Researchers who are interested in submitting a proposal for data collection in 2024 should keep the following deadlines in mind: The call for submissions is already open, and if you would like to submit a proposal, you should send an informal expression of interest to soep-is@diw.de by May 31, 2023. If a project is determined to be feasible from a survey methodology perspective, the official submission procedure will follow. The template for proposals must be completed and submitted by June 30, 2023. Data will usually be collected between March and June of the following year.  More information can be found here.

If you’re interested in the datasets that are already available, contact the SOEP Research Data Center. To find out what modules have been included in previous SOEP-IS surveys, see the SOEP-IS Companion.

We look forward to many exciting proposals from the research community!

Data access

The SOEP-CMI-ADIAB data are provided only after users have signed data distribution contracts with both SOEP and IAB. Initially, a guest visit to the IAB’s Research Data Center is required, after which the data can be used via remote data processing. Further information on how to apply for a guest visit can be found here. The SOEP-CMI-ADIAB data will only be available for a limited time, so data distribution contracts will only extend up to December 31, 2026.

Test data

Stata test data for the IAB part of the dataset are available to users to allow error-free programs to be written for remote data processing and to prepare for guest visits. These test data cannot be used for substantive analysis, however. There are no test data for the SOEP survey data part.

Data documentation

Detailed information on the SOEP-CMI-ADIAB dataset is provided in FDZ-Datenreport 03/2023, which is available in both German and English:

• Antoni, Manfred; Beckmannshagen, Mattis; Grabka, Markus M.; Keita, Sekou; Trübswetter, Parvati (2023): “Befragungsdaten der SOEP-Core-, IAB-SOEP Migrationsstichprobe, IAB-BAMF-SOEP Befragung von Geflüchteten und SOEP-Innovationssample verknüpft mit administrativen Daten des IAB (SOEP-CMI-ADIAB) 1975-2020.” FDZ-Datenreport 03/2023(de), Nuremberg. DOI: 10.5164/IAB.FDZD.2303.de.v1
• Antoni, Manfred; Beckmannshagen, Mattis; Grabka, Markus M.; Keita, Sekou; Trübswetter, Parvati (2023): “Survey data of SOEP Core, IAB-SOEP Migration Sample, IAB-BAMF-SOEP Survey of Refugees and SOEP Innovation Sample linked to administrative data of the IAB (SOEP-CMI-ADIAB) 1975-2020.” FDZ-Datenreport 03/2023(en), Nuremberg. DOI: 10.5164/IAB.FDZD.2303.en.v1
  
  

For further information in German:

SOEP-CMI-ADIAB at the IAB Research Data Centre

SOEP-CMI-ADIAB Version 7520 v1

For further information in English:

SOEP-CMI-ADIAB at the IAB Research Data Centre

SOEP-CMI-ADIAB Version 7520 v1

Interested scientists are invited to apply for the seminar via the Management Revue online submission system by July 31, 2023. More information on how to apply is provided in the Call for Papers.

The scales manual has been converted to the SOEPlong variable scheme and, in addition to being published in the SOEP Survey Paper, is also integrated in the SOEPcompanion.

To join the workshop, please register (name, institution) with Janina Britzke and you will receive the login data one week before the event. The workshop will be held in English and participation is free of charge. For further information read here

The 15th Workshop of Panel Surveys in German-Speaking Countries, which the SOEP is organizing in partnership with the German Center for Integration and Migration Research (DeZIM), will take place March 30-31, 2023, at the German Institute for Economic Research in Berlin (DIW Berlin).

The workshop will provide an opportunity to discuss current topics and findings from survey research as well as practical challenges and innovations in the implementation of panel studies. Topics should be directly related to survey work on panel studies. Presentations on the conceptualization of new panel studies and data from new studies are also welcome.

Ideas for presentations can be submitted to panelworkshop@diw.de up to December 18, 2022.

Further information and the call for papers can be found on our event page. 

SOEPcampus@Lunch:

From next month on we offer an online workshop series over lunchtime as introduction to the data of the SOEP study. Participants will be introduced to the content of the study, its data-structure, sample selection and weighting strategy and they will be provided with an overview on the study documentation.

To join the workshop, please register now (name, institution) with Janina Britzke (jbritzke@diw.de) until October 25, 2022.

SOEPcampus after Work:

This online 4-sessions-workshop from November 9th till November, 2022 offers a well-grounded and practically oriented introduction to the data of the Socio-economic panel study. Participants will be introduced to the content of the study, its data-structure, sample selection and weighting strategy and they will be provided with an overview over the study documentation.

Registration starts October 17th, 2022. To join, please also send your name and institution to Janina Britzke (jbritzke@diw.de) until November 8th, 2022.

Please visit our SOEPcampus Event Calendar for more information.

• Theoretical or empirical reflections on regional disparities and opportunity structures

• The role of public services and regional infrastructures in generating inequalities in living conditions

• Regional social or health inequalities
  Regional labor markets and (individual) economic outcomes

• Regional polarization of political attitudes and behavior
• Big spatial data
• Methodological challenges in handling and combining geospatial data with other data sources (such as survey data)

Please find the detailed call for papers here

Important Deadlines:
Abstract: October 15, 2022
Full Paper: February 28, 2023

Which SOEP projects were launched in 2021? What have researchers found out with our data? What additional data do we offer to our users? And what is new since we started working with the fieldwork institute infas?

The report is available online free of charge. We would also be happy to send you a hard copy on request (soepmail@diw.de).

Please download here