Dr. Ulrich Kohler

since 02 2003
Senior Researcher in the Research Unit "Inequality and Social Integration". Since April 2009 Management of the “Life Course Risks Project - The Economic Consequences of Key Life Risks in Germany and the US and Their Evolution since the 1980s”

2001 – 2003
Senior Researcher at the Chair of Methods of Empirical Social Research and Applied Sociology at the University of Mannheim

1996 – 2001
Researcher at the Chair of Methods of  Empirical Social Research and Applied Sociology at the University of Mannheim

08 2001
Dr. phil. at the University of Mannheim. Dissertation: Der demokratische Klassenkampf. Erklärungen, Simulation und Längsschnittanalysen zum Zusammenhang von Sozialstruktur und Wahlverhalten, 1st referee: Prof. Dr. Walter Müller, 2nd referee: Prof. Dr. Franz Urban Pappi (awarded with the Lorenz von Stein Prize 2002)

04 1996
M.A. in Sociology. Thesis: Individualisierung 1953-1992, 1st referee: Prof. Dr. Hartmut Esser; 2nd referee: Prof. Dr. Walter Müller

1992 – 1996
Studies in Sociology, Economic and Social History/Newer History and Law at the University of Mannheim

1989 – 1992
Studies in Sociology, History and Law at the University of Konstanz

• Kohler,  Ulrich/Karlson, Kristian Bernt/Holm, Anders (2011): "Comparing Coefficients of Nested Nonlinear Probability Models". In: Stata Journal, Vol. 11, No. 3, S. 420-438.
• Kohler, Ulrich (2011): "Estimating the Potential Impact of Nonvoters on Outcomes of Parliamentary Elections in Proportional Systems with an Application to German National Elections from 1949 to 2009". In: Electoral Studies, Vol. 30, No. 3, S. 497-509.
• Delhey, Jan/Kohler, Ulrich (2011): "Is Happiness Inequality Immune to Income Inequality? New Evidence through Instrument-Effect-Corrected Standard Deviations". In: Social Science Research, Vol. 40, No. 3, S. 742-756.
• Kohler, Ulrich/Rose, Richard (2010): "Under What Circumstances Could Maximising Turnout Alter an Election Result?". In: Representation, Vol. 46, No. 2, S. 119-138.
• Alber, Jens/Kohler, Ulrich (2010): "The Inequality of Electoral Participation in Europe and America and the Politically Integrative Functions of the Welfare State". In: Jens Alber/Neil Gilbert (Eds.): United in Diversity?. Comparing Social Models in Europe and America. International Policy Exchange Series, Vol. 1. Oxford/New York, NY: Oxford University Press, S. 62-90
• Kreuter, Frauke/Kohler, Ulrich (2009): "Analyzing Contact Sequences in Call Record Data. Potential and Limitations of Sequence Indicators for Nonresponse Adjustments in the European Social Survey". In: Journal of Official Statistics, Vol. 25, No. 2, S. 203-226.
• Kohler, Ulrich/Kreuter, Frauke (2008): Datenanalyse mit Stata. Allgemeine Konzepte der Datenanalyse und ihre praktische Anwendung. München/Wien: Oldenbourg, XI, 308 S.
• Kohler, Ulrich (2007): "Surveys from Inside. An Assessment of Unit Nonresponse Bias with Internal Criteria". In: Survey Research Methods, Vol. 1, No. 2, S. 55-67.