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SOEP-Core v40 – Activity Biography in the Datasets "pbiospe" and "artkalen"

SOEP-Core v40.1 – Codebook for the $PEQUIV (SOEP-CNEF) File 1984-2023: CNEF Variables with Extended Income Information for the SOEP

Sozialbericht 2024: Ein Datenreport für Deutschland

Der Sozialbericht 2024 - Ein Datenreport für Deutschland (bisher: Datenreport. Ein Sozialbericht für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland) wird herausgegeben von der Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung zusammen mit dem Statistischen Bundesamt, dem Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung und dem Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Sozio-oekonomischen Panel des Deutschen ...

Sozialräumliche Unterschiede und individuelle Gesundheitseinschätzung in deutschen Großstädten: Eine Analyse auf Basis der Innerstädtischen Raumbeobachtung und des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels

Bewohnerinnen und Bewohner in deutschen Großstädten finden unterschiedliche Lebensbedingungen in ihren Stadtteilen vor. Wir vergleichen die Gesundheit von Personen in Stadtteilen mit einer hohen SGB-II Quote mit der von Personen aus Stadtteilen mit niedriger SGB-II Quote. Wir wollen den Einfluss kleinräumiger Unterschiede auf die Gesundheit, unter Berücksichtigung individueller sozioökonomischer und ...

Tax noncompliance and inequality - Three empirical essays for the case of Germany

Chapter 1: Germany's efforts to curb international tax evasion. We evaluate the impact of regulatory attempts by German authorities to combat international tax evasion and report a 32-34% reduction of tax haven deposits in German banks as a reaction to bilateral information exchange. We test for reactions in monthly cross-border liabilities of German banks against non-residents employing a new ...

Teachers and politics

I find that self-selection into teacher training programs in Germany is co-determined with ideology. Incoming teacher-trainees are more left-wing in ideology and political preferences than the average incoming university student. I find also that teacher training programs exert a socialization effect: as compared to the average student, teacher trainees’ views are reinforced and they become more left-wing ...

The development of wealth and its role in the “happiness gap” between East and West Germans

In Germany, there is a large wealth gap between East and West Germans as well as a gap in life satisfaction, with people in East Germany reporting to be less satisfied. This article sheds light on the role of different levels of wealth and their association with affective well-being. On a wider scale, this article examines psychological consequences of wealth inequality between societal groups. Longitudinal ...

The Distribution of National Income in Germany, 1992-2019

This paper analyzes the distribution and composition of pre-tax national income in Germany since 1992, combining personal income tax returns, household survey data, and national accounts. Inequality rose from the 1990s to the late 2000s due to falling labor incomes among the bottom 50% and rising incomes in the top 10%. This trend reversed after 2007 as labor incomes across the bottom 90% increased. ...

The mediating role of school absenteeism in the socioeconomic achievement gap

Socioeconomic disparities in children's academic achievement are well established, but the underlying mechanisms are less well understood. We used linked data from the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) and the National Pupil Database (NPD) with causal mediation analysis to determine the extent to which school absences contribute to socioeconomic achievement gaps. Using different achievement measures ...

The Portuguese Household Budget Survey: A Review and Recommendations for Data Collection

This work aims to provide an insight into the Household Budget Survey in Portugal, and within the European Statistical System, and in other countries, and provide actionable recommendations for the upcoming methodological revision of the Household Budget Survey in Portugal. The HBS is revised at 5 year intervals, and is currently done in the form of a traditional proxy survey with an SRS reflecting ...