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. The annual surveys are conducted by the

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(DIW Berlin) and the

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. The survey is funded by the German Federal Government and the State of Berlin via the «Bund-Länder-Kommission» (State/Federal State Commission) for Educational Planning and Research Promotion.SOEP-Overview/Organization & Financing
(URL accessed 2013-05-28) Data are available to

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researchers in Germany and abroad in

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, SAS/ DAP,

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and

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format. Extensive documentation in English and German is available online. SOEP data are integrated into the

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(CNEF) which contains panel data from Australia, Canada, Germany, Great Britain and the United States. The data distribution of the SOEP for researchers outside Germany is supplied with the CNEF by a group at

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. Application to use this international distribution has to be made to the DIW Berlin.

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