GSOEP - German Socio-Economic Panel (DIW Berlin)
The German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) is a representative longitudinal study of private households in the Federal Republic of Germany from 1984 to 2010; and eastern German lander from 1990 to 2010. GSOEP is produced by DIW Berlin .
The latest wave (27) was released in November 2011.
The survey collects yearly micro data to measure stability and change in living conditions, by following a micro-economic methodology. GSOEP data provide information on all household members, consisting of Germans living in the old and new German lander; non-Germans; and recent immigrants to Germany. This represents almost 7,000 households, with more than 13,500 persons in the sample. Topics include: household composition, occupational biographies, employment, earnings, health and satisfaction indicators.
Data updated: November 2011
Waves 1 to 27, from 1984 to 2010
The GSOEP homepage provides detailed information about the data in German and in English.
Regular news about the survey is issued in the GSOEP Newsletter. The latest issue (PDF) is January 2012 . Register for email delivery of future issues .
To access the main data set, see details below. SOEPmonitor provides time series of selected indicators for download.
Research papers based on GSOEP data are available on this DIW page .
Current EUI members can access GSOEP data as follows:
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Complete the online EUI Data Registration Form (selecting 'GSOEP' in the dropdown menu)
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Sign the EUI 'Conditions of Use' agreement and the 'Confidentiality Declaration' at the Badia Library (Economics Office, 085)
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Important Notice: Registration with DIW Berlin is also required. EUI members who wish to use the data should send a project title and the name of their supervisor (where applicable) to soepmail@diw.de
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Following registration, the GSOEP DVD is issued by the Economics Information Specialist.
PanelWhiz is a collection of Stata/SE® add-on scripts "to make using panel data sets easier." It is compatible with GSOEP. The resource is developed by John Haisken-DeNew in Essen.
More detailed regional-level data can be consulted at the DIW premises in Berlin (direct registration required).
Contact: Thomas Bourke at econlibrary@eui.eu