Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

Labour market entry, early employment careers, and prospects for further education and training among the low educated youth in Europe

Income and Wealth Poverty in Germany

In general, poverty measures are estimated by applying income information. However, only using income data for calculating relative poverty might lead to an incomplete view. For example, a household can be under a poverty threshold even if a household member owns real estate or equity. In this thesis, at risk of income poverty in Germany is estimated. In order to get a more complete picture of at risk ...

Changing Class Locations and Partisanship in Germany

Labor division between wife and husband and the risk of divorce: New evidence for Germany

Using German panel data from 1984 to 2007, we analyze the impact of labor division between husband and wife on the risk of divorce. Gary Becker's theory of marriage predicts that specialization in domestic and market work, respectively, reduces the risk of separation. Traditionally, the breadwinner role is assigned to the husband, however, female labor force participation and their wages have ...

System-Based Analysis of Income Distribution Impacts on Mobility Behaviour

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Demand-side determinants of rising hospital admissions in Germany: the role of ageing

In this study, we investigated the relationship between changes in demand-side determinants and changes in hospital admissions. We used longitudinal market-wide data, including a novel detailed measure of population morbidity. To assess the effect of ageing, we interacted age with shifts in the population structure for both the surviving population and the population in their last year of life. We ...

The impact of having children on domain-specific life satisfaction: A quasi-experimental longitudinal investigation using the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) data

Longitudinal studies have documented improvements in parents’ life satisfaction due to childbearing, followed by postpartum adaptation back to baseline. However, the details underlying this process remain largely unexplored. Based on past literature, set-point theory, and results from an exploratory sample, we investigated empirically how first childbirth affected satisfaction with specific domains ...

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On the way from misery to happiness? A longitudinal perspective on economic migration and well-being

The assessment of returns from migration lies at the very heart of migration research. While a growing body of literature examines the links between migration and well-being, dynamic relationships require further elaboration. Using the longest running, nationally representative panel study with information on well-being, the German Socio-Economic Panel (1985–2016) this article addresses two essential, ...