Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

Short-Run and Long-Term Effects of Childbirth on Mothers' Employment and Working Hours Across Institutional Regimes: An Empirical Analysis Based on the European Community Household Panel

Future public pensions and changing employment patterns across birth cohorts

We analyse the impacts of changing employment patterns and pension reforms on the future level of public pensions across birth cohorts in Germany. The analysis is based on a microsimulation model and a rich data set that combines household survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) and process-produced microdata from the German pension insurance. We account for cohort effects in ...

Income, income, or income? The effects of different income measures on health in a national survey

Background - The effects of six income types (household post-government income, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development-weighted household post-government income, individual net income, corrected monthly household income and household net income from wages) on subjective health were compared in order to examine to what extent their effects are different. Methods - Data from the German ...

Chances of Employment in a Population of Women and Men After Surgery of Congenital Heart Disease: Comparisons between Patients and the General Population

Objective. It was examined whether women and men (17–45 years) with operated congenital heart disease differ with respect to chances of employment. Patients were compared with the general population. Design. Patients (n = 314) were classified by type of surgery (curative, reparative, palliative) as indicator of initial severity of disease. The second classification was performed according to a system ...

Life chances after surgery of congenital heart disease: the influence of cardiac surgery on intergenerational social mobility. A comparison between patients and general population data

Nonresponse in Panel Surveys - A Review of Adjustment Techniques

A latent Markov Model for poverty analysis: the case of the GSOEP

Have labour market reforms at the turn of the millenium changed job durations of the new entrants? A comparative study for Germany and Italy

According to the aims of the labour market reforms of the 90s implemented in many European countries, workers may stay at their first job for a shorter time, but should be able to switch jobs easily. This would generate a trade-off between job opportunities and job stability. This paper addresses this issue using administrative longitudinal data for Germany and Italy, taken as representative examples ...

Why Do Women Married To Unemployed Men Have Low Participation Rates?

Policy Uncertainty and Precautionary Savings