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From Concurrent to Push-To-Web Mixed-Mode: Experimental Design Change in the German Social Cohesion Panel

Research shows that concurrent and sequential self-administered mixed-mode designs both have advantages and disadvantages in terms of panel survey recruitment and maintenance. Since concurrent mixed-mode designs usually achieve higher initial response rates at lower bias than sequential mixed mode designs, the former may be ideal for panel recruitment. However, concurrent designs produce a high share ...

Gender Effect on relative concerns

This thesis investigates whether there is a gender difference on the relative income effect, evaluated using subjective well-being data as a proxy for individual utility. The data set we use is a cross section of SOEP (the Socio-Economic Panel) of Germany collected during the last decade (2010-2019). We estimate subjective well-being regressions in which we control for the absolute level of income, ...

Gendered pathways to wealth? The self-assessed relevance of different accumulation channels among women and men across the wealth distribution

Wealth inequality results from stratified access to accumulation opportunities, relating to differences in income, financial behavior, and transfers. Yet, it remains unclear whether these wealth accumulation channels differ in their perceived relevance for women and men along the wealth distribution. A deeper understanding of such perceptions is crucial for explaining attitudes toward inequality, shaping ...

German basketball coaches' life satisfaction compared to that of teachers, managers, and the general population: Derivatives for sports practice and sustainable education

This study investigates the life satisfaction of basketball coaches, addressing a gap in research on sports professionals. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), it examines life satisfaction scores among basketball coaches, categorized by license level, and compares them to teachers and managers. While previous research leads to the assumption of above-average life satisfaction of ...

German dialect regions as spatial units: a data analysis instrument

Although Standard German is the official language and the language of the majority in Germany, regional varieties of German are prominent in the country. German dialects show a regional distribution that does not coincide with administrative borders. In this article, we present an instrument that we created for analyzing linguistic survey data regionally. This instrument can also be used for analyzing ...

IAB-BAMF-SOEP Survey of Refugees – 2023: Sampling, Nonresponse, and Weighting of the Sample M9

IAB-SOEP-Migration – 2023: Sampling, Nonresponse, and Weighting of the Sample M8c

Intergenerational Class Mobility of Labour Market Entrants in Germany and the UK since the 1950s

This study examines over-time trends in intergenerational class mobility based on cohorts of labour market entrants in Germany and the UK since the 1950s. We calculate absolute and relative mobility rates, separately for men and women, using the German Socio-Economic Panel (1984–2016), the UK Household Longitudinal Study (2009–2016), and the UK Labour Force Survey (2014–2017). Regarding absolute mobility, ...

Polygenic Associations With Educational Attainment in East Versus West Germany: Differences Emerge After Reunification

Using a DNA-based polygenic index, we explored geographical and historical differences in polygenic associations with educational attainment in East and West Germany around the time of reunification. This index was derived from a prior genome-wide association study on educational attainment in democratic countries. In 1,930 individuals aged 25 to 85 years from the SOEP-G[ene] cohort, the magnitude ...

Publishing Fine-Grained Standardized Metadata – Lessons Learned from Three Research Data Centers

FAIRness of research data largely depends on the availability of rich and standardized metadata. While such metadata is commonly available at the study level, fine-grained metadata, especially for tabular scientific data, is often lacking (Wenzig/Han 2024). In a project funded by KonsortSWD-NFDI4Society, three research data centers (SOEP, LIfBi, and DZHW) investigate what is required to convert existing ...