Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

Who is most likely to be poor in Germany

Accounting for Poverty Differences between the United States, Great Britain, and Germany

Variance Estimation for Generalized Entropy and Atkinson Inequality Indices: the Complex Survey Data Case

Income Inequality: Can Employment Changes Explain Rising Income Inequality in Germany?

From 2000 to 2005, Germany experienced an unprecedented rise in net equivalized income inequality and poverty. At the same time, unemployment rose to record levels and overall employment stagnated, suggesting that changes in households’ conditional employment outcomes were partly responsible for the inequality increase observed. Using DiNardo /Fortin /Lemieux’s semiparametric kernel density reweighting ...

Understanding Rising Income Inequality in Germany, 1999/2000–2005/2006

We examine the factors behind rising income inequality in Europe's most populous economy. From 1999/2000 to 2005/2006, Germany experienced an unprecedented rise in net equivalized income inequality and poverty. At the same time, unemployment rose to record levels, part-time and marginal part-time work grew, and there was evidence for a widening distribution of labor incomes. Other factors that ...

SDC - The GSOEP Data Cleaner: A Programm Package for Generating New Income Data from the Original Data in the German Socio-Economic Panel

The Struggle between Equity and Efficiency: Evidence from the Luxembourg Income Study

Area Variations in Income, and in Poverty, across the EU

Patterns of poverty across Europe

A Comparison of the Main Household Income Surveys for Germany: EVS and SOEP