The many faces of GESIS
Vita
Natalie Backes studied Sociology and Applied Computer Science at the University of Mannheim, where she obtained her Bachelor's degree in 2021. In 2024, she completed her Master's degree in Sociology at the Otto Friedrich University of Bamberg. Since October 2024, she has been working as a doctoral researcher at the German Microdata Lab.Service
Microcensus Scientific Use FileResearch
Neighborhood effects, social inequality, causal inferencePublications
Working and discussion paper
Pforr, Klaus, and Natalie Backes. 2025. Linking Microcensus Cross Sectional Surveys 2016-2019 to Panel Data: Revised and Updated Version. doi: https://doi.org/10.21241/ssoar.90811.v2.
Backes, Natalie, and Klaus Pforr. 2023. Verknüpfung von Mikrozensus-Querschnitterhebungen 2016-2019 zu Paneldaten. doi: https://doi.org/10.21241/ssoar.90811.
Data/Software
Pforr, Klaus, and Natalie Backes. 2025. mz_panel_16171819_v2. Linking Microcensus Cross Sectional Surveys 2016-2019 to Panel Data. https://www.gesis.org/missy/files/documents/MZ/mz_panel_16171819_v2.do.
Pforr, Klaus, and Natalie Backes. 2023. mz_panel_16171819.do. Zusammenführung MZ2016 - MZ2019 zu Panel. https://www.gesis.org/missy/files/documents/MZ/mz_panel_16171819.do.
Presentation at a conference
Backes, Natalie, and Alexander Patzina. 2024. "Educational Compositions of Neighborhoods and Social Inequality in Educational Transitions." 11. Konferenz "Forschen mit dem Mikrozensus", GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Mannheim, 2024-11-14.
Roth, Tobias, Klaus Pforr, Andreas Horr, and Natalie Backes. 2022. "Ethnic rent differentials in the German housing market: do migrants pay higher rents than natives for comparable housing?" ECSR Annual Conference 2022, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 2022-07-06.
Roth, Tobias, Klaus Pforr, Andreas Horr, and Natalie Backes. 2022. "Ethnic rent differentials in the German housing market: do migrants pay higher rents than natives for comparable housing?" 10. Konferenz "Forschen mit dem Mikrozensus", Online, 2022-11-24.
Event
Backes, Natalie. 2025. "Chair Session I: Labour Market." 9th European User Conference for EU-Microdata, Universität Mannheim, Mannheim, 2025-03-06 - 2025-03-07.