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An update of the recent SOEP-IS data distribution 2013 is available (DOI: 10.5684/soep.is.2013.2).
What’s new?
Household and person weights are now included for 2013 in data sets hhrf and phrf.
What’s changed?
Variables on unemployment, partnership status, and nationality (plb0021, pld0132, pld0133 plj0014, plj0025, plk0001) in dataset p now include information on new respondents ...
28.12.2015
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We are happy to announce the publication of our current SOEPnewsletter 110, January 2016.
We have some interesting news about
our plans regarding an IAB-BAMF-SOEP Refugee Sample (see 'A note on ...' and a report about a workshop)
an update of the SOEP-IS Release 2013
an update of the Cross-national Equivalent File (CNEF) data and new faces at the CNEF project
the current composition of ...
23.12.2015
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We would like to remind you of the possibilities of the SOEP Innovation Sample (SOEP-IS) and encourage you to consider using this instrument in developing new empirical research questions to use the SOEP Innovation Sample for your innovative research projects.
Please contact SOEP Survey Management (soepsurveymanagement@diw.de) as soon as possible, to present your proposal. If the project is determined ...
09.12.2015
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The data for SOEP v31 have been finalized and sent out via encrypted download-link to the users who applied for them. Please order the current data set if you haven't done so.
Unfortunately we still need a little time to prepare the data files of the Cross-National Equivalent File (CNEF) and of SOEPlong, and the PanelWhiz version of the SOEP for distribution. Thank you for your patience.
23.11.2015
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To improve our SOEP user services, we are again conducting a user survey up to December 18. We are very interested in both the fresh viewpoints of new SOEP users and the insights of our longtime users.
A focus of our work this year is on making it easier to understand how to use secondary data. Your feedback and suggestions are very important to us: Only you may see possibilities for improvement that ...
13.11.2015
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Uwe Sunde, longtime SOEP user and recently elected as deputy chairman of the SOEP Survey Committee, has been awarded the renowned Gossen Prize of the "Verein für Socialpolitik" at its annual conference. The Gossen Prize is awarded every year to honor a German-speaking economist working in central Europe, whose work has gained international renown. The aim of the award is to promote the internationalization ...
06.10.2015
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Big events are on the horizon in Berlin in 2016: The SOEP will be hosting or co-organizing three major international conferences — all in one week. First, from June 15‐18, there will be the 30th Annual Conference of the European Society for Population Economics (ESPE), then on June 20 and 21 the more informal Panel Survey Methods Workshop, and finally on June 22 and 23 the 12th International ...
02.10.2015
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Thorsten Schneider is a professor of sociology at the University of Leipzig. He was a research associate in the SOEP from 2000 to 2005. During this time, he also wrote his dissertation on social origins and educational outcomes, and he received his doctor’s degree from the University of Zurich (Switzerland) in 2005. To this day, his main research areas include educational sociology, comparative ...
02.10.2015
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We are happy to announce the publication of our current SOEPnewsletter 109, November 2015.
We have some interesting news about
upcoming conferences in Berlin in Summer 2016 including the Calls for Papers
a Call for Questions for the 2016 SOEP survey about refugees in Germany
a Call for Applications for scholarships at the SOEP (research regarding the minimum wage reform in Germany)
information ...
02.10.2015
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Uwe Sunde, longtime SOEP user and recently elected as deputy chairman of the SOEP Survey Committee, has been awarded the renowned Gossen Prize of the "Verein für Socialpolitik" at its annual conference. The Gossen Prize is awarded every year to honor a German-speaking economist working in central Europe, whose work has gained international renown. The aim of the award is to promote the internationalization ...
02.10.2015
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A short additional module will be included in the 32nd wave of the SOEP dealing with the unabated influx of refugees into Germany in recent months. In addition to the standard SOEP question asking respondents about their concerns regarding immigration to Germany, as well as the regular questions on racism and xenophobia in Germany, we plan to add new questions about civic engagement, donations, and ...
30.09.2015
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The 2013 IAB-SOEP Migration Sample (for an overview of M1, see SOEP Survey Paper 216) is our latest migration boost to the SOEP sample, carried out in collaboration with the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) in Nuremberg. The target population of the sample included immigrants to Germany since 1995 and also descendants of migrants who were born in Germany and have entered the labor market since ...
30.09.2015
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The SOEP Survey Committee held its annual meeting on July 3, 2015, in Berlin.
In addition to making recommendations for the further development of the diverse SOEP studies (SOEP-Core, SOEP-IS, and the SOEP Related Studies), the Survey Committee also adopted a revision of the SOEP mission statement (download as one document).
09.07.2015
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The SOEP will have an exhibition stand at the Sixth Conference of the European Survey Research Association (ESRA 2015) in Reykjavik, Iceland, from July 13–17, 2015. Information will be provided about the wide range of analyses that can be carried out with the SOEP data with a focus on survey research. We will be presenting some experiments that are run in the SOEP Innovation Sample (SOEP-IS), ...
06.07.2015
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DIW Berlin is celebrating its 90th anniversary today. We talked with SOEP Director Jürgen Schupp about the special role the Socio-Economic Panel plays in one of the leading economic research institutes in Germany and Europe.
DIW Berlin was founded 90 years ago as an economic research institute focused primarily on business cycle analysis. Where do you see the institute’s strengths in the ...
01.07.2015
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The SOEP’s 2014 Wave Report has just been published. It provides an overview of the SOEP’s activities in 2014.
The Wave Report covers TNS Infratest’s report on fieldwork for the thirtyfirst wave of SOEP-Core, the integration of the Family in Germany sample into SOEP-Core and the fourth boost sample of SOEP-IS.
Short research papers by members of the SOEP group in this year’s ...
23.06.2015
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Unfortunately we have a little delay in the documentation of the current data distribution, SOEP v30, in our respective documentation systems, SOEPinfo and SOEPinfo v2.
We would like to draw your attention to the following documents that will allow for an easier workflow with this data distribution:
Documentation of generated variables (including biography and life history data)
Item correspondence ...
12.06.2015
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doi:10.5684/soep.v30
Last December we released an initial version of the 1984 to 2013 waves of the SOEP data (doi:10.5684/soep.v30beta). The new sample M, comprising around 2,700 migrant households, was added to the SOEP in 2013. This addition focuses on immigration to Germany since 1995, and it not only more than doubles the number of immigrants in the SOEP but also closes a gap in the population ...
11.05.2015
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SOEP-IS-2013 (Release 2015-04-29)
We are happy to announce that the release of the SOEP-IS data 1998 to 2013 has been sent out and can be ordered (please tick SOEP-IS 2012, we will send the 2013 release).
For more information about this release please refer to SOEP-IS, Release 2013.
There are some minor open issues that will be processed over the ...
08.05.2015
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If you're a distributional or welfare economist seeking a post-doc position in an exciting research environment, the SOEP would like to meet you!
We offer an attractive academic environment for independent research in the social sciences, in particular economics, together with outstanding possibilities for using and designing household panel data.
For more information, please see here.
15.04.2015