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Estimation of intergenerational mobility in small samples: evidence from German survey data

Using data from the German socio-economic panel, this paper provides new evidence on intergenerational mobility in Germany by focusing on intergenerational association in ranks—i.e. positions, which parents and children occupy in their respective income distributions. We find that the association of children’s ranks with ranks of their fathers is about 0.242 for individual labor earnings and it is ...

Development of a German EU-SILC Clone

Results of the 2019 SOEP User Survey

An Overview of SOEP Fieldwork in 2019 : Samples A-L1, L2/3 and N-Q

Report from the SOEP Research Data Center

Record Linkage with Administrative Pension Data (SOEP-RV)

The SOEP Migration and Refugee Samples M1-M5

SOEP Innovation Sample (SOEP-IS)

Determinants of public perception of elite sport

Elite sports are associated with values such as fair competition, striving to become better and challenging oneself. These are considered as social benefits. However, integrity issues relating to misuse of doping or corruption challenge this. This paper examines the determinants of public perception of elite sport by means of a survey. Logistic regression modelling assesses the effects of trust, athletes ...

Does the Dream of Home Ownership Rest upon Biased Beliefs? A Test Based on Predicted and Realized Life Satisfaction

The belief that home ownership makes people happy is probably one of the most widespread intuitive theories of happiness. However, whether it is accurate is an open question. Based on individual panel data, we explore whether home buyers systematically overestimate the life satisfaction associated with moving to their privately owned property. To identify potential prediction errors, we compare people’s ...