Publikationen mit SOEP-Daten: SOEPlit

Löhne, Renten und Haushaltseinkommen sind in den vergangenen 25 Jahren real gestiegen

Sowohl die Bruttolöhne als auch die bedarfsgewichteten Haushaltsnettoeinkommen haben in Deutschland seit 1995 inflationsbereinigt deutlich zugelegt. Insbesondere unter Vollzeitbeschäftigten fallen die realen Zuwächse bei den Löhnen mit einem Plus von mehr als 20 Prozent besonders positiv aus. Die Ungleichheit der Stundenlöhne nimmt in den letzten Jahren ab und erreicht wieder ein Niveau wie zu Beginn ...

Private Vermögen – Höhe, Entwicklung und Verteilung (Kap. 5.4)

Etwa 1,1 Millionen Menschen in Deutschland besuchen Tafeln – vor allem Alleinerziehende und Getrenntlebende überdurchschnittlich häufig

Mit der Corona-Pandemie, der vermehrten Zuwanderung ukrainischer Geflüchteter und den aktuell stark steigenden Lebensmittelpreisen rücken die Tafeln in das öffentliche Interesse. Debattiert wird, ob die Tafeln die steigende Zahl ihrer BesucherInnen und die mit ihr verbundenen finanziellen und organisatorischen Herausforderungen bewältigen können. Bisher lagen jedoch keine belastbaren empirischen Daten ...

Nearly 1.1 million people in Germany use food banks, single and separated parents in particular at an above-average frequency

Food banks are returning to the spotlight as their use increases due to the coronavirus pandemic and the influx of Ukrainian refugees to Germany. The current discussion is focused on whether the food banks can handle the increasing number of users as well as the financial and organizational challenges that come with them. Until now, however, no robust, empirical data on food bank use has been available. ...

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The Speed of Earnings Responses to Taxation and the Role of Firm Labor Demand

This paper studies the speed at which workers’ pretax earnings respond to tax changes along the intensive margin. We do so in the context of Germany, where a large notch in the tax schedule induces sharp bunching in the earnings distribution. We analyze earnings responses to two policy reforms that shift this notch outward and find clear evidence that frictions delay the earnings responses of more ...

Wealth and mortality among late-middle-aged individuals in Norway: a nationwide register-based retrospective study

Background In recent decades, we have observed rising wealth inequality while the pace of growth of life expectancy has slowed in many Western welfare democracies. There is scarce evidence, however, on links between wealth and mortality. The main methodological limitation in this area of scholarship is its inability to account for individuals' unobserved heterogeneity, such as personality and ...

Unequal access to protection? Selection patterns over arrival cohorts of Syrians seeking refuge in Lebanon, Turkey, and Germany

Introduction: An ample scholarly literature on voluntary migration has shown that migration is a highly selective process, resulting in migrant populations that often differ significantly from their respective population of origin in terms of their socio-demographic characteristics. The literature attributes these differences to either migrants' active choice and agency in the migration decision ...

Einsam nach der Pandemie

Die Beschränkungen der Corona-Zeit sind vorbei, doch die seelischen Folgen für Kinder und Jugendliche sind nach wie vor zu spüren. Davon berichten Experten aus dem Landkreis bei dem Fachforum "Jugend(sozial)arbeit" in Bad Tölz.

The perception of major life events across the life course

To better understand the effects of life events, research interest recently turned to the question of how life events are perceived (e.g., as positive, predictable, or controllable). However, research on this topic primarily focused on young adulthood, leaving it unclear whether and how the perception of life events varies across the life course. In this study, we examined the relationship between ...