Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

It’s a Woman’s World? Occupational Structure and the Rise of Female Employment in Germany

Wir analysieren, ob der Anstieg der weiblichen Erwerbsbeteiligung in Deutschland in den letzten Jahrzehnten durch den technischen Fortschritt erklärt werden kann, der die Nachfrage nach nicht-routinemäßigen sozialen und kognitiven Fähigkeiten erhöht, die traditionell den Frauen zugeschrieben werden. Dazu untersuchen wir, welche Aufgabengruppen und Berufe den Anstieg des Frauenanteils treiben und wie ...

Does Performance Pay Increase the Risk of Worker Loneliness?

Increased wages and productivity associated with performance pay can be beneficial to both employers and employees. However, performance pay can also entail unintended consequences for workers’ well-being. This study is the first to systematically examine the association between performance pay and loneliness, a significant social well-being concern. Using representative survey data from Germany, I ...

Dyadic analyses of the effects of atypical work arrangements and employment insecurity on the institutionalization of intimate relationships: Outline of the DFG-funded research project DAUPIN

The main research question of the DAUPIN project is how atypical employment constellations of couples affect perceptions of economic insecurity and couples’ decisionmaking. In particular, the project examines whether the man’s fixed-term employment changes the female’s perceptions of economic insecurity and family-related decisions, and whether the female’s permanent employment compensates for economic ...

Justice and Fairness in Europe : Topline results from Round 9 of the European Social Survey

Basic social justice orientations—measuring order-related justice in the European Social Survey Round 9

Individuals hold normative ideas about the just distribution of goods and burdens within a social aggregate. These normative ideas guide the evaluation of existing inequalities and refer to four basic principles: (1) Equality stands for an equal distribution of rewards and burdens. While the principle of (2) need takes individual contributions into account, (3) equity suggests a distribution based ...

Potential and temporariness of EU migration: the experience of Germany

Does perceived social cohesion moderate the effect of parental stressors on depressive symptoms? A longitudinal, multi-level analysis before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

Perceived social cohesion (PSC) is a protective factor for mental health. Yet, evidence on social mechanisms influencing mental health is scarce. We examined the moderating role of PSC between parental stressors and depressive symptoms before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. We performed a multilevel moderated linear regression analysis using German Socio-Economic Panel (G-SOEP) data to investigate ...

Cognitive Pretest of a Factorial Survey Experiment on Future Narratives and Family Care

Within the Preparation Module for the Einstein Center for Population Diversity (ECPD), diverse research institutions came together to provide new survey instruments for the innovation sample in the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP-IS). With the goal of collecting insightful information about future narratives and family care, central topics of the ECPD research endeavor, factorial survey was chosen ...

Perceived discrimination among migrants in Germany: Does social capital moderate harmful effects on mental health?

Background The harmful mental health effects of perceived discrimination for migrant populations are well established. The potential buffering effect of regional-level social capital, however, has not previously been explored. Methods Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP; 2009–2018) we apply multilevel models to assess the effect of frequent or infrequent perceived discrimination on ...

Emotional problems and peer victimization in adolescents born very preterm and full-term: Role of self-control skills in childhood

The aim of the current study was to examine whether self-control skills in childhood moderate the association between very preterm birth (<32 weeks of gestational age) and emotional problems and peer victimization in adolescence. We used data from four prospective cohort studies, which included 29,378 participants in total (N = 645 very preterm; N = 28,733 full-term). Self-control was mother-reported ...