Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

The Speed of Leaving the Old Job. A Study on Job Changes and Exits into Unemployment During the East German Transition Process

Single-Mother Families in Eight Countries: Economic Status and Social Policy

Spousal Similarity in Life Satisfaction Before and After Divorce

Previous research has explored possible origins of individual differences in subjective well-being, focusing largely on stable, internal characteristics of traits as predictors of life satisfaction (Diener & Lucas, 1999). Although past work has demonstrated that life satisfaction is largely stable over the life span, other evidence has also demonstrated the lasting impact of life events. In this ...

How have employment transitions for older workers in Germany and the UK changed?

Extending working life is an objective for many nations. However, the UK government has recently reported only modest improvement “compared to many nations”. A comparison of European, Labour Force Surveys show that Germany has reversed early retirement much faster than the UK since 2003. This was not forecast by previous researchers. In particular, Ebbinghaus’ influential cross-national analysis of ...

Household Structure and Measurement of Poverty

Child Care Costs and Mothers' Labor Supply: An Empirical Analysis for Germany

The Excess Demand for Subsidized Child Care in Germany

An Evaluation of Recent Child Care Reforms in Germany

Evaluating Family Policy Reforms Using Behavioral Microsimulation - The Example of Childcare and Income Tax Reforms in Germany (Dissertation)

Labor Supply and Child Care Choices in a Rationed Child Care Market (substantially revised version)

This paper presents an empirical framework for the analysis of mothers' labor supply and child care choices, explicitly taking into account access restrictions to subsidized child care. This is particularly important for countries such as Germany, where subsidized child care is rationed and private child care is only available at considerably higher cost. I use a discrete choice panel data model ...