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!
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 ...
This paper examines the gendered impact of divorce on earnings and the role of the social policy context in shaping this relationship. In particular, it focuses on a policy reform enacted in Germany in 2008 that overturned previous ex-spousal support rules. Data come from the administrative records of the German Public Pension Fund. Drawing on a fixed- effects model, we study the behaviour of women ...
Laura Pagenhardt, Research Associate in the Macroeconomics Department, successfully defended her dissertation entitled “Policy in Practice: Communication, Rules, and Income Inequality - Essays in Empirical Macroeconomics” on June 26, 2025. The scientific reviewers were Alexander Kriwoluzky and Marcel Fratzscher. Congratulations!
Hannah Seidl, Research Associate in the Macroeconomics Department, successfully defended her dissertation entitled “Essays in Macroeconomics” with summa cum laude on June 26, 2025. The scientific reviewers were Lutz Weinke and Marcel Fratzscher. Congratulations!
All registered data users can now order the latest data v40 (DOI: 10.5684/soep.core.v40eu) via our online order form. In German: http://www.diw.de/SOEPbestellungIn English: http://www.diw.de/SOEPorder Important news for v40: New samples: With the migration sample M8c and the refugee sample M9, two new samples were added to the SOEP data in cooperation with IAB and BAMF. Several data set errors ...
