Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

Siblings, Their Sex Composition and Educational Attainment in Germany

Sibling Rivalry in Educational Attainment: The German Case

Gender Differences in Smoking Behavior

Employer learning and the returns to schooling

Fiscal Effects of Minimum Wages: An Analysis for Germany

Against the background of the current discussion of statutory minimum wages in Germany, this paper analyzes the potential employment and fiscal effects of such a policy. Based on estimated labor demand elasticities obtained from a structural labor demand model, the empirical results imply that minimum wages in Germany will be associated with significant employment losses among marginal and low- and ...

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Maternal Employment and Happiness: The Effect of Non-Participation and Part-Time Employment on Mothers’ Life Satisfaction

In contrast to unemployment, the effect of non-participation and parttime employment on subjective well-being has much less frequently been the subject of economists’ investigations. In Germany, many women with dependent children are involuntarily out of the labor force or in part-time employment because of family constraints (e.g., due to lack of available and appropriate childcare). Using data from ...

The Chernobyl Disaster, Concern about the Environment, and Life Satisfaction

Maternal Employment, Life Satisfaction, and Child Developmental Outcomes (Dissertation)

Locus of Control and Mothers’ Return to Employment

This paper investigates the effect of locus of control (LOC) on the length of mothers’ employment break after childbirth. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), duration data reveals that women with an internal LOC return to employment more quickly than women with an external LOC.We find that this effect is particularly pronounced in jobs in which the penalties in terms of lower ...