Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

The kernel-location approach: A new non-parametric approach to the analysis of downward nominal wage rigidity in micro data

Downward nominal wage rigidity in Europe: an analysis of European micro data from the ECHP 1994–2001

This paper substantially extends the available evidence on downward nominal wage rigidity in the European Union (EU) and the Euro Area. We develop an econometric multi-country model based on Kahn’s (Am Econ Rev 87(5):993–1008, 1997) histogram-location approach and apply it to employee micro data from the European Community Household Panel for 12 of the EU’s member states. Our estimates for the degree ...

How Real are Wage Rigidities in Europe? An Analysis of European Micro Data from ECHP 1994-2001

A Semi-Parametric Analysis of Downward Nominal Wage Rigidity in the GSOEP 1984-2000

Obesity and Happiness

This article provides insight on the relationship between individual obesity and happiness levels. Using the latest available panel data from Germany German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), UK British Household Panel Survey (BHPS), and Australia Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA), we examine whether there is statistical evidence on the impact of overweight on subjective well-being. ...

The Right to Part-Time: Practical Implications from the Managerial Point of View

In 2001 the employee’s right to reduce working-time according to their own preferences was implemented in Germany. This legal title hardly effects the slowly but steadily growing number of part-time jobs. Nevertheless, data from the socioeconomic panel suggest that about 25% of employees wish to reduce their workingtime even if this is associated with a loss of income. The HR-manager is seen as a mediator ...

Same Same but Different – Changing Career Expectations in Germany?

Contemporary career research assumes more flexible career patterns implying increased job mobility. However, there is growing doubt that the proclaimed change is as drastic as has been suggested. We provide empirical evidence on career expectations in Germany between 1999 and 2009, arguing that objective career mobility is both a) mirrored by and b) a consequence of such expectations. Using data from ...

A quarter of a century of job transitions in Germany

By examining trends in intra-organizational and inter-organizational job transition probabilities among professional and managerial employees in Germany, we test the applicability of mainstream career theory to a specific context and challenge its implied change assumption. Drawing on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), we apply linear probability models to show the influence of time, ...

Local Likelihood estimation and bias reduction in varying-coefficient models

Duration of unemployment in Germany and the UK: A case study of nonparametric hazard models and penalized spines (mimeo)

The paper investigates unemployment behaviour in Germany and the UK between 1995 and 2005 based on data from national panel studies. The study focuses on the investigation of covariate effects like gender, age and education on the duration of unemployment. Dynamic duration time models are used in which covariate effects are allowed to vary smoothly with unemployment duration. The intention of the paper ...