The junior research group "Outcomes of Education Across the Lifespan" investigates the impact of education and lifelong learning on different areas of life. Complex and dynamic consequences of education are considered in the shorter and longer term, up to effects across the life course.

From 2016 to 2020 (lead: Dr. Ilka Wolter) the Junior Research Group "Gender Roles and Competences Across the Life Course" carried out analyses of NEPS data regarding the identification and mapping of gender-specific developments of competences, as well as the psychological mechanisms explaining gender differences in competences and in constructs connected to competences. The comprehensive data structure of the National Education Panel Study was used for longitudinal analyses of (gender-specific) development of competences in different educational environments (e.g., elementary school, secondary school, and adulthood).