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+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ APOLOGIES for any cross-posting +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Dear colleagues, please find attached the CFP for the 5th EU-Microdata User Conferences in Mannheim, March 2-3, 2017. Researchers of all disciplines (e.g. economics, demography, geography, political science, public health, and sociology) who use Eurostat microdata (SILC, LFS, AES, SES, CIS, CSIS, EHIS, HBS and TUS ) are encouraged to participate and to submit an abstract. All presentations must be comparative and include data from at least two countries. Topics addressed include e.g. the impact of the crisis on employment and unemployment, quality of work, innovativeness of enterprises, labour migration, poverty and social exclusion, income inequality, household expenditure, adult education, population health. In addition to substantive issues, presentations focusing on methodological topics are also welcomed. They may include e.g. questions of data quality, cross-national and inter-temporal comparability as well as the comparability of different EU surveys.All presentations must be comparative and include data from at least two countries. The deadline for submissions of abstracts is September 30, 2016. Proposals should be submitted online via the presentation submission<http://www.gesis.org/unser-angebot/veranstaltungen/gesis-tagungen/european-user-conference-5/submission-form/> form at the conference webpage<http://www.gesis.org/unser-angebot/veranstaltungen/gesis-tagungen/european-user-conference-5/>. Abstracts should be 500 to 1000 words long. The abstract should be informative and clearly state the research question, the hypotheses, the methods and the dataset(s) used, the countries analyzed and a description of preliminary findings. Please do not include tables or figures in your abstract. The submitters will be notified by December 15, 2016, whether their abstract was accepted for presentation or not. An attendance fee of €120 will be charged. For any further questions please contact the local organizers Oshrat Hochman ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) and Heike Wirth ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) and visit the conference webpage at http://www.gesis.org/en/events/gesis-conferences/european-user-conference-5/ Kind regards Heike Wirth +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Dr. Heike Wirth GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften German Microdata Lab Postfach 12 21 55 D-68072 Mannheim Tel.: +49 621 1246 269 Fax: +49 621 1246 100 Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> http://www.gesis.org/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++