Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

Children's school placement in Germany: does Kindergarten attendance matter?

The positive effects of Early Childhood Programs (ECP’s) on children’s school success have been demonstrated in the literature. However, most studies were completed in the U.S.A., where ECP’s vary widely, based on differing auspice, regulation, cost, and other factors. In European countries, ECP’s are generally far more homogenous. This is particularly true for Germany where most programs are community-based ...

Children who attend formal day care do better in school - even many years later in secondary school

Questions about the advantages and disadvantages of sending young children to formal day care ("Kindertageseinrichtungen") have always greatly concerned parents and led to intense, if not always well informed, policy debate. Two issues have been foremost. One is whether young children removed from their parents' care for part of the day suffer long term emotional consequences, or whether ...

Introduction: "Neighbourhood Effects Studies on the Basis of European Micro-data"

The Impact of Child and Maternal Health Indicators on Female Labor Force Participation after Childbirth - Evidence for Germany

This paper analyzes the influence of children's health and mothers' physical and mental wellbeing on female labor force participation after childbirth in Germany. Our analysis uses data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) study, which enables us to measure children's health based on the occurrence of severe health problems including mental and physical disabilities, hospitalizations, ...

Family effects on employment

Early Childhood Education and Care Quality in the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) – the (KID)-I-2-SOEP Study

In-Patient Long Term Care in Germany - Selected Problems of Insurance and Services

Why are day care vouchers an effective and efficient instrument to combat child poverty in Germany?

Children and adolescents with refugee background less likely to participate in voluntary educational programs - with exception of extracurricular school activities

Non-compulsory educational programs including extracurricular school activities, child day care centers, and non-formal educational programs, such as sports or music activities outside of school, make an important contribution to social integration. But to what extent do children and their families actually make use of these voluntary programs? On the basis of the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) and the ...

Mothers predicted to do more paid work as a result of reforms to parental leave benefits