- German Economic Analysis & Policies
- Social Policy and Reform Studies
- Social and Demographic Issues in Germany
- Global Health Care Issues
- Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism
- Income, Poverty, and Inequality
- Health and Medical Studies
- demographic modeling and climate adaptation
- Economic and Social Issues
- Social Policies and Healthcare Reform
- Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
- Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
- Urbanization and City Planning
- Housing Market and Economics
- European Socioeconomic and Political Studies
- Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
- Retirement, Disability, and Employment
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies
- Monetary Policy and Economic Impact
- Italy: Economic History and Contemporary Issues
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Regional Development and Policy
- Spatial and Panel Data Analysis
German Institute for Economic Research
2015-2024
Robert Koch Institute
2024
Federal Office for Migration and Refugees
2022
National Bureau of Economic Research
2017
Freie Universität Berlin
2017
New York University
2017
Technische Universität Berlin
2008-2016
Berlin Heart (Germany)
2012-2014
Institute of Economic Research of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
2013
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
2008
Journal Article Examining the gender wealth gap Get access Eva M. Sierminska, Sierminska * *CEPS/INSTEAD, BP 48, L-4501 Differdange, Luxembourg, and DIW Berlin; e-mail: eva.sierminska@ceps.lu Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Joachim R. Frick, Frick † Berlin, TU Berlin &IZA Bonn; jfrick@diw.de Markus Grabka ‡ mgrabka@diw.de Economic Papers, Volume 62, Issue 4, October 2010, Pages 669–690, https://doi.org/10.1093/oep/gpq007 Published: 07 April 2010
This study describes the first wave of IAB-BiB/FReDA-BAMF-SOEP Survey on Ukrainian Refugees in Germany, a unique panel dataset based over 11,000 interviews conducted between August and October 2022. The aim is to provide data-infrastructure for theory-driven evidence-based research various aspects integration among refugees second most important destination country EU after Poland, hosting million people who arrived Germany shortly Russian invasion Ukraine. Based survey, this also provides...
This article deals with income advantages derived from owner‐occupied housing and their impact on the personal distribution. Using micro‐data British Household Panel Study (BHPS), German Socio‐Economic (SOEP), U.S. of Income Dynamics (PSID) we find distinct cross‐national differences in terms prevalence extent imputed rent. Results inequality decomposition analyses show this overall to be net effect two conflicting changes: On one hand there is increasing between groups owneroccupiers...
Evidence on the relationship between socioeconomic position (SEP) and infections with SARS-CoV-2 is still limited as most of available studies are ecological in nature. This first German nationwide study to examine differences risk according SEP at individual level.
We examine the gender wealth gap with a focus on pension and statutory rights. By taking into account employment characteristics of women men, we are able to identify extent which redistributive effect rights reduces gap. The data for our analysis come from German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), one few surveys that collects information entitlements at individual level. Pension available in SOEP 2012 only. While relative raw is about 35% (or 31,000 euros) when analysing standard measure net...
Abstract Background Psychosocial stress is considered a risk factor for physical and mental ill-health. Evidence on socioeconomic inequalities with regard to the psychosocial consequences of COVID-19 pandemic in Germany still limited. We aimed investigate how pandemic-induced (PIPS) different life domains differed between groups. Methods Data came from German Corona-Monitoring nationwide study – wave 2 (RKI-SOEP-2, November 2021–February 2022). PIPS was assessed using 4-point Likert scales...
Abstract The research on wealth inequality has generally focused real and financial assets, while giving little attention to pension wealth: the present value of future entitlements from public company schemes. This is surprising given important role plans play in guaranteeing material security well‐being for a majority population, suggests that they should be accounted peoples’ portfolios. Using novel data Socio‐Economic Panel (SOEP), we study incidence, relevance, distribution individual...
Abstract We provide a concise introduction to household-panel data infrastructure that provides the international research community with longitudinal of private households in Germany since 1984: German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). demonstrate comparative strength SOEP answering economically-relevant questions by highlighting its diverse and impactful applications throughout field.
Pre-vaccine SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence data from Germany are scarce outside hotspots, and socioeconomic disparities remained largely unexplored. The nationwide representative RKI-SOEP study (15,122 participants, 18-99 years, 54% women) investigated testing in a supplementary wave of the Socio-Economic-Panel conducted predominantly October-November 2020. Self-collected oral-nasal swabs were PCR-positive 0.4% Euroimmun anti-SARS-CoV-2-S1-IgG ELISA dry-capillary-blood antibody-positive 1.3% (95%...