The Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) was established in 1984 as a longitudinal study of private households in Germany. It collected data on migration and immigrant integration from the outset. Over time, samples and contents were expanded, resulting in an extensive database that enables researchers to examine immigration-related processes over time (Brücker et al. 2014; Brücker et al. 2016; Goebel et al. ...