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How do students’ earnings expectations differ by being the first in their family to attend university (FiF) and how do they affect field of study choice? We leverage unique survey and administrative data to document sizable gaps in expected earnings between FiF and non-FiF students. Our data can explain two-thirds of this gap, with the largest share attributable to field of study choice. We show that ...
Berlin:
DIW Berlin; SOEP,
2025,
(SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research No. 1221)
| Katharina Adler, Fabian Kosse, Markus Nagler, Johannes Rincke
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Can right-wing terrorism increase support for far-right populist parties, and if so, why? Exploiting quasi-random variation between successful and failed attacks across German municipalities, we find that successful attacks lead to significant increases in the vote share for the right-wing, populist Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party. Our results are predominantly observable in state (Bundesland) ...
In:
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
17 (2025), 3, 407–40
| Navid Sabet, Marius Liebald, Guido Friebel
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Many countries use job-retention schemes, such as short-time work (STW), to stabilize the labor market during economic downturns. While these schemes might prevent unemployment (UE) and its adverse effects on workers, STW could also deter workers from moving to more productive firms, thereby negatively affecting their labor market outcomes in the long run. We analyze the long-term effects of STW and ...
Berlin:
DIW Berlin,
2026,
(DIW Discussion Paper 2160)
| Clara Schäper, Katharina Wrohlich, Sabine Zinn
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In this paper, we examine whether and to what extent the 2008 Alimony Reform in Germany had an impact on alimony, its likelihood of payment, and cooperation between former spouses. In 2008, financial self-responsibility was imposed on divorcees by limiting post-marital alimony. By estimating panel event models and exploiting the German Tax Payer Panel, we show a significant decline in the likelihood ...
In:
Review of Economics of the Household
23 (2025), 2, 737–761
| Marianna Schaubert, Johannes Köckeis
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After changes in the spatial environment induced by residential relocations, mode choice is prone to reconsideration. This study analyzes a panel dataset of 661 movers in Germany who were questioned before and after a move. We aim to determine the relationships between changes in the built environment, in travel attitudes, and in mode choice, accounting for possibly bi-directional relationships. Structural ...
In:
Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
139 (2025), 104556
| Katja Schimohr, Eva Heinen, Petter Næss, Joachim Scheiner
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This paper studies whether political leaders’ gender matters for crisis management. I examine female mayors in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia during the intake of Ukrainian refugees in 2022/23. I use granular data on fulfillment of the municipal refugee allocation quota and 2020 municipal election data. I use a two-way fixed effects specification to compare quota fulfillment of female and ...
In:
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
240 (2025), 107306
| Sebastian Schirner
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Many studies exploit the random placement of individuals into groups such as schools or regions to estimate the effects of group-level variables on these individuals. Assuming a simple data generating process, we show that the typical estimate contains three components: the causal effect of interest, ”multiple-treatment bias” (MTB), and ”mobility bias” (MB). The extent of these biases depends on the ...
Bonn:
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA),
2025,
(IZA DP No. 18319)
| Marco Schmandt, Constantin Tielkes, Felix Weinhardt
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Telework could alter the spatial distributions of economic and social activities as work moves away from central places. Decisions regarding telework from home are made in establishments. Employee influence in establishments, as well as regional structures at the establishment location may interact to influence such decisions. Using the SOEP-LEE2 data for Germany findings show that decisions by establishments ...
In:
Regional Studies
59 (2025), 1,
| Torben Dall Schmidt, Wenzel Matiaske, Martina Maas
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This exploratory study examines the effects of parental socialization and parental role models at ages 7 to 10 on the entrepreneurial intentions of their children in adolescence. Analysis of German household data and more than 1,400 observations shows a moderation effect between parental role models and socialization. An adolescent's willingness to become self-employed in the future is influenced ...
Berlin:
Sozio-oekonomisches Panel am Deutschen Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung,
2025,
(SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research 1233)
| Stefan Schneck
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In psychology, mobile sensing is increasingly used to record behavior in real-life situations. However, little is known about the selectivity of samples participating in these new data collection approaches and thus about potential risks to the validity of research findings. We therefore investigated two potential sources of selection bias in smartphone-based data collections. Specifically, we examined ...
In:
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
130 (2026), 3, 597–625
| Ramona Schoedel, Thomas Reiter, Michael D. Krämer, Yannick Roos, Markus Bühner, David Richter, Matthias R. Mehl, Cornelia Wrzus