Team

PD Dr. Elke Holst

PD Dr. Elke Holst Elke Holst
Role
Research Director
and
Senior Economist
Research Infrastructure
German Socio- Economic Panel Study
Field(s) of work
Survey Methodology and Survey Management (SOEP Survey) Gender Studies
Key activities
  • Labor economics
  • Gender Economics
  • SOEP maintenance
  • Editor SOEP NEWSLETTER, Editorial Board Weekly Report of the DIW Berlin (Wochenbericht des DIW Berlin)
  • Gender Studies

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    CV - Short Version

    Elke Holst received her diploma in economics from the Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe University in Frankfurt/M. She obtained her doctoral degree from the department of Economics and Management (Dr. rer.oec.) at the Technical University Berlin (TU Berlin). Her dissertation focused on issues associated with ‚the hidden labor force'. Habilitation at the University of Flensburg (subject of Economics), also appointed 'Privatdozentin (PD)' (a form of adjunct professorship in Germany) at the University of Flensburg.
    She has worked for private companies, the government and at Frankfurt/M. University. She started working for the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) in 1987 and is presently a senior researcher with the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), there responsible for panel maintenance and public relations. She also edits the quarterly SOEP NEWSLETTER for the SOEP users. Elke Holst was a visiting research scholar at Brandeis University/USA and at the University of California Santa Barbara. In January 2009  she worked as visiting scholar at Michelle Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University/USA and in July at University of Mass. in Boston/USA. Her current research interests include labor economics and gender economics. Major current topics are: women in management, gender (pay) gaps,  working time, remittances.