Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

Partisan Dealignment in Germany: A Rejoinder to Russell Dalton

The work of Russell Dalton has played a seminal role in the study of the relation between political sophistication and partisan dealignment. It has to be acknowledged furthermore that there is a consensus on the occurrence of a decline of partisanship in Germany. Using panel data as well as pooled cross-sectional observations, however, it is clear that generational replacement is not the sole driving ...

Female Labour Supply in West Germany: a Descriptive Analysis Based on Monthly Panel Data

A Simple Test of the Efficiency Wage Hypothesis Revisited

The Impact of Taxes and Transfer Payments on the Distribution of Income: a Parametric Comparison

Tackling multiple choices: a joint determination of transitions out of education and into the labour market across the European Union

Job mobility and wage mobility at the beginning of the working career: a comparative view across Europe

Aspekte der gynäkologischen Betreuung und Versorgung von türkischen Migrantinnen in Deutschland (Habilitationsschrift)

Local Social Capital and Geographical Mobility: A Theory

Local Social Capital and Geographical Mobility: Some Empirics and a Conjecture on the Nature of European Unemployment

Transition to Homeownership Among Immigrant Groups and Natives in West Germany, 1984-2008

The present article analyzes transitions to homeownership among immigrant groups and natives in West Germany over a 24-year period from 1984 to 2008. Using data from the German Socioeconomic Panel (GSOEP), we find that everything else being equal, Turks, ex-Yugoslavians, Southern Europeans, and Eastern Europeans do not display any differences in transitions into homeownership. Immigrants from wealthy ...