Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

The Joint Distribution of Income and Wealth

Do the Elderly Reduce Housing Equity? An International Comparison

Studying Justice: Measurement, Estimation, and Analysis of the Actual Reward and the Just Reward

Comparative Analysis of Family Benefits in Germany, Belgium, France, Great-Britain and Luxembourg

Measurement of the Income Distribution: An Academic User's View

The British Household Panel Survey and its income data

This paper provides a self-contained introduction to the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS), concentrating on aspects relevant to analysis of the distribution of household income. I discuss BHPS design features and how data on net household income are derived. The BHPS net household income definition is modelled on that used in Britain’s official personal income distribution statistics (Households ...

New Directions in the Analysis of Inequality and Poverty

Why are Child Poverty Rates Higher in Britain than in Germany? A Longitudinal Perspective

We analyze why child poverty rates were much higher in Britain than in Western Germany during the 1990s, using a framework focusing on poverty transition rates. Child poverty exit rates were significantly lower, and poverty entry rates significantly higher, in Britain. We decompose these cross-national differences into differences in the prevalence of “trigger events” (changes in household composition, ...

Child poverty in Britain and Germany

Children in Poverty - A British-German Comparison for the 1990s