Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

Heaping and its consequences for duration analysis: A simulation study

The Speed of Leaving the Old Job. A Study on Job Changes and Exits into Unemployment During the East German Transition Process

Single-Mother Families in Eight Countries: Economic Status and Social Policy

Spousal Similarity in Life Satisfaction Before and After Divorce

Previous research has explored possible origins of individual differences in subjective well-being, focusing largely on stable, internal characteristics of traits as predictors of life satisfaction (Diener & Lucas, 1999). Although past work has demonstrated that life satisfaction is largely stable over the life span, other evidence has also demonstrated the lasting impact of life events. In this ...

How have employment transitions for older workers in Germany and the UK changed?

Extending working life is an objective for many nations. However, the UK government has recently reported only modest improvement “compared to many nations”. A comparison of European, Labour Force Surveys show that Germany has reversed early retirement much faster than the UK since 2003. This was not forecast by previous researchers. In particular, Ebbinghaus’ influential cross-national analysis of ...

Household Structure and Measurement of Poverty

East–West migration and gender: Is there a differential effect for migrant women?

This paper examines whether female East–West migrants in Germany face a differential effect on their labor market outcomes after they move compared to both males and stayers. It builds on a “difference-in-difference-in-difference” approach, employs a matching procedure to define the corresponding before and after periods for movers and stayers and uses panel data techniques to difference away time-invariant ...

Income Mobiltity in Later Life

Poverty of Elderly People in EU25 (First Report)

Income Risks within Retirement in Great Britain and Germany