SOEP Research: Inequality and Mobility

Immigrants in the UK and in West Germany: Relative Income Positions, Income Portfolio, and Redistribution Effects

Based on data from the BHPS and the SOEP, we analyse the economic performance of various ethnic groups in the UK and West Germany, as well as the effects of income redistribution on these populations. Taking the indigenous population of each country as the reference category, we find that, as a whole, the non-indigenous population in the UK fares much better than the immigrant population in Germany. ...

Changing Life Patterns in Western Industrial Societies

Professional Qualifications and Long Hours the Key to High Income

Income Mobility in Old Age in Britain and Germany

Income and Patterns of Inequality

The Dynamics of Social Change in Europe: Final Report to the European Commission

Household Income Distribution in Germany with Special Distinction between Working Age and Retirement Age Population: An Updated Analysis Using the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) in the Years 1984, 1989, 1994 and 2001 ; Report for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

A Forgotten Issue: Distributional Effects of Day Care Subsidies in Germany

In general, day care subsidies are accepted as a means of creating equal chances for both children and mothers in the labour market. Although there is a broad consensus that the use of children's day care should be publicly supported, there is no consensus on how this should be done. Moreover, there is little knowledge on the distributional effects of day care subsidies. In order to assess whether ...

Too Few Women in Top Posts

Poverty in Western and Eastern Germany: A Detailed Comparison