Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

Capturing Affective Well-Being in Daily Life with the Day Reconstruction Method: A Refined View on Positive and Negative Affect

In the last years, there has been a shift from traditional measurements of affective well-being to approaches such as the day reconstruction method (DRM). While the traditional approaches often assess trait level differences in well-being, the DRM allows examining affective dynamics in everyday contexts. The latter may ultimately explain why some people feel more happy than others (e.g., because they ...

The Returns to Continuous Training in Germany: New Evidence from Propensity Score Matching Estimators

Entrepreneurship in the Region: Breeding Ground for Nascent Entrepreneurs?

Consumption expenditures and subjective well-being: empirical evidence from Germany

The standard of living of persons and households is not only a matter of income, but ultimately depends on the level and quality of their consumption in terms of goods and services purchased. Consumption expenditures can be regarded as the result of decisions based on the demand, preferences and limited economic resources, and are thus manifestations not only of different lifestyles, but also of inequality, ...

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

Adequacy of Social Minimums: Workfare, Gender and Poverty Alleviation in Welfare Democracies

Social Assistance and Minimum Income Protection in the EU: Vulnerability, Adequacy, and Convergence

In this paper social assistance developments are analyzed in a large number of EU member states, including European transition countries and the new democracies of southern Europe. The empirical analysis is based on the unique and recently established SaMip Dataset, which provides social assistance benefit levels for 27 countries from 1990-2005. It is shown that social assistance benefits have had ...