Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

Revision and Cross-cultural Adaptation of the Human Values Scale for Self-completion Modes

Since its first round, the European Social Survey (ESS) has included a 21-item measure of ten basic human values shared across cultures, known as the Human Values Scale (HVS), developed by Shalom H. Schwartz. Recently, the scale has been revised to a new 20-item HVS with shorter, simpler items (usually only one sentence instead of two sentences per item in the past version) and introducing a single ...

Better health, but growing social and health inequalities among young adults in Germany due to educational expansion? A counterfactual mediation analysis

Purpose Based on theoretical and empirical work on the significance of school education for health, this study examines the influence of educational expansion on self-rated health (SRH) and the development of social and health inequalities between educational groups among young adults in Germany. Methods We used data from the German Socio-Economic Panel study from 1995 to 2020, focusing on individuals ...

The relationship between housing and asylum seekers’ mental health: A systematic review

Housing is a post-migration risk factor that impacts asylum seekers' health; however, the way in which housing impacts asylum seekers' mental health has not been systematically examined. This systematic literature review identified 21 studies and analysed the data using narrative synthesis. The review found that poor living conditions adversely impact asylum seekers' mental health with ...

Socio-demographic, health, treatment, and labour market characteristics of sick-listed employees diagnosed with and treated for a mental disorder in Germany

To examine the socio-demographic, health, treatment, organisation, job, and labour market characteristics of 484 German sick-listed employees diagnosed with a mental disorder (MD), along with gender differences. This cross-sectional study used online baseline self-report data from sick-listed employees diagnosed with and treated for a MD, recruited as part of an evaluation trial for a return to work ...

Preferences for wealth redistribution: The role of social background and merit

This paper investigates preferences for wealth redistribution using a vignette experiment in which participants evaluate hypothetical taxpayers with a net wealth exceeding one million euros. The design allows us to study attitudes toward taxing the very wealthy. We differentiate between two forms of luck that may affect these preferences: brute luck such as random shocks unrelated to background or ...

Study Design and Data Basis

Housing situation of Ukrainian refugees

A dataset of study program availability in German higher education between 1971 and 1996

Educational systems are dynamic. They shape human capital, technological and societal progress, and also economic growth. Higher education, in particular, fosters innovation, with varying fields of study contributing differently to this process. Yet, despite its importance, no dataset has previously documented the evolution of academic fields across higher education institutions in a specific country. ...

Chat about SOEP Research Data: A RAG System for Interactive SOEP Data Exploration

The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) is one of the world’s longest-running household panel studies, containing rich longitudinal data spanning over four decades. However, the complexity and scale of SOEP data present significant challenges for researchers in data discovery and exploration. This paper presents a prototype Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) system designed to provide conversational ...

Accelerating social science knowledge production with the coordinated open-source model

With the growing complexity of knowledge production, social science must accelerate and open up to maintain explanatory power and responsiveness. This goal requires redesigning the front end of the research to build an open and expandable knowledge infrastructure that stimulates broad collaborations, enables breaking down inertia and path dependencies of conventional approaches, and boosts discovery ...