The IAB-SOEP Migration Sample is a joint project of the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) and the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin).
The project tempts to overcome limitations of previous datasets by drawing a sample that takes into account changes in the structure of migration to Germany since 1995. The dataset is an additional sample for the SOEP-Core study and therefore completely harmonized with the SOEP since several years (identical questionnaire with additional questions on the respondent's migration situation). The study opens up new perspectives for migration research and gives insights on the living situations of new immigrants to Germany.
The data have been integrated into the SOEP-Core data sets (since SOEP v30), and boosts the share of respondents with a migration background.
Please find a detailled description on our Integrated Studies site.
Title: IAB-SOEP Migration Samples 2025
DOIZur Erklärung von DOI und dessen Verwendung gibt es hier Informationen.: 10.5684/soep.iab-soep-mig.2025
Publication date: xx xx 2026
Data collection: infas Institut für angewandte Sozialwissenschaft
Collection period: 2013-2025
Principal investigators: Herbert Brücker, Yuliya Kosyakova, Christian Hunkler, Sabine Zinn
Affiliated persons for providing the Scientific Use File: Jan Goebel, Markus M. Grabka, Christian Hunkler, Carsten Schröder, Sabine Zinn, Mattis Beckmannshagen, Jascha Dräger, Tanja Fendel, Andreas Franken, Martin Gerike, Daniel Graeber, Florian Griese, Jörg Hartmann, Selin Kara, Daniel Labarca Pinto, Antonia Meier, Cristóbal Moya, Jana Nebelin, Rebecca Olthaus, Marvin Petrenz, Denise Rolle, Claudia Saalbach, Sarah Satilmis, Johannes Schütt, Rainer Siegers, Elena Sommer, Hans Walter Steinhauer, Felix Süttmann, Yogam Tchokni, Parvati Trübswetter, Knut Wenzig, Alina Zainullina
Citation of the data set: IAB-SOEP Migration Samples 2025, DOI : 10.5684/soep.iab-soep-mig.2025 or - if used as part of this - 10.5684/soep.core.v42eu.
If you publish using this data, it is mandatory to quote the following reference:
Herbert Brücker, Martin Kroh, Simone Bartsch, Jan Goebel, Simon Kühne, Elisabeth Liebau, Parvati Trübswetter, Ingrid Tucci & Jürgen Schupp (2014): The new IAB-SOEP Migration Sample: an introduction into the methodology and the contents. SOEP Survey Paper 216, Series C. Berlin, Nürnberg: DIW Berlin.
Documentation:
Further information and documentation on the dataset can be found on the SOEP-Core v41eu page.