Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

The Relationship Between Homeownership and Life Satisfaction in Germany

The article investigates the relationship between homeownership and life satisfaction in Germany, using German Socio-Economic Panel Study data from 1992 to 2009. The data not only allow controlling for a wide range of variables, but also tackle various measurement problems of previous studies. Ordered logit models support a positive relationship between homeownership and life satisfaction. In addition, ...

Parental investment and the intergenerational transmission of economic preferences and attitudes

We study empirically whether there is scope for parents to shape the economic preferences and attitudes of their children through purposeful investments. We exploit information on the risk and trust attitudes of parents and their children, as well as rich information about parental efforts in the upbringing of their children from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study. Our results show that parents ...

A disadvantaged childhood matters more if local unemployment is high

Using multilevel models on the German Socio‐Economic Panel Study this paper shows that disadvantaged young adults (16‐35 years old) are more affected by the business cycle than their similarly educated counterparts from more advantaged backgrounds. We propose that a disadvantaged background lowers desirability on the labour market, which matters more to employers as the labour market tightens. When ...

Crowding Out of Disadvantaged Young Adults in Germany: Background Matters Depending on Local Labour Market

Research on socio-economic mobility focuses on how background affects later labour market outcomes. Growing up in a disadvantaged household does not always lead to the same outcomes however, and the extent to which this matters depends on the local labour market. Using multilevel models on the German Socio-Economic Panel Study, this article shows that disadvantaged young adults (16–35 years old) are ...

Self-Selection and the Returns to Geographic Mobility: What Can Be Learned from the German Reunification "Experiment"

East–West migration and gender: Is there a differential effect for migrant women?

This paper examines whether female East–West migrants in Germany face a differential effect on their labor market outcomes after they move compared to both males and stayers. It builds on a “difference-in-difference-in-difference” approach, employs a matching procedure to define the corresponding before and after periods for movers and stayers and uses panel data techniques to difference away time-invariant ...

Income Mobiltity in Later Life

Poverty of Elderly People in EU25 (First Report)

Income Risks within Retirement in Great Britain and Germany

Income Mobility in Old Age in Britain and Germany