Publikationen mit SOEP-Daten: SOEPlit

Strukturelle und verhaltensbezogene Faktoren gesundheitlicher Ungleichheit: Methodische Überlegungen zur Ermittlung der Erklärungsanteile

Die Lohnentwicklung in Deutschland zwischen 1998 und 2005 - Wachsende Ungleichheit

Die Zunahme der Lohnungleichheit in der Bundesrepublik: Aktuelle Befunde für den Zeitraum von 1998 bis 2005

Ausgehend von der These wachsender Ungleichheit in der Bundesrepublik wird in diesem Beitrag die Entwicklung der Lohnungleichheit für den Zeitraum von 1998 bis 2005 untersucht. Die Analysen des vorliegenden Beitrags beruhen auf Daten des Sozio-ökonomischen Panels (SOEP). Hauptziel der Untersuchung ist es, die Unterschiede in der Entwicklung der Reallöhne zwischen unterschiedlichen sozialen Gruppen ...

The Changing Wage Distribution in Germany between 1985 and 2006

In this paper the changes in the wage distribution in (West-)Germany between 1985 and 2006 are analysed. The theoretical framework is based on the literature on skill-biased technological change (SBTC) and on structural theory. Analyses draw on descriptive measures of the development of wage inequality among blue- and white-collar workers as well as on regression analyses of individual and structural ...

Wachsende Lohnungleichheit in Deutschland - Qualifikations- und klassenspezifische Determinanten der Entlohnung zwischen 1998 und 2006

Based on the thesis of growing overall inequality in the German society, this paper discusses changes in the inequality of wages for the period between 1998 and 2006. Our objective is to identify differences in real wage growth for various occupational classes. The theoretical foundation of the article is based on economic as well as sociological concepts. With regard to recent findings of labor economists, ...

Die Veränderung der Lohnungleichheit in Deutschland zwischen 1998 und 2006 – ökonomische und soziologische Erklärungsvarianten

Actuarial Adjustments, Retirement Behaviour and Worker Heterogeneity

The behavioural response with respect to actuarial adjustments in the German public pension system is analysed. The introduction of actuarial adjustments serves as a source of exogenous variation to estimate discrete time transition rates into retirement. The analysis is conducted on administrative data from social security records and on survey data in a comparative scenario. Probability mass points ...

The Effect of Benefit Reductions on the Retirement Age: The Heterogeneous Response of Manual and Non‐Manual Workers

I estimate the effect of benefit reductions on the timing of retirement. The introduction of actuarial adjustments in the German public pension system serves as a source of exogenous variation to estimate discrete time transition rates into retirement for individuals of age 60–66. Responses to benefit reductions are elaborated separately for manual and non-manual workers. On average, individuals postpone ...

Bridge Unemployment in Germany: Response in Labour Supply to an Increased Early Retirement Age

This study examines an increase in the early retirement age from 60 to 63 for the group of older unemployed men in Germany. As consequence of this policy reform, the time to retirement is increased from the perspective of recently unemployed individuals and therefore serves as a source of exogenous variation. We estimate continuous time hazard models for individuals at risk of leaving the state unemployment ...

Inequality of Opportunity in Retirement Age – The Role of Physical Job Demands

We quantify differences in the retirement age between manual and non-manual workers and evaluate these differences in the context of the literature on equality of opportunity. The focus is on the question how individual background during childhood transmits through physical demands of occupations on retirement ages. Individual retrospective data from the German Socio-Economic Panel are used to analyse ...