Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

Paternal Part-Time Employment and Fathers' Long-Term Involvement in Child Care and Housework

Abstract Objective This study examines whether paternal part-time employment is related to greater involvement by fathers in child care and housework, both while fathers are working part-time and after they return to full-time employment. Background The study draws on four strands of theory—time availability, bargaining, gender ideology, and gender construction. It studies couples' division of ...

Essays in Empirical Health Economics (Dissertation)

Fear of Unemployment and its Effect on the Mental Health of Spouses

Unemployment has been shown to have adverse effects on different aspects of a person's life, and even the fear of losing a job affects individuals negatively. In addition, not only the individuals directly affected but also their spouses and other family members might be affected. Using data from the German Socio-economic Panel, this study analyzes the relationship between individual job worries ...

How Health Plan Enrollees Value Prices Relative to Supplemental Benefits and Service Quality

This paper empirically assesses the relative role of health plan prices, service quality and optional benefits in the decision to choose a health plan. We link representative German SOEP panel data from 2007 to 2010 to (i) health plan service quality indicators, (ii) measures of voluntary benefit provision on top of federally mandated benefits, and (iii) health plan prices for almost all German health ...

The Role of Prices Relative to Supplemental Benefits and Service Quality in Health Plan Choice

This article links representative enrollee panel data to health plan data on (1) prices, (2) service quality, and (3) nonessential benefits for the German statutory multipayer market and the years 2007–2010. We first show that although heavy federal regulation ensures a simple choice architecture, the majority of health plans are dominated—even when considering four nonprice attributes. Enrollees in ...

Who Opts Out of the Statutory Health Insurance? A Discrete Time Hazard Model for Germany

The coexistence of social health insurance and private health insurance in Germany is subject to intense public debate. As only few have the opportunity to choose between the two systems, they are often regarded as privileged by the health insurance system. Applying a hazard model in discrete time, this paper examines the role of incentives set by the regulatory framework as well as the influence of ...

The Contribution and Potential of Data Harmonization for Cross-National Comparative Research

Long-Term Labor Force Exit and Economic Well-Being: A Cross-National Comparison of Public and Private Income Support

This paper examines how the economic well-being of households changes after a male household member exits the labor force. We examine, in four countries, labor force exits at various ages and present evidence on household income from various sources before and after the exit occurs. We focus on the rate at which household income is replaced through public and private means after labor force exit. We ...

Winners and Losers over the 1990s Business Cycles in Germany, Great Britain, Japan, and the United States

How the Distribution of After-Tax Income Changed Over the 1990s Business Cycle: A Comparison of the United States, Great Britain, Germany and Japan