Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

Early childhood, agency, and capability depreviation - A quantitative analysis using German socio-economic panel data

From a capability perspective early childhood is a very important, special stage in human life. It is important because functionings achieved in this early phase of life have been shown to substantially determine future capabilities. It is special because – more than in other stages of life – it depends very much on other people’s agency whether a young child has most important capabilities and can ...

Income Distribution in 14 OECD Nations, 1967-2000: Evidence from the Luxembourg Income Study

Better Overeducated than Unemployed? The Short- and Long-Term Effects of an Overeducated Labour Market Re-entry

Previous studies have shown that overeducation is inferior to adequate employment. For example, overeducated workers have lower earnings, participate less often in continuing education and training, and are less satisfied with their jobs. This article changes perspectives by asking whether it is better for the unemployed to take up a job for which they are overeducated or to remain unemployed and continue ...

Book Review: Migration and Inter-industry Wage Structure in Germany (by John Haisken-DeNew)

Household Income Composition and Household Goods

Inequality in Household Income: A Cross-Country Inter-Industry Analysis

Musn’t Grumble: Immigration, Health and Health Service Use in the UK and Germany

A rise in population caused by increased immigration is sometimes accompanied by concerns that the increase in population puts additional or differential pressure on welfare services which might affect the net fiscal contribution of immigrants. The UK and Germany have experienced significant increases in immigration in recent years and this study uses longitudinal data from both countries to examine ...

Explaining Differences Between the Expected and Actual Duration Until Return Migration: Economic Changes

This paper explores the difference between intentions and realizations in return migration with the help of a duration model. Using the GSOEP the results lend support to the fact that people use simplifying heuristics when trying to forecast the future; their return intentions indicate bunching in heaps of 5 years. Along these lines we find that migrated individuals systematically underestimate the ...

Family Structure and Early Home Leaving: A Mediation Analysis

An ample body of research has shown that young adults from non-intact families are more likely to leave the parental home at an early age than young adults from intact families. However, little is known about the mechanisms underlying this relationship. We drew on prospective longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) to examine why young adults from non-intact families are ...

Leaving and Returning Home: A New Approach to Off-Time Transitions

Objective This study offers a new approach to off-time transitions and applies it to the link between leaving and returning home. Background It is no longer uncommon for young adults to return after having left the parental home. Previous research has mostly examined returning home in isolation from leaving home, although these two transitions are closely intertwined. Method Using longitudinal data ...