Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

Information Asymmetries Between Parents and Educators in German Childcare Institutions

Economic theory predicts market failure in the market for early childhood education and care (ECEC) due to information asymmetries. We empirically investigate information asymmetries between parents and ECEC professionals in Germany, making use of a unique extension of the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP). It allows us to compare quality perceptions by parents and pedagogic staff of 734 ECEC ...

Does Better, Cheaper Day Care Make for More Satisfied Parents?

Following the major expansion of day care provision in recent years, the quality of these programs has increasingly also been the subject of public debate. When evaluating the quality of German day care centers, experts have frequently concluded that there is considerable room for improvement. Apart from considering expert opinions, it is also interesting to look at how parents as guardians rate the ...

Family and Labor Market Policies in Germany: The Well-Being of Working Women

In Germany, women’s participation in the labor market has historically differed from that of men. Despite recent efforts on the part of the federal government to support policies that encourage labor force participation for women, large gender gaps in employment remain. This chapter explores the way historical and cultural trends have led to the differences in labor market status for women in Germany ...

Female Earnings and the Level and Distribution of Household Income in Developed Countries

A Contribution to the Positive Theory of Direct Taxation

Effects of income inequality on population health: new evidence from the European Community Household Panel

Social policy strategies to combat income poverty of children and families in Europe

The Puzzle of Egalitarianism: About the Relationship Between Employment, Wage, Inequality, Social Expenditures and Poverty

Best Practices, or, How to Link Policy Inputs and Well-Being Outcomes: the Role of Policy Input Indicators

The Dynamics of Social Assistence Benefit Receipt in Britain

We analyze the dynamics of social assistance benefit (SA) receipt among working-age adults in Britain between 1991 and 2005. The decline in the annual SA receipt rate was driven by a decline in the SA entry rate, rather than by the SA exit rate (which actually declined too). We examine the determinants of these trends using a multivariate dynamic random effects probit model of SA entry and exit probabilities ...