Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

The Distribution of Economic Resources to Children in Germany

This paper investigates the redistributive impact of private and public childcare provision and education on children's resources in Germany between 2009 and 2013. It takes account of the multidimensionality of children's needs and access to economic resources by applying an extended income approach. Combining survey data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) with administrative data from ...

Striving for Equal Opportunities: Essays on the Distribution and Transmission of Economic Resources

The first paper investigates if the greater variety in living arrangements contributes to increased resource disparities among children in Germany. Children in single parent families are disadvantaged in at least three dimensions decisive for their later achievements: material standard of living, parental education, and parental childcare time. We compute multidimensional inequality and poverty indices ...

Like father, like son? A comparison of absolute and relative intergenerational labour income mobility in Germany and the US

Are children better off than their parents? This highly debated question in politics and economics is investigated by analysing the trends in absolute and relative intergenerational labour income mobility for Germany and the US. High quality panel data is used for this purpose; the SOEP for Germany and the PSID for the US. In Germany, 67% of sons born between 1955 and 1975 earned a significantly higher ...

Poverty measurement with the European Community Household Panel

Poverty among the elderly in the European Union: The effect of poverty measurement

The Dynamics of Labour Market Participation, Unemployment and Non Participation in Great Britain, Germany and Sweden: Similarities, Differences and Changes over Time

Lifetime Earnings Discrimination against Women in Germany

Female Labour Supply in the Federal Republic. Das Arbeitsangebot von Frauen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Work Incentives and Labor Supply Effects of the 'Mini-Jobs Reform' in Germany

Minijob-reform: No Effect on Unemployment, Losses in Income Tax and Social Security Contributions

The so-called 'Minijob-reform', that was introduced in April 2003 as part of the 'Hartz II'-reform, was intended to increase work incentives for people with low wages and thereby reduce structural unemployment. Therefore, the hours restriction of 15 hours per week was abolished and the threshold up to which earnings remain free of social security contributions (SSC) was increased. ...