Bachelor's Seminar WiSe 2025/26: Empirical Labor Economics
⇒ For a PDF-file including further information and a description of topics click here.
Requirements
While knowledge from the obligatory lectures Statistik I, Statistik II and Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung is required, further statistical skills are not necessary. Instead, general interest in statistics and empirical economics and the willingness to conduct an own empirical analysis as well as basic knowledge of Stata are essential.
Please note that the seminar will be held in English.
Contact
Prof. Dr. Thorsten Schank (schank@uni-mainz.de)
Carl Hase (cahase@uni-mainz.de)
Julian Wüst (jwuest@uni-mainz.de)
Topics
- Does union membership lead to better health outcomes?
- Part-time work and job satisfaction of women
- The effect of household work on wages
- The effect of commuting on workers’ subjective well-being
- Overeducation and job satisfaction
| Events | Date | Time | Location |
| Introduction, topic assignment and beginning of the processing period |
Wednesday, October 29th, 2025 |
16:00- 18:00 | HS VI (00 311) |
| Deadline for exposé submission | Thursday, November 27th, 2024 |
12:00 pm (noon) | Via email to: sekretariat.schank@uni-mainz.de |
| Exposé presentations | Thursday, December 4th 2025 |
08:00- 16:00 | RW 6 (01 130) |
| Beginning of the processing time for the bachelor’s thesis | Friday, December 5th 2025 |
_ | _ |
| Bachelor’s thesis submission deadline |
Friday, January 30th 2026 |
12:00 pm (noon) | Official submission to the Studienbüro 03. Supplementary material via e-Mail to sekretariat.schank@uni-mainz.de |
Attending the introductory session (first session) and the exposé presentations is mandatory. In the case of non-attendance (without presenting valid reasons to the Exam Office), the seminar will not be passed.
Bachelor Seminar SoSe 2025: Empirical Labor Economics
⇒ For a PDF-file including further information and a description of topics click here.
Requirements
While knowledge from the obligatory lectures Statistik I, Statistik II and Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung is required, further statistical skills are not necessary. Instead, general interest in statistics and empirical economics and the willingness to conduct an own empirical analysis as well as basic knowledge of Stata are essential.
Please note that the seminar will be held in English.
Contact
Prof. Dr. Thorsten Schank (schank@uni-mainz.de)
Alexander Moog (amoog@uni-mainz.de)
Topics
Students are expected to investigate empirically the following topics:
- The union wage premium in Germany
- Determinants of east-west migration in Germany
- Working hours mismatch and job mobility
- Overeducation and career mobility
- Gender differences in training participation
- Gender differences in multiple job holding
Application: Please obtain the relevant information from the Studienbüro. The registration should be made via Jogustine
Time Schedule for the Bachelor Seminar and Bachelor Thesis:
| Events | Date | Time | |
| Introduction of the topics, topic assignment and beginning of the processing period |
Wednesday, April 30th 2025 |
14:00- 16:00 | Rote Infobox (in front of building ReWi I) |
| Deadline for exposés submission | Thursday, May 29th 2025 |
until 12:00 | Via e-mail to: sekretariat.schank@uni-mainz.de |
| Presentation of the exposés |
Thursday, June 05th 2025 |
09:00- 18:00 | Rote Infobox (in front of building ReWi I) |
| Beginning of processing time of the bachelor thesis |
Friday, June 06th 2025 |
_ | _ |
| Deadline for bachelor thesis submission | Friday, August 01st 2025 |
until 23:59 | Official submission to the Studienbüro. Supplementary material via e-Mail to sekretariat.schank@uni-mainz.de |
The attendance of the introductory session (first session) and the presentation of the exposés are mandatory. In the case of non-attendance (without presenting valid reasons to the Exam Office), the seminar will not be passed.
Bachelor's Seminar WiSe 2024/25: Empirical Labor Economics
⇒ For a PDF-file including further information and a description of topics click here.
Requirements
While knowledge from the obligatory lectures Statistik I, Statistik II and Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung is required, further statistical skills are not necessary. Instead, general interest in statistics and empirical economics and the willingness to conduct an own empirical analysis as well as basic knowledge of Stata are essential.
Please note that the seminar will be held in English.
Contact
Prof. Dr. Thorsten Schank (schank@uni-mainz.de)
Carl Hase (cahase@uni-mainz.de)
Topics
| Events | Date | Time | Location |
| Introduction, topic assignment and beginning of the processing period |
Wednesday, October 30th, 2024 |
16:00- 18:00 | RW 5 (01-114) |
| Deadline for exposé submission | Thursday, November 28th, 2024 |
12:00 pm (noon) | Via email to: sekretariat.schank@uni-mainz.de |
| Exposé presentations | Thursday, December 5th 2024 |
08:00- 16:00 | Rote Infobox (00-001) |
| Beginning of the processing time for the bachelor’s thesis | Friday, December 6th 2024 |
_ | _ |
| Bachelor’s thesis submission deadline |
Friday, January 31st 2025 |
12:00 pm (noon) | Official submission to the Studienbüro. Supplementary material via e-Mail to sekretariat.schank@uni-mainz.de |
Attending the introductory session (first session) and the exposé presentations is mandatory. In the case of non-attendance (without presenting valid reasons to the Exam Office), the seminar will not be passed.