Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

Preschool Education

Given the importance of the early stages in a child’s life, and taking into account the various initiatives underway to improve preschool programs in Germany, it is remarkable only a few microdatasets cover the field of preschool education in Germany – and even fewer of these are nationally representative datasets. The majority of the existing data provide, at a minimum, basic information on attendance ...

Ever-Increasing Opportunities for Child-Related Research with the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) Study

Overcoming Disparities and Expanding Access to Early Childhood Services in Germany: Policy Considerations and Funding Options

Children's school placement in Germany: does Kindergarten attendance matter?

The positive effects of Early Childhood Programs (ECP’s) on children’s school success have been demonstrated in the literature. However, most studies were completed in the U.S.A., where ECP’s vary widely, based on differing auspice, regulation, cost, and other factors. In European countries, ECP’s are generally far more homogenous. This is particularly true for Germany where most programs are community-based ...

Children who attend formal day care do better in school - even many years later in secondary school

Questions about the advantages and disadvantages of sending young children to formal day care ("Kindertageseinrichtungen") have always greatly concerned parents and led to intense, if not always well informed, policy debate. Two issues have been foremost. One is whether young children removed from their parents' care for part of the day suffer long term emotional consequences, or whether ...

Introduction: "Neighbourhood Effects Studies on the Basis of European Micro-data"

The Impact of Child and Maternal Health Indicators on Female Labor Force Participation after Childbirth - Evidence for Germany

This paper analyzes the influence of children's health and mothers' physical and mental wellbeing on female labor force participation after childbirth in Germany. Our analysis uses data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) study, which enables us to measure children's health based on the occurrence of severe health problems including mental and physical disabilities, hospitalizations, ...

Family effects on employment

Early Childhood Education and Care Quality in the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) – the (KID)-I-2-SOEP Study

In-Patient Long Term Care in Germany - Selected Problems of Insurance and Services