Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
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I am a sociologist who works on immigration, in particular on social and ethnic stratification as well as on the political sociology of immigration. In addition to my substantial research, I have expertise in the field of quantitative empirical social science research and methods. Currently, my work revolves around the following four topics:
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How does growing ethnic diversity affect societies’ social cohesiveness?
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Perceived and actual discrimination, that is why do claims about the pervasiveness of discrimination seem to intensify, as western societies increase equality and liberty with regards to immigrant minorities?
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How can we explain the careers of mismatched (ethnic minority) employees on European labor markets?
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How can we perform valid and reliable statistical multilevel analysis of small cluster samples?
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Keywords
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- Immigration
- Ethnic stratification
- Political sociology
- Quantitative methods
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Research output
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Ethnic Diversity and Social Trust: A Narrative and Meta-Analytical Review
Dinesen, P. T., Schaeffer, M. & Sønderskov, K. M., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: Annual Review of Political Science.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Danskernes sociale tillid er høj og intakt, men lavere hvor der bor flere indvandrere
Dinesen, P. T., Schaeffer, M. & Sønderskov, K. M., 13 Nov 2019, In: Berlingske Tidende.Research output: Contribution to journal › Contribution to newspaper - Newspaper article
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Social Mobility and Perceived Discrimination: Adding an Intergenerational Perspective
Schaeffer, M., 1 Feb 2019, In: European Sociological Review. 35, 1, p. 65-80 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Why You Should Always Include a Random Slope for the Lower-Level Variable Involved in a Cross-Level Interaction
Heisig, J. P. & Schaeffer, M., 1 Apr 2019, In: European Sociological Review. 35, 2, p. 258-279 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Der Halo-Effekt in einheimisch-homogenen Nachbarschaften
Klinger, J., Müller, S. & Schaeffer, M., 2017, In: Zeitschrift für Soziologie. 46, 6Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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The Costs of Simplicity: Why Multilevel Models May Benefit from Accounting for Cross-Cluster Differences in the Effects of Controls
Heisig, J. P., Schaeffer, M. & Giesecke, J., 1 Aug 2017, In: American Sociological Review. 82, 4, p. 796-827Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Contested Boundaries: Explaining Where Ethnoracial Diversity Provokes Neighborhood Conflict
Legewie, J. & Schaeffer, M., Jul 2016, In: American Journal of Sociology. 122, 1, p. 125-161Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Income Advantages of Poorly Qualified Immigrant Minorities: Why School Dropouts of Turkish Origin Earn More in Germany
Schaeffer, M., Höhne, J. & Teney, C., 1 Feb 2016, In: European Sociological Review. 32, 1, p. 93-107Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Activities
- 1 Membership in committee, council, board
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Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (External organisation)
Merlin Schaeffer (Member)
2018Activity: Membership types › Membership in committee, council, board
Prizes
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DGS Anatol Rapoport Prize
Schaeffer, Merlin (Recipient), Höhn, Jutta (Recipient) & Teney, Céline (Recipient), 1 Sept 2016
Prize: Prizes, scholarships, distinctions
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ASA Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship in Population Award
Schaeffer, Merlin (Recipient) & Legewie, Joscha (Recipient), 1 Sept 2017
Prize: Prizes, scholarships, distinctions
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ASA Outstanding Article Publication in Mathematical Sociology Award
Schaeffer, Merlin (Recipient) & Legewie, Joscha (Recipient), 1 Jun 2018
Prize: Prizes, scholarships, distinctions
Datasets
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Code for the replication of the applied example in Elff, Martin, Jan Paul Heisig, Merlin Schaeffer, and Susumu Shikano: "Multilevel Analysis with Few Clusters: Improving Likelihood-based Methods to Provide Unbiased Estimates and Accurate Inference"
Elff, M. (Creator), Heisig, J. P. (Creator), Schaeffer, M. (Creator) & Shikano, S. (Creator), Zenodo, 2020
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3860995, https://zenodo.org/record/3860995
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