Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

Income Distribution and the Fear of Crime: Evidence from Germany

We here explore the link between individual concerns about crime and the distribution of income in Germany. We make use of 1995-2017 microdata from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) to show that both individual polarization and relative deprivation have statistically-significant effects on reported concerns about crime, while relative satisfaction plays no role. At the aggregate level, the main ...

Refugees’ and Irregular Migrants’ Self-selection into Europe: Who Migrates Where?

We analyze self-selection of refugees and irregular migrants and test our theory in the context of the European refugee crisis. Using unique datasets from the International Organization for Migration and Gallup World Polls, we provide the first large-scale evidence on reasons to emigrate, and the self-selection and sorting of refugees and irregular migrants. Refugees and female irregular migrants are ...

Cohort Changes in the Incidence of Care Need in West Germany Between 1986 and 2005

In Germany, the share of the older population has been continuously growing. Is the increase paralleled by a rising number of frail people, however? In search of an answer, we analyse the development of care need incidence in West Germany between 1986 and 2005 on the basis of longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). The results show a lower transition risk to care need for each ...

Happily Ever After? Cohabitation, Marriage, Divorce, and Happiness in Germany

Industrial Restructuring, Unemployment and Migration

Labour Responses to Taxes and Benefits in Germany

German Job Mobility and Wages

Migrant Ethnic Identity: Concept and Policy Implications

Human Capital and Ethnic Self-Identification of Migrants

Ethnic Self-Identification of First-Generation Immigrants