Functions at the IAB
Professional background
Kerstin Ostermann studied to obtain her two-subject bachelor's degree in Economics and Sociology at the University of Göttingen (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) and at National University of Ireland in Galway from 2013 to 2017. Between 2017 and 2019, she was working on her master’s degree in Socioeconomics (MSc) at FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg). Since October 2019, Ms Ostermann has held a scholarship in the Graduate Programme of the IAB, and she is currently working as a researcher in the Research Department "Regional Labour Markets". Her core area of research is quantitative sociology with the focus on education, regional mobility and neighbourhood effects.
Activities
Projects
ongoing Projects
finished Projects
Publications
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Small-scale Analyses of Urban Neighborhoods: Wage inequality is lower in East Germany than in West Germany
Ostermann, K. & Wolf, K. (2023): Kleinräumige Analysen innerhalb deutscher Städte: Die Lohnungleichheit ist in ostdeutschen Nachbarschaften kleiner als in westdeutschen. (IAB-Kurzbericht 9/2023), Nürnberg, 8 p. DOI:10.48720/IAB.KB.2309
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Geodata in labor market research: trends, potentials and perspectives
Ostermann, K., Eppelsheimer, J., Gläser, N., Haller, P. & Oertel, M. (2022): Geodata in labor market research: trends, potentials and perspectives. In: Journal for labour market research, Vol. 56. DOI:10.1186/s12651-022-00310-x
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Revisiting Gender Identity and Relative Income within Households - A cautionary tale on the potential pitfalls of density estimators
Kühnle, D., Oberfichtner, M. & Ostermann, K. (2021): Revisiting Gender Identity and Relative Income within Households - A cautionary tale on the potential pitfalls of density estimators. In: Journal of Applied Econometrics, Vol. 36, No. 7, p. 1065-1073., accepted on April 13, 2021. DOI:10.1002/jae.2853
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How Can Employers Signal Trustworthiness to Job Seekers? Determinants of Employer Reputation
Abraham, M., Gniza, J. & Ostermann, K. (2021): How Can Employers Signal Trustworthiness to Job Seekers? Determinants of Employer Reputation. In: I. Krumpal, W.Raub, A. Tutić (eds) (2021): Rationality in Social Science, Wiesbaden, Springer VS p. 269-292. DOI:10.1007/978-3-658-33536-6_13
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Aktuelle Studienformen im Vergleich: Ein duales Studium begünstigt den Berufseinstieg
Ostermann, K. & Patzina, A. (2019): Aktuelle Studienformen im Vergleich: Ein duales Studium begünstigt den Berufseinstieg. (IAB-Kurzbericht 25/2019), Nürnberg, 8 p.
