Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

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  • A Structural Model of Well-being: With an Application to German Data

    Amsterdam: Tinbergen Institute, 2000,
    (Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper TI 2000-053/3)
    | Bernard M.S. van Praag, Paul Frijters, Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell
  • The Anatomy of Subjective Well-Being

    In: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 51 (2003), 29-49 | Bernard M.S. van Praag, Paul Frijters, Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell
  • The Unbearable Stability of the German Wage Structure: Evidence and Interpretation

    This paper uses micro data from the German Socio-Economic Panel to document that the wage structure in West Germany was remarkably stable over the period 1984-97, with little variation over time in wage or earnings inequality among and within different skill groups. The paper investigates a number of possible explanations for the stability of the wage structure and concludes that it is attributable ...

    Washington, Research Department, IMF: 2000,
    (IMF Working Paper WP/00/22)
    | Eswar S. Prasad
  • The Dynamics of Reservation Wages: Preliminary Evidence from the GSOEP

    This paper presents preliminary results from an empirical analysis of the individual and macroeconomic determinants of reservation wages, using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel. The longitudinal aspect of the dataset provides an interesting perspective on the dynamics of reservation wages and their correlations with accepted wage offers for workers who make the transition from unemployment ...

    In: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference of German Socio-Economic Panel Study Users. Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschu 70 (2001), 1, 44-50 | Eswar S. Prasad
  • What Determines the Reservation Wages of Unemployed Workers? New Evidence from German Micro Data

    Bonn: Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), 2003,
    (IZA DP No. 694)
    | Eswar S. Prasad
  • Taxation and the Worlds of Welfare

    Luxembourg: Luxembourg Income Study (LIS), 2008,
    (Luxembourg Income Study Working Paper No. 480)
    | Monica Prasad, Yingying Deng
  • Closing the Happiness Gap: The Decline of Gendered Parenthood Norms and the Increase in Parental Life Satisfaction

    In recent decades, normative expectations for parenthood have changed for both men and women, fertility has declined, and work–family arrangements have become more egalitarian. Previous studies indicate that the transition to parenthood and work–family arrangements both influence life satisfaction and do so differently for men and women. Drawing on constructivism and utility maximization, we theorize ...

    In: Gender & Society 34 (2020), 1, 31-55 | Klaus Preisner, Franz Neuberger, Ariane Bertogg, Julia M. Schaub
  • Motherhood, Employment, and Life Satisfaction: Trends in Germany Between 1984 and 2015

    Objective This article analyzes trends in the relationships among motherhood, employment, and life satisfaction in Germany and regresses them on changing motherhood norms. Background Motherhood norms have changed in recent decades in Germany, and differences in labor force participation between mothers and women without children have decreased. We research whether differences in life satisfaction have ...

    In: Journal of Marriage and Family 80 (2018), 5, 1107-1124 | Klaus Preisner, Franz Neuberger, Lukas Posselt, Fabian Kratz
  • The Decline of the Middle Class: An International Perspective

    Syracuse: Syracuse University, Maxwell School, 2001,
    (Luxembourg Income Study Working Paper No. 280)
    | Steven Pressman
  • Feminist Explanations for the Feminization of Poverty

    Syracuse: Syracuse University, Maxwell School, 2003,
    (Luxembourg Income Study Working Paper No. 351)
    | Steven Pressman
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