Publikationen mit SOEP-Daten: SOEPlit

Personalizing probabilistic survey scales

Central bank surveys frequently elicit households’ probabilistic beliefs about future inflation by employing response scales centered around zero inflation. Analyzing data from the high-inflation period of 2022/2023, we demonstrate how this practice leads to distortions in households’ responses, causing inconsistencies and resulting in biased estimates of both mean inflation expectations and uncertainty. ...

„Ich bin und bleibe DDR-Bürger“. Die Entwicklung der identifikativen Akkulturation im Lebensverlauf von 1972 und 1973 in Sachsen Geborenen

Aus der Lebensverlaufsperspektive wird die Entwicklung der identifikativen Akkulturation von 1972/73 in Sachsen geborenen Personen untersucht. Mittels einzigartiger Längsschnittdaten der Sächsischen Längsschnittstudie werden Struktur und Dynamik der kollektiven Identifikationen mit der ehemaligen DDR und dem vereinten Deutschland über einen Zeitraum von mehr als 30 Jahren beschrieben. Die multiple ...

Sondererhebung und -auswertung des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP) zu Arbeitszeiten von Beschäftigten im Mindestlohnbereich

Das Projekt MLK030 verfolgt zwei Ziele. Zum einen werden für den fünften und sechsten Bericht der Mindestlohnkommission Zeitreihen zur Lohnentwicklung, zur Arbeitszeit und zur Einhaltung des gesetzlichen Mindestlohns als inhaltliche Grundlage zur Einschätzung der Implikationen des Mindestlohns am Arbeitsmarkt erstellt. Als Datenbasis fungiert das Sozio-oekonomische Panel (SOEP). Auswertungen von 2014 ...

Levels and drivers of lifetime earnings

Trends in relative and absolute mobility of homeownership in Europe

Homeownership has declined markedly among younger generations across Europe. A common assumption is that this decline is increasingly stratified by parental homeownership, due to rising house prices and the growing importance of parental financial support. We show that this assumption does not hold for the average European. Using data from EU-SILC 2011 and 2019 covering 24 European countries, we examine ...

Auswirkungen der Anhebung des Mindestlohns auf 12 Euro auf individuelle Beschäftigungsbewegungen und betriebliche Lohnstrukturen

The integration of migrants in the German labour market: evidence over 50 years

Germany has become the second-most important destination for migrants worldwide. Using all waves from the microcensus, we study their labour market integration over the last 50 years and highlight differences to the US case. Although the employment gaps between immigrant and native men decline after arrival, they remain large for most cohorts; the average gap after one decade is 10 percentage points. ...

Pro-environmental behavior and life satisfaction: How strong is our evidence?

A positive relationship between pro-environmental behavior and subjective well-being has been used to argue for a “double dividend”, i.e. the narrative that pro-environmental behavior is beneficial for both environment and individual, when measured in the metric of subjective well-being. Our paper argues that the (causal) evidence base for such a narrative is far too weak. We suggest methodological ...

Interaction effects on health between perceived neighbourhood social cohesion and demographic changes: a longitudinal study

Background Perceived neighbourhood social cohesion is associated with better health in particular as a conveyor of social norms. Small-area demographic changes affect social structures related to health and so, could modify neighbourhood norms, lead to loneliness, or increased stress. Thus, demographic changes and perceived neighbourhood social cohesion are likely to interact in their relation to health. ...

Gratitude in fundraising: do ‘thank you in advance’ and handwritten thank you notes impact fundraising success?

While almost all charities rely on a set of donor appreciation strategies, their effectiveness for the success of fundraising campaigns is underresearched. Through two preregistered field studies conducted in collaboration with a leading German opera house (N = 10,000), we explore the significance of expressing gratitude and examine two different approaches to doing so. Our first study investigates ...