Policy Analysis and Management

In cooperation with the German Institute for Economic Research in Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung), the Department of Policy Analysis and Management at Cornell University distributes an English user version of the Scientific Use sample of the German Socio-Economic Panel.

The GSOEP User Package is contained on a CD-ROM and includes:

• The first twenty-two waves of the GSOEP data, including the first eleven waves of individuals living in the eastern states of Germany, and four waves of the immigrant data. All data contain English variable and value labels which are translations of the original information provided by the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW). These data are available in SAS-Windows *.SAS7BDAT, SAS Transport *.V5X, SPSS-Windows*.SAV, Stata 9.0, and ASCII formats.
• Dictionary files that include the variable names, labels, and positions, as well as value labels and formats.
• An Adobe Acrobat version of The GSOEP Study: Desktop Companion to the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), edited by John Haisken-DeNew and Joachim Frick.
• English translations of all questionnaires, from 1984 to 2005, in MS Word/pdf format.

Included on the CD-ROM with the Cornell University User Package for the Cross-National Equivalent File (CNEF) 1980-2005 is the Cornell University English User Package for the GSOEP 1984-2005.

For users who have already signed a contract with the DIW and have received earlier releases of these data, the charge for the CD-ROM is $30. Contact Cornell directly at the address below.

For new users, the dissemination of the GSOEP 1984-2005 is a two-step process. First, it is necessary to sign a contract with the DIW to use the GSOEP. After the contract is signed, contact Cornell to receive the data. The charge for the CD-ROM is $125. Contact the DIW and Cornell at the following addresses.

For the Contract:
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung
Königin-Luise-Str. 5
D-14195 Berlin
Tel: +49-30-89789-1
FAX: +49-30-89789-109 (SOEP) or -200 or -209 (Main)
E-mail: soepmail@diw.de

For the Data:
Kristina Gashler, Project Assistant
Cornell University
Department of Policy Analysis and Management
120 MVR Hall
Ithaca, New York
14853-4401 USA
Tel: +1-607-255-8012
FAX: +1-607-255-4071
E-mail: GSOEP@cornell.edu