Symposium on Multisource Databases

[Susanne Raessler <susanne.raessler@wiso.uni-erlangen.de>]

Dear All,

(Sorry for crossposting!) 
Below please find the announcement of a symposium which might be of
interest for you.
For further information and registration please use
http://www.statistik.wiso.uni-erlangen.de/
- Aktuelles - Symposium

All best wishes,
Susanne


Symposium on Multisource Databases 
July 22nd, 2004 in Nuremberg, Germany
Reports from Academic and Practice

Part I Linked Employer-Employee Databases
Chair: Claus Schnabel (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg)

09:00 John M. Abowd (Cornell University, Census Bureau, USA) 
Integration of individual and employer data using a job link
09:45 Till von Wachter / Stefan Bender (Columbia University, USA / IAB) 
In the right place at the wrong time: The role of firms and luck in young workers careers 
10:15 Martyn J. Andrews / Thorsten Schank / Richard Upward (University of Manchester,
UK / University of Erlangen-Nuremberg / University of Nottingham, UK)
High wage workers and low wage firms: Negative assortative matching or statistical artefact? 

Part II Statistical Matching in Practice
Chair: Susanne Rässler (Institute of Employment Research)

11:15 Julia Lane (Urban Institute, Census Bureau, USA)
New statistical products using data from multiple sources
11:45 Gerhard Paaß (Fraunhofer Institute for Autonomous Intelligent Systems)
Linking web usage information with statistical surveys
12:15 Raimund Wildner (GfK)
Data fusion practice in marketing research 

Part III Data Combination Methodology
Chair: Johann Bacher (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg)

13:45 Geert Ridder (University of Southern California, USA) 
The econometrics of data combination
14:15 Rainer Schnell (University of Konstanz)
Record linkage using error prone strings 
14:45 Nathaniel Schenker (National Center of Health Statistics, USA) 
Combining Information from multiple surveys for small-area estimation: A Bayesian 
approach 

Part IV Confidentiality Issues and Summary
Chair: Jutta Allmendinger (Institute of Employment Research)

15:45 Roderick J.A. Little (University of Michigan, USA) 
Statistical disclosure control in microdata
16:30 Donald B. Rubin (Harvard University, USA)
Concluding integrating comments


(Regular fee 100 Euros including breaks and lunch)
Or simply print out his email, add your name and fax it to:

Lehrstuhl für Statistik und Ökonometrie
- Statistics Symposium - 
Lange Gasse 20
90403 Nuernberg - Germany

Fax ++49 (0)911 5302 277

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PD Dr. Susanne Rässler

Department of Statistics and Econometrics

Faculty of Business Administration, Economics and Social Sciences

Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg

Lange Gasse 20

D-90403 Nuremberg

Tel: +49-911-5302-276

Fax:+49-911-5302-277

email: susanne.raessler@wiso.uni-erlangen.de