SOEP — The German Socio-Economic Panel Study at DIW Berlin Sandra Gerstorf, Jürgen Schupp (Editors) 20SOEP Wave Report 13 Impressum German Socio-Economic Panel | SOEP DIW Berlin Mohrenstr. 58 10117 Berlin Germany Phone +49-30-897 89-671 Fax +49-30-897 89-109 Director Jürgen Schupp Editors Sandra Gerstorf, Jürgen Schupp Technical Office Michaela Engelmann Photos Stephan Röhl,
[email protected] Christine Kurka, DIW Berlin Print Werner Jahnke, DIW Berlin ISSN Print 2199-4226 ISSN Online 1868-1131 Berlin, June 2014 2 SOEP Wave Report 2013 Waves SOEP Wave Report 2013 3 Contents Introduction ........................................................7 Part I: Basics about the SOEP . 9 SOEP Mission . 11 SOEP Personnel .....................................................13 Thirty Years of the Socio-Economic Panel ................................17 Waves Data Distribution SOEP.v29. 23 DIW Economic Bulletin 2014 ECONOMY. POLITICS. SCIENCE. 1 Part II: A Selection of 2013 Publications by the SOEP Team . 27 Political Interest and Participation in Germany Life Satisfaction in Germany at Highest Levels since Reunification ...........29 Poor, Unemployed, and Politically Inactive? ..............................39 REPORT by Martin Kroh and Christian Könnecke Poor, Unemployed, and Politically Inactive? 3 INTERVIEW with Martin Kroh »The Poor and Unemployed Show Less Political Interest« 15 REPORT by Markus M. Grabka and Jan Goebel Reduction in Income Inequality Faltering ................................51 Reduction in Income Inequality Faltering 16 REPORT by Adrian Hille, Annegret Arnold, and Jürgen Schupp Leisure Behavior of Young People: Education-Oriented Activities Becoming Increasingly Prevalent 26 Leisure Behavior of Young People: Education-Oriented Activities Becoming Increasingly Prevalent ..............................61 Part III: Summary Report SOEP Fieldwork in 2013 . 73 Section A – The Main Sample .........................................75 1Longitudinal Samples.