Die Corona-Pandemie und die politischen Entscheidungen zu ihrer Eindämmung verändern derzeit die Situation vieler Erwerbstätiger in Deutschland. Auf Grundlage einer ersten Tranche einer Zusatzbefragung (SOEP-Cov) von Haushalten des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP), werden hier die...

The corona pandemic and the political measures undertaken to contain it are changing the working conditions of many people in Germany. Based on data from the first tranche of a supplementary survey (SOEP-Cov) to the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), this study analyzes the effects of the...

Die Corona-Pandemie und die politischen Entscheidungen zu ihrer Eindämmung verändern derzeit die Situation vieler Erwerbstätiger in Deutschland. Auf Grundlage einer ersten Tranche einer Zusatzbefragung (SOEP-Cov) von Haushalten des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP), werden hier die...

The corona pandemic and the political measures undertaken to contain it are changing the working conditions of many people in Germany. Based on data from the first tranche of a supplementary survey (SOEP-Cov) to the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), this study analyzes the effects of the...

Social comparisons are an essential source of information about the self. Research in social psychology has shown individual variation in the tendency toward comparison with other people's opinions and abilities, raising the question of whether social comparisons are driven by psychological...

Unemployment continues to be one of the major challenges in industrialized societies. Aside from its economic dimensions and societal repercussions, questions concerning the individual experience of unemployment have recently attracted increasing attention. Although many studies have documented...

Unemployment continues to be one of the major challenges in industrialized societies. Aside from its economic dimensions and societal repercussions, questions concerning the individual experience of unemployment have recently attracted increasing attention. Although many studies have documented...

This paper describes the implementation of a factorial survey within the SOEP-Pretest of 2008 and investigates (1) respondents' comments about the vignettes, (2) interviewers' assessments of respondents comprehension and willingness to answer, and (3) response behavior regarding response time,...

Using a unique dataset we study both the actual and self-perceived relationship between subjective well-being and income comparisons against a wide range of potential comparison groups, enabling us to investigate a broader range of questions than in previous studies. In questions inserted into a...