Forschung SOEP: Dynamiken von Wohlbefinden und Gesundheit

Personality Traits of Entrepreneurs and the Size of their Firms

In this study, we examine the relationship between personality traits, captured by risk tolerance and the Big Five traits, and firm size, as measured by the number of employees. We show that the personality of entrepreneurs matters for the size of their firm they operate. We use a novel add-on to the German Socio-Economic Panel that includes a sub-sample of owner-managers running larger firms. High ...

School Restrictions during the COVID-19 Pandemic Reduced Women’s Labor Supply

The COVID-19 pandemic provides a unique context for understanding how parents balance labor supply and childcare when schools close. Although school restrictions in Germany left most workers unaffected, households with children of elementary school age redistributed their labor: Full-time employment among mothers who had only children of elementary school age fell by four to five percentage points ...

The Intergenerational Association between Migration and Early Childhood Development in Germany: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study of Forced and Voluntary Migrant Families (2004–2021)

Background: Family migration shapes early childhood development (ECD), but the link between parental voluntary versus forced migration experiences and ECD remains underexplored. Germany, with its diverse migration streams, offers an opportunity to investigate this interrelation. Objective: This study examines the link between parental migration status and ECD of children aged 2–4 and investigates ...

Schulbeschränkungen in der Corona-Pandemie senkten Arbeitsangebot von Frauen

Die Corona-Pandemie bietet einen einzigartigen Rahmen, um zu verstehen, wie Eltern zwischen Arbeitsangebot und Kinderbetreuung abwägen, wenn Schulen schließen. Obwohl die Schulbeschränkungen in den Jahren 2020/2021 in Deutschland die meisten Arbeitnehmer unberührt ließen, verteilten Haushalte mit Kindern im Grundschulalter die Arbeitskraft neu: Die Vollzeitbeschäftigung der Mütter, die nur Kinder im ...

Corona-Schulschließungen betrafen vor allem Mütter von Grundschulkindern: Interview

Personality Traits of Entrepreneurs and the Size of Their Firms

In this study, we examine the relationship between personality traits, captured by risk tolerance and the Big Five traits, and firm size, as measured by the number of employees. We show that the personality of entrepreneurs matters for the size of their firm they operate. We use a novel add-on to the German Socio-Economic Panel that includes a sub-sample of owner-managers running larger firms. High ...

Personality Traits of Entrepreneurs and the Size of their Firms

In this study, we examine the relationship between personality traits, captured by risk tolerance and the Big Five traits, and firm size, as measured by the number of employees. We show that the personality of entrepreneurs matters for the size of their firm they operate. We use a novel add-on to the German Socio-Economic Panel that includes a sub-sample of owner-managers running larger firms. High ...

Psychische Gesundheit geflüchteter Menschen aus der Ukraine in Deutschland im Vergleich mit anderen Bevölkerungsgruppen: Ergebnisse der IAB-BAMF-SOEP-Befragung 2023

Hintergrund: Bislang ist wenig über die psychische Gesundheit von geflüchteten Menschen aus der Ukraine in Deutschland bekannt. Ziel ist es daher, das Vorliegen einer depressiven (DS) und Angstsymptomatik (AS) bei geflüchteten Menschen aus der Ukraine zu beschreiben, relevante Einflussfaktoren zu identifizieren und die Prävalenzen psychischer Belastungen mit anderen Herkunftsgruppen zu vergleichen. ...

Mental Health of Ukrainian Refugees in Germany Compared to Other Population Groups: Results from the IAB-BAMF-SOEP Survey 2023

Background: To date, little is known about the mental health of Ukrainian refugees living in Germany. Therefore, this study aims to describe the prevalence of depressive (DS) and anxiety symptoms (AS) among refugees from Ukraine, identify relevant associated factors, and compare the prevalence of psychological distress across different groups of origin. Methods: The analyses are based on data from ...

Quantifying the Knobe Effect: Population-level Patterns and Heterogeneity Analyses

An influential survey by Joshua Knobe (2003) indicates that the cognitive process ascribing intentionality to an agent is mediated by the perceived moral worth of the action. To assess the external validity of the finding and to obtain more precise estimates of effect sizes, the present study replicates this canonical experiment with a large scale random sample of the German population (N = 2,295). ...