In Germany, researchers dealing with questions of empirical educational research rely mainly on cross-sectional data. In addition, there are region- and group-specific longitudinal studies. This paper demonstrates the possibilities for using educationally relevant information from long-running...

This is a revised version of the paper presented at the Special Session "25 Waves of SOEP" of the 8th International Socio-Economic Panel User Conference in Berlin, July, 10th 2008. The aim of this paper is to honour Bernhard von Rosenbladt's contribution to the German Socio-Economic Panel Study...