Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

Reciprocity and Workers’ Tastes for Representation

Using unique survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, this study examines the influence of reciprocal inclinations on workers’ sorting into codetermined firms. Employees with strong negative reciprocal inclinations are more likely to work in firms with a works council while employees with strong positive reciprocal inclinations are less likely to work in such firms. We argue that these findings ...

Single Motherhood in East and West Germany: What Can Explain the Differences?

The share of single mothers is higher in East Germany than in West Germany. Using data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), we examine two transmission channels leading to single motherhood, namely out-of-partnership births and separations of couples with minor children. Women in East Germany have both a higher probability of out-of-partnership birth and a higher probability of separation. We find ...

Risk Attitude and Nonmarital Birth

Using data of adult women from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), we find that risk tolerance is associated with a higher probability of an out-of-partnership birth. In contrast, we find no association between risk tolerance and the probability of a cohabiting birth.

Estimating the demand for health care with panel data: a semiparametric Bayesian approach

The Causal Effect of Overqualification on Earnings: Evidence from a Bayesian Approach

European mothers' time spent looking after children - Differences and similarities across nine countries

Heterogeneous returns to personality: the role of occupational choice

We analyze the role of personality in occupational choice and wages using data from Germany for the years 1992 to 2009. Characterizing personality by use of seven complementary measures (Big Five personality traits, locus of control, and a measure of reciprocity), the empirical findings show that personal characteristics are important determinants of occupational choice. Associated with that, identical ...

Researchers Guide to Using the British Household Panel Survey and Other International, Longitudinal Datasets

Child Poverty in Wealthy Countries - Review of 'Child Well-Being, Child Poverty and Child Policy in Modern Nations' by Vleminckx/Smeeding and 'The Dynamics of Child Poverty in Industrialized Countries' by Bradbury et al.

Is Within-Individual Variation in Personality Traits Associated with Changes in Health Behaviours? Analysis of Seven Longitudinal Cohort Studies

Personality traits are related to health behaviours, but it is unknown whether changes in personality would lead to changes in health behaviours. We examined whether naturally occurring, within-individual variation in personality traits over time is associated with corresponding changes in smoking, physical activity, alcohol consumption, and body mass index. Data were from seven longitudinal cohort ...