Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

Economic inequality, poverty, and social exclusion

Ireland's Income Distribution in Comparative Perspective

On the Multidimensionality of Poverty and Social Exclusion

Subjective Well-Being in Germany: Evolutions, Determinants and Policy Implications (Chapter 5)

Poverty and Inequality: Greece and Mediterranean Europe in Comparative Perspective

Conditions of Social Vulnerability, Work and Low Income, Evidence for Spain in Comparative Perspective

The Structure of Income in Elderly Households and Relative Poverty Rates in Japan from the Viewpoint of International Comparisons

The feminization of occupations and change in wages: a panel analysis of Britain, Germany and Switzerland

In the last four decades, women have made major inroads into occupations previously dominated by men. This paper examines whether occupational feminization is accompanied by a decline in wages: Do workers suffer a wage penalty if they remain in, or move into, feminizing occupations? We analzye this question over the 1990s and 2000s in Britain, Germany and Switzerland, using longitudinal panel data ...

Workers’ Movement Out of Declining Occupations in Great Britain, Germany and Switzerland

The employment structure undergoes constant change. Certain occupations grow while others decline under the pressure of technological advances, internationalization and welfare state reforms. This evolution at the aggregate level has been well documented. Our knowledge of how macro-level change in the employment structure is brought about through micro-level career adjustments is less extensive. Drawing ...

Work Family Policies and Poverty for Partnered and Single Women in Europe and North America