Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

Does It Pay To Be a Woman? Labour Demand Effecst of Maternity-Related Job Protection and Replacement Incomes

In countries with strong employment protection laws it is often considered to be unwise to hire a woman in childbearing age because she might get pregnant. However, such labour demand effects of job protection measures related to maternity leave are often rather anecdotal. To provide analytical evidence, this paper studies the impact of changes in maternity-related job protection in Germany on employment ...

The Earnings Position of Young People on the German Labour Market

The Emotional Timeline of Unemployment: Anticipation, Reaction, and Adaptation

The Emotional Timeline of Unemployment: Anticipation, Reaction, and Adaptation

Unemployment continues to be one of the major challenges in industrialized societies. Aside from its economic and societal repercussions, questions concerning the subjective experience of unemployment have recently attracted increasing attention. Although existing studies have documented the detrimental effects of unemployment for cognitive (life satisfaction) and affective well-being, studies directly ...

The Effect of Initial Placement Restrictions on Refugees' Language Acquisition in Germany

This paper analyzes the effect of a recently introduced policy reform on participation in integration courses and on certified language proficiency levels among refugees in Germany. The residence rule restricts initial residence for refugees with a permanent residence permit. Given that treatment intensity varies distinctly across states, I utilize this quasi-experiment and apply a difference-in-differences ...

Are Risk Preferences Stable?

Analyses on the development of life satisfaction in older age

Development of life satisfaction in old age: another view on the "paradox"

Cohort- and age-related decline in elder's life satisfaction: is there really a paradox?

Early Retirement Behaviour of Senior Workers: A comparative analysis of Germany, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands using panel data