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We propose a novel method to detect and disentangle moderate and severe health shocks in a general population survey based on a data-driven classification of sickness absences and hospitalizations. Both types of shocks are widespread with an annual incidence of about 1.7%, which rises steeply with age. We estimate the effects of both shocks on labor market outcomes and find that severe shocks have ...
In:
Labour Economics
96 (2025), 102747
| Mattis Beckmannshagen, Johannes Koenig
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Using a DNA-based polygenic index, we explored geographical and historical differences in polygenic associations with educational attainment in East and West Germany around the time of reunification. This index was derived from a prior genome-wide association study on educational attainment in democratic countries. In 1,930 individuals aged 25 to 85 years from the SOEP-G[ene] cohort, the magnitude ...
In:
Psychological Science
36 (2025), 7, 559–573
| Deniz Fraemke, Yayouk E. Willems, Aysu Okbay, Ulman Lindenberger, Sabine Zinn, Gert Wagner, David Richter, Kathryn P. Harden, Elliot M. Tucker-Drob, Ralph Hertwig, Philipp Koellinger, Laurel Raffington
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FAIRness of research data largely depends on the availability of rich and standardized metadata. While such metadata is commonly available at the study level, fine-grained metadata, especially for tabular scientific data, is often lacking (Wenzig/Han 2024). In a project funded by KonsortSWD-NFDI4Society, three research data centers (SOEP, LIfBi, and DZHW) investigate what is required to convert existing ...
2025,
(KonsortSWD Working paper)
| Knut Wenzig, Andreas Daniel, Dominique Hansen, Tobias Koberg, Mihaela Tudose
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This article explores the nexus between risk tolerance and altruism. Using information from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), we find a statistically and economically significant positive correlation between risk tolerance and proxies for altruism conditional on a long covariate vector.
In:
Applied Economics Letters
(online first) (2025), 1–5
| Tim Friehe, Christian Pfeifer
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Remote work has become integral to contemporary work life, necessitating a detailed examination of its effects on employees? sense of community and support ? key factors influencing knowledge sharing, team performance, and well-being at work. To this end, this study examines how the adjustments made to working arrangements and workplace communication during and after the COVID-19 pandemic have affected ...
In:
Behaviour & Information Technology
(2025), 1–14
| Kaisa Pekkala, Reetta Oksa, Atte Oksanen
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OBJECTIVE: Diabetes is associated with lower labour force participation. The proportion of people having diabetes is higher among people with a low socio-economic position. We aimed to describe socio-economic differences in the association between diabetes and labour force participation in Germany. METHODS: Based on repeated cross-sectional data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study, the probability ...
In:
Ger Med Sci
23 (2025),
| Malwina M. Mackowiak, Ralph Brinks, Annika Hoyer, Ute Linnenkamp, Katharina Piedboeuf-Potyka, Markus Neuhäuser, Oliver Kuss, Thaddäus Tönnies
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This paper examines the association between the level of similarity in the “Big Five” personality traits of the partners in different-sex couples and their risk of union dissolution. Prior research has mainly focused on homogamy in socio-economic, demographic, and cultural characteristics, such as age, education, employment, and religion. The few studies on the effects of homogamy in the personalities ...
In:
Genus
80 (2024), 1, 19
| Elias Hofmann, Sandra Krapf
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Although older refugees can be seen as particularly vulnerable to social isolation and loneliness, they are often overlooked by ageing and migration scholars. This article addresses this research gap by identifying and examining potential drivers of loneliness among older refugees. The study analysed data from the first two waves of the IAB-BAMF-SOEP Survey of Refugees, focusing on 958 individuals ...
In:
Journal of Refugee Studies
38 (2025), 1, 95–111
| Vincent Horn, Tineke Fokkema
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Can television have a mitigating effect on xenophobia? To explore this question, we investigate a natural experiment in which individuals in some regions of East Germany could not - due to their geographic location - consume West German television until 1989. By analyzing survey data from the periods before and after German reunification, we provide evidence that individuals who received West German ...
In:
Kyklos
76 (2023), 1, 77-100
| Lars Hornuf, Marc Oliver Rieger, Sven A. Hartmann
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This paper studies the public sector wage gap by gender and skill level in Spain using recent administrative data from tax records. We estimate wage distributions in the presence of covariates separately for men and women in the public sector and in the private sector. Then, we decompose the public sector wage gap along the wage distribution and isolate the part due to differences in the remunerations ...
2013,
| Laura Hospio, Enrique Moral-Benito