Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

Do Labour Market Institutions Matter? Micro-Level Wage Effects of International Outsourcing in Three European Countries

This paper studies the impact of outsourcing on individual wages in three European countries with markedly different labour market institutions: Germany, the UK and Denmark. To do so we use individual-level data sets for the three countries and construct comparable measures of outsourcing at the industry level, distinguishing outsourcing by broad region. We discuss some possible intuitive reasons for ...

Offshoring and job loss fears: An econometric analysis of individual perceptions

We quantify the impact of offshoring and other globalisation measures on individual perceptions of job security. For the analysis we combine industry-level offshoring measures with micro-level data from a large German household panel survey and estimate ordinal fixed effects models. Our results indicate that offshoring to low-wage countries significantly raises job loss fears whilst offshoring to high-wage ...

Biography and Life History Data in the German Socio Economic Panel (SOEP, v26, 1984-2009): (SOEP, v26, 1984-2009)

SIR and the GERMAN SOCIO-ECONOMIC PANEL STUDY (SOEP)

Frühjahrsseminar 1999 - Analysis of Time Dependent Data - Introduction to GSOEP (22.2.-26.2.99)

Immigrants in Two Modern Nations - Characteristics of the Foreign and Native Born Populations in Germany and the United States

Income Inequality and Poverty Dynamics in Poland and East-Germany before and under Transition

Income Inequality by Means of Different Income Concepts - The Case of the GDR and German Unification

Persistence of Income Positions under Transition in East Germany

Short Term Living Conditions and Long Term Prospects of Immigrant Children in Germany