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efas-Nachwuchsförderpreis 2013: Bewerbungsfrist am 31.05.2013

Der efas-Nachwuchsförderpreis (in memoriam Prof. Dr. Angela Fiedler) wird zum sechsten Mal in Folge durch das Ökonominnennetzwerk efas – economics, feminism and science vergeben. Ausgezeichnet werden hervorragende Diplom-, Bachelor-, Master- und Magisterarbeiten sowie Dissertationen von Studentinnen bzw. Absolventinnen von Universitäten und Fachhochschulen. Der Preis wird in memoriam an Frau Prof. Dr. Angela Fiedler verliehen, eine der Mitinitiatorinnen von efas. Er ist in Höhe von 500 Euro für Diplom-, Magister-, Bachelor- oder Masterarbeiten oder 750 Euro für Dissertationen dotiert. Förderungswürdig sind Abschlussarbeiten auf dem Gebiet der Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung im wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Kontext. Die Arbeiten sollten möglichst im Jahr 2012 abgeschlossen worden sein. Mit dem Überblick über prämierte Arbeiten der Vorjahre erhalten Sie einen ersten Eindruck, wie vielfältig die Themen in diesem Bereich sind.

Die Abschlussarbeit kann von einer Professorin oder einem Professor für die Nominierung vorgeschlagen werden. Selbstbewerbungen von der Kandidatin sind ebenfalls willkommen. Die Bewerbungsfrist endet am 31. Mai 2013. Die Begutachtung erfolgt durch den wissenschaftlichen Ausschuss von efas. Die Preisvergabe inklusive der Kurzvorstellung der Arbeit erfolgt im Rahmen der 11. efas-Jahrestagung, die voraussichtlich am 05./06. Dezember 2013 an der Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft (HTW) Berlin stattfinden wird. Der Preisträgerin wird zusätzlich die Option eröffnet, für den nachfolgenden efas-Newsletter einen Beitrag zu verfassen. Den aktuellen Aufruf sowie Informationen zu der Ausschreibung und den Modalitäten einschließlich der Bewerbungsformulare finden Sie auch auf der efas-Homepage.

Universität Hohenheim: wiss. Mitarbeiter/in am Lehrstuhl für Unternehmensführung

Am Lehrstuhl für Unternehmensführung der Universität Hohenheim ist zum 01. Juni 2013 eine Stelle einer/eines

wissenschaftlichen Mitarbeiterin/Mitarbeiters
(Entgeltgruppe 13 TV-L, 50%)

zu besetzen.

Aufgaben und Möglichkeiten:
Betreuung von Lehrveranstaltungen im Bereich des Human Resource Managements, der Unternehmensführung und des Dienstleistungsmanagements, Übernahme weiterer Aufgaben im Lehrstuhlteam (z.B. Betreuung von Abschlussarbeiten), Möglichkeit zu anspruchsvoller wissenschaftlicher Arbeit mit dem Ziel der Promotion, Forschungsmöglichkeiten in den Bereichen strategisches Personalmanagement oder Dienstleistungsmanagement.

Bewerbungen werden bis zum 03.05.2013 erbeten.

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Universität Zürich: wiss. Assistent/in ABWL, insb. empirische Methodik der Personalökonomik

Am Lehrstuhl für Allgemeine Betriebswirtschaftslehre, insbesondere empirische Methodik der Personalökonomik wird ab September 2013 oder Februar 2014 für sehr gute Bachelorabsolventen eine Stelle als

wissenschaftlicher Assistent

mit der Möglichkeit eines Fast-Track-Doktorats (integrierter Master- und Doktoratsabschluss) frei. Während der Absolvierung des Master of Science Pflichtkursprogramms erfolgt die Einstellung mit reduzierter Teilzeit.

Aufgabenbereiche:
Stelleninhaber arbeiten an empirischen Projekten zur Bildungs- und Personalökonomie unter Anwendung fortgeschrittener ökonometrischer Methoden. Ihre Forschungsprojekte sind in die Projekte des Lehrstuhlteams integriert, so dass sie im Rahmen einer hervorragenden inhaltlichen und methodischen Infrastruktur arbeiten. Darüber hinaus übernehmen Stelleninhaber im Rahmen der Lehrstuhlarbeit Lehrtätigkeiten und Organisationsaufgaben.

Bewerbungen werden bis zum 01.06.2013 oder 1.12.2013 erbeten.

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Call for Papers: Dynamics of Low Wage, Low Pay, and Transfer Receipt

Date: November 15 – 16, 2013

Location: Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg, Germany

Background:

In recent years the great recession and Euro crisis have affected national labor markets. In most countries, unemployment has risen. In some countries austerity policies put a break on wage increases and institutional reforms have supported the generation of extended low wage sectors. This directs new attention to the workings of national minimum income systems.

The conference will present international current research on trends and developments in the fields of low wage employment and transfer receipt (e.g., welfare, unemployment or other types of benefits) and the dynamics of these patterns over time.

We are interested in studies on national developments as well as on international patterns. Both micro- and macroeconomic analyses are welcome. The conference shall focus on empirical studies but heoretical contributions are welcome as well.

Key-Note Speakers:

  • Stephen JENKINS, London School of Economics
  • Jürgen ScHupp, DIW Berlin

Submission:

The deadline for submission is June 15, 2013. please submit electronic versions of full papers or extended abstracts (3 pages) in pdf format to lowpay2013@iab.de. You will be notified on acceptance of your paper by end of July 2013. All presenters will be asked to submit full papers until October 15, 2013. All participants are requested to register no later than October 15, 2013.

Scientific Committee:

  • Lorenzo cAppELLARI, università cattolica Milan
  • Joachim MöLLER, IAB Nuremberg
  • Regina T. RIpHAHN, FAu Erlangen-Nuremberg
  • Helmut RuDOLpH, IAB Nuremberg
  • Wiemer SALvERDA, university of Amsterdam
  • Joachim WOLFF, IAB Nuremberg

Conference Fee:

The conference fee is 80€, which includes refreshments and lunches during the workshop, as well as the conference dinner on November 15, 2013. participants presenting a paper are exempted from the conference fee (one person for coauthored papers). There is a small travel grant for ph.D. students, who present a paper at the workshop and provide a letter of their supervisor that confirms their current ph.D. student status. The grant covers 50 percent of the travel cost, but the grant is limited to a maximum of € 150.

Call for Papers

Introduction to the German General Social Survey (ALLBUS)

Institution: see Organisers & Acknowledgements

Program of study: International Research Workshop

Lecturer: Michael Terwey (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences)

Date:

30.09.2013, 09:00 – 12:30

Room: n.s.

Max. number of participants: 20

Semester periods per week: n.s.

Credit Points: 5 CP for participating in the whole IRWS

Language of instruction: English

Contents:

ALLBUS (Allgemeine Bevölkerungsumfrage der Sozialwissenschaften – German General Social Survey (GGSS)) is one of the foremost survey programs in Germany. It has been institutionalized as a part of GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences. The prototype for similar national data generation programs is the American General Social Survey (GSS).

Since 1980, ALLBUS/GGSS has provided a series of representative cross-sectional samples drawn from the adult population in Germany. These biennial surveys include partly replicative and partly innovative question modules and added value data for analyses of social structure, attitudes, values, and behavior in Germany. Moreover, users may find various possibilities for international comparisons. There are 19 currently available ALLBUS/GGSS surveys (1980-2012) with a total of 57,723 respondents. A large part of the documentation has been translated into English.
In its first part the course gives an overview of the project as such, basic sampling procedures, various question modules, and recent activities of the ALLBUS Research Data Center. The second part comprises hands-on exercises of chosen data. The calculations will be done primarily using SPSS-syntax. Participants should have fundamental knowledge in data handling, in statistical data analysis and in using programs like SPSS via syntax.

Literature

Alba, Richard, Peter Schmidt and Martina Wasmer (eds.) 2003: Germans or Foreigners? Attitudes Towards Ethnic Minorities in Post-Reunification Germany, New York und Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan.

Blohm, Michael, Franziska Lerch, Ute Hoffstätter, Katharina Schmidt and Daniel Nowack 2013: ALLBUS-Bibliographie (27. Fassung), GESIS – Technical Reports 2013|06.

Davis, James Allen, Peter Ph. Mohler and Tom W. Smith 1994: Nationwide General Social Surveys, in: Borg, Ingwer and Peter Ph. Mohler (eds.), Trends and Perspectives in Empirical Social Research, Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter: 17-25.

Smith, Tom W., Jibum Kim, Achim Koch and Alison Park 2005: Social-Science Research and the General Social Surveys, in: ZUMA-Nachrichten 56: 68-77.

Terwey, Michael 2000: ALLBUS: A German General Social Survey, in: Schmollers Jahrbuch 120: 151-158.

Terwey, Michael and Horst Baumann 2013: Variable Report German General Social Survey. ALLBUS / GGSS Cumulation 1980 – 2010, ZA-Study-No 4576, Cologne: GESIS, GESIS – Variable Reports No. 2013|2.

You have to register for the 7th International Research Workshop to participate in this course.

Network Analysis

Institution: see Organisers & Acknowledgements

Program of study: International Research Workshop

Lecturer: Dr. Per Kropp (Institute for Employment Research)

Date:

03.10.2013, 09:30 – 17:30

Room: n.s.

Max. number of participants: 20

Semester periods per week: n.s.

Credit Points: 5 CP for participating in the whole IRWS

Language of instruction: English/German (depending on participants)

Contents:

This course will familiarize students with basic concepts in social network analysis. The focus will be on two topics: social networks as resources, and social networks as structure. The resource approach focuses on the social embeddedness of individual action and can be investigated using standard statistical tools. Investigating social networks as structure, however, requires special network analysis software (Pajek). Centrality and prestige in networks, subgroup analysis, and roles and positions will be analyzed.

  • References

De Nooy, W., A. Mrvar, et al. (2011). Exploratory Social Network Analysis with Pajek, Cambridge University Press.

Freeman, L. (2011): The Development of Social Network Analysis—with an Emphasis on Recent Events. In J. Scott and P. J. Carrington (eds.) The SAGE Handbook of Social Network Analysis. London: SAGE Publications.

Mouw, T. (2003). Social Capital and Finding a Job: Do Contacts Matter? American Sociological Review 68(6): 868- 898.

You have to register for the 7th International Research Workshop to participate in this course.

Analysing Panel Data/Advanced Econometrics

Institution: see Organisers & Acknowledgements

Program of study: International Research Workshop

Lecturer: Nisar Ahmad, Timo Friedel Mitze & Torben Dall Schmidt (University of Southern Denmark)

Date:

03.10.2013, 09:30 – 17:30

Room: n.s.

Max. number of participants: 20

Semester periods per week: n.s.

Credit Points: 5 CP for participating in the whole IRWS

Language of instruction: English

Contents:

The course is basically divided into two parts: Part 1) Analyzing panel data. Part 2) Spatial Data Analysis

Part 1): Structure of the Panel Data:
This part of the course is an introduction to the panel data analysis and it provides some insights into why we use panel data. What kinds of models are available for panel data and how do we estimate such models. It also covers some extensions to the basic panel data models and finally there will be a session where you will learn how to estimate panel data using STATA.

Part 2): Spatial Data Analysis
In research fields such as regional science, quantitative sociology and business analysis as well as real estate, labor and health economics (to name just a few), researchers are increasingly aware of the fact that “space matters”. Thus, the goal of this workshop module is to equip participants with the basic knowledge about methods and tools currently available in “spatial statistics” and “spatial econometrics”. Besides presenting the general logic and theoretical foundations of these modeling approaches for variables with an explicit geographical context, a strong focus lies on illustrating the potential for applied work with these tools in the software package STATA. The module is structured as follows: After a brief introduction of the historical evolution of spatial data analysis, different research settings in economics and related research fields are outlined, which may call for the explicit use of spatial estimation techniques, for instance, in order to identify the importance of space-time autocorrelations and neighboring effects (spatial spillovers). Following this introduction, the concept of the spatial weighting matrix is introduced and statistical approaches to measure and visualize the degree of spatial dependence for a variable under study are presented. Moving from univariate to multivariate modeling techniques, the course then derives estimation techniques used in the field of spatial econometrics and links this theoretical knowledge with hands-on applications for different spatial datasets. Finally, to serve as an outlook on future research possibilities, state-of-the-art concepts such as spatial panel data models and spatial limited dependent variable models will be presented.

Datasets and STATA ado-files will be provided ahead of the course and should be installed on the participants’ computers.

You have to register for the 7th International Research Workshop to participate in this course.

Grounded Theory

Institution: see Organisers & Acknowledgements

Program of study: International Research Workshop

Lecturer: Maike Andresen (Otto-Friedrich University of Bamberg)

Date:

03.10.2012, 09:30 – 17:30

Room: n.s.

Max. number of participants: 25

Semester periods per week: n.s.

Credit Points: 5 CP for participating in the whole IRWS

Language of instruction: English/German (depending on participants)

Contents:

The workshops aims at establishing a theoretical and practical understanding about the key concepts, strategies and steps in Grounded-Theory-Research, i.e. the constant comparative method, open, axial and selective coding, theoretical sampling, theoretical saturation, and theoretical sensitivity. In addition, common pitfalls in grounded theory research will be discussed.

Current research projects and materials of participants can be considered and discussed in case of interest.

Literature

Glaser, B., & Strauss, A. (1967). The discovery of grounded theory: Strategies for qualitative research. New York: Aldine de Gruyter.

Strauss, A., & Corbin, J. (1998). Basics of qualitative research: Grounded theory procedures and techniques (2. Aufl.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

You have to register for the 7th International Research Workshop to participate in this course.

Vignette Study

Institution: see Organisers & Acknowledgements

Program of study: International Research Workshop

Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Katja Rost (University of Zurich)

Date:

03.10.2013, 09:30 – 17:30

Room: n.s.

Max. number of participants: 20

Semester periods per week: n.s.

Credit Points: 5 CP for participating in the whole IRWS

Language of instruction: English

Contents:

Vignette experiments provide “… short descriptions of a person or a social situation which contain precise references to what are thought to be (…) important factors in decision-making or judgment-making processes of the respondents…” (Alexander & Becker, 1978, 94). Within the description, the independent variables are systematically varied by the experimenter (Beck & Opp, 2001). Then the targeted variable, for instance behavioral intentions, is asked about. Provided the vignettes are realistic, the number of factors chosen should mirror the complexity of the decision environment decision makers are normally confronted with (Rossi & Anderson, 1982). Hence, a vignette experiment mimics the outcomes of “typical” decisions. Participants are led to weigh the significance of single characteristics to arrive at an overall preference for one alternative. As in reality, the participants are involved in a trade-off. Such a capacity to deal with the complexity of real decision making gives the design external validity while retaining the internal validity. provided through the experimental features of the factorial survey (Taylor, 2006).

In short, vignette analyses are based on the following three concepts (Teichert, 2001): (1) Every situation consists of a bundle of characteristics. (2) Every participant makes an individual evaluation of the benefits of various combinations of characteristics. (3) The combination of the benefits of various characteristics provides the relative overall benefit to an individual.

The workshop aims at establishing a theoretical and practical understanding about vignette experiments. We will discuss the method by using concrete examples of my former research (Rost & Weibel, 2012; Weibel, Rost, & Osterloh, 2010).

Current research ideas, projects or materials of participants can be considered and discussed in case of interest.

Literature

Alexander, C. S. & Becker, H. J. 1978. Use of Vignettes in Survey-Research. Public Opinion Quarterly, 42(1): 93-104.

Beck, M. & Opp, K.-D. 2001. Der Faktiorelle Survey Und Die Messung Von Normen. Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialwissenschaften, 53: 283-306.

Rossi, P. H. & Anderson, A. B. 1982. The Factorial Survey Approach: An Introduction. In P. H. Rossi & S. L. Nock (Eds.), Measuring Social Judgments: The Factorial Survey Approach: 15-67. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.

Rost, K. & Weibel, A. 2012. Ceo Pay from a Social Norm Perspective: The Infringement and Re-Establishment of the Fairness Norm. Corporate Governance. An International Review, forthcoming.

Taylor, B. J. 2006. Factorial Surveys: Using Vignettes to Study Professional Judgement. British Journal of Social Work, 36: 1187–1207.

Teichert, T. 2001. Nutzenschätzung in Conjoint-Analysen. Wiesbaden: Gabler.

Weibel, A., Rost, K., & Osterloh, M. 2010. Pay for Performance for the Public Sector – Benefits and (Hidden) Costs Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 20(2): 387-412.

You have to register for the 7th International Research Workshop to participate in this course.