-
Report
David Richter started working in the SOEP team in July. He studied Psychology at the Free University Berlin and completed his doctoral degree at Jacobs University Bremen on the development of empathy in adulthood. During the last few years, he successfully coordinated the BiKS (Bildungsprozesse, Kompetenzentwicklung und Selektionsentscheidungen im Vor- und Grundschulalter) longitudinal study at the ...
27.07.2011
-
Report
We would like to ask you to complete a short questionnaire. By doing so, you will help us continue improving the SOEP data and our services to the international SOEP user community.If you did not receive a personal invitation, please register at https://fragebogen.diw.de/limesurvey/index.php?sid=28771&lang=en(This link will be active only up to August 5.) The entire survey will take only 10 to ...
20.07.2011
-
Report
The Research Data Center of the SOEP (SOEP RDC) has signed a "service level agreement" with the GESIS registration agency for social science data (see the Gesis Report [in German]). This agreement defines the requirements and procedures for future registration of data from the SOEP RDC. The data covered by the agreement include those regularly provided on the DVD, but also data ...
18.07.2011
-
Economic Bulletin
Opening the Electricity Market to Renewable Energy: Making Better Use of the Gridby Karsten Neuhoff in: DIW Economic Bulletin 1/2011The strong reliance of the German economy on the industry sector has been a point of criticism for years now. Germany is too strongly focused on export, making it susceptible to crises and fluctuations in demand and exchange rates, the critics allege. A non-critical look ...
30.06.2011
-
Economic Bulletin
Economic Opportunities and Structural Effects of Sustainable Energy Supplyby Jürgen Blazejczak, Frauke G. Braun, Dietmar Edler, Wolf-Peter Schill in: DIW Economic Bulletin 1/2011Renewable energy sources and increased energy efficiency are not only crucial for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other negative impacts of conventional energy supply; they also hold enormous economic opportunity. ...
30.06.2011
-
Economic Bulletin
"The Lights Won't Go Out": Interview with Claudia Kemfert in DIW Economic Bulletin 1/2011
30.06.2011
-
Economic Bulletin
The Moratorium on Nuclear Energy: No Power Shortages Expected by Claudia Kemfert, Thure Traber in: DIW Economic Bulletin 1/2011With the moratorium on nuclear energy, the German federal government passed a resolution to shut down seven nuclear power plants for a period of three months. According to the calculations of DIW Berlin (German Institute for Economic Research), sufficient electricity is being ...
30.06.2011
-
Report
The new SOEPnewsletter 93/July 2011, is publishedWe provide information about: *** SOEP Data- The new SOEP 1984-2010 data release (v 27) - CNEF: revised variables on household income- More comprehensive information on revisions of the SOEP data - The new 2011 SOEP User Survey- How to protect the SOEP data on your computer when using services like DropBox, MegaUpload, and RapidShare*** News from ...
30.06.2011
-
Report
Prior to every SOEP data release, extensive work is done to process and prepare the data for publication. SOEP Beta Users receive a beta version of the new SOEP data in advance of the normal data release. Beta Users check the data and provide important feedback that we use in the final update of the dataset. By becoming a Beta User, you can help us to improve the SOEP data. The precondition is ...
29.06.2011
-
Report
Synchronization services like “DropBox,” “MegaUpload,” and “RapidShare” are frequently used for exchanging data. But by using these services, you give up control over your data and also over the data that you exchange through them, since you don’t know who last saved the data, or where they were saved, or what right the data provider has to these data.SOEP ...
29.06.2011
-
Report
The revision (v25) of variables with the annual household income (particularly the variable I11102$$ in the $PEQUIV file) provided to users as of October 2009 resulted in a substantial reduction in the poverty rate for households with children. An OECD publication that did not refer to the revision attracted attention in the media.More detailed information on the data revision, our future information ...
29.06.2011
-
Weekly Report
Link
01.06.2011
-
Report
Marco Gießelmann joined the SOEP team end of May. He is involved in managing biography and life history data. Moreover, he is our new contact person for the user-training program SOEP@campus. Marco has a degree in Sociology (University of Bielefeld) and worked at the University of Cologne as research assistant at the Chair for Empirical Social and Economic Research. His recent work focuses ...
31.05.2011
-
Press Release
Differing methods of calculation explain recent discrepancies between OECD/DIW Berlin poverty figures According to recent estimates by DIW Berlin, children and young adults were the group most severely affected by poverty in Germany in the year 2009. DIW Berlin rejects claims that it manipulated or withheld statistical data on poverty. “These accusations are false,” said Gert G. Wagner, ...
24.05.2011
-
Weekly Report
Link
12.05.2011
-
Weekly Report
Link
21.04.2011
-
Weekly Report
Link
04.04.2011
-
Weekly Report
Link
04.04.2011
-
Report
The SOEPnewsletter no. 92 / April 2011 is published.You will find information aboutnew developments in the SOEP studysome changes in the SOEP teamand many new presentations and publications
01.04.2011
-
Weekly Report
Link
18.03.2011