Im Rahmen einer nicht repräsentativen Sondererhebung wurde die Lebenssituation hochvermögender Haushalte mit mindestens einer Million Euro Geldvermögen erhoben und der Situation durchschnittlicher Haushalte aus repräsentativen Stichproben gegenübergestellt. Die Ergebnisse deuten darauf hin,...

Die verfügbaren Einkommen der privaten Haushalte in Deutschland sind von 1991 bis 2014 real, also unter Berücksichtigung der Preisentwicklung, um zwölf Prozent gestiegen. Das zeigt die vorliegende Studie, die auf Daten der Längsschnittstudie Sozio-oekonomisches Panel (SOEP) basiert. Die...

The aim of this paper is to estimate income advantages arising from publicly provided education and to analyse their impact on the income distribution in Germany. Using representative micro-data from the SOEP and considering regional and education-specific variation, from a cross-sectional...

Using data on annual individual labor income from three representative panel datasets (German SOEP, British BHPS, Australian HILDA) we investigate a) the selectivity of item non-response (INR) and b) the impact of imputation as a prominent post-survey means to cope with this type of measurement...

The positive association between moderate alcohol consumption and wages is well documented in the economic literature. Positive health effects as well as networking mechanisms serve as explanations for the "alcohol-income puzzle". Using individual-based microdata from the GSOEP for 2006, we...

In response to increasing health expenditures and a high number of physician visits, the German government introduced a copayment for ambulatory care in 2004 for individuals with statutory health insurance (SHI). Because persons with private insurance were exempt from the copayments, this health...