Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

Educational Inequality and the Returns to Skills

Research and policy discussion about the diverging fortunes of children from advantaged and disadvantaged households have focused on the skill disparities between these children – how they might arise and how they might be remediated. Analysis of data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health reveals another important mechanism in the determinants of educational attainment – differential ...

The Patterns of Convergence of Eastern German Labor Markets to Western Standards Post-Unification

Returns to education: not until 2005 did East German men do as well as Westeners, but Eastern women did better

Testing Logit Models in Practice

The aim of the paper is to provide the practioner with easily implementable procedures, both numerical and graphical, to test the specification of the dichotomous, linear-in-coefficents logit model. We discuss the performance of these asymptotic methods in small samples on the basis of Monte-Carlo simulations and apply them to a cross-section study of female labour supply in West Germany.

Some Specification Tests for Static Limited Dependent Variable Models Estimated on Panel Data

The Dynamics of Self-Employment in East Germany - An Empirical Analysis Using Panel Data and Allowing for State Dependence and Endogenous Attrition

Effects of Continuous Off-the-job Training in East Germany after Unification: Preliminary Results of an Evaluation of the Effects for Individual Workers

Some Specification Tests for Probit Models Estimated on Panel Data

Parenthood, Gender, and Personal Wealth

This study examines the association between parenthood and the growth of personal wealth of women and men over time. We argue that parenthood creates unique restrictions and opportunity structures for mothers and fathers in terms of personal wealth accumulation. Using rich data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (2002, 2007, 2012; N = 28,650 individuals), we apply random-effects growth curve ...

Falling Out of Love and Down the Housing Ladder: A Longitudinal Analysis of Marital Separation and Home Ownership

We analyse the interdependence between marital separation and home ownership. Past research showed that separations reduce the likelihood of owning a home. We add to this literature by allowing partners to be aware of the risk of separation in our empirical analysis. We analyse (i) residential moves to owned and rented dwellings and (ii) the selection processes between ownership and separation. We ...