Preparation of data from the new SOEP consumption module: Editing, imputation, and smoothing [PDF]
, 2013 This documentation describes the data preparation of the new consumption module in the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) and introduces the content and structure of the generated dataset 'hconsum'.
Grabka, Markus M. +2 more
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The German Socio-Economic Panel as a Reference Data Set [PDF]
This paper discusses how household panels in general - and the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) in particular - can serve as reference data for researchers collecting datasets that do not represent the full universe of the population of interest (e.g.,
C. Katharina Spieß +3 more
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“Like two peas in a pod?” Homogamous personalities, education, and union dissolution
GenusThis paper examines the association between the level of similarity in the “Big Five” personality traits of the partners in different-sex couples and their risk of union dissolution.
Elias Hofmann, Sandra Krapf
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Triggers and Determinants of Severe Household Indebtedness in Germany [PDF]
Overindebted private households have created economic and political concern. Using measures of relative (over-) indebtedness which relate household income and debt services to different concepts of subsistence levels, this paper investigates whether ...
Matthias Keese
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Conservative political orientation in the German police: selection and socialization
Political Research ExchangeA large body of research shows that police officers hold more conservative political orientations than the general population, both across countries and over time. Studies seeking to explain this phenomenon report inconclusive findings.
Felix Bitterer, Simon Kühne
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Measuring the Selection of Pay Referents: A Methodological Analysis of the Questions on Pay Referents in the 2008 and 2009 SOEP Pretest Modules [PDF]
Income comparisons are among the key mechanisms used to explain satisfaction and happiness, among other outcomes. Yet progress on the questions of who people use as social referents and whether differential selection patterns exist can only be made based
Jürgen Schupp, Simone Schneider
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Overview of International Household Panel Studies. Statement of the German Council of Science and Humanities on the Status and Future Development of the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). November 13, 2009. Appendix 6 [PDF]
In July 2007, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) requested that the German Council of Science and Humanities (Wissenschaftsrat) develop recommendations on improving Germany’s scientific infrastructure in the Humanities and ...
German Council of Science and Humanities
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The Effects of Expanding the Generosity of the Statutory Sickness Insurance System [PDF]
In 1999, in Germany, the statutory sick pay level was increased from 80 to 100 percent of foregone earnings for sicknessepisodes of up to six weeks.
Martin Karlsson, Nicolas R. Ziebarth
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The German Socio-Economic Panel as Reference Data Set [PDF]
This paper discusses how household panels in general?and the German Socio- Economic Panel (SOEP) in particular?can serve as reference data for researchers collecting datasets that do not represent the full universe of the population of interest (e.g ...
C. Katharina Spiess +3 more
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Migration related intentions to stay and return in SOEP dataset [PDF]
Migration related intentions to stay in Germany or return to home country are conceptualized in different contexts in research on migration and integration. With the German Socio-economic Panel dataset (SOEP) provided by the German Institute for Economic
Stegmann, Tim
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