Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

How Rising Income Inequality Influenced Economic Growth in Germany

The cumulative growth rate of the German economy since reunification would have been around two percentage points higher if income inequality had remained constant. This is whatsimulations using the DIW Macroeconomic Model have shown. They were made under the assumption that the income distribution dynamics would not be influenced by any feedback effects of economic growth. In 2015, Germany’s real ...

Occupational and Income Mobility Patterns in Eastern Germany Following Unification (Dissertation)

Gender, Migration, Remittances: Evidence from Germany

Remittances and Gender: Theoretical Considerations and Empirical Evidence

In this paper, we focus on network- and gender-specific determinants of remittances, which are often explained theoretically by way of intra-family contracts. We develop a basic formal concept that includes aspects of the transnational network and derive hypotheses from it. For our empirical investigation, we use data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) for the years 2001-2006. Our findings ...

Gender and Remittances: Evidence from Germany

This study focuses on gender-specific determinants of remittances in Germany. The conceptual approach considers gender roles and naturalization to be crucial in the immigrant's decision to remit. For the empirical investigation, the authors use data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) study for the years 2001–6. The findings show, first, that individual income differences in the country ...

Migration and Money - What Determines Remittances? Evidence from Germany

Is Part-time Work a Way to Create Jobs? Working time preferences in west and east Germany

Working Time Preferences in West and East Germany in 1997 - Potential for working time reduction has declined

Hidden Labour Force in Germany

Employment Behaviour Among Women in Germany: Differences Between East and West Persists