Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

Developments in the Measurement of Subjective Well-Being

People do not adapt to income changes: A re-evaluation of the dynamic effects of (reference) income on life satisfaction with GSOEP and UKHLS data

Do people adapt to changes in income? This paper shows that there is no evidence of adaptation to income in GSOEP (1984-2015) and UKHLS (1996-2015) data. Following the empirical approach of Vendrik (2013), I arrive at this surprising answer by estimating (dynamic) life satisfaction equations, in which I simultaneously enter contemporaneous and lagged terms for a respondent’s own household income and ...

Income Taxation and the Supply of Labour in West Germany

Job Satisfaction: A Comparison of Standard, Non-Standard, and Self-Employment Patterns across Europe with a Special Note to the Gender/Job Satisfaction Paradox

Standard and non-standard employment: gender and modernisation in European labour markets

On the Edge of the Millennium (1994-2001): Transitional Labor Markets in Europe with a Special Note on the Employment-Family Crunch

Female Labor Market Transitions in Europe

Gender-job satisfaction differences across Europe: An indicator for labor market modernization

Job Satisfaction and Public Service Motivation

Based on a unique case study-dataset, the paper analyses job satisfaction and public service motivation in Germany. A special issue of the investigation is related to the evaluation of performance pay scales that were introduced some years ago to German public employees within the frame of fostering New Public Management. The findings display a general dominance of intrinsic motivators. Additionally, ...

Exits from Unemployment Spells in Germany and the United Kingdom: A Cross-National Comparison based on institutional background information and the Use of Panel-Data (1990-1996)