Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

Nationality and Education as Indicators of Success in the German Job Market

Changing health inequalities in east and west Germany since unification

Paternal unemployment during childhood: causal effects on youth worklessness and educational attainment

Using long-running data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (1984–2012), we investigate the impact of paternal unemployment on child labour market and education outcomes. We first describe correlation patterns and then use sibling fixed effects and the Gottschalk (1996) method to identify the causal effects of paternal unemployment. We find different patterns for sons and daughters. Paternal unemployment ...

Education and Labour Market Entry in Germany

Poverty and Inequality: Greece and Mediterranean Europe in Comparative Perspective

Conditions of Social Vulnerability, Work and Low Income, Evidence for Spain in Comparative Perspective

The Structure of Income in Elderly Households and Relative Poverty Rates in Japan from the Viewpoint of International Comparisons

The feminization of occupations and change in wages: a panel analysis of Britain, Germany and Switzerland

In the last four decades, women have made major inroads into occupations previously dominated by men. This paper examines whether occupational feminization is accompanied by a decline in wages: Do workers suffer a wage penalty if they remain in, or move into, feminizing occupations? We analzye this question over the 1990s and 2000s in Britain, Germany and Switzerland, using longitudinal panel data ...

Workers’ Movement Out of Declining Occupations in Great Britain, Germany and Switzerland

The employment structure undergoes constant change. Certain occupations grow while others decline under the pressure of technological advances, internationalization and welfare state reforms. This evolution at the aggregate level has been well documented. Our knowledge of how macro-level change in the employment structure is brought about through micro-level career adjustments is less extensive. Drawing ...

Start-Up Grants to Unemployed Immigrants in Germany: A Means to Reach Employment Parity? (Bachelor of Arts in Economics)

Immigrants in Germany exhibit, on average, an increased frequency of unemployment, reduced earnings, and an increased uptake and dependence upon welfare and unemployment benefits relative to native Germans. Although Germany's strong welfare state has shown success in mobilizing the difficult-to-employ in general, it has scarcely focused or targeted its efforts on immigrants despite their prevalence ...