Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

Exits from Unemployment Spells in Germany and the United Kingdom: A Cross-National Comparison based on institutional background information and the Use of Panel-Data (1990-1996)

Smoking and the Business Cycle: Evidence from Germany

In this paper, we use data from the German Socio-Economic Panel to investigate the effect on cigarette consumption of macro-economic conditions in the form of regional unemployment rates. The results from our panel data models, several of which control for selection bias, indicate that the propensity to become a smoker increases significantly during an economic downturn, with an approximately 0.7 percentage ...

Tobacco Control Policies and Smoking Cessation: A Cross-Country Analysis of Men

Welfare States, Real Incomes and Poverty

Government Benefits, Inequality, and Employment

Sources of Equality and Inequality: Wages, Jobs, Households and Redistribution

The High-Employment Route to Low Inequality

This paper surveys the rise of income inequality in affluent nations. Social programs are critical to keeping inequality in check, but their sustainability is increasingly threatened. A possible solution is high levels of employment.

Has Rising Inequality Reduced Middle-Class Income Growth?

Inequality, Public Opinion, and Redistribution

According to the ‘median-voter’ hypothesis, greater inequality in the market distribution of earnings or income tends to produce greater generosity in redistributive policy. We outline the steps in the causal chain specified by the hypothesis and attempt to assess these steps empirically. Prior studies focusing on cross-country variation have found little support for the median-voter model. We examine ...

Rising Inequality and the Politics of Redistribution in Affluent Countries