Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

Seniority in Germany: New Evidence on Returns to Tenure for Male Full-time Workers

The East German wage structure after transition

We extend the literature on transition economies' wage structures by investigating the returns to tenure and experience. This study applies recent panel data and estimation approaches that control for hitherto neglected biases. We compare the life-cycle structure of East and West German wages for fulltime employed men in the private sector. The patterns in the returns to seniority are similar ...

Sharing resources within the household: a multi-country microsimulation analysis of the determinants of intrahousehold "strategic weight" differentials and their distributional outcomes

Labour Supply and Inequality Trends in the U.S.A. and Elsewhere

How Much does Work Matter for Inequality? Time, Money and Inequality in International Perspective

Poverty Levels in the Developed World

Time, Money and Inequality in International Perspective

Understanding Growth and Inequality Trend: The Role of Labour Supply in the USA and Germany

Remittances of Guest Workers to their Home Countries: An Econometric Analysis

Emotional Prosperity and the Stiglitz Commission

This paper argues – in line with the proposals of the recent Stiglitz Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress – that we should now be measuring a nation’s emotional prosperity rather than its economic prosperity (that is, we ought to focus on the level of mental well-being not the number of pounds in people’s bank accounts). The paper reviews recent ideas in this field. ...