Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

Social mobility, accumulation of disadvantages and health. An analysis with retrospective data from the GSOEP (2002–14)

Socioeconomic position (SEP) in different life stages is related to health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Yet, research on the relevance of life course processes is scarce. This study aims to analyse the association between accumulation of disadvantages, social mobility and HRQoL. Methods: Analyses were conducted using population-averaged panel-data models and are based on data from the German Socio-Economic ...

He's a Chip Off the Old Block - The Persistence of Occupational Choices Across Generations

The purpose of this paper is to assess if parents exert an influence on the occupation choices of their children. Using data from the German Socioeconomic Panel (SOEP), we find a high persistency of occupational decisions across fathers and children using nested and conditional logit models. To separate effects related to genetic factors (nature) and parental education or role models (nurture), we ...

The kernel-location approach: A new non-parametric approach to the analysis of downward nominal wage rigidity in micro data

Downward nominal wage rigidity in Europe: an analysis of European micro data from the ECHP 1994–2001

This paper substantially extends the available evidence on downward nominal wage rigidity in the European Union (EU) and the Euro Area. We develop an econometric multi-country model based on Kahn’s (Am Econ Rev 87(5):993–1008, 1997) histogram-location approach and apply it to employee micro data from the European Community Household Panel for 12 of the EU’s member states. Our estimates for the degree ...

How Real are Wage Rigidities in Europe? An Analysis of European Micro Data from ECHP 1994-2001

A Semi-Parametric Analysis of Downward Nominal Wage Rigidity in the GSOEP 1984-2000

Task-Biased Changes of Employment and Remuneration: The Case of Occupations

Different empirical studies suggest that the structure of employment in the U.S. and Great Britain tends to polarise into "good" and "bad" jobs. We provide updated evidence that polarisation also occurred in Germany since the mid-1980s until 2008. Using representative panel data, we show that this trend corresponds to a task bias in employment changes: routine jobs have lost relative ...

Does Institutional Diversity Account for Pay Rules in Germany and Belgium?

This article examines the relationship between institutions and the remuneration of different jobs by comparing the German and Belgian labour markets with respect to a typology of institutions (social representations, norms, conventions, legislation and organizations). The observed institutional differences between the two countries lead to the hypotheses of (I) higher overall pay inequality in Germany; ...

The Dynamics of Task-Biased Technological Change :The Case of Occupations

This article uses detailed German household panel data to address important unresolved issuesrelated to task-biased technological change. Implementing a task-based model of occupationalemployment and earnings, results show that the task composition of occupations in 1985 issignificantly associated with relative employment changes and accounts at least partially for thejob polarisation that occurred ...

Performance Appraisals and Job Satisfaction

The research in this article is focused on formal performance appraisals (PA), one of the most important human resource management practices in firms. In detail, the study analyzes the effect of PAs on employees’ overall job satisfaction. We are able to differentiate between appraisals that are linked to monetary outcomes, such as bonus payments and promotions, and appraisals that have no monetary ...