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Dr. Claudia Karwath

Educational Decisions and Processes, Migration, Returns to Education | Educational Decisions and Social Inequality
Educational Decisions and Processes, Migration, Returns to Education | "NEPS in a Digital World"
Educational Decisions and Processes, Migration, Returns to Education | NEPS Decisions

Vita

Research interests

  • Educational Research
  • Sibling Research
  • Migration Research
  • Early Childhood Research
  • Language and Cognitive Development
  • Measurement of Competencies
  • Interviewer effects
  • Longitudinal Research Methods
  • Development of Statistical methods
  • Publications

    2023

    Karwath, C., Attig, M., von Maurice, J., & Weinert, S. (2023). Does poverty affect early language in 2-year-old children in Germany? Journal of Child and Family Studies, 32(8), 2254-2270. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-022-02500-0

    2022

    Karwath, C. (2022). Von Geschwistern lernen? Der Einfluss von Geschwistern auf den Wortschatz im Primar- und Sekundarbereich. Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg. https://fis.uni-bamberg.de/handle/uniba/53796
    Schönmoser, C., Karwath, C., & Gnambs, T. (2022). Parent and teacher assessments of social-emotional competence in three-year-old children: Does sibling status matter? Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 40(5), 621–633. https://doi.org/10.1177/07342829221077503

    2016

    Schmitt, M., Homuth, C., Lorenz, C., & Karwath, C. (2016). Erhöht eine Briefmarke den Rücklauf bei postalischen Befragungen? JERO (Journal for Educational Research Online), 8(3), 142-158. https://www.waxmann.com/waxmann-zeitschriften/waxmann-zeitschriftendetails/?tx_p2waxmann_pi2%5bartikel%5d=ART102882&tx_p2waxmann_pi2%5baction%5d=artikel

    2015

    Lorenz, C., Homuth, C., Schmitt, M., & Karwath, C. (2015). E-appointments in empirical field research. Survey Insights: Methods from the Field. 1-15. https://doi.org/10.13094/SMIF-2015-00009

    2014

    Attig, M., Fey, D., Karwath, C., & Linberg, T. (2014). Systematisches Bildungsmonitoring im Vorschulalter am Beispiel des Nationalen Bildungspanels (NEPS). Frühe Bildung, 3(1), 3-9. https://doi.org/10.1026/2191-9186/a000129
    Karwath, C., Relikowski, I., & Schmitt, M. (2014). Sibling structure and educational achievement: How do the number of siblings, birth order, and birth spacing affect children´s vocabulary competences? Zeitschrift für Familienforschung, 26(3), 372–396.

    2013

    Homuth, C., & Karwath, C. (2013). Das Ergebnis von acht Jahren Bildungsforschung: Die BiKS-Studie in der Rückschau. KiTa aktuell spezial, 2013(01), 6-9.

    Selected presentations and lectures

    2022

    Karwath, C. (9. - 11. März 2022). Armut und Bildung im NEPS: Konzeptionelle Überlegungen und erste Ergebnisse [Vortrag]. 9. Tagung der Gesellschaft für Empirische Bildungsforschung (GEBF), Bamberg (online). https://www.uni-bamberg.de/presse/pm/artikel/gebf-2022/

    2021

    Karwath, C. (10. November 2021). Der Einfluss von Geschwistern auf Bildung und Entwicklung [Sonstiges]. Leibniz Book a Scientist, Berlin, Deutschland. https://berlinscienceweek.com/
    Vogelbacher, M., & Karwath, C. (20. - 22. September 2021). The longitudinal and bidirectional relationship between parent‘s stress and child‘s negative affectivity [Symposiumsbeitrag]. 2021 SLLS International Online Conference, Tallinn, Estonia.

    2020

    Karwath, C., Attig, M., von Maurice, J., & Weinert, S. (13. - 14. Januar 2020). How poverty affects early language in 2-year old children [Vortrag]. Dynamics of Inequality Across the Life-course thematic workshop "Education and Life", Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
    Karwath, C., Blossfeld, G., Weinert, S., & Attig, M. (19. Februar 2020). The impact of families’ socioeconomic status on different distributions of early language development [Vortrag]. Colloquium at the chair of Developmental Psychology in University of Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany.

    2019

    Karwath, C., Attig, M., von Maurice, J., & Weinert, S. (1. Oktober 2019). Does poverty affect early language development in 2-year old children? [Vortrag]. Paper presented at the First BRISE Conference on Early Childhood Development, Kiel, Deutschland.
    Karwath, C., Attig, M., von Maurice, J., & Weinert, S. (1. September 2019). Effects of social background on early language development in 2-year old children [Vortrag]. Paper presented at the Joint Conference of the Sections Developmental and Educational Psychology 2019, Leipzig, Germany.
    Karwath, C., Attig, M., von Maurice, J., & Weinert, S. (10. - 11. August 2019). Does poverty harm? Effects of parental income on early vocabulary development [Posterpräsentation]. Poster presented at the 18th Biennial European Conference for Research on Learning and Instruction, Aachen , Germany.

    2018

    Attig, M., Huang, W., Karwath, C., von Maurice, J., Roßbach, H.-G., & Weinert, S. (6. März 2018). Project SEED and German Datasets [Vortrag]. Paper presented at a project kickoff meeting, Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
    Attig, M., Karwath, C., Huang, W., Blossfeld, G. J., Roßbach, H.-G., von Maurice, J., & Weinert, S. (1. September 2018). Soziale Ungleichheit und kindliche Entwicklung: Die internationale SEED-Studie [Posterpräsentation]. Posterpräsentation im Rahmen des Bildungspolitischen Forums 2018, Berlin, Deutschland.
    Blossfeld, G., Huang, W., & Karwath, C. (28. Juni 2018). Project SEED and German datasets: Projekt: Zweites Meeting [Vortrag]. Paper presented at the 2nd meeting of the project SEED, Bamberg, Germany.
    Karwath, C., Attig, M., von Maurice, J., & Weinert, S. (12. Dezember 2018). Does poverty harm? Effects of parental income on early vocabulary development [Vortrag]. Paper presented at the Research Seminar of Department 1 of the LIfBi and the Chair of Developmental Psychology, Bamberg, Germany.

    2017

    Attig, M., & Karwath, C. (1. Februar 2017). Introduction into the data portfolio of Starting Cohort 1 (Newborns) [Vortrag]. Paper presented at the 49th NEPS User Training, Bamberg, Germany.
    Karwath, C. (1. Oktober 2017). Does sibling structure influence educational achievement? An analysis on the number of siblings, birth and birth spacing on vocabulary competences during elementary and secondary school [Vortrag]. Paper presented at the 7th Annual Conference of the Society for Longitudinal and Life Course Studies (SLLS), Stirling, Scotland.
    Karwath, C., & Attig, M. (1. Juli 2017). Do interviewers affect test situations in households? Results from the newborn cohort study of the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) [Vortrag]. Paper presented at the 7th Conference of the European Survey Research Association, Lisbon, Portugal.

    2015

    Karwath, C., Attig, M., Kliem, H., Roßbach, H.-G., & Weinert, S. (2015, July 13 - 17). Interviewer effects in the CAPI-study of the early childhood cohort of the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) [Paper presentation]. 6th Conference of the european survey research association (ESRA), Reykjavik, Iceland. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cros/content/6th-conference-european-survey-research-association-esra_en

    2013

    Homuth, C., Schmitt, M., Mann, D., Lorenz, C., & Karwath, C. (2013, July 15 - 19). Determinants of passive non-response in longitudinal studies and its relevance for survey economics [Paper presentation]. 5th Conference of the European Survey Research Association, Ljubljana, Slovenia. https://www.europeansurveyresearch.org/conference/ljubljana-2013
    Karwath, C. (4. März 2013). Geschwisterreihenfolge und Bildungserfolg [Vortrag]. Vortrag im Rahmen des Kolloquiums des Staatsinstituts für Familienforschung an der Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany.
    Lorenz, C., Homuth, C., Karwath, C., Ackermann, H., Schmitt, M., & Mann, D. (2013, July 15 - 19). E-Appointments in empirical field research [Paper presentation]. 5th Conference of the European Survey Research Association, Ljubljana, Slovakia. https://www.europeansurveyresearch.org/conference/programme

    2012

    Lorenz, C., Homuth, C., Karwath, C., & Ackermann, H. (10. - 12. September 2012). Online-Terminvereinbarungen in der empirischen Feldforschung [Vortrag]. 77. Tagung der Arbeitsgruppe für empirische Pädagogische Forschung (AEPF), Bielefeld, Deutschland.

    2010

    Karwath, C. (2010, September 21 - 24). Tutoring lessons for students with migration background [Poster presentation]. 3rd international Bamberg summer school in empirical education research on institutional and contextual determinants of educational judgement - Decision making and learning studies conference, Bamberg, Germany.