Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

Labour market entry, early employment careers, and prospects for further education and training among the low educated youth in Europe

Income and Wealth Poverty in Germany

In general, poverty measures are estimated by applying income information. However, only using income data for calculating relative poverty might lead to an incomplete view. For example, a household can be under a poverty threshold even if a household member owns real estate or equity. In this thesis, at risk of income poverty in Germany is estimated. In order to get a more complete picture of at risk ...

Changing Class Locations and Partisanship in Germany

Data Analysis Using Stata, Second Edition

Workplace training in Germany and its impact on subjective job security: Short- or long-term returns?

Based on data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) study, this article analyses the effects of workplace training in Germany on subjective job security. Using fixed-effects models, this article tests whether workplace training has positive effects on perceived job security, and if so, whether the returns are of a short- or long-term nature. The results confirm a positive effect of workplace training ...

Rising Wage Dispersion, After All! The German Wage Structure at the Turn of the Century

The Aftermath of Reunification: Sectoral Transition, Gender, and Rising Wage Inequality in East Germany

This article traces the evolution of the East German wage structure throughout the transition period 1992–2001. Wage dispersion has generally been rising. This increase occurred predominantly in the lower part of the wage distribution for women and in the upper part for men. Moreover, the sectoral transition affected female workers to a much larger extent than their male counterparts. A sequential ...

Does a Spouse’s Health Shock Influence the Partner’s Risk Attitudes?

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of a spouse’s health shock on own risk attitudes. A spouse’s health shock (i.e., the occurrence of a severe disease) can influence own expectations about the probability of falling ill. Moreover, an indisposition of the spouse, which may disrupt the ability and efficiency in sharing the everyday responsibilities, can increase mental and financial ...

The Duration of Marginal Employment in West Germany: A Survival Analysis Based on Spell Data

We use data from the German Socio-Economic Panel from 1984 to 1995 to analyze longitudinal aspects of marginal employment (geringfügige Beschäftigung) in West Germany. After discussing problems of identifying marginal employment spells, we document that marginal employment spell vary considerably in the German labor market. Spell duration in our data ranges from one month to 12 years or more. Marginal ...

Length of Coresidence of Elders with Adult Relatives - A Survival Analysis Using GSOEP Data