Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

Balancing Work and Family Life in Japan and Four European Countries: Econometric Analyses on Mothers' Employment and Timing of Maternity (Tinbergen Institute Research Series No. 337; Dissertation)

New Mothers' Employment and Public Policy in the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Japan

Employment Options: Japan in Comparative Perspective

Tobacco Control Policies and Smoking Cessation: A Cross-Country Analysis of Men

Welfare States, Real Incomes and Poverty

Government Benefits, Inequality, and Employment

Sources of Equality and Inequality: Wages, Jobs, Households and Redistribution

The High-Employment Route to Low Inequality

This paper surveys the rise of income inequality in affluent nations. Social programs are critical to keeping inequality in check, but their sustainability is increasingly threatened. A possible solution is high levels of employment.

Has Rising Inequality Reduced Middle-Class Income Growth?

Inequality, Public Opinion, and Redistribution

According to the ‘median-voter’ hypothesis, greater inequality in the market distribution of earnings or income tends to produce greater generosity in redistributive policy. We outline the steps in the causal chain specified by the hypothesis and attempt to assess these steps empirically. Prior studies focusing on cross-country variation have found little support for the median-voter model. We examine ...