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Marvin Petrenz joined the SOEP in early November as our new trainee Specialist in Market and Social Research. He is thus the fourth “cohort” of students trained in the SOEP for this profession. Marvin comes from the field of product design and will be contributing his own expertise in the area of surveys.
This paper studies the causal effects of graduating from university with an honors degree on subsequent earnings. While a rich body of literature has focused on estimating returns to human capital, few studies have analyzed returns at the very top of the education distribution. We highlight the importance of honors degrees for future labor market success in the context of German law graduates. Using ...
Abstract: I assess the effects of changes in financial incentives on fertility arising from a reform in parental leave benefits in Germany. Up until 2007 German parental benefits were means-tested transfers and targeted at lower income families. From 2007 onwards parental leave benefits were increasing in mother’s pre-birth earnings with a minimum benefit being granted to all mothers.
We investigate the top tail of the German wealth distribution using the first wave of the Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS). Assuming that wealth follows a Pareto distribution above a minimum level, we correct for the "missing rich" by imputing wealth above three million Euro. Then, we investigate the German wealth distribution considering the impact of the imputation. To test the...
In Germany, individuals in need of long-term care receive support through benefits of the long-term care insurance. A central goal of the insurance is to support informal care provided by family members. Care recipients can choose between benefits in kind (formal home care services) and benefits in cash. From a budgetary perspective family care is a cost-saving alternative to formal home care and to ...
Entrepreneurs, creators of new firms, benefit economies in several ways through innovative activities, new job creation, increased productivity and competition, or because they accelerate structural change. Without new entrepreneurs and the businesses they create, economies may stagnate. Therefore, new business formation by entrepreneurs is regarded as one source of innovation and economic growth. ...
