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Dr. rer. pol. Felix Bittmann

Educational Decisions and Processes, Migration, Returns to Education | Longitudinal Educational Achievements: Reducing iNequalities

Vita

Research interests

Social Inequalities in Education and the Labor Market

Educational Expectations and Aspirations

Publications

2024

Bittmann, F. (2024). Investigating how early academic performance and parental socio-economic status predict and explain successful completion of secondary education in Germany. Frontiers in Education, 9, Article 1404076. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2024.1404076

Bittmann, F. (2024). On the influence of parents and peers on occupational aspirations in Germany under special regard of secondary school track interactions. SN Social Sciences, 4, Article 157. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43545-024-00963-0

Bittmann, F. (2024). Reading begets reading? Disentangling the dynamic interplay between reading competence and reading exposure with a special focus on gender differences. Reading Research Quarterly, 60(1), Article e566. https://doi.org/10.1002/rrq.566

Bittmann, F. (2024). The scale goes up, the joy goes down? Investigating the causal effect of body weight on happiness. International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, 10, Article 7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41042-024-00203-z

Bittmann, F. (2024). Why do low spirits last? Investigating correlates of cumulative unhappiness using German panel data. Current Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-05559-0

2023

Bittmann, F., Sari, E., & Goßmann, F. (2023). Ein neues Instrument zur Erfassung kulturellen Wissens. Journal for Education Research Online, 15(2), 226–249. https://doi.org/10.31244/jero.2023.02.05

Sari, E., Bittmann, F., & Homuth, C. (2023). Explaining inequalities of homeschooling in Germany during the first COVID-19 lockdown. Frontiers in Education, 8, Article 1154389. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2023.1154389

Schindler, S., & Bittmann, F. (2023). Alternative routes to higher education eligibility: Inclusion, diversion and social inequality on the way to higher education. In S. Weinert, G. Blossfeld, & H.-P. Blossfeld (Eds.), Education, competence development and career trajectories: Analysing data of the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) (pp. 205-223). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27007-9_9

Schörner, K., & Bittmann, F. (2023). Children’s aspirations, their perceptions of parental aspirations, and parents’ factual aspirations - gaining insights into a complex world of interdependencies. European Sociological Review. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcad074

2022

Bittmann, F. (2022). Are cognitive ability and conscientiousness really more important for educational attainment than SES? A replication and extension of O‘Connell and Marks (2022). Collabra: Psychology, 8(1), Article 37460. https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.37460

Bittmann, F. (2022). Investigating the co-development of academic competencies and educational aspirations in German primary education. Frontiers in Education, 7, Article 923361. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2022.923361

Bittmann, F. (2022). Investigating the role of educational aspirations as central mediators of secondary school track choice in Germany. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 81, Article 100715. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2022.100715

Bittmann, F. (2022). Is there a dose-response relationship? Investigating the functional form between COVID-19 incidence rates and life satisfaction in a multilevel framework. Journal of Happiness Studies, 23(7), 3315–3330. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-022-00542-1

Bittmann, F., Tekles, A., & Bornmann, L. (2022). Applied usage and performance of statistical matching in bibliometrics: The comparison of milestone and regular papers with multiple measurements of disruptiveness as an empirical example. Quantitative Science Studies, 2(4), 1246-1270. https://doi.org/10.1162/qss_a_00158

2021

Berde, É., & Bittmann, F. (2021). Investigating chances of older job applicants using a vignette study design. Új Munkaügyi szemle, 2(2), 21-35. https://www.metropolitan.hu/upload/efc670b27edeb975d747ea785a667acee1a9c1b0.pdf

Bittmann, F. (2021). Bootstrapping: An integrated approach with Python and Stata. De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110693348

Bittmann, F. (2021). Investigating the total contribution of body height to the variance decomposition of several outcomes in a multinational setting. Social Science Research Network. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3824801

Bittmann, F. (2021). Academic track mismatch and the temporal development of well-being and competences in German secondary education. Vienna Yearbook of Population Research, 19(1), 1-36. https://doi.org/10.1553/populationyearbook2021.res5.1

Bittmann, F. (2021). Beyond the U-Shape: Mapping the functional form between age and life satisfaction for 81 countries utilizing a cluster procedure. Journal of Happiness Studies, 22(5), 2323-2359. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-020-00316-7

Bittmann, F. (2021). Bildung um jeden Preis? Über den Zusammenhang zwischen fehlender Gymnasialempfehlung und Entwicklung von Kompetenzen, Lebenszufriedenheit und anderer Faktoren in der Sekundarstufe. Zeitschrift für Soziologie, 50(3-4), 211-223. https://doi.org/10.1515/zfsoz-2021-0015

Bittmann, F. (2021). Eine Analyse über die Veränderung von Bildungsaspirationen von SchülerInnen nach dem Übergang in die Sekundarstufe. Zeitschrift für Pädagogik, 67(4), 573-590. https://doi.org/10.3262/ZP2104573

Bittmann, F. (2021). How trust makes a difference: The impact of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic life satisfaction in Germany. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 17(3), 1389–1405. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-021-09956-0

Bittmann, F. (2021). Improving data quality with sociodemographic matching? About the effects and implications of age and gender matching in face-to-face interviews. Journal of Applied Social Science, 16(1), 242–260. https://doi.org/10.1177/1936724421998257

Bittmann, F. (2021). When problems just bounce back: About the relation between resilience and academic success in German tertiary education. SN Social Sciences, 1(2), Article 65. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43545-021-00060-6

Bittmann, F., & Schindler, S. (2021). Analysing diversion processes in German secondary education: School-track effects on educational aspirations. Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, 73(2), 231-257. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11577-021-00789-1

Bittmann, F., & Zorn, V. (2021). Analyse des Nutzens von Praktika für österreichische Hochschulabsolventen unter Einbezug relevanter Mediationspfade. Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie, 46(2), 1-25. https://doi.org/10.20378/irb-47810

Sari, E., Bittmann, F., & Homuth, C. (2021). Explaining inequalities of homeschooling in Germany during the first COVID-19 lockdown. SocArXiv. Preprint. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/vsdq4

Schindler, S., & Bittmann, F. (2021). Diversion or inclusion? Alternative routes to higher education eligibility and inequality in educational attainment in Germany. European Sociological Review, 37(6), 972-986. https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcab025

Traini, C., Kleinert, C., & Bittmann, F. (2021). How does exposure to a different school track influence learning progress? Explaining scissor effects by track in Germany. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 76, Article 100625. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2021.100625

2020

Bittmann, F. (2020). Python 3 for science and engineering applications. Elektor.

Bittmann, F. (2020). The more similar, the better? How (mis)match between interviewers and respondents in survey situations affects item nonresponse and data quality. Survey Research Methods, 14(3), 301-323. https://doi.org/10.18148/srm/2020.v14i3.7621

Bittmann, F. (2020). The relationship between height and leadership: Evidence from across Europe. Economics & Human Biology, 36(1), Article 100829. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2019.100829

Bittmann, F., & Mantwill, O. L. (2020). Gute Leistung, gute Noten? Eine Untersuchung über den Zusammenhang von Schulnoten und Kompetenzen in der Sekundarstufe. Social Science Research Network. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3724172

Bittmann, F., & Schindler, S. (2020). Alternative Wege zur Hochschulreife und soziale Disparitäten beim Hochschulabschluss (LIfBi Working Paper No. 88). Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsverläufe. https://doi.org/10.5157/NEPS:WP88:1.0

Bittmann, F., & Zorn, V. (2020). When choice excels obligation: about the effects of mandatory and voluntary internships on labour market outcomes for university graduates. Higher Education, 80(1), 75-93. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-019-00466-5

2019

Bittmann, F. (2019). Explaining the Mechanisms linking Field of Study and labour Market Outcomes: Focus on STEM. OPUS Bamberg. https://doi.org/10.20378/irbo-54036

Bittmann, F. (2019). Stata: A really short introduction. De Gruyter Oldenbourg. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110617160

2018

Bittmann, F. (2018). Über den Nutzen von Pflichtpraktika: Eine Replikation der Studie von Klein & Weiss (2011) mit Daten des Bayerischen Absolventenpanels. Beiträge zur Hochschulforschung, 40(3), 78-95. http://www.ihf.bayern.de/uploads/media/3_2018_gesamt.pdf#page=82

Selected presentations and lectures

2022

Bittmann, F., Kleinert, C., Schindler, S., & Traini, C. (2022, March 9 - 11). School track effects on cognitive development and educational aspirations [Paper presentation]. 9th Conference of the Society for Empirical Research in Education (GEBF), Bamberg, Germany. https://gebf2022.de/

Homuth, C., & Bittmann, F. (2022, March 9 - 11). Less learned but still good grades (for some) - rising social inequality of educational oppor-tunity during the COVID-19 crisis? [Paper presentation]. 9th Conference of the Society for Empirical Educational Research (GEBF), Bamberg, Germany.

2021

Bittmann, F. (17. - 18. Juni 2021). Investigating the role of educational aspirations as central mediators of secondary school track choice in Germany [Posterpräsentation]. Joint Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference, Tilburg, The Netherlands. https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/about/schools/socialsciences/news/phd-conference-2021

Bittmann, F., & Schindler, S. (2. - 4. Juni 2021). Analysing diversion processes in german secondary education: School track effects on educational aspirations [Vortrag]. Spring Meeting of the Research Committee 28 on Social Stratification and Mobility, Turku, Finland. https://rc28turku.utu.fi/

Sari, E., Bittmann, F., & Homuth, C. (22. - 23. April 2021). Eine Frage der Ressourcen? Auswirkungen der coronabedingten Schulschließungen auf die herkunftsbedingte Bildungsungleichheit [Symposiumsbeitrag]. DigiGEBF21: Thementagung Bildung und Corona, Mannheim, Deutschland. https://www.e-teaching.org/news/termine/online-thementagung-bildung-und-corona

2020

Bittmann, F. (7. - 8. Dezember 2020). Academic track mismatch and the temporal development of well-being and competences in German secondary education [Vortrag]. 5th International NEPS Conference, Bamberg, Germany. https://www.neps-data.de/neps-conference2020/Program

Bittmann, F., & Schindler, S. (12. - 13. November 2020). The effects of schooling tracks and learning environments in German secondary education on the development of pupils’ aspirations [Vortrag]. Joint venture of the DGS-sections "Soziale Ungleichheit und Sozialstrukturanalyse“ and "Bildung und Erziehung“, Bamberg, Germany. https://www.lifbi.de/Portals/13/dgs-ungleichheit_2020/Programm_Word_201109.pdf?ver=UkrbcjVOmS2w9D0BQdwN_w%3d%3d

Traini, C., Kleinert, C., & Bittmann, F. (5. - 6. November 2020). How does exposure to a different track influence learning progress? Explaining scissor effects by track in Germany [Vortrag]. Heterogeneity and Inequality – Differentiation in Education and Consequences for Educational Inequalities. Conference organised by the Sociology of Education Research Network of the Swiss Sociological Association, Bern, Switzerland.