Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

Is there migration-related inequity in access to or in the utilisation of health care in Germany?

The evolution of immigrants' Body Mass Index with years since migration in Germany

The Effects of Labour Market Participation on Fertility Decisions: Gender Differences in Cross-National Perspective (Dissertation)

Gender-Specific Effects of Unemployment on Family Formation: A Cross-National Perspective

The Impact of Labour Market Integration on Fertility Decisions - A Comparison of Germany and the UK

Increasing childlessness in Germany

Labor Market Integration and the Transition to Parenthood - A Comparison of Germany and the UK

A Cross-National Perspective on Unemployment and First Births

This article investigates the impact of unemployment on the likelihood of having a first child. Using micro-data from the European Community Household Panel, I apply event history methods to analyze first-birth decisions in France, West Germany, and the UK (1994–2001). The results highlight weak negative effects of unemployment on family formation among men, which can be attributed to the inability ...

Labour market integration, occupational uncertainties, and fertility choices in Germany and the UK

Contrasting the conservative German welfare state with the liberal market economy of the United Kingdom, this paper examines how each welfare regime affects the first-birth decisions of men and women under the conditions of either high labour market integration (full-time work in a permanent position) or occupational uncertainty (part-time work or work with a fixed-term contract). The results, which ...

Subjective Well-Being and Air Quality in Germany

This paper analyses the relation between air quality and individual life satisfaction in Germany. Life satisfaction data from the German socio-economic panel is connected with daily county pollution in terms of carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide and ozone from 1998 to 2008. The assumed microeconometric happiness function is estimated considering individual fixed effects. Ozone has a significant negative ...