Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

EUROMOD: an integrated European Benefit-tax Model (Final Report)

Micro-level analysis of the European Social Agenda: combating poverty and social exclusion through changes in social and fiscal policy (final report)

Job search on the internet and its outcome

Purpose – This paper aims to estimate the impact of job search on the internet on the probability of re‐employment and the duration of unemployment spells.Design/methodology/approach – The study uses national panel datasets from Germany (SOEP 2003‐2007) and South Korea (KLIPS 1996‐2006) to estimate probit and Hausman‐Taylor IV models of the impact of job search on the internet on the probability of ...

The prevalence of medical services use. How comparable are the results of large-scale population surveys in Germany?

The large-scale representative population surveys conducted by Germany’s Robert Koch Institute (RKI) contain questions pertaining to health and its determinants as well as the prevalence and frequency of outpatient services utilization. The same holds for the Socioeconomic Panel (SOEP, Sozio-ökonomisches Panel) and the Bertelsmann Healthcare Monitor (Gesundheitsmonitor) surveys. The purpose of this ...

The Problem of Repeated Surveys. How Comparable are their Results Regarding the Utilization of Medical Services?

Large-scale representative population surveys in Germany contain questions pertaining to health and its determinants as well as the prevalence and intensity of outpatient services utilization. In this chapter, the comparability of the instruments used in these surveys and their results are examined. Questions on in- and outpatient care utilization as well as utilization of preventive services were ...

The impact of marriage and parenthood on male body mass index: Static and dynamic effects

Rationale: Numerous cross-sectional studies investigated the link between marital status and BMI in the context of competing social science theories (marriage market, marriage selection, marriage protection and social obligation), frequently offering conflicting theoretical predictions and conflicting empirical findings. Objective: This study analysed the effects of marriage, divorce, pregnancy, and ...

Determinants of self-employment among Polish and Romanian immigrants in Germany

This empirical study investigates the determinants of self-employment propensity of Polish and Romanian immigrants in Germany. The German economy is an important object of analysis, as it is the most important destination for international migrants in the European Union. In the paper, we use the recently collected M sample of the German Socio-Economic Panel to examine which personal, country of birth-specific ...

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 ...