Publikationen mit SOEP-Daten: SOEPlit

Intrafamilial Upstream Transfers and Household Production

Adaptation to Income Over Time: A Weak Point of Subjective Well-Being

This article holds the view that intertemporal comparisons of subjective well-being measures are only meaningful when the underlying standards of judgment are unaltered. This is a weak point of such measures. The study investigates the change in the satisfaction judgments resulting from adaptation to income over time. Adaptation is defined to be desensitization (sensitization) to the hedonic effect ...

Zufriedenheit und relatives Einkommen: Eine empirische Analyse von inter- und intrapersonellen Einkommensvergleichen aus ökonomischer Perspektive (Dissertation)

Does subjective well-being dynamically adjust to circumstances?

This paper introduces a simple model to estimate the dynamic adjustment of subjective well-being that results from an updating of expectations in response to changing circumstances. Empirical evidence indicates that adjustment takes place within a relatively short window of time.

The dynamics of welfare entry and exit among natives and immigrants

This paper studies welfare entry and exit in Germany and determines the relevance of state dependence. We separately consider natives and immigrants after a substantial reform of the German welfare system. Based on dynamic multinomial logit estimations, we calculate transition matrices between three mutually exclusive labor market states. We find that temporal persistence in welfare participation can ...

Zufriedenheit mit der Altersvorsorge und Präferenzen für alternative Sicherungsmodelle: empirische Analysen mit dem Sozio-oekonomischen Panel (SOEP)

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study 2002, we show that satisfaction with the German public pension system is significantly lower in the younger generation. This effect is independent from the individual economic situation and cannot be observed in earlier years. Whereas long periods of full time employment increase satisfaction with old-age security, unemployment has a significant ...

Zufriedenheit mit der Alterssicherung und Präferenzen für alternative Sicherungsmodelle - Empirische Analysen mit dem Sozio-oekonomischen Panel (SOEP)

Income Inequality and Job Satisfaction of Full-Time Employees in Germany

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), it is shown that income comparisons with persons who are better off has a clear impact on the job satisfaction of West German full-time employees. Two contrary effects can be identified. On the one hand, there is an aversion to disadvantageous regional income inequality, while, on the other hand, individuals prefer inequality within their ...

Youth Employment in the United States and Germany - The Mechanics of Restructuring

Toward a Longitudinal, Multi-Dimensional Class Model

A longitudinal analytical framework, one that sees class as a process over time and not a fixed attribute, is proposed as a means to redirect class analysis and revive a theoretical debate that has gone stale. Class analysis implies an inherently dynamic perspective. However, quantitative studies of class that go beyond static analyses of cross-sections are rare. Three dimensions of class may be identified ...