Please find below a job opening at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) in Nuremberg.

--------------- We are currently looking for a researcher, who would be interested in joining us for a research project on bias from non-consent to record linkage (more details below). This is a third party funded project and depending on experience we could offer funding between 9-12 months based on a full time position (note however, that our funding agency will not accept full time positions without a PhD. In this case the funding period could be expanded, e.g., working 2 years on a 50% position). We need to fill this position quickly, so do not hesitate to contact us, if you are interested. You can contact one of us directly at Joerg.drechsler@iab.de or joe.sakshaug@iab.de. Here is a short summary of the project:

Enhancing the Quality and Utility of Longitudinal Data for Education Research

Longitudinal surveys face many challenges, including high non-response rates and increasing data collection costs, which threaten the quality and utility of the collected data. The planned research will focus on strategies for overcoming these challenges by developing adjustment methods for potential biases from non-consent if survey data are linked with other data sources. All research will make extensive use of data from the National Educational Panel Survey (NEPS) with the aim of developing guidelines on how to address linkage challenges for the NEPS. Many surveys, including the NEPS, link their data to large-scale administrative databases in order to minimize data collection costs and enhance data utility. The major concern regarding the linkage is that linkage-consent, which often needs to be obtained before the linkage can occur, is selective introducing bias in linked-data analyses. Our planned research addresses this issue by developing methods for assessing the bias and evaluating alternative bias correction strategies. The methods involve Monte Carlo simulations and innovative statistical modeling approaches.