Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

Maternal mental health and adverse birth outcomes

Recent research in economics emphasizes the role of in utero conditions for the health endowment at birth and in early childhood and for social as well as economic outcomes in later life. This paper analyzes the relation between maternal mental health during pregnancy and birth outcomes of the child. In particular, we analyze the relationship between maternal mental health during pregnancy and the ...

Chapter 24: Pre- and perinatal influences on intergenerational transmission of inequality

Many researchers argue that children in poorer households are at a higher risk of adverse conditions in-utero and shortly after birth, which in turn could affect their later-life outcomes negatively. In this article, we present a summary of recent articles that have contributed to a better understanding of the relevance of prenatal and perinatal outcomes on the process of intergenerational transmission ...

Relative education of recent refugees in Germany and the Middle East: Is selectivity reflected in migration and destination decisions?

In this paper, relative education profiles of recent refugees arriving to Germany from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan are described and compared to the profiles of Syrians in Jordan and Lebanon and of internally displaced Iraqis. Relative education describes a migrant's position in the educational distribution of the origin population. For recent refugees, relative education could be reflected in ...

Spatial overlap: trade-offs in refugees' residential choices

Social science research gives rise to what we call the 'refugee mobility puzzle': While restrictions on the freedom of residence limit refugees' socio-economic integration, those who do not face such restrictions often move to areas with high unemployment that similarly hinder their labor market prospects. This study addresses a central element of this puzzle: What draws refugees to ...

SHARE Corona Survey 2 Questionnaire Adaptations

Technical report on the 2022 IAB-BiB/FReDA-BAMF-SOEP survey-" Ukrainian refugees in Germany"(Wave 1)

Rental Market Risk and Radical Right Support

A growing literature examines how economic threat affects support for anti-establishment parties. While most existing work focuses on transforming labor markets as a source of anxiety, we advance the literature by studying changes in urban development and rent price appreciation. Our analysis examines the case of Germany, the country with the highest share of rental housing in the European Union. Combining ...

Mitigating adverse social and health impacts of COVID-19 with applied arts

In this project, we analyze whether the arts can mitigate negative impacts of social distancing and isolation on mental health and wellbeing, ease the burden of closed day-care and school facilities on families, and preserve attitudes of solidarity and trust. Using the SOEP-CoV questionnaire, we examine whether experience with music enabled individuals and households to handle social isolation and ...

The Long Way to Gender Equality: Gender Pay Differences in Germany, 1871-2021

This paper provides the first time series of the gender earnings ratio for the full-time employed workforce in Germany since the 1870s and compares Germany’s path with the Swedish and U.S. cases. The industrialization period yielded slow advances in economic gender relations due to women’s delayed inclusion in the industrial workforce. The first half of the 20th century exhibited a marked leap. In ...

Development of German language skills, worries and life satisfaction among refugees during the first year of the Covid 19 pandemic: Fifth wave of the IAB-BAMF-SOEP Survey of Refugees

BAMF Brief Analysis 2|2022 examines how refugees' German skills, as well as worries and satisfaction with life, developed between 2016 and 2020. The analyses place a special focus on developments during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Data from the five waves of the IAB-BAMF-SOEP Survey of Refugees are used to analyse how language acquisition, worries and satisfaction with life developed ...