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Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Jan Paul Heisig
August 2015
Berlin Social Science Center (Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, WZB), Research
Unit ‘Skill Formation and Labor Markets’, Reichpietschufer 50, 10785 Berlin, Germany. Phone
+49 30 25491 383; Fax +49 30 25491 180; [email protected]; http://www.wzb.eu/en/persons/janpaul-heisig
Experience
04/2013 - present
Researcher, Research Unit ‘Skill Formation and Labor Markets’,
WZB
09/2007 - 03/2013
Researcher, Research Unit ‘Inequality and Social Integration’, WZB
(10/2009-11/2009: parental leave)
04/2011 - 09/2011
Researcher, research project ‘Social Mobility, Causes of Upward and
Downward Mobility’, WZB, funded by the German Ministry of Labor
and Social Affairs. PIs: Jutta Allmendinger, Reinhard Pollak
09/2008 - 02/2009
Researcher, research project ‘Ways of Entry into the Labor Market’,
WZB, funded by Initiative Neue Soziale Marktwirtschaft’. PIs: Jutta
Allmendinger, Johannes Giesecke
07/2004 - 05/2005
Research assistant, research project ‘Relationships between Inheritances and the Distribution of Wealth’, Institute of Sociology, Free
University Berlin, funded by the German Ministry of Health and Social Security. PIs: Martin Kohli, Jürgen Schupp
05/2003 - 05/2004
Research assistant, research project ‘Non-Employment and the Welfare State’, Institute of Sociology, Free University Berlin, funded by
the Anglo-German Foundation. PIs: Heiner Ganßmann, Jochen Clasen
Education
07/2013
Defense of PhD thesis, Free University Berlin. Grade: summa cum
laude. Thesis title: Late-Career Risks in Changing Welfare States
10/2002-08/2007
Diploma (MA equivalent) in Sociology (minors in Economics & Philosophy), Free University Berlin. Grade: very good. Thesis title: The
Domestic Division of Labor in Comparative Perspective
09/2005 - 06/2006
Visiting student, graduate program, Department of Sociology, Stanford University, USA
10/2000 - 09/2002
Studied Philosophy, Logic, and North American Studies (Free University Berlin & Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich)
06/1999
Abitur, Gymnasium an der Hermann-Böse-Straße, Bremen, bilingual
program (German & English). Grade: 1.0/1.0
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Further professional activities
Institutional service - WZB Berlin Social Science Center
Representative of postdoctoral researchers (2014-present); member of Scientific Council (2012-2013); representative of doctoral researchers (2009-2011); working group on
fixed and permanent contracts (2014); selection committee, financial support for young
scholars (2009-2010)
Conference/session organization
Co-organizer of session ‘Hierarchical Data, What to Do? Comparing Multi-Level Modelling, Cluster-Robust Standard Errors, and Two-Step Approaches’, 5th Conference of
the European Survey Research Association (ESRA), University of Ljubljana, July 18,
2013 (with Johannes Giesecke and Merlin Schaeffer)
Member of doctoral program committee, Berlin Summer School in Social Sciences; comoderated module on ‘Social Inequality
Session chair
ECSR Conference, Berlin, 2014
Refereeing
American Sociological Review, European Sociological Review, International Journal of
Comparative Sociology, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, Schmollers Jahrbuch (Journal of Applied Social Science Studies)
Invited Expert
Meeting on country-specific recommendations of the European Commission, Berlin,
January 16, 2015.
Public hearing on ‘Wealth and Poverty Reporting’, Committee on Labor and Social
Affairs, Deutscher Bundestag (German Parliament). December 12, 2011.
Awards
2015
Travel grant, DAAD
2013
1st Prize of the Fritz Thyssen Foundation for the best articles in Germanlanguage social science journals in 2012 (for Kohler et al. 2012)
1999
Karl Nix Foundation Award for the best Abitur in the federal state of Bremen
in 1999
Skills
Languages
Software
German (mother tongue), English (fluent), Latin
Stata, R, LATEX, MS Office, SPSS
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Publications
Monographs
2015
J.P. Heisig. Late-career risks in changing welfare states. Comparing Germany
and the United States since the 1980s. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University
Press.
Peer-reviewed journal articles
2015
J.P. Heisig and H.Solga. Secondary education systems and the general
skills of less- and intermediate-educated adults: a comparison of 18 countries.
Sociology of Education. 88 (3): 202-225.
J. Giesecke, J.P. Heisig, and H. Solga. Getting more unequal: rising
labor market inequalities among low-skilled Men in West Germany. Research
in Social Stratification and Mobility. 39: 1-17.
2012
U. Kohler, M. Ehlert, B. Grell, J.P. Heisig, A. Radenacker, and M.
Wörz. Verarmungsrisiken nach kritischen Lebensereignissen in Deutschland
und den USA. Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie. 64 (2):
223-245.
2011
J. Giesecke and J.P. Heisig. Destabilization and destandardization: for
whom? The sevelopment of West German job mobility since 1984. Journal
of Applied Social Science Studies (Schmollers Jahrbuch). 131 (2): 301-314.
(Shortened and translated version of Giesecke & Heisig 2010: Destabilisierung
und Destandardisierung: aber für wen?)
J.P. Heisig. Who does more housework: rich or poor? A comparison of 33
countries. American Sociological Review. 76 (1): 74-99.
2010
J. Giesecke and J.P. Heisig. Destabilisierung und Destandardisierung, aber
für wen? Die Entwicklung der westdeutschen Arbeitsplatzmobilität seit 1984.
Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie. 62 (3): 403-435.
Book chapters and entries (*=peer-reviewed)
In press
J.P. Heisig. Domestic technology. Entry in Naples, N., M. Wickramasinghe,
and A. Wong Wai Ching (ed.): The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender
and Sexuality Studies. (*)
2014
J.P. Heisig and H. Solga. Kompetenzen, Arbeitsmarkt- und Weiterbildungschancen von gering Qualifizierten in Deutschland - Befunde aus
PIAAC. (Competencies, labor market outcomes and further training participation among less-educated adults in Germany - findings from PIAAC ). Pp.
11-31 in Projektträger im DLR e.V. (ed.): Potenziale nutzen, Perspektiven
schaffen. Bielefeld: W. Bertelsmann.
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Other publications
2015
J.P. Heisig, M. Schaeffer, and J. Giesecke. Multilevel modeling when
clusters are heterogeneous. A Monte Carlo comparison of mixed random intercept and slope models, cluster-robust OLS, and two-step approaches. 6th
Conference of the European Survey Research Association. Reykjavik, Icelqand,
July 13-17.
J.P. Heisig. Changes in retirement income provision in Germany and the US
since the 1980s. Implications for older workers and their meaning for pension reform in Europe. 22nd International Conference of Europeanists, Paris,
Frankreich, 8.-10. Juli.
J.P. Heisig and H. Solga. Ohne Abschluss keine Chance. Höhere Kompetenzen zahlen sich für gering qualifizierte Männer kaum aus. (No chances without
degree. For less-educated men higher competencies hardly pay off ) WZBrief
Arbeit 19.
2014
J.P. Heisig and H. Solga. Skills inequalities in 21 countries. PIAAC results
for prime-aged adults. WZB Discussion Paper SP I 2014-503.
2013
R. Pollak, J. Allmendinger, M. Ehlert, D. Gatermann, J.P. Heisig,
S. Kohl, A. Radenacker, C. Schmeißer, M. Trappmann, J. Beste.
Soziale Mobilität, Ursachen für Auf- und Abstiege. (Social mobility, triggers
of upward and downward mobility). Study prepared for the Fourth Report on
Poverty and Wealth (4. Armuts- und Reichtumsbericht) of the German Federal
Government. Berlin: Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales.
2011
M. Ehlert and J.P. Heisig. Arm, ärmer, am ärmsten. Menschen mit niedrigem Einkommen steigen immer häufiger ab. WZB-Mitteilungen 134: 7-9.
J. Alber and J.P. Heisig. Do New Labour activation policies work? A
descriptive analysis of the German Hartz reforms. WZB Discussion Paper SP
I 2011-211.
J. Giesecke and J.P. Heisig. Zunehmende Arbeitsmarktrisiken für Geringqualifizierte - Herausforderungen und Handlungsoptionen. WSI-Mitteilungen
1/2011: 44-46.
2010
J. Giesecke and J.P. Heisig. Höheres Risiko für Geringqualifizierte. Wie
sich die berufliche Mobilität in Deutschland verändert hat. WZBrief Arbeit 07.
2009
J. Giesecke, J.P. Heisig, and J. Allmendinger. Einstiegswege in den
Arbeitsmarkt. WZB Discussion Paper P 2009-002.
2005
M. Kohli, H. Künemund, C. Vogel, M. Gilles, J.P. Heisig, J. Schupp,
A. Schäfer, and R. Hilbrich. Zusammenhänge und Wechselwirkungen zwischen Erbschaften und Vermögensverteilung. Research report for the German
Ministry of Health and Social Security, Berlin.
2015
H. Solga and J.P. Heisig. Programme for the International Assessment of
Adult Competencies (PIAAC), Germany - Prime Age. GESIS Data Archive,
Cologne, Germany, Study # ZA5951. (Coarsened and prepared data for release
as Scientific Use File)
Data
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Presentations
Invited Presentations
2015
H. Solga and J.P. Heisig. Skills gaps by educational degrees and their impact on labor market allocation - an international comparison. Nuffield College,
University of Oxford. May 20.
2014
J.P. Heisig. Late-career Risks in Changing Welfare States. Comparing Germany and The United States since the 1980s. Department of Sociology, Radboud University Nijmegen. June 12.
H. Solga and J.P.Heisig. Cross-national Variation in Skills Gaps by Educational Attainment - Explanations and Their Implicatiosn for Labor Market
Research. Collegio Carlo Alberto, Torino, May 22.
J.P. Heisig and H. Solga. Employment Chances of Less-educated Workers
in Germany. PIAAC Research Conference, Mannheim, May 5-6.
H. Solga and J.P.Heisig. Cross-national Variation in Skills Gaps by Educational Attainment - Explanations and Their Implicatiosn for Labor Market
Research. PIAAC Research Conference, Mannheim, May 5-6. Collegio Carlo
Alberto, Torino, May 22.
J.P. Heisig and H. Solga Kompetenzen und Arbeitsmarktchancen von gering Qualifizierten in Deutschland. (Competences and Labor Market Outcomes
of Low-Qualified Persons in Germany). Conference on continuing training in
Germany (‘Weiterbildung im Dialog’), Hamburg, March 25-26.
2013
J.P. Heisig and H. Solga. Der Zusammenhang zwischen Bildungszertifikaten und Grundkompetenzen im internationalen Vergleich: Institutionell bedingte Unterschiede und ihre Bedeutung für die Interpretation von Zertifikatsund Kompetenzeffekten in Arbeitsmarktregressionen. (The Relationship Between Educational Certificates and Basic Competences in International Comparison: Institutional Sources of Variation and Their Implications for the Interpretation of Certificate and Competence Effects in Labor Market Regressions).
Chair of Empirical Social Research, Humboldt University Berlin, December
11.
H. Solga and J.P. Heisig. The Impact of Certificates and Competences on
Labor Market Outcomes in Advanced Economies. European Consortium for
Sociological Research (ECSR), ECSR Conference 2013, Tilburg University,
October 14-16.
J.P. Heisig. Comment on Michelle Jackson: ‘Beyond the Gap: Poverty, Educational Attainment, and the Power of Intervention’. Conference ‘The Sociology
of Poverty’. Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, April 26.
2011
J.P. Heisig. Einstiegswege in den Arbeitsmarkt (Ways of Entry into the Labor Market). Conference on the consequences of demographic aging on labor
supply (‘Arbeitskräftepotenziale - Wer kann wie in Zukunft arbeiten?’), German Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, Berlin, January 27-28.
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Other Presentations
2015
J.P. Heisig, B. Lancee, and J. Radl. Ethnic Inequality in Retirement Income. A Comparative Analysis of Immigrant-Native Gaps in Western Europe.
RC 28 Spring Meeting, Tilburg University, Netherlands, May 28-30.
M. Gesthuizen, J.P. Heisig, and H. Solga. Skill and certificate effects on
occupational status: The role of education systems and job structure. RC 28
Spring Meeting, Tilburg University, Netherlands, May 28-30.
2014
J.P. Heisig, B. Lancee, and J. Radl. Ethnische Ungleichheiten im Rentenalter. Alterseinkünfte von Migranten und Einheimischen im europäischen
Vergleich (Ethnic Inequalities in Retirement. A Comparative Analysis of
Immigrant-Native Income Gaps in Europe). Meeting of the German Sociological Association. Trier, October 6-10.
M. Ehlert and J.P. Heisig. Where do the poor come from? Longer-term
income trajectories and risks of poverty entry in Germany. ECSR Conference
2014, WZB Berlin Social Science Center, September 23-25.
M.Schaeffer, J.P. Heisig, and J. Giesecke. Multilevel Data - What To Do?
Comparing Random Intercept and Slope Models, Cluster-Robust Standard
Errors, and Two-Step Approaches Using Monte-Carlo Simulations. XVIII ISA
World Congress of Sociology, Yokohama, July 13-19.
M. Schaeffer, J.P. Heisig, and J. Giesecke. Hierarchical Data: What To
Do?. Chair of Empirical Social Research, Humboldt University Berlin, June 4.
2013
M. Schaeffer, J.P. Heisig, and J. Giesecke. Hierarchical Data: What To
Do?. 1st Southern European Conference on Survey Methodology, Universitat
Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, December 12-14.
M. Ehlert and J.P. Heisig. Woher kommen all die Armen? Eine Analyse
der Einkommensverläufe vor dem Armutseintritt. (Where Do All the Poor
Come From? An Analysis of Income Trajectories before Poverty Entry). Joint
meeting of the Sections ‘Research Methods’ and ‘Social Inequality and Analysis
of Social Structure’ of the German Society for Sociology (DGS), Cologne,
September 12-13.
J.P. Heisig. The Changing Economic Consequences of Retirement in Germany and the United States. An Analysis of Income Dynamics Around Exit
From Work. German Center of Gerontology (DZA), DZA Summer School 2013,
Berlin, August 26-28.
M. Schaeffer, J.P. Heisig, and J. Giesecke. Advantages, Pitfalls, and
Trade-offs: Comparing Random iNtercept and Slope Models, Cluster-Robust
Standard Errors, and Two-step Approaches with Monte Carlo Simulations. 5th
Conference of the European Survey Research Association (ESRA), University
of Ljubljana, July 15-19.
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2012
J. Giesecke, J.P. Heisig, and H. Solga. Sources of growing labour market
inequalities among low-skilled men in Western Germany. SOEP 2012 - 10th
International German Socio-Economic Panel User Conference, DIW Berlin,
June 28-29.
2011
J. Giesecke, J.P. Heisig, and H. Solga. What are the sources of growing
labour market inequalities among the low-skilled? The example of German
men. ECSR 20th anniversary conference, University College Dublin, December
14-17.
M. Ehlert and J.P. Heisig. Coarsened Exact Matching (CEM): A New
Technique for Statistical Matching. [CO:STA] Colloquium for Statistical Analyses, WZB. November 3.
J. Alber, J.P. Heisig, and Markus Wörz. The Reform of Minimum Income Rights and Recent Activation Policies in Germany: A Descriptive Analysis of the Hartz Reforms. Conference on ‘Anti-Poverty Programs in a Global
Perspective: Lessons from Rich and Poor Countries’. Wissenschaftszentrum
Berlin, June 20-21.
J.P. Heisig. Voluntary and Involuntary Retirement in Germany and the United States: Determinants and Consequences. RC 28 Spring Meeting, University
of Essex, Colchester, UK, April 13-16.
J. Giesecke, J.P. Heisig, and H. Solga. They are not all the same: Growing
labour market inequalities among unskilled men in Germany. RC 28 Spring
Meeting, University of Essex, Colchester, UK, April 13-16.
2010
J.P. Heisig. Income Dynamics around Retirement - A Comparison of Germany and the United States since the 1980s. XVII ISA World Congress of
Sociology. Gothenburg, July 11-17. Distributed Paper.
J. Giesecke and J.P. Heisig. Destabilization and Destandardization: For
Whom? Job-Shift Patterns in West Germany, 1984-2008. 9th International
German Socio-Economic Panel User Conference. Berlin, June 30 - July 1.
2009
J. Giesecke and J.P. Heisig. Changing Job-Shift Patterns? The Evolution of West German Job Mobility, 1984-2008. RC 28 Summer Meeting. Yale
University, New Haven, CT, August 3-6.
J.P. Heisig. Who Does More Housework: Rich or Poor? A Cross-National
Comparison. EQUALSOC EMPLOY-FAMNET Workshop. Berlin, May 1112.
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Teaching
Freie Universität Berlin
2009-10
(winter term)
Applied Regression Analysis Using Stata
(Preparatory Course, MA program Sociology/European Societies)
Universität Potsdam
2015
(summer term)
2014
(summer term)
Analyse von Paneldaten (Analysis of Panel Data)
MA seminar
Soziologie der Armut (Sociology of Poverty)
MA seminar (with M. Ehlert)
Short courses & Workshops
2015
Multiple Imputation in Stata
1-day course at WZB Berlin Social Science Center, February 27
2014
Multiple Imputation in Stata
2-day course at the Bamberg Graduate School of Social Sciences (BAGSS),
University of Bamberg, October 17-18
Analyzing PIAAC Using Stata
1-day course for fellows of the College for Interdisciplinary Educational
Research (CIDER), WZB Berlin Social Science Center, June 24
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