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Working papers

The LIVES Working Papers (ISSN: 2296-1658) is a new social science paper series, published by the LIVES Centre. It is designed to advance scholarship and debate in the growing field of life course research.

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Title Volume Author(s) Key words Year
A comparative review of sequence dissimilarity measures 033 Matthias Studer, Gilbert Ritschard Dissimilarity, Distance, Duration, Optimal matching, Sequencing, Spells, State sequences, Timing, LIVES Working Paper, NCCR LIVES 2014
Du «jerk» au «nice guy». Transformation du genre dans la baie de San Francisco 032 Laurence Bachmann Entretiens compréhensifs, Genre, Hommes, Transformation du genre, LIVES Working Paper, NCCR LIVES 2014
The feminization of occupations and wage change: A panel analysis of Britain, Germany and Switzerland 031 Emily Murphy, Daniel Oesch Occupations, Discrimination, Gender, Panel data, Wage inequality, LIVES Working Paper, NCCR LIVES 2014
Social origins and post-high school institutional pathways: A cumulative dis/advantage approach 030 Francesco Giudici, Aaron Pallas Cumulative advantage and disadvantage, Life course pathways, Sociology of education, Transition out of high school, LIVES Working Paper, NCCR LIVES 2014
Rendering the order of life events 029 Reto Bürgin, Gilbert Ritschard Sequence analysis, State sequences, Event sequences, Exploratory data analysis, Graphical statistics, Longitudinal categorical data, Multiple time series plot, Visualization, LIVES Working Paper, NCCR LIVES 2013
Assessing the performance of the Swiss Panel LIVES Calendar: Evidence from a pilot study 028 Davide Morselli, Dario Spini, Jean-Marie Le Goff, Jacques-Antoine Gauthier, Karen Brändle, Estelle Mugnari, Nora Dasoki, Caroline Roberts, Laura Bernardi, Felix Bühlmann, Valérie-Anne Ryser, Robin Tillmann, Judith Kühr, Alexandra Bumbaru Swiss Household Panel, Vulnerability, Administration modes, Life-history calendar, Reliability, LIVES Working Paper, NCCR LIVES 2013
Vulnerability across the life course: A theoretical framework and research directions 027 Dario Spini, Doris Hanappi, Laura Bernardi, Michel Oris, Jean-François Bickel life course, Stress, Vulnerability, Risks, Social context, Social policy, Process, Resources, LIVES Working Paper, NCCR LIVES 2013
Personality assessment and career interventions 026 Jérôme Rossier Personality, Career adapt-abilities, Career interventions, Five-factor model, Personality assessment, Regulation processes, Vocational guidance, LIVES Working Paper, NCCR LIVES 2013
Where do industrial workers go after plant closure? Survey evidence two years after job displacement 025 Daniel Oesch, Isabel Baumann unemployment, older workers, Labour Market, Plant closure, LIVES Working Paper, NCCR LIVES 2013
WeightedCluster Library Manual: A practical guide to creating typologies of trajectories in the social sciences with R 024 Matthias Studer life course, Distance, Optimal matching, Analysis of sequences, Cluster, Cluster quality measure, R, Trajectory, Typology, Weighting, LIVES Working Paper, NCCR LIVES 2013