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Research Infrastructure 'Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)'

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The Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) is one of the largest and longest-running multidisciplinary household surveys worldwide. Every year, approximately 30,000 people in 15,000 households are interviewed for the SOEP study. The SOEP is also a research-driven infrastructure based at DIW Berlin. The SOEP team prepares survey data for use by researchers around the globe, and team members use the data in research on various topics. Studies based on SOEP data examine diverse aspects of societal change. As part of the Leibniz Association, the SOEP receives funding from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and from Germany’s state (Länder) governments.

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News

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Research Projects

Publications

Board of Directors

Jan Goebel

Board of Directors SOEP and Division Head Data Operation and Research Data Center

Markus M. Grabka

Board of Directors SOEP & Acting Division Head

Carsten Schröder

Board of Directors

Sabine Zinn

Vice Director SOEP and Head of the Division Survey Methodology and Management

Jan Goebel

Board of Directors SOEP and Division Head Data Operation and Research Data Center

Markus M. Grabka

Board of Directors SOEP & Acting Division Head

Carsten Schröder

Board of Directors

Sabine Zinn

Vice Director SOEP and Head of the Division Survey Methodology and Management

Jan Goebel

Board of Directors SOEP and Division Head Data Operation and Research Data Center

Markus M. Grabka

Board of Directors SOEP & Acting Division Head

Carsten Schröder

Board of Directors

Sabine Zinn

Vice Director SOEP and Head of the Division Survey Methodology and Management

Events

SOEP Brown Bag Seminar

High-profile crime and perceived public safety: evidence from Cologne's New Year's Eve in 2015

June 14, 2023Martin Lange, ZEW – Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung

SOEP Brown Bag Seminar

Network analysis of subjective well-being and domain satisfaction

June 28, 2023Bernd Schäfer, Ruhr-Universität Bochum

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Research Infrastructure 'Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)'

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Respondents

Data Users

News

Matteo Targa has successfully defended his dissertation

PhD Student and Research Associate (f/m/nonbinary) at SOEP

SOEP-IS: Call for Submissions

New Dataset: SOEP-CMI-ADIAB—Linking Administrative Data from the Institute for Employment Research with SOEP Survey Data

Call for Papers: Employer, Employee, and Linked Datasets (LEE) ‒ Availability, Quality, Perspectives

How to SOEP over Lunch

Matteo Targa has successfully defended his dissertation

PhD Student and Research Associate (f/m/nonbinary) at SOEP

SOEP-IS: Call for Submissions

New Dataset: SOEP-CMI-ADIAB—Linking Administrative Data from the Institute for Employment Research with SOEP Survey Data

Call for Papers: Employer, Employee, and Linked Datasets (LEE) ‒ Availability, Quality, Perspectives

How to SOEP over Lunch

Matteo Targa has successfully defended his dissertation

PhD Student and Research Associate (f/m/nonbinary) at SOEP

SOEP-IS: Call for Submissions

New Dataset: SOEP-CMI-ADIAB—Linking Administrative Data from the Institute for Employment Research with SOEP Survey Data

Call for Papers: Employer, Employee, and Linked Datasets (LEE) ‒ Availability, Quality, Perspectives

How to SOEP over Lunch

Research Projects

IAB-BiB/FReDA-BAMF-SOEP Survey “Refugees from Ukraine in Germany”

Bremen Initiative to Foster Early Childhood Development (BRISE)

Groups put at Particular Risk by COVID 19 (GaPRisk)

Publications

The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)
In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 239 (2019), 2, S. 345-360

The SOEP Innovation Sample (SOEP IS)
In: Schmollers Jahrbuch 135 (2015), 3, S. 389-400

The Individual in Context(s): Research Potentials of the Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) in Sociology
In: European Sociological Review 35 (2019), 5, S. 738-755

Strong Support for a Universal Basic Income, in Particular among Those Who Would Benefit

The Inequity Z: Income Fairness Perceptions in Europe across the Income Distribution
In: Socius (2023), 9, S. 1-3

Board of Directors

Events

High-profile crime and perceived public safety: evidence from Cologne's New Year's Eve in 2015

Network analysis of subjective well-being and domain satisfaction

SOEP @Social Media

Research Infrastructure Focus

Respondents

Data Users

News

Matteo Targa has successfully defended his dissertation

PhD Student and Research Associate (f/m/nonbinary) at SOEP

SOEP-IS: Call for Submissions

New Dataset: SOEP-CMI-ADIAB—Linking Administrative Data from the Institute for Employment Research with SOEP Survey Data

Call for Papers: Employer, Employee, and Linked Datasets (LEE) ‒ Availability, Quality, Perspectives

How to SOEP over Lunch

Matteo Targa has successfully defended his dissertation

PhD Student and Research Associate (f/m/nonbinary) at SOEP

SOEP-IS: Call for Submissions

New Dataset: SOEP-CMI-ADIAB—Linking Administrative Data from the Institute for Employment Research with SOEP Survey Data

Call for Papers: Employer, Employee, and Linked Datasets (LEE) ‒ Availability, Quality, Perspectives

How to SOEP over Lunch

Matteo Targa has successfully defended his dissertation

PhD Student and Research Associate (f/m/nonbinary) at SOEP

SOEP-IS: Call for Submissions

New Dataset: SOEP-CMI-ADIAB—Linking Administrative Data from the Institute for Employment Research with SOEP Survey Data

Call for Papers: Employer, Employee, and Linked Datasets (LEE) ‒ Availability, Quality, Perspectives

How to SOEP over Lunch

Research Projects

IAB-BiB/FReDA-BAMF-SOEP Survey “Refugees from Ukraine in Germany”

Bremen Initiative to Foster Early Childhood Development (BRISE)

Groups put at Particular Risk by COVID 19 (GaPRisk)

Publications

The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 239 (2019), 2, S. 345-360

The SOEP Innovation Sample (SOEP IS) In: Schmollers Jahrbuch 135 (2015), 3, S. 389-400

The Individual in Context(s): Research Potentials of the Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) in Sociology In: European Sociological Review 35 (2019), 5, S. 738-755

Strong Support for a Universal Basic Income, in Particular among Those Who Would Benefit

The Inequity Z: Income Fairness Perceptions in Europe across the Income Distribution In: Socius (2023), 9, S. 1-3

Board of Directors

Events

High-profile crime and perceived public safety: evidence from Cologne's New Year's Eve in 2015

Network analysis of subjective well-being and domain satisfaction

SOEP @Social Media

The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)
In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 239 (2019), 2, S. 345-360

The SOEP Innovation Sample (SOEP IS)
In: Schmollers Jahrbuch 135 (2015), 3, S. 389-400

The Individual in Context(s): Research Potentials of the Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) in Sociology
In: European Sociological Review 35 (2019), 5, S. 738-755

The Inequity Z: Income Fairness Perceptions in Europe across the Income Distribution
In: Socius (2023), 9, S. 1-3