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 your own empirical analysis as well as knowledge of Stata are essential.
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Please note that the seminar will be held in English.
Contact
Prof. Dr. Thorsten Schank
Alexander Moog
Topics of the former seminars: (update coming soon)
- Artificial intelligence and workers’ well-being
- Gender differences in training participation
- Does union membership lead to better health outcomes?
- The effect of motherhood on commuting
- The value of foreign language skills in the German labor market
- Sickness-related absence and career mobility
| Events | Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Introduction, topic assignment and beginning of the processing period | day & date, 2026 | 14:00- 16:00 | tbd |
| Deadline for exposé submission | day & date, 2026 | 12:00 pm (noon) | Via email to: sekretariat.schank@uni-mainz.de |
| Exposé presentations | day & date, 2026 | 08:00- 16:00 | tbd |
| Beginning of the processing time for the bachelor’s thesis | day & date, 2026 | _ | _ |
| Bachelor’s thesis submission deadline | day & date 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.