and a comparable influence is found in USA. This holds true for both ...

A new look at intergenerational mobility in Germany compared to the US

Motivated by contradictory evidence on intergenerational mobility in Germany, I present a cross-country comparison of Germany and the U.S., reassessing the question of whether intergenerational mobility is higher in Germany than in the U.S. I can reproduce the standard result from the literature, which states that the German intergenerational elasticity estimates are lower than those for the U.S. However, ...

The Relationship between Trust, Cognitive Skills, and Democracy: Evidence from 30 Countries around the World

Based on highly comparable data from the OECD PIAAC Programme, this note analyzes the relationship between generalized trust and cognitive skills among 30 countries around the world. The results show that the strength and direction of the relationship is not a universal characteristic but varies substantially among countries worldwide. A detailed descriptive analysis of this variation provides evidence ...

Lohnmobilität von jüngeren Geringverdienern in Deutschland

Anhand von Befragungsdaten sowie administrativen, verbundenen Arbeitgeber-Arbeitnehmer-Daten untersucht dieser Beitrag die Lohnmobilität von jüngeren, unter 35 Jahre alten Geringverdienern in Deutschland im Zeitraum 1995 bis 2010. Deskriptiv zeigt sich, dass der Anteil der Geringverdiener in dieser Altersgruppe seit Mitte der 90er Jahre signifikant gestiegen ist und deutlich höher liegt als der Anteil ...

Locus of Control and Low-Wage Mobility

We investigate whether non-cognitive skills – in particular Locus of Control – are important determinants of mobility processes for male workers at the low-wage margin. Our results reveal a significant amount of state dependence in low pay even after controlling for non-cognitive skills. Furthermore, compared to individuals with an external Locus of Control, individuals with a more internal Locus of ...