Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

How does experience and job mobility determine wage gain in a transition and a non-transition economy? The case of east and west Germany

Untersucht wird die individuelle Reallohnentwicklung von Ost- und Westdeutschen für den Zeitraum 1990/91 bis 1995/96 auf der Grundlage von Daten aus dem Sozioökonomischen Panel. Die Parameter werden mittels Medianregression geschätzt. Theorien des Humankapitals und der beruflichen Mobilität gehen davon aus, dass Lohnänderungen in Übergangsökonomien und Ökonomien ohne Transformation unterschiedlich ...

Editing and Multiple Imputation of Item-Non-Response in the 2002 Wealth Module of the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)

A happy choice: wellbeing as the goal of government

In this article, we lay out the basic case for wellbeing as the goal of government. We briefly review the history of this idea, which goes back to the ancient Greeks and was the acknowledged ideal of the Enlightenment. We then discuss possible measures on which a wellbeing orientation could be based, emphasizing the importance of acknowledging the political agency of citizens and thus their own evaluations ...

How Elastic is the Labour Supply of Female Migrants Relative to the Labour Supply of Female Natives?

This study estimates the wage elasticities of migrants and natives by using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel from 1984 to 2015 and a grouping instrumental variable estimator. Female migrants who live with a partner have lower own- and cross-wage elasticities than respective female natives, and the elasticities of non-Western female migrants are insignificant. The relationship between participation ...

Old-Age Poverty: The Household Perspective

Providing a decent living standard and preventing old-age poverty are the two major challenges of pension insurance schemes. Replacement rates below the poverty line despite many years of contribution represent a major challenge for public pension schemes with respect to the systems ‘raison d’ˆetre’. The focus of the present paper turns away from individual perspective and considers household retirement ...

Has there been a “refugee crisis”? New insights on the recent refugee arrivals in Germany and their integration prospects

Rund 1,2 Millionen Geflüchtete sind 2015 und 2016 nach Deutschland gekommen. Der nationale und internationale öffentliche Diskurs über die Aufnahme dieser Geflüchteten deckt das gesamte Meinungsspektrum ab. Diese Auffassungen reichen von der skeptischen Charakterisierung des Anstiegs der Fluchtmigration 2015 als „Flüchtlingskrise“ bis hin zu optimistischen Einschätzungen, wonach die Zuwanderung von ...

Heaping and its consequences for duration analysis: A simulation study

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 ...