Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

Bequests and Aggregate Wealth Accumulation in Germany

Return to Schooling in Germany (MA-Paper)

Smoking and Returns to Education − Empirical Evidence for Germany

Looking at smoking-behavior it can be shown that there are differences concerning the time-preference-rate. Therefore this has an effect on the optimal schooling decision in the way that we appear a lower average human capital level for smokers. According to a higher time-preference-rate additionally we suppose a higher return to education for smokers who go further on education. With our empirical ...

Attrition in Household Panels: A Survey

Does panel attrition disturb comparative analysis with the European Community Household Panel (ECHP)?

Report on panel effects

Teaching and Statistical Training

The availability of well-educated researchers is necessary for the fruitful analysis of social and economic data. The increased data offer made possible by the creation of the Research Data Centers has resulted in an increased demand for PhD students at the master’s or Diplom levels. Especially in economics, where we find intense competition among the various individual subjects within the course of ...

Tests for non-ignorable panel attrition and their application on wage estimates from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP)

A Bootstrap Strategy for the Detection of a Panel Attrition Bias in a Household Panel with an Application to the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP)

A bootstrap strategy for detecting non-ignorable panel attrition is proposed. The strategy is based on the diflerence of the original estimate and an estimate that is obtained by reducing the original sample by a second attrition experiment. The attrition propensities are estimated from previous wave information and field work information of the current panel wave. The routine may be used to estimate ...

The Estimation of Poverty Dynamics Using Different Measurements of Household Income