Publikationen mit SOEP-Daten: SOEPlit

The bonus share of flexible pay in Germany, Japan and the US: Some empirical regularities

Effect of Changes in Living Conditions on Well-Being: A Prospective Top–Down Bottom–Up Model

Using the German Socio-Economic Panel, we examined life-satisfaction and housing satisfaction before and after moving (N = 3,658 participants from 2,162 households) with univariate and bivariate two-intercept two-slope latent growth models. The main findings were (a) a strong and persistent increase in average levels of housing satisfaction, (b) no increase in average life-satisfaction, (c) low stability ...

Analyzing 21st Century Video Data on Situational Dynamics: Issues and Challenges in Video Data Analysis

Since the turn of the millennium researchers have access to an ever-increasing pool of novel types of video recordings. People use camcorders, mobile phone cameras, and even drones to film and photograph social life, and many public spaces are under video surveillance. More and more sociologists, psychologists, education researchers, and criminologists rely on such visuals to observe and analyze social ...

Video Data Analysis: A Methodological Frame for a Novel Research Trend

Since the early 2000s, the proliferation of cameras, whether in mobile phones or CCTV, led to a sharp increase in visual recordings of human behavior. This vast pool of data enables new approaches to analyzing situational dynamics. Application is both qualitative and quantitative and ranges widely in fields such as sociology, psychology, criminology, and education. Despite the potential and numerous ...

Frühkindliche Sozialisation: Biologische, psychologische, linguistische, soziologische und ökonomische Perspektiven

Wissenschaftliche und gesellschaftspolitische Bedeutung bevölkerungsweiter Längsschnittstudien

Bevölkerungsweite Längsschnittstudien bilden das Rückgrat der empirischen Forschung in den Sozial-, Wirtschafts und Verhaltenswissenschaften sowie der Epidemiologie und der Gesundheitsforschung. Sie sind die „Großgeräte“ dieser Wissenschaften, mit denen diese ihre Theorien testen, neue Beobachtungen schöpfen und evidenzbasierte Politikberatung durchführen. Großgeräte bzw. „Forschungsinfrastrukturen“ ...

Zur Lebenssituation von Kindern mit Migrationshintergrund in Deutschland

Intergenerationale Transmission von kulturellem Kapital unter Migrationsbedingungen: Zum Bildungserfolg von Kindern und Jugendlichen aus Migrantenfamilien in Deutschland

Intergenerational Relationships

Intergenerational relationships within family and kinship structures have become a salient issue in scientific research. The major reasons for this are the intense demographic changes that occurred throughout the twentieth century, such as an increased life expectancy in combination with decreased fertility, and the implications of this for the major institutions of the social welfare state. This has ...

Technological Innovation and Inclusive Growth in Germany

Technological innovation has historically contributed to inclusive economic growth in Germany. In more recent decades, however, this contribution has weakened due to the declining impact of technological innovation on labor productivity growth. Fearing that this declining impact would undermine the international competitiveness of the economy, real labor compensation was progressively curbed since ...