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The Boomer Solidarity Surcharge: An Important Tool for Stabilizing Pensions

Izabela Wnuk-Soares has successfully defended her dissertation

Izabela Wnuk-Soares, Research Associate in the Public Economics Department, successfully defended her dissertation entitled “Essays on Immigration, Population Aging, and Labor Markets” with summa cum laude on July 15, 2025. The scientific reviewers were Peter Haan and Jan Stuhler. Congratulations!

Cash Transfers, Mental Health and Agency: Evidence from an RCT in Germany

Mental health and wellbeing are unequally distributed in high-income countries, disadvan- taging low-income individuals. Unconditional, regular, guaranteed, and individual cash transfers may help address this inequality by promoting financial security and agency. We conducted a preregistered RCT in Germany, where treated participants received monthly payments of EUR 1,200 for three years. Cash transfers ...

Exploring Integration and Migration Dynamics: The Research Potentials of a Large-Scale Longitudinal Household Study of Refugees in Germany

Forced migration has intensified in the 21st century, driven by conflicts, persecution, and political instability in regions such as the Middle East, Afghanistan, the Horn of Africa, South-East Asia, Latin America and, most recently, Ukraine. Germany has become a primary destination for refugees within the European Union and one of the largest among the OECD countries. The IAB-BAMF-SOEP Refugee Survey, ...

Nuclear Fission, Natural Gas, Geothermal Energy, Nuclear Fusion: The Future Role of Baseload Power Plants

Education Bias in Probability-Based Surveys in Germany: Evidence and Possible Solutions

This paper outlines two studies on education bias in German probability-based surveys. Study 1 reviews data from 67 surveys across 19 survey programs conducted in Germany from 2000 to 2023. We found a consistent underrepresentation of individuals with a low level of formal education. We also found that the transition to self-administered modes due to rising survey costs may exacerbate this bias in ...

Does the Impact of Pupil Absences on Achievement Depend on Their Timing?

Using linked data from the Millennium Cohort Study and National Pupil Database (N = 8,139), this study examined how the timing of school absences (years 1 to 11 between 2006 and 2017) affects achievement at the end of compulsory schooling in England. Absences during any school year are harmful to student achievement. However, absences in years 1 and 6 (the final year of primary school), and between ...

Clean Production, Dirty Sourcing: How Embodied Emissions Alter the Environmental Footprint of Exporters

This paper revisits the exporter’s environmental premium (EEP) by incorporating emissions embodied in domestically and internationally sourced intermediate inputs. Combining administrative firm-level data and customs records for German manufacturers with an environmentally extended input-output table and fuel specific emission factors, we document three stylized facts: (i) embodied emissions...

News from SOEP - Concise in the current SOEPnewsletter (June 2025)

The SOEPnewsletter June 2025 is now availabe in English and German. If you would like to receive the new issues automatically by e-mail, please subscribe to the mailing list. Enjoy reading.

News from SOEP - Concise in the current SOEPnewsletter (June 2025)

The SOEPnewsletter June 2025 is now availabe in English and German. If you would like to receive the new issues automatically by e-mail, please subscribe to the mailing list. Enjoy reading.