Publikationen mit SOEP-Daten: SOEPlit

Bildung in Deutschland kompakt 2018: Zentrale Befunde des Bildungsberichts

Bildung in Deutschland kompakt 2020: Zentrale Befunde des Bildungsberichts

The Impact of Climate Change on Risk Aversion and Mitigation Behavior: Evidence from Germany

This paper investigates whether the 2013 floods in Germany affected risk preferences and mitigation behavior, using a representative, longitudinal data set. Exploiting the circumstance that this weather phenomenon was unanticipated, we provide robust evidence that flood exposure had a depressing impact on individual willingness to take risks. The effect size corresponds to a 4.85 percent reduction ...

The Performance of Multiple Imputation in Social Surveys with Missing Data from Planned Missingness and Item Nonresponse

Designs using planned missingness, such as the split questionnaire design, are becoming more and more important in social survey research. To ensure an acceptable questionnaire length, these approaches typically entail large amounts of planned missing data, which can be imputed after data collection. However, social surveys typically also include other types of missingness such as item nonresponse ...

Replication: Erat and Gneezy’s white lies paradigm

Not all lies are for self-benefit. Replicating the famous Erat and Gneezy (2012) “white lies” paradigm in a setting that resembles the remote workplace, we expand to explore shirking and beliefs about group behavior. Aggregate misreporting is highest when doing so benefits a salient charity; plausible lies are abundant but abate as workers inflate reports to implausible, maximal outcome white lies. ...

Vermögensbildung in Deutschland: Immobilien Schwelle und Schlüssel zugleich: Editorial

It’s a Woman’s World? Occupational Structure and the Rise of Female Employment in Germany

Wir analysieren, ob der Anstieg der weiblichen Erwerbsbeteiligung in Deutschland in den letzten Jahrzehnten durch den technischen Fortschritt erklärt werden kann, der die Nachfrage nach nicht-routinemäßigen sozialen und kognitiven Fähigkeiten erhöht, die traditionell den Frauen zugeschrieben werden. Dazu untersuchen wir, welche Aufgabengruppen und Berufe den Anstieg des Frauenanteils treiben und wie ...

Does Performance Pay Increase the Risk of Worker Loneliness?

Increased wages and productivity associated with performance pay can be beneficial to both employers and employees. However, performance pay can also entail unintended consequences for workers’ well-being. This study is the first to systematically examine the association between performance pay and loneliness, a significant social well-being concern. Using representative survey data from Germany, I ...

Dyadic analyses of the effects of atypical work arrangements and employment insecurity on the institutionalization of intimate relationships: Outline of the DFG-funded research project DAUPIN

The main research question of the DAUPIN project is how atypical employment constellations of couples affect perceptions of economic insecurity and couples’ decisionmaking. In particular, the project examines whether the man’s fixed-term employment changes the female’s perceptions of economic insecurity and family-related decisions, and whether the female’s permanent employment compensates for economic ...

Gleichmäßigere Aufteilung von Land förderte den Wohlstand: Interview