Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

Documentation of Sample Sizes and Panel Attrition in the German Socio Economic Panel (GSOEP) (1984 until 1996)

Documentation of Sample Sizes and Panel Attrition in the German Socio Economic Panel (GSOEP) (1984 until 1997)

The sample sizes of the English public use version of the GSOEP and the German DIW version differ by approximately five percent. The exclusion of 5 percent of the original data from the GSOEP was necessary to fulfill the requirements of the German data protection laws. Technically, this was done by dropping randomly 5 percent of the original wave 1 households. All persons and households which stem ...

Documentation of Sample Sizes and Panel Attrition in the German Socio Economic Panel (GSOEP) 1984 until 1998

Documentation of Sample Sizes and Panel Attrition in the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) (1984 until 2000)

Documentation of Sample Sizes and Panel Attrition in the German Socio Economic Panel (GSOEP) (1984 until 2001)

Long-Term Effects of Unpaid Overtime: Evidence for West Germany

Risk Aversion and Reservation Wages

Risk attitudes and reservation wages of unemployed workers: Evidence from panel data

This paper studies risk attitudes of unemployed job seekers and their relationship to self-reported reservation wages. We find that risk aversion is prevalent, and that reservation wages decrease slightly over time. Furthermore, risk aversion and reservation wages are negatively correlated.

Unemployment, Labor Market Training Programs and Regional Wages: An Extended Wage Curve Approach

Labor market slack and the wage curve