Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

The impact of psychological traits on performance in sequential tournaments: Evidence from a tennis field experiment

In order to analyze if heterogeneity in psychological traits affects individual performance in sequential tournaments, we conducted a tennis field experiment. In the experiment, we also varied the payment schemes (individual, team, competition) to control for moderating effects of different incentives. Team incentives, risk taking, and self-esteem reduced performance whereas a preference towards competition ...

Panel estimates of the wage penalty for maternal leave

The focus of this paper is the size of the wage penalty due to maternal leave incurred by working mothers in Germany. Existing estimates suggest large penalties with little rebound over time. We apply recent panel data methods designed to address problems of sample selectivity, unobserved heterogeneity and endogeneity to German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) data. Heckman's classic treatment of ...

Bericht der Bundesregierung zur Lebensqualität in Deutschland

Der Bericht der Bundesregierung zur Lebensqualität beschreibt in zwölf Dimensionen und mit 46 Indikatoren die Lebensqualität in Deutschland. Für die Auswahl der Dimensionen und Indikatoren waren die Ergebnisse eines halbjährigen konsultativen Bürgerdialogs maßgeblich. Zudem hat die Bundesregierung Erkenntnisse der Forschung zur Lebensqualität sowie nationale und internationale Referenzprojekte wie ...

Comparative Income Distribution in Two Welfare Regimes: The impacts of household and labour market change in Britain and Germany

Report on attrition analysis and item non-response

Item Non-response in the ECHP

THE Stress Cost of Children on Moms and Dads

We use longitudinal data describing couples in Australia from 2001-12 and Germany from 2002-12 to examine how demographic events affect perceived time and financial stress. Consistent with the view of measures of stress as proxies for the Lagrangean multipliers in models of household production, we show that births increase time stress, especially among mothers, and that the effects last at least several ...

Part-Time Work in EU Countries: Labour Market Mobility, Entry and Exit

How Care Work Employment Shapes Earnings in a Cross-National Perspective

The Motherhood Penalty in Cross-National Perspective: The Importance of Work-Family Policies and Cultural Attitudes

Mothers’ employment and earnings partly depend on social policies and cultural norms supporting work-family balance. While policies regarding parental leave and childcare may assist families in combining work and care, are these policies related to the economic penalties for motherhood? Using original social policy data with micro data from the Luxembourg Income Study, we examine relationships between ...