Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

Volunteering and Social Inclusion. Interrelations Between Unemployment and Civic Engagement in Germany and Great Britain (Dissertation)

The Political Effects of Immigrant Naturalization

Immigration is transforming the societies of Europe and North America. Yet the political implications of these changes remain unclear. In particular, we lack credible evidence on whether, and how, becoming a citizen of the country of residence prompts immigrants to engage with the political system. This paper used panel data from Germany to test theories of citizenship and immigrant politics. I found ...

Poverty measurement with the European Community Household Panel

Poverty among the elderly in the European Union: The effect of poverty measurement

The Dynamics of Labour Market Participation, Unemployment and Non Participation in Great Britain, Germany and Sweden: Similarities, Differences and Changes over Time

Lifetime Earnings Discrimination against Women in Germany

Female Labour Supply in the Federal Republic. Das Arbeitsangebot von Frauen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Does Downward Nominal Wage Rigidity Dampen Wage Increases?

Focusing on the compression of wage cuts, many empirical studies find a high degree of downward nominal wage rigidity (DNWR). However, the resulting macroeconomic effects seem to be surprisingly weak. This contradiction can be explained within an intertemporal framework in which DNWR not only prevents nominal wage cuts but also induces firms to compress wage increases. We analyze whether a compression ...

Specification and Estimation of Rating Scale Models - with an Application to the Determinants of Life Satisfaction

This article proposes a new class of rating scale models, which merges advantages and overcomes shortcomings of the traditional linear and ordered latent regression models. Both parametric and semi-parametric estimation is considered. The insights of an empirical application to satisfaction data are threefold. First, the methods are easily implementable in standard statistical software. Second, the ...

Econometric Analysis of Ratings: With an Application to Health and Wellbeing

We propose a new non-linear regression model for rating dependent variables. The rating scale model accounts for the upper and lower bounds of ratings. Parametric and semi-parametric estimation is discussed. An application investigates the relationship between stated health satisfaction and physical and mental health scores derived from self-reports of various health impairments, using data from the ...