Research interests

Research topics:

• • Life course research, esp. transition to adulthood (school-to-work transition, family formation)

  • Unemployment and non-standard employment (temporary contracts, part-time work, informal work)

  • Returns to education

  • Effects of education and work on subjective well-being and health

Research methods:

• • longitudinal data analysis

  • methods of of modern causal analysis

  • multilevel analysis 

Research on countries in:

• • Western/Eastern Europe

  • Middle East

  • Caucasus and Central Asia

  • East Asia