Publikationen mit SOEP-Daten: SOEPlit

Weiterbildung/lebenslanges Lernen und soziale Segmentation (Kap. III.7)

Partizipation an beruflicher Weiterbildung - Empirische Ergebnisse auf Basis des Sozio-Ökonomischen Panels

Voluntary Turnover: What We Measure and What It (Really) Means

In this paper, we run regression analyses to explain voluntary turnover intentions with data from more than 5,000 employees and with about 250 explanatory variables. The findings of our multi-factor approach highlight the fact that previous empirical research might have over-estimated the impact and significance of many factors. We show the relevance of the so-called omitted variable bias to our findings ...

Zur Reform der Beitragsgestaltung, insbes. der Pflichtversicherungsgrenze in der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung - eine empirische Analyse

Bestimmungsfaktoren der Ausgabenentwicklung in der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung (GKV)

Soziale Ungleichheiten in der beruflichen Weiterbildung

Alexander Yendell geht der Frage nach, ob alle Adressaten der beruflichen Weiterbildung gleichermaßen daran teilhaben können. Er legt eine multiparadigmatische Analyse im Lichte bildungssoziologischer und bildungsökonomischer Studien vor. Seine Betrachtung von Weiterbildungsdaten zwischen 1989 und 2008 zeigt robuste Unterschiede bei der Weiterbildungsteilnahme zwischen sozialen Gruppen, Arbeitsmarktsegmenten, ...

Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in Germany: Moving with Natives or Stuck in their Neighbourhoods

In this paper, I analyze intergenerational mobility of immigrants and natives in Germany. Using the German Socioeconomic Panel (GSOEP), I find intergenerational elasticities that range from 0.19 to 0.26 for natives and from 0.37 to 0.40 for immigrants. These elasticity estimates are lower than typically found for the U.S. and imply higher mobility in Germany than in the U.S. However, as in the U.S., ...

Are All Single Mothers the Same? Evidence from British and West German Women’s Employment Trajectories

Single motherhood is often discussed as a reason for women’s non-employment. This article investigates women’s employment trajectories during and after single motherhood in the welfare state contexts of Britain and West Germany. Sequence analysis is applied to longitudinal data from the British Household Panel Survey (N¼329) and the German Socio-Economic Panel (N¼378), comparing patterns in employment ...

Understanding Differences in Labour Market Attachment of Single Mothers in Great Britain and West Germany

This paper investigates the relationships between single mothers’ demographic and socio-economic circumstances and differences in their labour market attachment in Great Britain and West Germany. Single mothers’ employment is a key issue in current policy debates in both countries, as well as in research on the major challenges of contemporary welfare states. The heterogeneity of the group of women ...

Count Data Models. Econometric Theory and an Application to Labor Mobility (Lecture Notes in Econometrics and Mathematical Systems 410; Dissertation)