Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

The dynamics of welfare entry and exit among natives and immigrants

This paper studies welfare entry and exit in Germany and determines the relevance of state dependence. We separately consider natives and immigrants after a substantial reform of the German welfare system. Based on dynamic multinomial logit estimations, we calculate transition matrices between three mutually exclusive labor market states. We find that temporal persistence in welfare participation can ...

Zufriedenheit mit der Altersvorsorge und Präferenzen für alternative Sicherungsmodelle: empirische Analysen mit dem Sozio-oekonomischen Panel (SOEP)

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study 2002, we show that satisfaction with the German public pension system is significantly lower in the younger generation. This effect is independent from the individual economic situation and cannot be observed in earlier years. Whereas long periods of full time employment increase satisfaction with old-age security, unemployment has a significant ...

Income Inequality and Job Satisfaction of Full-Time Employees in Germany

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), it is shown that income comparisons with persons who are better off has a clear impact on the job satisfaction of West German full-time employees. Two contrary effects can be identified. On the one hand, there is an aversion to disadvantageous regional income inequality, while, on the other hand, individuals prefer inequality within their ...

What (if anything) do satisfaction scores tell us about the intertemporal change in living conditions?

This paper looks at the information content of satisfaction scores. It is argued that the information content depends on the extent to which people adapt to living conditions in general. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), the estimation of a dynamic panel data model provides evidence that adaptation takes place within a relatively short window of time: changes in living conditions ...

Welfare Effects of the Euro Cash Changeover

Well-Being over the Life Span: Semiparametric Evidence from British and German Longitudinal Data

This paper applies semiparametric regression models using penalized splines to investigate the profile of well-being over the life span. Using data from the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) and the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), the analysis shows a common, and quite similar, age-specific pattern of life satisfaction for both Britain and Germany that can be characterized by three age ...

Inferring floor area ratio thresholds for the delineation of city centers based on cognitive perception

The morphology of today’s cities is the result of historic urban developments and on-going urban transformation resulting in complex urban spatial structures. While functionally as well as spatially, cities are structured into sub-units such as the city center, business districts, residential areas, or industrial and commercial zones, their precise localization in the geographic space is sometimes ...

Staggered Entry and Unemployment Durations - An Application to German Data

An Econometric Analysis of Individual Unemployment Duration in West Germany

Childhood and Capability Deprivation in Germany: A Quantitative Analysis Using German Socio-Economic Panel Data

Child poverty has been widely discussed in Germany since the publication of the third official Poverty and Wealth Report of the German government in 2008 which - inter alia - focused on the situation of children and families. However, child poverty is not only caused by low household incomes and impacts of child poverty are not only restricted to financial consequences. The capability approach takes ...