Publikationen mit SOEP-Daten: SOEPlit

Geflüchtete waren vor und während der Corona-Pandemie psychisch stark belastet: Interview

LGBTQ: Queere Menschen leiden häufiger an stressbedingten Erkrankungen

Depressionen, Angststörungen, Herzleiden: Queere Menschen haben laut einer Studie aufgrund von Diskriminierungserfahrungen stärker mit bestimmten Erkrankungen zu kämpfen.

Structural legacies and the motherhood penalty: How past societal contexts shape mothers’ employment outcomes in reunified Germany

Motherhood penalties vary strongly across societal contexts. While most studies that aim to explain such differences focus on institutions, a smaller literature refers to the influence of cultural norms or a complex interaction between the two. Empirically, however, it is yet unclear if such norms play a role and how they—jointly with institutions—contribute to motherhood penalties. We make use of ...

Interaktive Grafik: Wohnen Sie großzügig – oder beengt?

Ob Eigenheim oder Mietwohnung: So viel zu Hause waren wir noch nie – die einen allerdings auf viel, die anderen auf wenig Platz. Wie viel Wohnfläche haben Sie im Vergleich? Die interaktive Grafik zeigt es.

Geflüchtete sind auch in der Corona-Pandemie psychisch belastet und fühlen sich weiterhin sehr einsam

Unter den Folgen der Corona-Pandemie leiden viele Menschen. Geflüchtete gehören jedoch in vielen gesellschaftlichen Bereichen zu einer der am schlechtesten gestellten Gruppen. Sie leben überdurchschnittlich häufig in beengten Wohneinrichtungen wie Gemeinschaftsunterkünften und sind dadurch einem erhöhten Infektionsrisiko ausgesetzt. Gleichzeitig waren sie schon vor der Pandemie überproportional häufig ...

The Child Penalty: Implications of Parenthood on Labour Market Outcomes for Men and Women in Germany

Whilst gender inequality has been falling in the developed world, child-related gender inequality in pay has stayed constant. In this paper I use German panel data spanning across 33 years from 1984 until 2017 including over 50,000 individuals. The main contribution of this paper is the analysis of the effect of parenthood on women’s and men’s earnings using propensity score matching. I estimate the ...

From dawn till dusk: Implications of full-day care for children’s development

An important issue on the political agenda of many developed countries is the intensive margin of formal child care and, consequently, the effects of expanding the operating hours of child care institutions. We add to this debate by studying the effects of offering full-day child care on child development. Specifically, we analyze the consequences of a substantial increase of full-day slots at the ...

Globalization, Fertility and Marital Behavior in a Lowest-Low Fertility Setting

Using longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we analyze the effects of exposure to globalization on the fertility and marital behavior in Germany, until recently a lowest-low fertility setting. We find that exposure to greater import competition from Eastern Europe led to worse labor market outcomes and lower fertility rates. In contrast, workers in industries that benefited from increased ...

Wage Determination in the Shadow of the Law: The Case of Works Councilors in Germany

The German law on co-determination at the plant level (Betriebsverfassungsgesetz) stipulates that works councilors are neither to be financially rewarded nor penalized for their activities. This regulation contrasts with publicized instances of excessive payments. The divergence has sparked a debate about the need to reform the law. This paper provides representative evidence on wage payments to works ...

Die absolute Ungleichheit steigt durch Erbschaften und Schenkungen: Interview