Identities and Life Outcomes

Short Description: Most socioeconomic research on social disparities - including studies using the SOEP - relies on categorizing individuals into social groups based on standard demographic variables. This study explores how the psychological significance of these social categories - namely, social identities - can predict life outcomes beyond what conventional demographic measures can explain.

Methodological Details: Participants were asked to rate how important various social, economic, political, and cultural characteristics are to their self-concept - that is, the degree to which they identify with each characteristic.

Contact	Syear	Respondents	Dataset	Variables	Availability	Field	Method	Replication
Robin Bachmann (Freie Universität Berlin), Rudolf Kerschreiter (Freie Universität Berlin), Rolf van Dick (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt), Michael Kosfeld (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt)	2026	tba	Coming with release in 2029		~4/2029	Psychology	Survey items