Publikationen mit SOEP-Daten: SOEPlit

Entering adulthood in a recession tempers later narcissism – But only in men

In a recent study, Bianchi (2014) showed that macroeconomic conditions (i.e. average unemployment rate) during the years of emerging adulthood (ages 18–25) are inversely related to adult narcissism. Fletcher (2015) called into question the robustness of the results and Grijalva et al. (2015) presented meta-analytic support for real gender differences in narcissism. Here we report combined results from ...

The rich are different: Unraveling the perceived and self-reported personality profiles of high net-worth individuals

Beyond money and possessions, how are the rich different from the general population? Drawing on a unique sample of high net-worth individuals from Germany (≥1 million Euro in financial assets; N = 130), nationally representative data (N = 22,981), and an additional online panel (N = 690), we provide the first direct investigation of the stereotypically-perceived and self-reported personality profiles ...

Validation of the Narcissistic Admiration and Rivalry Questionnaire Short Scale (NARQ-S) in Convenience and Representative Samples

Due to increased empirical interest in narcissism across social sciences, there is a need for inventories that can be administered quickly while also reliably measuring both the agentic and antagonistic aspects of grandiose narcissism. In this study, we sought to validate the factor structure, provide representative descriptive data and reliability estimates, assess the reliability across the trait ...

Removing the Stigma of Divorce: Happiness before and after Remarriage

Many studies confirm that marriage does not have lasting effects on levels of happiness, whereas divorce induces serious, scarring effects through social stigma. However, few academic efforts have been made regarding how remarriage after divorce impacts the subjective well-being (SWB) of the divorced. Taking into consideration that remarriage often entails regaining social acceptance, this paper examines ...

The Redistributive Effects of Pension Systems in Europe: A Survey of Evidence

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Inequality of opportunities vs. inequality of outcomes: Are Western societies all alike?

Family Determinants of the Changing Gender Gap in Educational Attainment: A Comparison of the U.S. and Germany

Trends in the gender gap in college completion for the U.S. and Germany show that the gender gap has closed in Germany as it has in the U.S., but, unlike the U.S., women have not yet achieved inequality in rates of tertiary degree attainment, let alone overtaken men. A central reason for this difference is the fact that the relationship between parental education and gender-specific rates of tertiary ...

Sozialer Auf- und Abstieg: Angleichung bei Männern und Frauen

Diese Studie untersucht soziale Mobilität im Berufsstatus, das heißt Veränderungen in der beruflichen Position einer Person im Vergleich zu ihren Eltern. Dafür wurden Daten der Langzeitstudie Sozio-oekonomisches Panel (SOEP) zu westdeutschen Personen mittleren Alters ausgewertet, die zwischen 1939 und 1971 geboren wurden. Gegenüber den Eltern hat sich das Niveau der sozialen Stellung im Durchschnitt ...

Upward and downward social mobility probabilities have converged for men and women

This study investigates professional social mobility, i.e., changes in one’s occupational status compared to that of their parents. It uses data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (Sozio-oekonomisches Panel, SOEP) on middle-aged, western Germans who were born between 1939 and 1971. On average, social status relative to parents has increased (absolute social mobility). However, looking at how positions ...