Apologies for any cross-posting.
Please find attached a call for papers "Comparative Analysis of European
Microdata from Official Statistics" in Naples next September (2008).
Please circulate it to your networks as appropriate.
Thanks
Heike Wirth
ISA-RC33 7th International Conference in Naples, September 1-5, 2008
Call for Papers for a Session on
Comparative Analysis of European Microdata from Official Statistics
Chairs of the session:
Christof Wolf & Heike Wirth, GESIS-ZUMA, Mannheim, Germany
The session focuses on microdata provided by either national statistical
agencies in Europe or Eurostat, such as the European Labour Force Survey
(EU-LFS), the European Study on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC),
the European Structure of Earning Survey (EU-SES) or Time Use Surveys in
Europe (see HETUS project). These data sets are the EU reference sources
regarding employment, income, social exclusion, earning and time use.
Even though most of these data are yet not easily accessible for
researchers, this might change in the future. The data offer several
advantages for social-structural analysis: Non-response is typically low
and sample sizes are usually very large making the analysis of even
small subgroups viable. With the increasing focus on (as well as need
of) international comparative research, more and more EU researchers
interested in social-structural analysis will turn their attention to
these data. However since the use of official microdata is rather new
ground and the data are directly or indirectly influenced by
EU-regulations, there is a need not only to discuss substantive but also
methodological questions.
Presentations focusing on methodological as well as on substantive
issues are welcome. Among the former are questions of data quality,
cross-national and inter-temporal comparability, and statistical
modeling. Presentations must be comparative and include data from at
least three countries.
SUBMISSIONS:
Send your submissions to the Chairs of the Session:
Christof Wolf ([log in to unmask]) and Heike Wirth
([log in to unmask]) before February 17, 2008.
IMPORTANT DATES:
Abstract submission: February 17, 2008
Notification of acceptance: Latest by the end of March 2008
For further details about the conference refer to the conference
homepage: http://www.rc332008.unina.it/
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Dr. Heike Wirth
GESIS-ZUMA
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]
http://www.gesis.org/Dauerbeobachtung/GML/
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