Economic and social transformation of China during the past 40 years is without precedent in human history. While the economic transformation was extensively studied, social transformation was not. In this paper, we use for the first time harmonized household surveys covering the period 1988-2013 to study the changes in the characteristics of the richest 5 percent of China&rsquo...
Martin Gerike, who recently completed his training as a Specialist in Market and Social Research (FAMS) at the SOEP, was selected by the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) as the best in his graduating class of a total of 67 FAMS across Germany. He was awarded this distinction at a national awards ceremony at the Maritim Hotel Berlin on December 9. Federal Education Minister Anja Karliczek ...
To foster cutting-edge scientific research in Germany, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research provides funding to outstanding research infrastructures through its national roadmap, a detailed plan mapping out their long-term development. A working group of the German Data Forum headed by former SOEP Director Jürgen Schupp has released a set of recommendations for adapting ...
Michael Krämer has been working as a research assistant at the SOEP since November 1, 2019, on the DFG-funded project, “Personality and social relationship dynamics: Short- and medium-term processes in daily life (DIPS),” with David Richter. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a Master of Science in Clinical and Health Psychology, both from Freie Universität Berlin. ...
