Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

Lessons from Building and Using Euromod

Social Indicators and other Income Statistics using EUROMOD: an assessment of the 2001 baseline and changes 1998-2001

Marginal employment for welfare recipients: stepping stone or obstacle?

Marginal employment (ME) is one of the largest forms of atypical employment in Germany. We analyse whether ME has a ‘stepping stone’ function for unemployed individuals, i.e., whether ME increases the subsequent probability of regular employment. We find differing treatment effects by unemployment duration. According to our results, ME increases the likelihood of regular employment within a 3-year ...

Income Inequality and Education from ECHP Data

Pension Systems - Sustainability and Distributional Effects in Germany and the United Kingdom (Ph.D. thesis)

Job Mismatches and Labour Market Outcomes: Panel Evidence on Australian University Graduates

The interpretation of graduate mismatch manifested either as overeducation or as overskilling remains problematical. This paper uses annual panel information on both educational and skills mismatches uniquely found in the HILDA survey to analyse the relationship of both mismatches with pay, job satisfaction and job mobility. We find that overeducation and overskilling are distinct phenomena with different ...

Center for Sociology and the Study of Life Course

Fertility Assimilation of Immigrants - A Varying Coefficient Count Data Model

The German experience in longitudinal population studies

Public pensions in Italy and Germany: a comparison based on panel data