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IAB-BAMF-SOEP Survey of Refugees

Study Description Dokumentationen The Institute for Employment Research (IAB), the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) at DIW Berlin, and the Research Centre on Migration, Integration, and Asylum of the Federal Office of Migration and Refugees (BAMF-FZ) are working together on a project to survey people who have come to Germany seeking protection from political persecution and violent conflicts. The influx ...

IAB-SOEP Migration Sample

Study Description Documentation on the data The IAB-SOEP Migration Sample is a household survey conducted jointly by the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) and the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) at DIW Berlin. The project aims at overcoming the limitations of previous datasets by drawing a series of samples that take into account changes in the structure of migration to Germany since 1995. Sampling ...

Families in Germany (FID)

Study Description Documentation on the data Families in Germany (FiD) was the first systematic, large-scale evaluation of the entire spectrum of public benefits to married people and families in Germany. The study was commissioned by the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women, and Youth (BMFSFJ) and the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF). The FiD study was designed to provide ...

Career sacrifice for an LGBTQ*-friendly work environment? a choice experiment to investigate the job preferences of LGBTQ* people

Recent research in economics and sociology demonstrates the existence of significant occupational segregation by sexual orientation and gender identity and differences in a range of labor market outcomes, such as hiring chances, earnings, and leadership positions. In this paper, we examine one possible cause of these differences that is associated with the disadvantaged position of sexual and gender ...

Work-sharing for a sustainable economy

Achieving low unemployment in an environment of weak growth is a major policy challenge; a more egalitarian distribution of hours worked could be the key to solving it. Whether work-sharing actually increases employment, however, has been debated controversially. In this article we present stylized facts on the distribution of hours worked and discuss the role of work-sharing for a sustainable economy. ...

SOEP-Core v39 – Codebook for the $PEQUIV File 1984-2022: CNEF Variables with Extended Income Information for the SOEP

Personality traits and participation in holiday trips for people without and with moderate and severe disabilities

This study examines the relationship between personality traits (using the Big Five-Factor model, BFF), and participation and its intensity in holiday trips for German people without and with moderate and severe disabilities. Namely, this study investigates the contribution of the BFF model to understanding this relationship among travellers with different degrees of disability, and fills a gap in ...

Economic Shocks and Populism

We study how voters’ preferences between a safe incumbent and a risky opponent change in the aftermath of a negative aggregate shock. With reference-dependent preferences, economically disappointed voters become risk lovers, and are hence attracted by the more risky candidate. Survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel are consistent with our assumptions and theoretical predictions on voters’ ...

Big five personality traits of medical students and workplace performance in the final clerkship year using an EPA framework

The qualities of trainees play a key role in entrustment decisions by clinical supervisors for the assignments of professional tasks and levels of supervision. A recent body of qualitative research has shown that in addition to knowledge and skills, a number of personality traits are relevant in the workplace; however, the relevance of these traits has not been investigated empirically. The aim of ...

Returns to work following retirement in Germany, Russia, and the United Kingdom

Most unretirement research has focused on single countries, indicating that socio-economic advantage and financial need predict unretirement in particular settings. Remarkably, little is known about whether the frequency and predictors of unretirement—returning to paid work after ceasing work at retirement—vary in relation to the country setting. We followed recent retirees over time in Germany, Russia, ...