Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

Perceptions of discrimination: What do they measure and why do they matter?

This study addresses the difficulty in linking ethnic discrimination and integration outcomes of immigrants in empirical research. Many of the existing studies look at the relationship between perceived discrimination and integration, but most are based on cross-sectional data. We argue that perceived discrimination should not be taken as an accurate indicator of actual experiences of discrimination, ...

German Emigration: Not a Permanent Loss of University Graduates

Ethnic Revival" among Labor Migrants in Germany? Statements, Arguments, and First Empirical Evidence

Reactive Ethnicity or "Assimilation"? Statements, Arguments, and First Empirical Evidence für Labor Migrants in Germany

Social outcomes of long-term survivors of adolescent cancer

The study investigates psychosexual and family outcomes among German long-term survivors of adolescent cancer. Survivors of cancer during adolescence (n=820; age at onset of disease: M=15.8 years, SD=0.9, age at follow-up: M=30.4, SD=6.0 years) completed questionnaires on their family life and their psychosexual and autonomy development. Outcomes were compared to an age-matched sample (German Socio-Economic ...

Educational and Vocational Achievement Among Long-Term Survivors of Adolescent Cancer in Germany

Adolescence involves graduating from school and preparing one's professional career. The accomplishment of these tasks may be hampered by the experience of cancer. This study investigates the educational and professional achievements of German long-term survivors of adolescent cancer. Adult survivors of cancer during adolescence (n=820, age at onset between 15 and 18 years; M=15.8, SD=0.9 years; ...

Beyond the Hedonic Treadmill - Revising the Adaptation Theory of Well-Being

According to the hedonic treadmill model, good and bad events temporarily affect happiness, but people quickly adapt back to hedonic neutrality. The theory, which has gained widespread acceptance in recent years, implies that individual and societal efforts to increase happiness are doomed to failure. The recent empirical work outlined here indicates that 5 important revisions to the treadmill model ...

A note on representativeness and household finance

Previous research has shown that social households have a higher probability of owning risky assets. Using a representative sample of the German population, we demonstrate that the sociability effect is much stronger among people younger than 50.

Internalized Gender Stereotypes Vary Across Socioeconomic Indicators

In the following we aim to approach the question of why, in most domains of professional and economic life, women are more vulnerable than men to becoming targets of prejudice and discrimination by proposing that one important cause of this inequality is the presence of gender stereotypes in many domains of society. We describe two approaches employed to measure gender stereotypes: An explicit questionnaire ...

Aussiedler in Germany: From Smooth Adaption to Tough Integration