Editorial - SOEP after 25 Years: 8th International Socio-Economic Panel User Conference

Abstract

"The year 2008 was a special one for the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP): Wave 25 of the two original subsamples, which were started in West Germany in 1984, went into the field. At the beginning of the 1980s, when the SOEP was conceived and received its first round of financing from the German Research Foundation (DFG), nobody was able to foresee the scientific success and long life this longitudinal study would have. The 8th International Socio-Economic Panel User Conference, held at the Social Science Research Center (WZB) in Berlin from July 9 to 11, 2008, provided a perfect opportunity to celebrate SOEP's 25th anniversary with the scientific and political community and the general public, and to reflect on the study's success story." (Text excerpt, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Anger, S., Groh-Samberg, O., Headey, B. & Trommsdorff, G. (2009): Editorial - SOEP after 25 Years: 8th International Socio-Economic Panel User Conference. In: Schmollers Jahrbuch, Vol. 129, No. 2, p. 149-154.