Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

Perceptions of discrimination: What do they measure and why do they matter?

This study addresses the difficulty in linking ethnic discrimination and integration outcomes of immigrants in empirical research. Many of the existing studies look at the relationship between perceived discrimination and integration, but most are based on cross-sectional data. We argue that perceived discrimination should not be taken as an accurate indicator of actual experiences of discrimination, ...

German Emigration: Not a Permanent Loss of University Graduates

Ethnic Revival" among Labor Migrants in Germany? Statements, Arguments, and First Empirical Evidence

Reactive Ethnicity or "Assimilation"? Statements, Arguments, and First Empirical Evidence für Labor Migrants in Germany

Social outcomes of long-term survivors of adolescent cancer

The study investigates psychosexual and family outcomes among German long-term survivors of adolescent cancer. Survivors of cancer during adolescence (n=820; age at onset of disease: M=15.8 years, SD=0.9, age at follow-up: M=30.4, SD=6.0 years) completed questionnaires on their family life and their psychosexual and autonomy development. Outcomes were compared to an age-matched sample (German Socio-Economic ...

Educational and Vocational Achievement Among Long-Term Survivors of Adolescent Cancer in Germany

Adolescence involves graduating from school and preparing one's professional career. The accomplishment of these tasks may be hampered by the experience of cancer. This study investigates the educational and professional achievements of German long-term survivors of adolescent cancer. Adult survivors of cancer during adolescence (n=820, age at onset between 15 and 18 years; M=15.8, SD=0.9 years; ...

Beyond the Hedonic Treadmill - Revising the Adaptation Theory of Well-Being

According to the hedonic treadmill model, good and bad events temporarily affect happiness, but people quickly adapt back to hedonic neutrality. The theory, which has gained widespread acceptance in recent years, implies that individual and societal efforts to increase happiness are doomed to failure. The recent empirical work outlined here indicates that 5 important revisions to the treadmill model ...

Income Satisfaction and Relative Deprivation: An Empirical Link

Individual Wellbeing in a Dynamic Perspective

We explore the determinants of individual wellbeing as measured by self-reported levels of satisfaction with income and life. Making use of the German Socio-Economic Panel, we provide empirical evidence for wellbeing depending on absolute and relative income levels in a dynamic framework where status and signal effects play a role. This finding holds after controlling for other factors in a multivariate ...

Satisfaction with Life and Economic Well-Being: Evidence from Germany

The relationship between an individual's economic well-being and satisfaction with own life has been the focus of many studies both within and across countries, in one period of time and over time. As a proxy of economic well-being household income both adjusted and unadjusted for household needs has been generally used. The aim of the present paper is to propose a more comprehensive measure of ...