Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

Estimation and testing in generalized partial linear models—A comparative study

A particular semiparametric model of interest is the generalized partial linear model (GPLM) which extends the generalized linear model (GLM) by a nonparametric component. The paper reviews different estimation procedures based on kernel methods as well as test procedures on the correct specification of this model (vs. a parametric generalized linear model). Simulations and an application to a data ...

The Labour-force Participation of the Wives of Unemployed Men. Comparing Britain and West Germany Using Longitudinal Data

Welfare for the Unemployed in Britain and Germany - Who benefits? (Dissertation)

Job Insecurity and Future Labour Market Outcomes

Women's Roles and Women's Poverty (Chapter 11)

Unemployment and health in context and comparison: a study of Canada, Germany and the United States of America (Thesis)

This thesis explores how societal-level factors influence the relationship between unemployment and health. Using the Varieties of Capitalism (VOC) framework, hypotheses are developed that specify how this relationship may vary across high-income countries. Economies of high-income countries are grouped into coordinated market (CMEs) and liberal market (LMEs) economies that have different production ...

How Society Shapes the Health Gradient: Work-Related Health Inequalities in a Comparative Perspective

Analyses in comparative political economy have the potential to contribute to understanding health inequalities within and between societies. This article uses a varieties of capitalism approach that groups high-income countries into coordinated market economies (CME) and liberal market economies (LME) with different labor market institutions and degrees of employment and unemployment protection that ...

Unemployment and Mortality: A Comparative Study of Germany and the United States

Objectives. We examined the relationship between unemployment and mortality in Germany, a coordinated market economy, and the United States, a liberal market economy. Methods. We followed 2 working-age cohorts from the German Socio-economic Panel and the US Panel Study of Income Dynamics from 1984 to 2005. We defined unemployment as unemployed at the time of survey. We used discrete-time survival analysis, ...

Market, State, and the Quality of New Self-Employment Jobs among Men in the U.S. and Western Germany

Recent scholarship suggests that a new form of low-quality, contingent self-employment is taking hold in postindustrial economies. Using longitudinal data on men from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics and theGerman Socio-Economic Panel, I find that on average men in Germany and the U.S. do not fare poorly in self-employment, and in both countries a substantial number of new self-employment jobs offer ...

Pathways into Self-Employment in the United States and Germany

Using longitudinal data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics and the German Socio-Economic Panel, this research compares pathways into self-employment among men and women in the United States and Western Germany. Academic and vocational credentials are more important for stabilizing self-employment in the United States than in Germany, where the lack of credentials is a significant deterrent to ...