Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

The Employment of Mothers – Recent Developments and their Determinants in East and West Germany

We apply German Mikrozensus data for the period 1996 to 2004 to investigate the employment status of mothers. Specifically, we ask whether there are behavioral differences between mothers in East and West Germany, whether these differences disappear over time, and whether there are differences in the developments for high and low skilled females. We find substantial differences in the employment behavior ...

Poverty and social policy in unified Germany

Labour market related poverty in Germany

Does self-employment really raise job satisfaction? Adaptation and anticipation effects on self-employment and general job changes

Empirical analyses using cross-sectional and panel data found significantly higher levels of job satisfaction for the self-employed than for employees. We argue that by neglecting anticipation and adaptation effects estimates in previous studies might be misleading. To test this, we specify models accounting for anticipation and adaptation to self-employment and general job changes. In contrast to ...

Quality of Income Data in Household Panels with Respect to Rounding and Use of Income Brackets

Rounding of Income Data: An Empirical Analysis of the Quality of Income Data with Respect to Rounded Values and Income Brackets with Data from the European Community Household Panel (Schriften zur empirischen Wirtschaftsforschung, Band 9) (Dissertation)

Income questions are frequently answered with rounded values or income brackets. This has an impact on the quality of data, which is demonstrated for the European Community Household Panel (ECHP) and the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). A matching of register and interview data for the Finnish sub-sample of the ECHP allows an analysis of the measurement error caused by rounding with regard to cross-sectional ...

Quality of Income Data from Panel Surveys with Respect to Rounding

Household Labor Demand and Household Labor Supply

Changes in Child Care Could Reduce Job Options for Eastern German Mothers

The Employment of Domestic Help and Women's Labor Force Participation in Western Germany