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Attention: The codebooks are very large. The download may last a long time. DatasetDescription link $PVariables from personal questionnaires codebook_v29_p.pdf (75 MB)$H Variables from household questionnairescodebook_v29_h.pdf (26 MB)$PGENGenerated Person-Level Variablescodebook_v29_pgen.pdf (15 MB)$HGENGenerated Household-Level Variablescodebook_v29_hgen.pdf (7 MB)$PKALGenerated calendar ...
31.01.2014
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SOEP datasets are now available for use in university teaching. Your first option is to run one of the following scripts for SPSS, Stata, or SAS to create the teaching version from the installed original data (SOEP v.29):Scripts for SPSSStataSAS Alternatively, you can order the SOEP teaching dataset in the format you need from our SOEPhotline at soepmail@diw.de. The procedure is nearly the same as ...
23.01.2014
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Since mid-November, Florin Winter has been temporarily replacing Denise Saßenroth in the BASE II project during her maternity leave. He completed his master’s degree in social sciences at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin this summer. In his master’s thesis “Möglichkeiten und Beiträge kollektiver gesellschaftlicher Akteure zum Schutz der Umwelt: Auswirkungen ...
02.01.2014
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Carsten Schröder has been offered an appointment (W3-Professur) in the Department of Economics at the Freie Universität Berlin as “Professor of Economics, with a focus on Empirical Economic Research” in conjunction with a position as Head of the Applied Panel Analysis area in the SOEP at DIW Berlin. Carsten obtained his doctorate at the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel. ...
02.01.2014
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The SOEPnewsletter 103/ January 2014 is now available. We inform about the new SOEP dataset v29Families in Germany (FiD)the new studies PIACC-L and SOEP-ECEC News from Cornell and Ohio State University SOEP 2014 call for papersSOEP activities on happiness research in 2013SOEP SymposiumSOEPcampus@DIW Berlin 2014 1,000th SOEP-based publication in an (S)SCI Journal... and a lot more.
02.01.2014
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The DIW Berlin has raised the importance and visibility of gender research at DIW Berlin by making Gender Studies part of the Department of the Executive Board. No other member institute of the Leibniz Association in Germany has yet undertaken a similar initiative. To strengthen this research area further, the DIW has also announced a postdoctoral position opening in gender research. Gender Studies ...
02.01.2014
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With this year's data distribution, SOEP v29, the data now again are being provided in both the normal and "long" format (SOEP v29). "SOEPlong" is a highly compressed, easily analyzed version of the SOEP data that, according to numerous enthusiastic users, is much simpler to handle than the usual version. The data are no longer provided as wave-specific individual files but rather ...
20.12.2013
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The Stata version of the SOEP data download contains the labels in German and English language.Please have a look at the Stata command label language You could change the language by using label language EN
17.12.2013
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Now included: the documentation of the Biographie and History Data!The recent SOEP-Daten (v29, 1984-2012) for the first time are distributed by download (after signing a data distribution contract and via a server with special encryption method). To save space on these special server, the data documentation is not included in the data download. We kindly ask to download the documentation of the data ...
16.12.2013
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DOI: 10.5684/soep.v29 As announced, we are now offering the SOEP data to all users in EEA countries for downloading-free of charge. We are delighted to provide our users this new possibility to download the SOEP data. We ensure the highest standards of data protection in transferring the SOEP data to you through use of the program Cryptshare, which offers completely encrypted transfers as well as ...
11.12.2013
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We would like to ask you to complete a short questionnaire. By doing so, you will help us continue improving the SOEP data and our services to the international SOEP user community.If you did not receive a personal invitation, please register at https://fragebogen.diw.de/limesurvey2/index.php/659595/lang-en(This link will be active only up to Dec. 20,2013)The entire survey will take only 10 ...
25.11.2013
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Several interesting SOEP Survey Papers have been published recently. One of the most noteworthy of these is the SOEP Scales Manual, which provides a brief theoretical background of every scale used in the SOEP and a description of its development. The manual also includes the most important references from the literature as well as the wording of all of the items and answer options in the scales ...
04.11.2013
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We are pleased to announce the 10th anniversary "International Young Scholar German Socio-Economic Panel Symposium", March 20-21, 2014, Delmenhorst (Bremen), Germany.The symposium provides an opportunity for doctoral students and young postdoctoral researchers of all disciplines (e.g. economics, demography, psychology, sociology, public health, geography) to present empirical research ...
29.10.2013
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Paul Schmelzer has intensified his work as a post-doc in the SOEP team since September 2013. As part of his postdoctoral work in the social sciences, Paul will work on generating various retrospective biographical and spell data in the SOEP.
02.10.2013
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The SOEPnewsletter No. 102 / October 2013 is now available. We inform about Winners of the 2013 SOEP Best Publication Prize30 years of the SOEP (event and comment)SOEP 1984–2012 data (v29) and what’s new in this release... We’re delighted to provide a possibility for downloading the SOEP data!Data News from Cornell and Ohio State University... We need your help for the CNEF!New ...
02.10.2013
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Silke Anger left the SOEP on August 31, 2013, to accept a leadership position at the Institute for Labor Market Research (IAB) in Nuremberg. As of September 1, 2013, she will be heading the research area “Education and Employment over the Life Course” in the research area “Life Opportunities and Social Inequality.” Silke will also get an appointment as University Professor (W3) ...
02.10.2013
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On September 20, 2013 at the Happiness Colloquium of the SOEP the VdF Best Publication Prizes 2013 have been awarded. Overall eight price winners have presented.Information about the prize winners 2013
24.09.2013
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On August 30, 2013, four SOEP respondents attended a summer celebration hosted by German Federal President Joachim Gauck in honor of volunteer and community service work.Additional information
13.09.2013
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The SOEP dataset remains an important source for interessting recent research. This shows the list of SOEP based contributions to the main conferences in social sciences this year.SOEP at conferences 2013
29.08.2013
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SOEP will have an exhibition stand at the 5th Conference of the European Survey Research Association (ESRA) in Ljublijana/Slowenia, from July 15-19, 2013. Information will be provided about the wide range of analyses that can be carried out with the SOEP data. The following presentations will be given by SOEP staff members or their co-authors: Download list
10.07.2013