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GESIS: Quality in mixed methods research

Institution: GESIS Institute for Social Sciences

Lecturer: Prof. Alan Bryman, University of Leicester

Date: November 27, 2014

Place: GESIS Mannheim

Language of instruction: English

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Course Overview: This talk will introduce some of the main quality considerations involved in mixed methods research. It will begin by asking questions about why quality criteria are an issue for social researchers generally and then examine some of the ways in which quality criteria are couched in the context of both quantitative and qualitative research. The session will explore the different contexts of mixed methods research and their implications for quality issues. It then examines different approaches to bespoke criteria for mixed methods research using several examples to illustrate the general points made. Some general themes are extracted from these writings and are employed as a structure for the rest of the talk. At the end, some general lessons and implications will be drawn.

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GESIS: Using Paradata to Improve Web Surveys

Institution: GESIS Institute for Social Sciences

Lecturer: Prof. Mick P. Couper, University of Michigan

Date: November 27, 2014

Place: GESIS Mannheim

Language of instruction: English

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Course Overview: Paradata are process data that are generated as a byproduct of conducting Web surveys. There are a variety of types of paradata, including user agent strings (used to identify the device and systems used to access the survey), server-side paradata (which records information transmitted to and from the Web server), client-side paradata (which can capture respondent actions while completing a Web page), and call-record data, which records the outcomes of survey requests. Paradata can thus be used to manage, evaluate, and improve Web survey data collection. This course will introduce participants to the various types of paradata and their uses. Given that the type and format of paradata generated is sometimes specific to the software being used, the course will not focus on technical and programming issues relating to paradata capture. Rather, the course will focus on how the paradata can be used to make informed decisions about Web survey design. Various examples of paradata analyses will be discussed.

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GESIS: Einführung in die Paneldatenanalyse

Institution: GESIS Institute for Social Sciences

Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Josef Brüderl, LMU Munich

Date: November 5-7, 2014

Place: GESIS Köln

Language of instruction: German

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Course Overview: Der Workshop gibt eine anwendungsorientierte Einführung in verschiedene Panel-Regressionsmodelle (u.a. lineare und logistische Fixed-Effects und Random-Effects Modelle). Es wird jeweils die grundlegende Modellstruktur erläutert und eine beispielhafte Anwendung mit dem Statistikprogramm Stata vorgeführt. Für die Beispiele werden Daten aus dem Sozio-ökonomischen Panel (SOEP) verwendet. Die Teilnehmer können anhand der zur Verfügung gestellten Dateien die Beispiele nach dem Seminar selbst nachvollziehen.

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Business School UHH: VAR modeling with applications in Marketing

Institution: University of Hamburg, Business School

Lecturer: Prof. Koen Pauwels, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth

Date: November 20-22, 2014

Place: University of Hamburg, Esplanade 36, Room 5007

Language of instruction: English

Registration: Please email Doris Bombeck until Oct 31, 2014

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GIGA Workshop: Area Studies and Comparative Area Studies: World Regions and their Study at GIGA and Beyond (4./5.11.14)

Institution: GIGA Doctoral Programme

Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Patrick Köllner, GIGA Hamburg

Date: November 4-5, 2014

Place: GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Neuer Jungfernstieg 21

Language of instruction: English

Registration: Participants need to register until 15 October via e-mail with Adam Kephart. Please use the registration sheet to be found on the website of the GIGA Doctoral Programme.

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IAB Graduate Programme: “Methods of Policy Evaluation”

Date: April 26, 2013 , 09:00 – 17:00,  IAB Nuremberg

Institution: Graduate Programme (GradAB) at the Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nuremberg

Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Johannes Schmider (Boston University)

This course provides an overview over research methods for evaluating economic policies. The course will cover Difference in Difference, Randomized Experiments, Bunching estimators, Regression Discontinuity Designs and Regression Kink Designs. The focus will be on the practical aspects of these methods, their strength and weaknesses and how they can be used to inform policy makers. We will cover many current edge research papers, in particular drawing on examples from evaluating the effects of transfer programs, such as welfare benefits and earned income tax credits, and social insurance programs such as unemployment benefits. The emphasis will be on “reduced form estimators” based on natural experiments – as opposed to structural estimation of fully specified models. However we will show how these methods can be used in combination with theory to estimate parameters for evaluating the welfare effects of economic benefits along the lines of the sufficient statistics approach that has become popular in the applied public finance literature in recent years (See Chetty 2009).

Please register by E-mail sandra.huber@iab.de

http://www.iab.de/en/gradab

IAB Graduate Programme: “Welfare State and Social Policy”

Date: May 13, 2013 , 09:00 – 17:00,  IAB Nuremberg

Institution: Graduate Programme (GradAB) at the Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nuremberg

Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Monika Jungbauer-Gans

The history of the modern welfare state can be traced back to the 19th century when industrialization, urbanization and population growth undercut traditional forms of welfare provision. After World War II the economic growth provided resources for an enormous welfare state expansion. Welfare state policies now face several challenges: European integration leading to ‘semi-sovereign’ welfare states, transition from industrial to service economies, changes in the labour markets (increasing participation of women, migration, decreasing demand for low-skilled labour), and the demographic development. These processes produce more social needs, new risk patterns and higher priority for education and service provision. A look at the policy outcomes raises the question of how greater social justice can be achieved.

 Contents:

  1. Introduction: Historical development of welfare states
  2. Welfare state approaches: public or private? Families, state or market?
  3. Models of welfare state regimes in established and emerging welfare states
  4. Policies around the labour market: unemployment insurance, labour market activation, work accidents and sickness benefits
  5. Policies: Education, health and old-age pensions
  6. Policy outcomes: inequality and poverty

Please register by E-mail sandra.huber@iab.de

http://www.iab.de/en/gradab

IAB Graduate Program: “The German Establishments’ Personnel Strategies during the Great Recession”

Date: November  21, 2012 , 09:00 – 17:00,  IAB Nuremberg

Institution: Graduate Programme (GradAB) at the Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nuremberg

Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Lutz Bellmann

The economic recession 2008/09 was associated with severe employment losses in many countries whereas Germany exhibits a strong resilience on the labor market. In contrast to other countries the effects of the crisis were largely restricted to export-oriented industries. Firms in those industries suffered from a shortage of skilled personnel before the crisis. Although studies indicate that the crisis was associated with declining wages, they appear not to have been the primary adjustment channel in establishments that could easily reduce labor costs by decreasing working hours (e.g., those operating working-time accounts) or had access to short-time allowance schemes or concluded company-level pacts for employment and competitiveness. These topics are discussed on the basis of recently published articles in the seminar. Last but not least the effects of the Great Recession on human capital formation at the establishment level are considered.

Please register by E-mail sandra.huber@iab.de

http://www.iab.de/en/gradab

IAB Graduate Programme: Trade, Unemployment and Search and Matching

Date: Friday, 20 April 2012

Institution: Graduate Programme (GradAB) at the Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nuremberg

Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Mario Larch (University of Bayreuth)

In the couple of last years, renewed interest of the trade effects in settings with imperfect labor markets occurred. While Melitz (2003) introduced firm heterogeneity in models of international trade, he kept the assumption of perfect labor markets. However, in the course of liberalization, job losses and gains seem to be one of the main concerns.

It is the aim of this course to discuss the recent contributions of trade models accounting for search and matching labor market frictions. The search-and matching setup has the advantage that it generates a rather parsimonious link between labor market institutions and the equilibrium rate of unemployment. Moreover, the simultaneous existence of unfilled vacancies and searching workers is one of the most pervasive and well documented features of modern labor markets.

Please register until 31 March, 2012 by E-mail sandra.huber@iab.de

http://www.iab.de/en/gradab

IAB Graduate Programme: Polarization and Rising Wage Inequality

Date: Monday, 11 June 2012

Institution: Graduate Programme (GradAB) at the Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nuremberg

Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Alexandra Spitz-Oener

This class discusses recent evolutions in the wage structure in the United States and Europe. We will explore the potential causes of growing wage inequality and discuss the consequences thereof. Topics to be dealt with will include technological change and changes in skill demand, international trade and immigration. Furthermore, the impact of labor market institutions on the wage structure and the consequences of wage inequality for people’s lives and welfare will be analyzed. We will predominantly explore studies of an empirical nature. When discussing the readings, we will focus not only on the content, but also on the methodology.

Please register until 31 March, 2012 by E-mail sandra.huber@iab.de

http://www.iab.de/en/gradab