Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

Temporary Workers - Their Employment Conditions and Prospects

Changes in the patterns of poverty duration in Germany: relieve of poverty or new poverty traps?

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, this study explores how the duration of poverty and its determinants evolved in Germany between the early 1990s and the late 2000s. To do this, we split the overall period of interest into a set of six-year long rolling windows and use them to document changes in the incidence and length of poverty episodes over time. A joint modeling of poverty and ...

The Role of Empathy and Life Satisfaction in Internet and Smartphone Use Disorder

Recent studies have yielded initial evidence for an association between Internet Use Disorder (IUD), empathy, and life satisfaction. In the present study we sought to replicate these previous findings, and then to extend this research by also examining the relationship between empathy, life satisfaction, and the related phenomenon of Smartphone Use Disorder (SUD). The present study included independent ...

The economic returns of bonding and bridging social capital for immigrant men in Germany

Using longitudinal data, this paper analyses the effect of different forms of social capital on the likelihood of employment and the occupational status of first generation immigrant men in Germany. This allows me to examine to what extent social capital of the bonding and the bridging types yield different returns. The study considers how contacts with natives, co-ethnic ties and family-based social ...

Immigrant Performance in the Labour Market: Bonding and Bridging Social Capital (Dissertation)

This definitive study offers an in-depth analysis of the role of social capital in Western labor markets. To address the vital question of how migrants take advantage of social relations between indigenous people and their own ethnic group, Bram Lancee surveys the impact of various forms of social capital on the integration of immigrants into their new labor markets in Germany and the Netherlands, ...

Job search methods and immigrant earnings: A longitudinal analysis of the role of bridging social capital

This paper analyses how finding a new job affects the earnings of immigrants. I hypothesize that job changes are more successful for individuals who have access to bridging social capital. Using data from the German Socio-economic Panel (1996–2011), fixed-effects models show that finding a new job results in higher earnings only when immigrants have both native German friends and high levels of human ...

The German Socio-Economic Panel: How It All Began

Biomarkers in the proposed UK Longitudinal Household Study

Social Stratification and Political Articulation: Why Attitudinal Class Differences Vary Across Countries

The Party Identification of Germany's Immigrant Population: Parties Should Not Fear Eased Naturalization Requirements

Individuals with a migration background represent a steadily increasing percentage of Germany's population. Although the majority of individuals with migration background lack German citizenship and are therefore unable to vote, the number of naturalized immigrants continues to rise. Accordingly, political parties have been showing greater interest in this group of potential voters. Data from ...