Publikationen mit SOEP-Daten: SOEPlit

From Concurrent to Push-To-Web Mixed-Mode: Experimental Design Change in the German Social Cohesion Panel

Research shows that concurrent and sequential self-administered mixed-mode designs both have advantages and disadvantages in terms of panel survey recruitment and maintenance. Since concurrent mixed-mode designs usually achieve higher initial response rates at lower bias than sequential mixed mode designs, the former may be ideal for panel recruitment. However, concurrent designs produce a high share ...

Gender Effect on relative concerns

This thesis investigates whether there is a gender difference on the relative income effect, evaluated using subjective well-being data as a proxy for individual utility. The data set we use is a cross section of SOEP (the Socio-Economic Panel) of Germany collected during the last decade (2010-2019). We estimate subjective well-being regressions in which we control for the absolute level of income, ...

Gendered pathways to wealth? The self-assessed relevance of different accumulation channels among women and men across the wealth distribution

Wealth inequality results from stratified access to accumulation opportunities, relating to differences in income, financial behavior, and transfers. Yet, it remains unclear whether these wealth accumulation channels differ in their perceived relevance for women and men along the wealth distribution. A deeper understanding of such perceptions is crucial for explaining attitudes toward inequality, shaping ...

German basketball coaches' life satisfaction compared to that of teachers, managers, and the general population: Derivatives for sports practice and sustainable education

This study investigates the life satisfaction of basketball coaches, addressing a gap in research on sports professionals. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), it examines life satisfaction scores among basketball coaches, categorized by license level, and compares them to teachers and managers. While previous research leads to the assumption of above-average life satisfaction of ...

Nachruf auf Sozialökonom Gert Wagner

Gert Wagner war ein großartiger Sozialökonom, Vermittler zwischen Wissenschaft und Journalismus. Jetzt ist der treue taz-Genosse plötzlich verstorben.

Warum in die Ferne schweifen, ...?": Berufsmobilitäten in der Pflege

Visualizing the Housing Cost Burden of Migrants and Natives across the Income Distribution

A majority of German households are occupied by renters. There are indications of growing inequality through disproportional income increases among high-income households and disproportional rent increases among low-income households. On the basis of the German Socio-Economic Panel, the author examines rent-income ratios (RIRs) and differentiates between migrants and natives. How did RIRs develop between ...

Individual differences in short-term social dynamics: Theoretical perspective and empirical development of the social dynamics scale

People have a need to form and maintain fulfilling social contact, yet they differ with respect to with whom they satisfy the need and how quickly this need is deprived or overly satiated. These social dynamics across relationships and across time are theoretically delineated in the current article. Furthermore, we developed a questionnaire to measure individual differences in three aspects of such ...

On the semantic representation of risk

What are the defining features of lay people’s semantic representation of risk? We contribute to mapping the semantics of risk based on word associations to provide insight into both universal and individual differences in the representation of risk. Specifically, we introduce a mini-snowball word association paradigm and use the tools of network and sentiment analysis to characterize the semantics ...

The early costs of plant closures: Evidence on lead effects on workers’ subjective and objective outcomes

This study investigates the lead effects of future plant closures for prospective displaced workers’ subjective and objective outcomes. We analyze the effects on their forward-looking subjective outcomes (job insecurity, probabilistic expectations of job loss and of job search), a current subjective outcome (job satisfaction), and current objective outcomes (weekly hours of work, earnings). We estimate ...