Publikationen mit SOEP-Daten: SOEPlit

Right-Wing Extremism and the Well-Being of Immigrants

This study analyzes the effects of right-wing extremism on the well-being of immigrants based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) for the years 1984 to 2006 merged with state-level information on election outcomes. The results show that the life satisfaction of immigrants is significantly reduced if right-wing extremism in the native population increases. Moreover, the life satisfaction ...

Minimum Wage Incidence: The Case for Germany

This paper analyzes the impact of a statutory minimum wage on employment, wage inequality, public expenditures, and aggregate income in the low-wage sector for two scenarios: a competitive labor market and a monopsonistic labor market. Using data from the 2006 wave of the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), we show that irrespective of which scenario adequately describes the labor market, a statutory ...

Der flächendeckende Mindestlohn

Die Einführung des flächendeckenden gesetzlichen Mindestlohns von 8,50 Euro ist ein großes, mit vielen sozialpolitischen Risiken verbundenes Experiment. Im ersten Teil dieses Übersichtsartikels zeigen wir, dass weder die unterschiedlichen theoretischen Erklärungsmodelle noch die große Anzahl empirischer Arbeiten aus anderen Ländern die Hoffnung rechtfertigen, der Mindestlohn würde in Deutschland keine ...

Work Hour Mismatch and Job Mobility: Adjustment Channels and Resolution Rates

This paper analyses the role of job changes in overcoming work hour mismatches (i.e., differences between actual and desired work hours). It addresses two, yet neglected, questions: (1) How do adjustments in desired work hours, additionally to adjustments in actual work hours, contribute to the resolution of these mismatches? and (2) Does the well‐documented increased work hour flexibility of job movers ...

Incomplete Risk Adjustment and Adverse Selection in the German Public Health Insurance System

Deutsche Angst bremst Vermögensbildung aus

Einkommensmobilität: Die meisten Söhne verdienen mehr als ihre Väter

Der Einfluss der familiären Herkunft auf das Einkommen ist geringer als oft angenommen. Das legt zumindest eine Studie des Instituts der deutschen Wirtschaft (IW) nahe.

Immer mehr Privatschulen: Ein Misstrauensvotum der Eltern gegen den Staat

Arbeitsmarktstrukturierung und Übergang in den Ruhestand (Diplomarbeit)

Aggregation and Labor Supply Elasticities

We outline a formal procedure for deriving the aggregate wage-elasticity of labor supply for a large group of heterogeneous workers who operate under uncertainty. Heterogeneity relates to preferences, income, wealth, and the labor market status. If each worker faces a small, possibly nonuniform wage change, the implied aggregate wage-elasticity can be represented by a closed-form expression. This expression ...