DIW Berlin: Research Infrastructure 'Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)'

Research Infrastructure Focus

The Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) is one of the largest and longest-running multidisciplinary household surveys worldwide. Every year, approximately 30,000 people in 22,000 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.

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 and Acting Division Head Knowledge Transfer

Carsten Schröder

Board of Directors SOEP and Division Head Applied Panel Analysis

Sabine Zinn

Acting Director SOEP and Division Head 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 and Acting Division Head Knowledge Transfer

Carsten Schröder

Board of Directors SOEP and Division Head Applied Panel Analysis

Sabine Zinn

Acting Director SOEP and Division Head 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 and Acting Division Head Knowledge Transfer

Carsten Schröder

Board of Directors SOEP and Division Head Applied Panel Analysis

Sabine Zinn

Acting Director SOEP and Division Head Survey Methodology and Management

Research Infrastructure 'Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)'

In memoriam Hans-Jürgen Krupp

In memoriam Gert G. Wagner

Research Infrastructure Focus

Respondents

Data Users

News

SOEP at the DGPs Congress (Vienna, September 16-19, 2024)

Head of the Survey Methodology and Management Division (f/m/div) at the SOEP

Head of the SOEP Innovation Sample (f/m/div)

Postdoc (f/m/div)

Register now for the online workshop series SOEPcampus: Learn to use the SOEP over lunch

In memoriam Hans Jürgen-Krupp

SOEP at the DGPs Congress (Vienna, September 16-19, 2024)

Head of the Survey Methodology and Management Division (f/m/div) at the SOEP

Head of the SOEP Innovation Sample (f/m/div)

Postdoc (f/m/div)

Register now for the online workshop series SOEPcampus: Learn to use the SOEP over lunch

In memoriam Hans Jürgen-Krupp

SOEP at the DGPs Congress (Vienna, September 16-19, 2024)

Head of the Survey Methodology and Management Division (f/m/div) at the SOEP

Head of the SOEP Innovation Sample (f/m/div)

Postdoc (f/m/div)

Register now for the online workshop series SOEPcampus: Learn to use the SOEP over lunch

In memoriam Hans Jürgen-Krupp

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

Persons in Contexts: The Role of Social Networks and Social Density for the Dynamic Regulation of Face-To-Face Interactions in Daily Life
In: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (2024), Im Ersch.

Change in Body Weight of Older Adults before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Longitudinal Results from the Berlin Aging Study II
In: The Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging 28 (2024), 100206, 9 S.

Board of Directors

Events

Learn to use the SOEP over lunch

Workshop on Life-course Inequality Dynamics

SOEP @Social Media

In memoriam Hans-Jürgen Krupp

In memoriam Gert G. Wagner

Research Infrastructure Focus

Respondents

Data Users

News

SOEP at the DGPs Congress (Vienna, September 16-19, 2024)

Head of the Survey Methodology and Management Division (f/m/div) at the SOEP

Head of the SOEP Innovation Sample (f/m/div)

Postdoc (f/m/div)

Register now for the online workshop series SOEPcampus: Learn to use the SOEP over lunch

In memoriam Hans Jürgen-Krupp

SOEP at the DGPs Congress (Vienna, September 16-19, 2024)

Head of the Survey Methodology and Management Division (f/m/div) at the SOEP

Head of the SOEP Innovation Sample (f/m/div)

Postdoc (f/m/div)

Register now for the online workshop series SOEPcampus: Learn to use the SOEP over lunch

In memoriam Hans Jürgen-Krupp

SOEP at the DGPs Congress (Vienna, September 16-19, 2024)

Head of the Survey Methodology and Management Division (f/m/div) at the SOEP

Head of the SOEP Innovation Sample (f/m/div)

Postdoc (f/m/div)

Register now for the online workshop series SOEPcampus: Learn to use the SOEP over lunch

In memoriam Hans Jürgen-Krupp

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

Persons in Contexts: The Role of Social Networks and Social Density for the Dynamic Regulation of Face-To-Face Interactions in Daily Life In: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (2024), Im Ersch.

Change in Body Weight of Older Adults before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Longitudinal Results from the Berlin Aging Study II In: The Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging 28 (2024), 100206, 9 S.

Board of Directors

Events

Learn to use the SOEP over lunch

Workshop on Life-course Inequality Dynamics

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

Persons in Contexts: The Role of Social Networks and Social Density for the Dynamic Regulation of Face-To-Face Interactions in Daily Life
In: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (2024), Im Ersch.

Change in Body Weight of Older Adults before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Longitudinal Results from the Berlin Aging Study II
In: The Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging 28 (2024), 100206, 9 S.