Dear colleagues,

The 6th Conference of the European Survey Research Association (ESRA) will take place 13th-17th July 2015 in Reykjavik, Iceland.

We invite you to submit papers to our session entitled: "Recent developments in the analysis of panel data".

Session abstract:

Panel data offer two major advantages compared to cross-sectional data:

1) They allow to identify causal effects under weaker assumptions (within estimation)

2) They allow to estimate individual trajectories over time (growth curve modeling)

Not all model classes that are available for panel data analysis, exploit these advantages fully.

There is much uncertainty amongst users, which kind of models to use. On the other side, there

are new model classes, for which it is quite unclear what the assumptions are that they need to

identify a causal effect (e.g. structural equation models for panel data, and multi-level models).

Therefore, we especially welcome papers that

1) compare different model classes and their usefulness for panel data analyses, or that

2) apply recently developed model classes and explicate their assumptions.

To submit a presentation abstract, sign up or log in to the ESRA website:

http://www.europeansurveyresearch.org

After logging in to your account, click "Submit paper" and follow the instructions. You may submit a maximum of two papers on which you are enlisted as presenting author.

The closing date for submission of paper proposals is 15 January 2015.

Best wishes

Klaus Pforr, Jette Schröder, Josef Brüderl

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Dr. Klaus Pforr

GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences

B2,1

P.O. Box 122155

D - 68072 Mannheim

Tel: +49 621 1246 298

Fax: +49 621 1246 100

E-Mail: klaus.pforr@gesis.orgmailto:klaus.pforr@gesis.org

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