SOEP Research: Inequality and Mobility

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  • Refereed essays Web of Science

    Diffusion of Cumulative Advantage? How Wealth and Health Trajectories Co-Evolve Across the Life Course among Older Adults

    Objectives Cumulative advantage is a central concept in life course research. Prior research has primarily focused on one outcome domain, overlooking the possibility that cumulative advantage could extend into other domains–what we refer to as diffusion of cumulative advantage. We build on and extend cumulative inequality theory to conceptualize diffusion and apply it to wealth and health, two domains ...

    In: The Journals of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences 81 (2026), 9, gbag115, 11 S. | Anastasia Lam, Philipp M. Lersch
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    Does Having Daughters Affect Political Preferences? Using Meta-Analytic Tools on Many Surveys

    This study investigates whether having daughters impacts political preferences and whether this effect varies across European countries. We estimate effect sizes for 39 countries in the European Social Survey (n = 156,236) and aggregate estimates using random-effects meta-analysis, following a preregistered analysis plan. We find significant evidence that having daughters increases the preference for ...

    In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 248 (2026), 107641, 14 S. | Yifan Yang, Magnus Johannesson, Anna Dreber, Frank Fossen, Levent Neyse, Felix Holzmeister
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    The Unequal Distribution of Bitterness: Tracing Ressentiment in Times of Change

    Modern democracies are undergoing multiple, overlapping transformations, driven by globalization, digitalization, migration, inequality, and climate change. While some adapt with openness, others experience what Mau et al. (2023) term Veränderungserschöpfung – change fatigue: the sense that “too much is changing, too fast, and all at once.” This paper examines whether and how such fatigue...

    24.06.2026| Katja Schmidt, HU Berlin
  • DIW Discussion Papers 2164 / 2026

    Information, Justice and Public Support for Carbon Tax-and-Divided Policies: Experimental Evidence from Germany

    Carbon pricing can deliver large emissions reductions, but public opposition remains a key barrier. We study how support for carbon tax-and-transfer schemes depends on policy design and information provision in a large-scale survey experiment with German respondents. Explaining the policy mechanism robustly increases support across price levels. Information on distributional consequences raises support ...

    2026| Sandra Bohmann, Lars Felder, Peter Haan, Merve Kucuk,, Laura Schmitz, Jürgen Schupp
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    Labor Market Entry Dynamics and Mental Health Outcomes among Young People with and without Disability

    Young people with disability face significant barriers to stable employment. Yet, little is known about how early labor market experiences shape their long-term mental health. This study examines associations between early career insecurity and subsequent mental health trajectories, focusing on disability status as a key axis of inequality. We use nationally representative longitudinal data from the ...

    In: SSM - Population Health 34 (2026), 101912, 14 S. | Sophia Fauser, Irma Mooi-Recic, Marissa Shields, Zoe Aitken, Anne Kavanagh
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    Cross-national Differences in Socioeconomic Achievement Inequality in Early Primary School: The Role of Parental Education and Income in Six Countries

    This paper presents comparative information on the strength of the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and literacy skills at ages 6–8, drawing on data from France, Germany, Japan, Rotterdam (Netherlands), the United Kingdom, and the United States. We investigate whether the strength of the association between SES and literacy skills in early-to-mid childhood depends on the operationalization ...

    In: AERA Open 10 (2026), 1, S. 1-18 | Jascha Dräger, Elizabeth Washbrook, Thorsten Schneider, Hideo Akabayashi, Renske Keizer, Anne Solaz, Jane Waldfogel, Sanneke de la Rie, Yuriko Kameyama, Sarah Kwon, Kayo Nozaki, Valentina Perinetti Casoni, Shinpei Sano, Alexandra Sheridan, Chizuru Shikishima
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    Inequality of Opportunity in Wealth: Levels, Trends and Drivers in Germany

    This paper studies inequality of opportunity (IOp) in individual net wealth in Germany from 2002 to 2019 using the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). Applying the ex-ante IOp framework, we quantify the share of wealth inequality attributable to immutable circumstances and benchmark it against IOp in gross labour earnings. Relative IOp in net wealth is high—slightly above one half of total wealth inequality—and ...

    In: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics (2026), im Ersch. [online first: 2026-06-23] | Daniel Graeber, Johannes König, Viola Hilbert
  • Refereed essays Web of Science

    Social Origin, the Class Ceiling in Earnings, and Job Task Segregation: Evidence from Germany

    Social class origin is closely linked to individuals' labor market outcomes. This study examines the class ceiling—the earnings disadvantage that those from lower-class origins experience within higher-class occupations. We propose that job task segregation, i.e., the non-random selection into different task profiles within granular occupations, contributes to the class ceiling. We study these dynamics ...

    In: Social Science Research 139 (2026), 103406, 17 S. | Wiebke Schulz, Philipp M. Lersch
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    Mehr Fordern fördern? Einschätzungen von Jobcenter-Beschäftigten zu Kernelementen des Bürgergeldes

    Während die öffentliche Diskussion über das Bürgergeld seit der Einführung kontrovers verlaufen ist, wurde die Perspektive der Jobcenter-Beschäftigten bislang vernachlässigt – obwohl sie als „street-level bureaucrats“ zentral für die Umsetzung der Reform sind. Vor diesem Hintergrund beleuchtet der Beitrag auf Basis von Daten einer bundesweiten standardisierten Online-Erhebung unter Jobcenter-Beschäftigten, ...

    In: Sozialer Fortschritt (2026), im Ersch. [online first: 2026-07-31] | Sarah Bernhard, Fabian Beckmann, Christopher Osiander, Philipp Ramos Lobato, Jürgen Schupp
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    The Intergenerational Association between Migration and Early Childhood Development in Germany: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study of Forced and Voluntary Migrant Families (2004–2021)

    Background: Family migration shapes early childhood development (ECD), but the link between parental voluntary versus forced migration experiences and ECD remains underexplored. Germany, with its diverse migration streams, offers an opportunity to investigate this interrelation. Objective: This study examines the link between parental migration status and ECD of children aged 2–4 and investigates ...

    In: Demographic Research 55 (2026), Art. 8, S. 275-306 | Valeriia Heidemann, Sabine Zinn, Louise Biddle
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