In praise of panel surveys, a Sonder-Panel, and a Sonder-Panel-Papa [PDF]
, 2018 In this paper, we salute Gert Wagner and his work, focusing on his association with the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). To place Gert’s contributions in context, we argue first that household panel surveys deserve to be praised for what they contribute to ...
Jenkins, Stephen P. +1 more
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Intra‐Couple Wealth Inequality in South Africa
South African Journal of Economics, Volume 94, Issue 1, March 2026.ABSTRACT Although there is increasing interest in wealth as a measure of well‐being, very few studies measure the wealth gap between men and women, and even fewer examine the gender wealth gap within couples. One of the main reasons for this is that data on wealth are collected at the household level in most surveys.
Daniela Casale, Adeola Oyenubi
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Changes in Immigrants' Body Mass Index with Their Duration of Residence in Germany [PDF]
This paper investigates how immigrants' Body Mass Index (BMI) changes with increasing years since migration in Germany. The data are drawn from three waves (2002, 2004, and 2006) of the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP).
Monika Sander
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The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) in the Nineties: An Example of Incremental Innovations in an Ongoing Longitudinal Study [PDF]
, 2009 The main aim of the present paper is to historically reappraise the development of the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) in the 1990s after the first six waves had been collected.
Wagner, Gert G.
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Parental Health Shocks and Child Outcomes at Ages 17–25: Evidence From Germany
Journal of Marriage and Family, Volume 88, Issue 1, Page 247-257, February 2026.ABSTRACT Objective To investigate the impact of various parental health shocks, including parental death, on young adults' life satisfaction and mental health, personality traits, as well as NEET status (i.e., being neither in employment, education, nor training).
Alessandro Ferrara +3 more
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Are Self-Employed Really Happier than Employees?: An Approach Modelling Adaptation and Anticipation Effects to Self-Employment and General Job Changes [PDF]
Empirical analyses using cross-sectional and panel data found significantly higher levels of job satisfaction for self-employed than for employees.
Dominik Hanglberger, Joachim Merz
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Comparing the Predictive Power of Subjective and Objective Health Indicators: Changes in Hand Grip Strength and Overall Satisfaction with Life as Predictors of Mortality [PDF]
Self-reported measures of health are generally treated as weak measures of respondents' objective health status. On the other hand, most surveys use self-reported health to measure health status and to determine the effects of a range of other socio ...
Gert G. Wagner +2 more
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Does Performance Pay Increase the Risk of Worker Loneliness?
Kyklos, Volume 79, Issue 1, Page 129-148, February 2026.ABSTRACT Increased wages and productivity associated with performance pay can be beneficial to both employers and employees. However, performance pay can also entail unintended consequences for workers' well‐being. This study is the first to systematically examine the association between performance pay and loneliness, a significant policy‐relevant ...
Mehrzad B. Baktash
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Exploring the Linkage of Spatial Indicators from Remote Sensing Data with Survey Data: The Case of the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) and 3D City Models [PDF]
This paper demonstrates the spatial evaluation of survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) study using geo-coordinates and spatially relevant indicators from remote sensing data.
Gert G. Wagner, Jan Goebel, Michael Wurm
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Benford’s Law as an Instrument for Fraud Detection in Surveys Using the Data of the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) [PDF]
Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik, 2010 Summary This paper focuses on fraud detection in surveys using Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) data as an example for testing newly methods proposed here. A statistical theorem referred to as Benford’s Law states that in many sets of numerical data, the significant digits are not uniformly distributed, as one might expect, but adhere to a ...
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