New Dataset: SOEP-Core Data 1984-2023 (v40) available now

Publication of June 27, 2025

All registered data users can now order the latest data v40 (DOI: 10.5684/soep.core.v40eu) via our online order form.

In German: http://www.diw.de/SOEPbestellung
In English: http://www.diw.de/SOEPorder

Important news for v40:

  • New samples: With the migration sample M8c and the refugee sample M9, two new samples were added to the SOEP data in cooperation with IAB and BAMF.
  • Several data set errors were fixed, weights updated, and variables integrated.
  • There are three new data sets: YOUTHL, GKAL, and LKAL.
  • There is now a template data set available to explore the linking possibilities of SOEP and FDZ—RV data.

Further details on data delivery can be found as a supplied "WhatsNew" document in the data package or here.

SOEP Community Management

Philipp Kaminsky, and Antonia Meier
User support and contract management for the Research Data Center of the SOEP in the German Socio-Economic Panel study Department

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