This paper discusses how household panels in general?and the German Socio- Economic Panel (SOEP) in particular?can serve as reference data for researchers collecting datasets that do not represent the full universe of the population of interest (e.g., through clinical trials, intervention...

Numerous people in Germany, including politicians and researchers, believe that the gross domestic product (GDP) is an outdated indicator of a society's prosperity. Therefore, at the end of 2010, the German Bundestag, the federal parliament, established a study commission (Enquete-Kommission)...

Ethische Prinzipen für den Forschungsprozess selbst und dessen Transfer ("Verwertung") sind nur durch Selbstdisziplin der Akteure durchsetzbar - für das erlernen dieser professionellen Disziplin sind nicht Formulare und Kommissionen, sondern die Lehre und Ausbildung des Nachwuchses zentral....