Proceedings of the “5th International Conference of German Socio-Economic Panel Users”.

Schmollers Jahrbuch, 123. Jg. (2003), Heft 1.

Edited by Elke Holst Edited by Jennifer Hunt Edited by Jürgen Schupp

Book cover: Proceedings of the “5th International Conference of German Socio-Economic Panel Users”.

Extent: 239 pages

Publisher: Duncker & Humblot

Subjects: Religious Studies

Series: Schmollers Jahrbuch. Journal of Contextual Economics

Language: German

(Paperback) (Published)

(May 2003)

ISBN: 9783428112296

6.18 x 9.17 inches

Price: $70.00

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The papers in this special issue of Schmollers
Jahrbuch provide a flavor of the work being carried out by the four hundred research
teams registered as users of the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). They were
presented at the Fifth International Conference of SOEP Users, held in Berlin on the
5th and 6th of July 2002, and represent several fields of social science as well as
many countries.

A first set of papers analyzes wage and income inequality and mobility. A new method
measuring mobility in different parts of the income distribution is presented in one
study, while a second proposes a decomposition technique to investigate changes in
wage inequality. A third paper tests hypotheses about the nature of the welfare
states by analysing income mobility in three countries: Germany, the Netherlands and
the United States.

A second set of papers examines transitions to and from unemployment. They analyze
determinants of new job-finding and unemployment duration, including the importance
of psychological factors. Aspects of wage determinants play a role in several other
papers, for example the negative correlation between maternity leave and the mother’s
subsequent wage. Another issue related to wage analysis the possible bias arising
from individuals’ not responding to the wage question.

An additional group of papers revolves around the theme of changes in labor force or
personal status and changes in income, documenting, for example, the fall in real
equivalent income experienced by women who become widowed. A final group of papers
exploits various features of the SOEP to examine topics like savings behavior, wage
subsidy schemes and their effect on employment, and the relation between the time a
child’s parents spent caring for him or her and the child’s success at school.
Finally, an interesting paper examines smoking behavior over the life cycle across
four countries.

Inhalt: I. N. Gang / J. Landon-Lane / M.-S. Yun,
Gender Differences in German Upward Income Mobility - P. Van Kerm, On the Magnitude
of Income Mobility in Germany - B. Headey / R. Muffels, Policy Goals and Outcomes in
'Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism' - I. N. Gang / M.-S. Yun, Decomposing Male
Inequality Change in East Germany During Transition - J. Wolff / P. Trübswetter, The
Speed of Leaving the Old Job. A Study on Job Changes and Exits into Unemployment
During the East German Transition Process - W. T. Gallo / J. Endrass / E. H. Bradley
/ D. Hell / S. V. Kasl, The Influence of Internal Control on the Employment Status of
German Worker - M. Gangl, Unemployment Insurance and the Stability of Earnings: A
Comparison of Work Exits from Unemployment in the United States and West Germany - R.
T. Riphahn / O. Serfling, Heterogeneity in Item Non-Response on Income and Wealth
Questions - J.-P. Schräpler, Gross Income Non-Response in the German Socio-Economic
Panel: Refusal or Don't Know? - J. Ondrich / C. K. Spiess / Q. Yang, Changes in
Women's Wages after Parental Leave - D. R. Williams, Returns to Education and
Experience in Self-Employment: Evidence from Germany - R. V. Burkhauser / P. Giles /
D. R. Lillard / J. Schwarze, Changes in the Economic Well-Being of Widows Following
the Death of Their Husband: A Four Country Comparison - A. Zaidi / J. R. Frick / F.
Büchel, Income Risks within Retirement in Great Britain and Germany - S. Drobnič,
Men's Transition to Retirement: Does the Wife Matter? - R. Hufnagel, The Impact of
Domestic Child Care on School Performance - H. Bonin / W. Kempe / H. Schneider,
Household Labor Supply Effects of Low-Wage Subsidies in Germany - N. Fuchs-Schündeln
/ M. Schündeln, The Savings Behavior of East and West Germans. Theoretical
Predictions and Empirical Evidence - D. Kenkel / D. R. Lillard / A. Mathios, Tobacco
Control Policies and Smoking

  • Edited by Elke Holst
  • Edited by Jennifer Hunt
  • Edited by Jürgen Schupp