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...

Given the importance of the early stage of a child`s life and taking into account that there various initiatives underway to improve preschool programs in German, it is remarkable that there are only a few microdatasets covering the field of preschool education in Germany - even less if the...

This paper discusses how household panels in general - and the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) in particular - an 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...

Die Stellungnahme der Arbeitsgruppe "Bildungsdaten" zeigt die gravierenden Datenmängel im Bereich der Verfügbarkeit und Verknüpfbarkeit von Bildungsdaten in Deutschland auf. Sie fordert die Umsetzung eines Bildungsverlaufsregisters über alle Stufen formaler Bildung sowie den regelhaften...