Publikationen mit SOEP-Daten: SOEPlit

Is there a gender gap in equity-based crowdfunding?

Compared to their male peers, female entrepreneurs tend to face greater obstacles in raising venture funding from business angels, venture capitalists, and financial institutions. In this paper, we investigate whether this gender gap also exists in equity crowdfunding. Based on data from the German equity crowdfunding market, we find that ventures with and without female managing directors are equally ...

Within-Track Differentiation and Leisure Activities as Strategies of Distinction

Die sozial integrative Bildungsexpansion der letzten Jahrzehnte hat in Deutschland den früheren „elitären“ Status des Gymnasiums und seines Abschlusses, des Abiturs, verwässert. Da es im Gegensatz zu Großbritannien, den USA oder Frankreich in Deutschland keine expliziten „Elite“-Institutionen gibt, bleibt die Frage, wie soziale Privilegien in Zeiten der Bildungsexpansion intergenerationell weitergegeben ...

Social Capital and Its Effect on Labour Market (Mis)match: Migrants’ Overqualification in Germany

If a person is overqualified in the sense that an employee’s level of training exceeds the job requirements, then some human capital lies idle and cannot be converted into appropriate (monetary and non-monetary) returns. Migrants are particularly at risk of being overqualified in their employment; however, this phenomenon cannot be fully explained by differences in human capital or socio-economic characteristics. ...

Changes in Subjective Well-Being Over Time: Economic and Social Resources do Matter

This article analyzes the main determinants of changes in subjective well-being over time in Germany distinguishing between long-term and short-term changes. Our findings for the long term indicate that social capital and values and cultural dimensions have the greatest capacity to predict changes in subjective well-being. Likewise, the correlation between economic resources and subjective well-being ...

Loneliness as a mediator of social relationships and health-related quality of life among refugees living in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Background: Since 2015, more than one million people fled to Germany – mainly from war-affected countries. Nevertheless, little is known about social determinants in refugees located in Germany. This study aims to test the mediation effect of loneliness between social relationships, comprising social integration and social support, and health-related quality of life among refugees living in North Rhine-Westphalia, ...

When and How to Regulate: Everyday Emotion-Regulation Strategy Use and Stressor Intensity

Contextual factors shape emotion regulation (ER). The intensity of emotional stimuli may be such a contextual factor that influences the selection and moderates the effectiveness of ER strategies in reducing negative affect (NA). Prior research has shown that, on average, when emotional stimuli were more intense, distraction was selected over reappraisal (and vice versa). This pattern was previously ...

Mental health changes and the willingness to take risks

Utilizing the longitudinal SOEP data representative of the German population, we find that mental health shocks significantly decrease the willingness to take risks. We also find that mental health improvements increase the willingness to take risks significantly. Our findings are relevant for better understanding the economic decision making of the large number of individuals with mental health i ...

Der Einfluss von Mindestlohnerhöhungen auf die Einkommensarmut

Epidemiologische Ansätze zur Klärung wichtiger Forschungsfragen zu COVID-19 – eine Übersicht

Die Epidemiologie als wissenschaftliche Disziplin ist prädestiniert dafür, Kernfragen der COVID-19-Pandemie zu bearbeiten. Hierzu werden klassische und neue Methoden eingesetzt, es stellen sich jedoch auch neue Herausforderungen. Der Beitrag bezieht sich auf die verschiedenen Phasen des bevölkerungsbezogenen Verlaufs der SARS-CoV-2-Infektion und COVID-19-Erkrankung. Basierend auf einer selektiven Literaturrecherche ...

Ungleichheits-Schlagzeilen auf Bild-Online – ein Sprachrohr der Wertehierarchie?

Obwohl Arbeitslose und Menschen mit Migrationserfahrung signifikant häufiger von Armut bedroht sind als Ruheständler, erfährt eine wohlfahrtstaatliche Intervention für letztere Gruppe innerhalb der deutschen Bevölkerung wesentlich höheren Zuspruch. Der vorliegende Beitrag untersucht, inwiefern über die Medien kolportierte, narrative Erzählungen möglicherweise dazu beitragen, dass sich die Legitimität ...