Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

Rising Inequality and the Politics of Redistribution in Affluent Countries

Regional structures and mobility dispositions: A multilevel proportional- & partial-proportional odds approach

In the light of persistent regional disparities in Germany, a wide range of studies discuss the role of regional characteristics in explaining the mobility behavior of individuals. Although multi-stage mobility theories underline the importance of regional structures particularly within the first stage of the decision-making process – whereas the actual mobility behavior is often seen as being dependent ...

Modeling Mobility Dispositions from a Multilevel Perspective

The present study models mobility dispositions as a function of individual-level as well as regional covariates and includes interactions between these two levels. With this approach, some light can be shed on the underlying mechanisms concerning regional structures in the decision-making process of regional mobility. The empirical findings exhibit considerable main and interaction effects regarding ...

Tree-based Machine Learning Methods for Survey Research

Predictive modeling methods from the field of machine learning have become a popular tool across various disciplines for exploring and analyzing diverse data. These methods often do not require specific prior knowledge about the functional form of the relationship under study and are able to adapt to complex non-linear and non-additive interrelations between the outcome and its predictors while focusing ...

Comparing Coefficients of Nonlinear Multivariate Regression Models Between Equations

The present study discusses the usage of non-linear constraints in regression models with multiple categorical outcomes. With this approach, effect differences between equations are made accessible to statistical tests while potential differences in residual variation are explicitly taken into account. In this context, it can be shown that the techniques reviewed by Williams (2010) are conjointly equivalent ...

Modelling Decision-Making Processes of Regional Mobility in a Dyadic Framework

Analysing mobility decisions has been on the research agenda of various disciplines for many years, resulting in a diversity of conceptual and statistical approaches. However, previous empirical studies typically model regional mobility from an actor-centred perspective which lacks to take the contextual embeddedness of individuals in regions and partnerships into account. Against this background, ...

Early-Life Circumstances Predict Measures of Trust among Adults: Evidence from Hunger Episodes in Post-War Germany

Can a major shock in childhood permanently shape trust? We consider a hunger episode in Germany after WWII and construct a measure of hunger exposure from official data on caloric rations set monthly by the occupying forces, providing regional and temporal variation. We correlate hunger exposure with measures of trust using data from a nationally representative sample of the German population. We show ...

Internet-Based Hedonic Indices of Rents and Prices for Flats: Example of Berlin

Indirect Sampling: A Review of Theory and Recent Applications

Survey practitioners regularly face the task to draw a sample from a (sub-) population for which no sampling frame exists. Indirect sampling might be a way out in such situations, given that connections exist between the target population and another population for which probability sampling is feasible. While the theory of indirect sampling originated in the context of household panel studies, a wider ...

Anti-Poverty Effectiveness of Taxes and Income Transfers in Welfare States