Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

Unemployment and Income Inequality in East Germany before and after Reunification

Enhancing the Power of Household Panel Studies - The Case of the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP)

The German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) - Scope, Evolution and Enhancements

Quantifying the "Digital Divide" in Germany - Internet Use Does Not Discourage Other Cultural or Social Activities

The Changing Digital Divide in Germany

The Socio-Economic Panel for Germany - Utilization of Data and Results of Longitudinal Analysis

The Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) for Germany - Methods of Production and Management of Longitudinal Data

German wage curves, 1979-1990

Offshoring and Firm Performance: Self-Selection, Effects on Performance, or Both?

This paper uses unique new data for German manufacturing enterprises from matched regular surveys and a special purpose survey to investigate the causal effect of relocation of activities to a foreign country on various dimensions of firm performance. Enterprises that relocated activities abroad in the period 2001-03 for the first time are compared to firms that did not relocate activities abroad before ...

Self-esteem across adulthood: the role of resources

It is still not well understood how and why developmental trajectories of self-esteem change, particularly in late life. We investigated the role of resources for self-esteem change across adulthood. In detail, we explored between-person differences in self-esteem levels and change in relation to resources with participants who ranged in age from 17 to 100 years. Study 1 consisted of a cross-sectional ...