Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

Are Recipients of Social Assistance 'Benefit Dependent'? Concepts, Measurement and Results for Selected Countries

Means-tested Social Assistance (SA) benefits play an important role as social protection floors supporting households in financial difficulties. This paper presents evidence on the patterns of SA benefit receipt in a selection of OECD and EU countries. It provides an overview of the role of SA benefits in social protection systems and assesses the generosity of benefit payments. It then studies the ...

The sensitivity of poverty rates to macro-level changes in the European Union

Employment Transitions in 13 European Countries: Levels, Distributions and Determining Factors of Net Replacement Rates

Patterns of family living

Using EU-SILC data for cross-national analysis: strengths, problems and recommendations

Is Workplace Training more Beneficial for Vocationally Educated Workers? A Comparison Between England and Germany

There is evidence that participation in workplace training has a positive effect on wages; however, it is unknown whether training returns differ across different types of educational attainment. This exploration is relevant because it may indicate a way to redress wage gaps in the labour market. Using the German Socio Economic Panel and the British Household Panel Survey, this paper looks at individuals ...

Absenteeism and employment protection: Three case studies

Lower and Upper Bounds of Returns to Schooling - An Excercise in IV Estimation with Different Instruments

The Long-Run Educational Cost of World War II

Quantile Treatment Effects of Riester Participation on Wealth

In numerous industrialized countries the demographic change erodes the financial basis of traditional pay-as-you-go pension systems. To compensate for decreasing statutory pensions, many governments incentivize private saving by means of subsidized retirement plans. In this context, Germany introduced the so-called Riester pension plans. To assess its effectiveness, this paper analyzes the effects ...