Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

The Impact of the German Child Benefit on Child Well-Being

The German Child Benefit ("Kindergeld") is paid to legal guardians of children as a cash benefit. This study employs exogenous variations in the amount of child benefit received by households to investigate the extent to which these various changes have translated into an improvement in the circumstances of children related to their well-being. I use the German Socio-Economic Panel to estimate ...

Early Retirement at 63: Fair Compensation or Pension Giveaway?

After Easter, Germany's new labor and social affairs minister Andrea Nahles will be presenting the grand coalition's first major reform proposal for parliamentary debate: a bill to improve the benefits provided under the statutory pension system. A centerpiece of the reform package is early retirement on a full pension at 63 for those who have been paying into the state pension system for ...

Gender Pension Gap in Eastern and Western Germany

Now, 25 years after the fall of the Wall, eastern and western German men are receiving similar state pensions, a main pillar in the system of old age provision in Germany. In contrast, the average pension paid to eastern German women far exceeds that of their western German counterparts. A cohort comparison shows a narrowing of the gender gap when it comes to pension entitlements in eastern Germany. ...

Extending the Empirical Basis for Wealth Inequality Research Using Statistical Matching of Administrative and Survey Data

Social security entitlements are a substantial source of wealth that grows in importance over the individual’s lifecycle. Despite its quantitative relevance, social security wealth has been thus far omitted from wealth inequality analyses. In Germany, it is the lack of adequate micro data that accounts for this shortcoming. The two main contributions of this paper are: First, to elaborate a statistical ...

Statistical Matching of Administrative and Survey Data - An Application to Wealth Inequality Analysis

Using population representative survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) and administrative pension records from the Statutory Pension Insurance, the authors compare four statistical matching techniques to complement survey information on net worth with social security wealth (SSW) information from the administrative records. The unique properties of the linked data allow for a straight ...

Best of Both Worlds - Preparatory Steps in Matching Survey Data with Administrative Pension Records. The Case of the German Socio-Economic Panel and the Scientific Use File Completed Insurance Biographies 2004

Making Dough or Baking Dough?

Drawing on German household data from 1992 to 2011, this paper analyzes how couples allocate housework against the backdrop of three questions: (1) Does an individual’s contribution to household income - both in absolute and relative terms - influence his or her contribution to housework? (2) If so, does the magnitude of this influence differ by gender? and (3) How important are traditional gender ...

Housework Allocation in Germany: The Role of Income and Gender Identity

Objectives This article analyzes how couples allocate housework against the backdrop of three questions: (1) Does an individual's income—both in absolute and relative terms—influence his or her contribution to housework? (2) If so, does the magnitude of this influence differ by gender? and (3) How important are traditional gender roles on housework allocation? Methods We apply panel regression ...

Employment decisions of European women after childbirth

Impact of the Introduction of the Legal Minimum Wage in Germany on Training Opportunities on the Workplace

The dissertation is examining training outcomes of the legal minimum wage in Germany. Human capital theory, labor market segmentation theory and labor economic approach constitute the framework of the analysis. We employ a quasi-experimental research design on the basis of the German Socio-Economic Panel for the survey years 2014 to 2016. Measuring the dependent variable, we differentiate between training ...