Publikationen mit SOEP-Daten: SOEPlit

It’s a mismatch! Overeducation and career mobility in Germany

The career mobility model suggests that overeducated workers are more prone to take up on-the-job training, to climb up the career ladder, or to leave to professions more suitable to their educational level. Our empirical analysis, using the German SOEP, confirms this theory for Germany. Comparing adequately qualified and overqualified workers in jobs that require the same level of formal qualification ...

Persons in contexts: The role of social networks and social density for the dynamic regulation of face-to-face interactions in daily life

Current psychological theories on daily social interactions emphasize individual differences yet are underspecified regarding contextual factors. We aim to extend this research by examining how two context factors shape social interactions in daily life: how many relationships people maintain and how densely people live together. In Study 1, 307 German participants (M(age) = 39.44 years, SD(age) = ...

Persönlichkeit für Integration wichtiger als Religion

Wie gut sich Geflüchtete in die Gesellschaft integrieren, hängt von ihrer Persönlichkeit ab. Eine Studie hat ergeben, dass risikobereite Flüchtlinge zum Beispiel schneller Arbeit und mehr Kontakte zu Einheimischen finden. Die Religion spielt laut Studie keine entscheidende Rolle.

Bruttowertschöpfung von unbezahlter Arbeit

Das Sozio-ökonomische Panel (SOEP) wird jährlich im September erhoben. Darin werden knapp 30’000 Menschen in 22’000 Haushalten in Deutschland befragt. Die Befragung wird als repräsentativ gewertet. Durchgeführt wird das SOEP durch eine forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung am Deutschen Institut für Wirtschaft (DIW) in Berlin. Innerhalb des Fragebogens, der sich mit verschiedenen Aspekten des ...

Personality Traits and the Likelihood of Self-Employment: A Journey into the Crafts’ Way of Doing Business

Given the renewed scholarly interest in the crafts, this paper explores the nuances of crafts entrepreneurship through a personality-based approach. Our findings validate prior research on the general influence of broad and narrow personality traits on self-employment. However, our analysis also suggests that certain effects differ between crafts and non-crafts, most notably the role of the Big Five ...

Evaluation der Rechtsgrundlagen und Maßnahmen der Pandemiepolitik

Do Migrants Pay Their Way? A Net Fiscal Analysis for Germany

This study quantifies the direct average net fiscal impact (ANFI) of migration in Germany, taking into account both indirect taxes and in-kind benefits such as health and education spending. Using a status quo approach with data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) for 2018 and microsimulation techniques to impute both indirect taxes and in-kind benefits, our results show that migrants, especially ...

Marriage migration and women’s entry into the German labour market

Objective: We analyse the employment patterns of childless first-generation migrants to Germany. In particular, we focus on the behaviour of female "marriage migrants". Marriage migrants are defined as individuals who married after their spouse had moved to Germany. Background: Demographic studies have illustrated that marriage migrants have particularly high childbirth rates upon arrival. ...

Does serum neurofilament light chain measurement influence therapeutic decisions in multiple sclerosis?

Background The assessment of serum neurofilament light chain (sNfL) concentration in multiple sclerosis (MS) is a useful tool for predicting clinical outcomes and assessing treatment response. However, its use in clinical practice is still limited. We aimed to assess how measurement of sNfL influences neurologists’ treatment decisions in MS. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional, web-based study in ...

Beschäftigungsdynamik im Niedriglohnsektor

Rund 13 Prozent der Bevölkerung im Erwerbsalter oder 19 Prozent der Arbeitnehmer waren im Jahr 2021 zu einem Niedriglohn beschäftigt. Damit nimmt das Ausmaß von Niedriglohnbeschäftigung weiter ab. Niedriglohnbeschäftigte waren in ihrer Erwerbsbiografie zwar bereits häufig zuvor zum Niedriglohn beschäftigt, was auf unzureichende Aufstiegschancen hindeuten könnte. Dennoch spielt der Niedriglohnsektor ...