ARHIV DRUŽBOSLOVNIH PODATKOV

Working with data from official statistics in Europe – particularly the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) longitudinal component



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One of the core objectives of Data without Boundaries is to promote the use of integrated official statistics in Europe. The Data without Boundaries project seeks to inform the research community on possibilities for application and the potential for social enquiry of official European microdata.



To this aim Data without Boundaries, in cooperation with Eurostat, is organizing a series of three day training courses on integrated Eurostat datasets. Courses will provide information on available microdata in Europe as well as ways to access these data. This third course will focus on the European Union Statistics on Living Conditions (EU‐SILC) with a specific focus on the longitudinal component. Local organization lies with Réseau Quetelet, host of the training course is GENES ‐ Groupe des Écoles Nationales d'Économie et Statistique both in Paris (France). Other partners involved in this course are Eurostat (Luxembourg), GESIS‐Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences (Mannheim), the Economic and Social Research Institute (Ireland), and INSEE‐Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques (Paris).



The course is aimed at post graduate and senior researchers from throughout Europe who are seeking to conduct research on the basis of the EU‐SILC. Besides highlighting the legal and administrative aspects of data access the course will demonstrate the possibilities of the EU‐SILC in a hands‐on computer session which will explore the potential for both international as well as longitudinal analysis. Basic understanding in multivariate statistical methods and Stata will be required.



Interested parties should send a short application letter (max. 500 words) explaining their motivation to participate in this course to 3rd-dwb-training@gesis.org. Deadline for applications is 17 January 2014. For further information please contact Christof Wolf (firstname.lastname@gesis.org).



Participants have to cover their own expenses for travel and accomodation. Attendance of the course is free.