Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

Überstundenabbau: Ein erfolgreiches Konzept zur Erhöhung der Beschäftigung? - Neue Forschungsergebnisse des IZA

A League Table of Child Poverty in Rich Nations

Hilda Survey in 2007

Hilda Survey Wave 11 Top-Up Response Rate Surpasses Expectation

Good Neighbours

Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey Annual Report 2006

Low Occupational Prestige and Internal Migration in Germany

This paper assesses a recent prediction of the theoretical migration literature, according to which migration may be driven by a desire to avoid social humiliation arising from occupational stigma. To this end, we study the residential mobility of workers in occupations with relatively low prestige using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). In order to capture low occupational prestige, ...

Child poverty in perspective: An overview of child well-being in rich countries

Cost-Benefit Analysis of Immigration: Foreigners Living in Germany Are Net Contributors to Public Budgets

Smaller Differences in Bigger Cities? Assessing the Regional Dimension of the Gender Wage Gap

Although structural determinants have been emphasized for explaining wage differences between men and women, the role of regional opportunity structures still warrants research. This investigation focuses on the relevance of urban labour markets and agglomeration effects for the spatial variation in the gender wage gap and provides comprehensive insights into the underlying mechanisms by combining ...