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How Do Immigrant-Origin and Native Voters Consume Political News Media During a National Election Campaign?

This is the first quantitative empirical contribution to examine how immigrant-origin voters use different types of political news media in the course of an election campaign. As this group of voters often has a lower average turnout than natives, it is surprising that we know little about its media usage behaviour. Using novel data from the IMGES II survey conducted during the 2021 German national ...

Detecting Corruption: Evidence from a World Bank project in Kenya

Corruption is a major problem in development aid, in part because areas with the greatest need for development assistance often have weak governance. In these environments, traditional anti-fraud measures such as audits or criminal enforcement are limited in their effectiveness. Moreover, aid organizations face incentives to downplay bad outcomes for fear of alienating donors, which has led to the ...

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Settlement intentions of Ukrainian refugees in Germany: Adhering to social status back home or restarting again abroad?

Background: The choice between permanent settlement and temporary migration has garnered increased attention in international migration studies, yet the decisions of refugees remain underexplored. Objective: Building on the existing literature on return migration among voluntary migrants, this paper investigates the importance of socio-psychological and economic-skills contexts in refugees’ home and ...

Selected Publications

SOEP Team (2024–2026) 2026 2025 2024 in bold: SOEP team members Axenfeld, Julian B. , Bruch, Christian, & Wolf, Christof (2026). Composition of core modules and item allocation in split questionnaire designs: impact on estimates from imputed data. International Journal of Social Research Methodology , 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1080/13645579.2025.2561653 Bach, Stefan, Bartels, Charlotte ...

SOEPnewsletter März 2026

Data Service News and Events People and Papers Staff News Appendix: Ankündigungen von externen Veranstaltungen und Call for Proposals Community News Liebe SOEP-Community,  in der aktuellen Ausgabe des SOEPnewsletter 2026 finden Sie alle Informationen zu den neuesten Datenveröffentlichungen (siehe “ Data Service “) sowie zu anstehenden und vergangenen Veranstaltungen (siehe „ News and Events “).  ...

SOEPnewsletter March 2026

Data Service News and Events People and Papers Staff News Community News Appendix: External Events and CfPs Dear SOEP Community, In the current issue of the SOEPnewsletter 2026, you will find all the information you need about the latest data releases (see “ Data Service ”) as well as upcoming and past events (see “ News and Events ”).  As usual, we present a selection of interesting new publications ...

German Social Cohesion Panel 2021-22, Welle 1-2

Datensatzinformation Datenzugang Das Forschungsinstitut Gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt (FGZ) und das Sozio-oekonomische Panel (SOEP) am Deutschen Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW Berlin) führen im Rahmen ihrer Forschungskooperation eine Panel-Studie durch. Dabei werden Personen in Deutschland in ihrem Haushaltskontext zu Aspekten des sozialen Zusammenhalts, sozialer Ungleichheit und sozialer ...

German Social Cohesion Panel 2021-22, Wave 1-2

Dataset information Data Access The Research Institute Social Cohesion (RISC) and the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) are conducting a panel study as part of their research cooperation. This involves surveying individuals in Germany in their household context on aspects of social cohesion, social inequality and social conflict. The dataset "German ...

SOEP-Core v40.1 – BIOPAREN: Biography Information on the Parents