Proceedings of the 10th International Socio-Economic Panel User Conference (SOEP 2012)

At our SOEP2012 conference we had exciting discussions of 66 papers and 15 posters by economists, sociologists, psychologists, political scientists, geographers, and survey methodologists covering a wide range of research topics such as income inequality, well-being and happiness, social mobility, health and family issues, and intergenerational research. Many of the papers dealt with the distribution of social resources and its trends, causes, and consequences and also with specific questions of access to education and jobs, changes in upward social mobility, but also effects of unemployment and downward social mobility.

In summer 2012, we welcomed over 160 participants from 10 countries to the conference. Over two days, we had exciting discussions of 66 papers and 15 posters by economists, sociologists, psychologists, political scientists, geographers, and survey methodologists covering a wide range of research topics such as income inequality, well-being and happiness, social mobility, health and family issues, and intergenerational research. The Conference Program Committee, consisting of Janet Gornick, C. Katharina Spiess, Nicolas Ziebarth, and Jürgen Schupp, were responsible for selection and planning of the anniversary program. Many of the papers at this year's conference dealt with the distribution of social resources and its trends, causes, and consequences a core interest shared by a large number of SOEP researchers. Some of these papers addressed specific questions of access to education and jobs, changes in upward social mobility, but also effects of unemployment and downward social mobility.

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Jürgen Schupp, Janet Gornick, C. Katharina Spiess, and Nicolas Ziebarth Editorial SOEP 2012: The 10th International Socio-Economic Panel User Conference Martin Adler and Kai Daniel Schmid Factor Shares and Income Inequality. Empiral Evidence from Germany 20022008 Philipp M. Lersch Long-Distance Moves and Employment of Women in Dual-Earner Couples in Britain and Germany Michael Gebel Is a Temporary Job Better Than Unemployment? A Cross-country Comparison Based on British, German, and Swiss Panel Data Jan Brülle Differential Employment Prospects among Atypical Employees: Effects of Type of Contract or Worker Preference? Alexander Yendell Participation in Continuing Vocational Training in Germany between 1989 and 2008 Veronika V. Eberharter The Intergenerational Transmission of Occupational Preferences, Segregation, and Wage Inequality Empirical Evidence from Europe and the United States Thomas Rhein, Parvati Trübswetter, and Natascha Nisic Is Occupational Mobility in Germany Hampered by the Dual Vocational System? The Results of a British-German Comparison Belit ?aka Internal Migration of Immigrants: Evidence from Western Germany Fabian Kratz and Josef Brüderl Returns to Regional Migration: Causal Effect or Selection on Wage Growth? Ferdinand Geissler, Thomas Leopold, and Sebastian Pink Gender Differences in Residential Mobility: The Case of Leaving Home in East Germany Gerard J. van den Berg and Michèle A. Weynandt Explaining Differences Between the Expected and Actual Duration Until Return Migration: Economic Changes Dean R. Lillard and Anna Manzoni International Migration as Occupational Mobility: The Case of Germany Maike Schmitt Subjective Well-Being and Air Quality in Germany Anja Oppermann The Impact of Educational Fields on Fertility in Western Germany Sten Becker and Carolyn Stolberg Ethnic Inequality in Preterm Birth Adrian Chadi Third Person Effects in Interview Responses on Life Satisfaction Ruben de Bliek Does Trust Pay Off?