DIW Berlin: Research Infrastructure 'Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)'

Research Infrastructure Focus

The Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) is one of the largest and longest-running multidisciplinary household surveys worldwide. Every year, approximately 30,000 people in 15,000 households are interviewed for the SOEP study. The SOEP is also a research-driven infrastructure based at DIW Berlin. The SOEP team prepares survey data for use by researchers around the globe, and team members use the data in research on various topics. Studies based on SOEP data examine diverse aspects of societal change. As part of the Leibniz Association, the SOEP receives funding from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and from Germany’s state (Länder) governments.

Board of Directors

Jan Goebel

Board of Directors SOEP and Division Head Data Operation and Research Data Center

Markus M. Grabka

Board of Directors SOEP & Acting Division Head

Carsten Schröder

Board of Directors SOEP and Division Head Applied Panel Analysis

Sabine Zinn

Vice Director SOEP and Head of the Division Survey Methodology and Management

Jan Goebel

Board of Directors SOEP and Division Head Data Operation and Research Data Center

Markus M. Grabka

Board of Directors SOEP & Acting Division Head

Carsten Schröder

Board of Directors SOEP and Division Head Applied Panel Analysis

Sabine Zinn

Vice Director SOEP and Head of the Division Survey Methodology and Management

Jan Goebel

Board of Directors SOEP and Division Head Data Operation and Research Data Center

Markus M. Grabka

Board of Directors SOEP & Acting Division Head

Carsten Schröder

Board of Directors SOEP and Division Head Applied Panel Analysis

Sabine Zinn

Vice Director SOEP and Head of the Division Survey Methodology and Management

Research Infrastructure 'Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)'

Research Infrastructure Focus

Respondents

Data Users

News

SOEP User Conference 2024 - Aufruf zu Einreichungen

Economic Determinants of Populism

Data Release: German Social Cohesion Panel - SCP 2021_1 (Anchor)

SOEP-Core Data 1984-2021 (v38) available

Ukrainian refugees: Nearly half intend to stay in Germany in the longer term

SOEP Annual Report 2022 is published!

SOEP User Conference 2024 - Aufruf zu Einreichungen

Economic Determinants of Populism

Data Release: German Social Cohesion Panel - SCP 2021_1 (Anchor)

SOEP-Core Data 1984-2021 (v38) available

Ukrainian refugees: Nearly half intend to stay in Germany in the longer term

SOEP Annual Report 2022 is published!

SOEP User Conference 2024 - Aufruf zu Einreichungen

Economic Determinants of Populism

Data Release: German Social Cohesion Panel - SCP 2021_1 (Anchor)

SOEP-Core Data 1984-2021 (v38) available

Ukrainian refugees: Nearly half intend to stay in Germany in the longer term

SOEP Annual Report 2022 is published!

Research Projects

IAB-BiB/FReDA-BAMF-SOEP Survey “Refugees from Ukraine in Germany”

Bremen Initiative to Foster Early Childhood Development (BRISE)

Groups put at Particular Risk by COVID 19 (GaPRisk)

Publications

The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)
In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 239 (2019), 2, S. 345-360

The SOEP Innovation Sample (SOEP IS)
In: Schmollers Jahrbuch 135 (2015), 3, S. 389-400

The Individual in Context(s): Research Potentials of the Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) in Sociology
In: European Sociological Review 35 (2019), 5, S. 738-755

Socioeconomic Differences in SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Vaccination in Germany: A Seroepidemiological Study After One Year of COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign
In: International Journal of Public Health (2023), im Ersch. [Online first: 2023-09-14]

Does Your Smartphone “Know” Your Social Life? A Methodological Comparison of Day Reconstruction, Experience Sampling, and Mobile Sensing
In: Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science 6 (2023), 3, S. 1-12

Board of Directors

Events

Ethnic segregation in a stratified school system: Does ability tracking hamper ‘white flight’ from local schools?

Learn to use the SOEP over lunch

The Power of Where - Spatial Insights from Survey Data

SOEP @Social Media

Research Infrastructure Focus

Respondents

Data Users

News

SOEP User Conference 2024 - Aufruf zu Einreichungen

Economic Determinants of Populism

Data Release: German Social Cohesion Panel - SCP 2021_1 (Anchor)

SOEP-Core Data 1984-2021 (v38) available

Ukrainian refugees: Nearly half intend to stay in Germany in the longer term

SOEP Annual Report 2022 is published!

SOEP User Conference 2024 - Aufruf zu Einreichungen

Economic Determinants of Populism

Data Release: German Social Cohesion Panel - SCP 2021_1 (Anchor)

SOEP-Core Data 1984-2021 (v38) available

Ukrainian refugees: Nearly half intend to stay in Germany in the longer term

SOEP Annual Report 2022 is published!

SOEP User Conference 2024 - Aufruf zu Einreichungen

Economic Determinants of Populism

Data Release: German Social Cohesion Panel - SCP 2021_1 (Anchor)

SOEP-Core Data 1984-2021 (v38) available

Ukrainian refugees: Nearly half intend to stay in Germany in the longer term

SOEP Annual Report 2022 is published!

Research Projects

IAB-BiB/FReDA-BAMF-SOEP Survey “Refugees from Ukraine in Germany”

Bremen Initiative to Foster Early Childhood Development (BRISE)

Groups put at Particular Risk by COVID 19 (GaPRisk)

Publications

The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 239 (2019), 2, S. 345-360

The SOEP Innovation Sample (SOEP IS) In: Schmollers Jahrbuch 135 (2015), 3, S. 389-400

The Individual in Context(s): Research Potentials of the Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) in Sociology In: European Sociological Review 35 (2019), 5, S. 738-755

Socioeconomic Differences in SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Vaccination in Germany: A Seroepidemiological Study After One Year of COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign In: International Journal of Public Health (2023), im Ersch. [Online first: 2023-09-14]

Does Your Smartphone “Know” Your Social Life? A Methodological Comparison of Day Reconstruction, Experience Sampling, and Mobile Sensing In: Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science 6 (2023), 3, S. 1-12

Board of Directors

Events

Ethnic segregation in a stratified school system: Does ability tracking hamper ‘white flight’ from local schools?

Learn to use the SOEP over lunch

The Power of Where - Spatial Insights from Survey Data

SOEP @Social Media

The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)
In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 239 (2019), 2, S. 345-360

The SOEP Innovation Sample (SOEP IS)
In: Schmollers Jahrbuch 135 (2015), 3, S. 389-400

The Individual in Context(s): Research Potentials of the Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) in Sociology
In: European Sociological Review 35 (2019), 5, S. 738-755

Socioeconomic Differences in SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Vaccination in Germany: A Seroepidemiological Study After One Year of COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign
In: International Journal of Public Health (2023), im Ersch. [Online first: 2023-09-14]

Does Your Smartphone “Know” Your Social Life? A Methodological Comparison of Day Reconstruction, Experience Sampling, and Mobile Sensing
In: Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science 6 (2023), 3, S. 1-12