Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

Male-Female Wage Differentials, Labor Force Attachment and Human-Capital Accumulation in Germany

Estimating Incentive and Welfare Effects of Nonstationary Unemployment Benefits

The distribution of unemployment duration in our equilibrium matching model with spell-dependent unemployment benefits displays time-varying exit rates. Building on semi-Markov processes, we translate these rates into an expression for the aggregate unemployment rate. Structural estimation using German microdata allows us to discuss the effects of an unemployment benefit reform (Hartz IV). The reform ...

Unemployment Benefits and Unemployment Rates of Low-Skilled and Elder Workers in West Germany: A Search Equilibrium Approach

The Use of Respondent Incentives on Longitudinal Surveys

Duration and Intensity of Kindergarten Attendance and Secondary School Track Choice

Summary of Young People´s Pathways into Work

Desired Lifetime and End-of-Life Desires Across Adulthood From 20 to 90: A Dual-Source Information Model

On Differentiating Adaptation From Disposition Concepts: The Case of Age-Associated Dynamics of Life Satisfaction

Short assessment of the Big Five: robust across survey methods except telephone interviewing

We examined measurement invariance and agerelated robustness of a short 15-item Big Five Inventory (BFI–S) of personality dimensions, which is well suited for applications in large-scale multidisciplinary surveys. The BFI–S was assessed in three different interviewing conditions: computer-assisted or paper-assisted face-to-face interviewing, computer-assisted telephone interviewing, and a self-administered ...

Forecasting Life Satisfaction Across Adulthood: Benefits of Seeing a Dark Future?

Anticipating one’s future self is a unique human capacity that contributes importantly to adaptation and health throughout adulthood and old age. Using the adult lifespan sample of the national German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP; N > 10,000, age range 18-96 years), we investigated age-differential stability, correlates, and outcomes of accuracy in anticipation of future life satisfaction across six ...