Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

The Sensitive Left and the Impervious Right: Multilevel Models and the Politics of Inequality, Ideology, and Legitimacy in Europe

Economic and Political Imperatives in System Transformation: Hungary and East Germany 1990-1994

The need for and use of panel data

Stability and change are essential elements of social reality and economic progress. Cross-sectional surveys are a means of providing information on specific issues at a particular point in time, though without providing any information about the prevailing stability. Limited information on change can be obtained by retrospective questioning, but this is often impaired by “recall bias.” However, valid ...

The Economic Consequences of Partnership Dissolution - A Comparative Analysis of Panel Studies from Belgium, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, and Sweden

The paper analyses the economic consequences of partnership dissolution in different institutional settings. Belgium, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, and Sweden are selected as representatives of four prototypical models of family support (market model, extended family model, male breadwinner model, dual earner model). It is assumed that these four types of family support create specific dependencies ...

Income and Life Satisfaction After Marital Disruption in Germany

Marital Disruption in Germany: Does the Conservative Welfare State Care? Changes in Material Well-Being and the Effects of Private and Public Transfers

Sampling migrants in six European countries: how to develop a comparative design?

This article discusses the possibilities and constraints of designing an identical or at least comparable sampling strategy across different European countries. It is based on expert reviews from six European Union member states that discuss the possibilities of sampling migrants in their respective countries. The country sample includes two countries from Northern Europe (Sweden, Denmark), two from ...

Introduction: the working poor in Europe

Poverty Risk and the life cycle - The individualization thesis reconsidered

The Income Package of Low-Income German Households