Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

The dominance of introspective measures and what this implies: The example of environmental attitude

The behavioral sciences, including most of psychology, seek to explain and predict behavior with the help of theories and models that involve concepts (e.g., attitudes) that are subsequently translated into measures. Currently, some subdisciplines such as social psychology focus almost exclusively on measures that demand reflection or even introspection when administered to persons. We argue that such ...

The Effect of Growth and Inequality in Incomes on Health Inequality: Theory and Empirical Evidence from the European Panel

Poverty Dynamics in Six OECD Countries

Poverty rates are helpful indicators of the level of poverty in a country during a specific period of time. However, they do not provide important information about the extent of mobility into and out of poverty or about the length of time people remain in poverty. Whether an individual suffers poverty over a long period of time or a short period requires different policies responses. Such information ...

Income inequalities and poverty among children and households with children in selected OECD countries

Migration Background and Participation in Continuing Education in Germany: an empirical analysis based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel study (SOEP)

Europe as an ‘immigration continent’ is going to become an ‘integration continent’. Within this context continuing education has acquired an increasing meaning. Based on the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) study data from 2001-04 the authors examine a broad spectrum of possible factors which may influence participation in continuing vocational education. They focus on the heterogeneity of migrants ...

Obesity Could Be Socially Contagious Say Researchers

The Impact of Holiday Trips on Life Satisfaction and Domains of Life Satisfaction: Evidence for German Disabled Individuals

This study analyses the contribution of holiday trips to the levels of life satisfaction reported by individuals with and without disability by using an approach in which life satisfaction is seen as a combination of various life satisfaction domains (health, job, housework, household income, dwelling, and leisure). Using longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we estimate a two-layer ...

Disability, Life Satisfaction and Participation in Sports

Despite the positive externalities associated with the participation in sports that individuals can obtain, there is a lack of studies analysing the impact of this participation on life satisfaction of people without disabilities in general, and of people with disabilities in particular. In this study, we analyse the effects of taking part in active sports and its intensity (i.e., never, seldom, monthly, ...

What makes workers with disabilities happy? The importance of non-pecuniary characteristics

The paper examines the determinants of the levels of job satisfaction reported by non-disabled and disabled workers, with special attention to the contribution of non-pecuniary job aspects. Using longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we estimate job satisfaction equations for non-disabled and disabled workers. The existence of unhealthy environments, hard manual work, capacity to ...

The contribution of holiday trips to life satisfaction: the case of people with disabilities

This study analyses the contribution of holiday trips to the life satisfaction (LS) of people with disabilities as compared to people without disabilities. Particular attention is paid to the effects of the intensity of taking part in holiday trips on LS. We are interested in testing two different hypotheses: (a) holiday trips increase individuals' LS and (b) the effects of holiday trips on LS ...