Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

Differential trends in households’ connection to the Internet: An actor-centered explanation

In this article, an actor-centered model of households’ decision to obtain an Internet connection is set up to explain the diffusion of Internet technology. First, we derive a mechanism based on the demand and supply of online information, services, and goods which drives this diffusion. Afterwards, we link this mechanism to social inequalities with regard to digital technologies and deduce hypotheses ...

How Do Insured Perceive Their Financial Security in the Event of Illness?—A Panel Data Analysis for Germany

Objective There is a lack of research regarding the subjective perception of financial security in the event of illness of insured persons. Therefore, the aim of our study was to analyze the subjective perception of financial security in the event of illness in the German setting over time and to identify major determinants of that perception. Methods We applied a probit-adapted ordinary least squares ...

Estimating Incentive and Welfare Effects of Nonstationary Unemployment Benefits

The distribution of unemployment duration in our equilibrium matching model with spell-dependent unemployment benefits displays time-varying exit rates. Building on semi-Markov processes, we translate these rates into an expression for the aggregate unemployment rate. Structural estimation using German microdata allows us to discuss the effects of an unemployment benefit reform (Hartz IV). The reform ...

Unemployment Benefits and Unemployment Rates of Low-Skilled and Elder Workers in West Germany: A Search Equilibrium Approach

The Use of Respondent Incentives on Longitudinal Surveys

Fiscal Impacts of Immigration on the American and German Welfare States

Immigrant integration: comparative evicence from the United States and Germany

In the comparative literature on immigrant integration, Germany and the United States are frequently placed in distinct and opposing regime categories. Using cross-sectional data from the 1997 German Socio-Economic Panel and the 1997 Panel of Income Dynamics, we compare the process of integration of four generational cohorts of Turks in Germany and Mexicans in the United States, focusing on markets, ...

A rental-equivalence index for owner-occupied housing in West Germany 1985 to 1998

Case study Germany: Global competition, uncertainty and the transition to adulthood (Chapter 3)

Helping with the Kids? How Family-Friendly Workplaces Affect Parental Well-Being and Behavior

Despite political efforts, balancing work and family life is still challenging. This paper provides novel evidence on the effect of firm level interventions that seek to reduce the work–life conflict. The focus is on how childcare support affects the well-being, working time, and caring behaviour of mothers with young children. Since the mid-2000s and pushed by public policies, in Germany an increasing ...