Dr. Frauke Peter joined the German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW) in November 2019. She is deputy head of the Research Area "Educational Careers and Graduate Employment". Previously she worked as junior researcher (Ph.D. candidate) at the German Socio-Economic Panel Study at DIW Berlin (2008-2013) and as senior researcher (Post Doc) at the Department Education and Family at DIW Berlin (2013-2019). She holds a master's degree in Economics from Royal Holloway University of London and a Ph.D. in Economics from Freie Universität Berlin.
Dr. Frauke Peter
Research Area Educational Careers and Graduate Employment
Deputy Head of Department
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List of publications
Probieren geht über Studieren! Impulse zum Fachkräftemangel aus der Studienabbruchforschung.Trennt, F., Carstensen, J., & Peter, F. (2024).Probieren geht über Studieren! Impulse zum Fachkräftemangel aus der Studienabbruchforschung. (DZHW Brief 03|2024). Hannover: DZHW. https://doi.org/10.34878/2024.03.dzhw_brief |
7: Tenure track career options to full professorship in German academia: recent developments and challenges.Schwabe, U., Peter, F., & Buchholz, S. (2024).7: Tenure track career options to full professorship in German academia: recent developments and challenges. In E. Pekkola & T. Siekkinen (Hrsg.), Tenure Tracks in European Universities (S. 116-135). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035302451.00013 |
War, international spillovers, and adolescents: Evidence from Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.Anger, S., Christoph, B., Galkiewicz, A., Margaryan, S., Peter, F., Sandner, M., & Siedler, T. (2024).War, international spillovers, and adolescents: Evidence from Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 224, 181-193 (online first). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2024.03.009 |
Information intervention on long-term earnings prospects and the gender gap in major choice.Peter, F., Schober, P., & Spiess, C. K. (2024).Information intervention on long-term earnings prospects and the gender gap in major choice. European Sociological Review, 40(2), 258-275. https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcad055 |
Die Studierendenbefragung in Deutschland: 22. Sozialerhebung.
Die Studierendenbefragung in Deutschland: 22. Sozialerhebung. Die wirtschaftliche und soziale Lage der Studierenden in Deutschland 2021. Berlin: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung. |
How Early Childcare Can Boost the Labour Market Success of Lower-Educated Mothers.Hermes, H., Krauss, M., Lergetporer, P., Peter, F., & Wiederhold, S. (15. April 2023).How Early Childcare Can Boost the Labour Market Success of Lower-Educated Mothers [Blogbeitrag]. Abgerufen von https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/how-early-childcare-can-boost-labour-market-success-lower-educated-mothers |
Gender gaps in early wage expectations.Leibing, A., Peter, F., Waights, S., & Spieß, K. C. (2023).Gender gaps in early wage expectations. Economics of Education Review , 94(June 2023), 102398. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2023.102398 |
Einfach anders oder vielfältig verschieden? Ein differenzierter Blick auf Hochschulabsolvent*innen mit beruflicher Vorqualifikation.Dahm, G., & Peter, F. (2023).Einfach anders oder vielfältig verschieden? Ein differenzierter Blick auf Hochschulabsolvent*innen mit beruflicher Vorqualifikation. In J. Ordemann, F. Peter, & S. Buchholz (Hrsg.), Vielfalt von hochschulischen Bildungsverläufen. Wege in das, durch das und nach dem Studium (S. 223-262). Wiesbaden: Springer VS (online first). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-39657-2_9 Abstract
Although, for decades, a high number of students in Germany have completed vocational education and training before starting university, higher education research has hardly considered vocationally pre-qualified students in a differentiated way. Against this background, this paper aims to paint a more detailed picture of higher education graduates with previous vocational education and training. Specifically, we will answer two questions: What distinguishes these graduates from others without previous vocational training? Moreover, how diverse is this group in itself? In addition to conducting an exploratory, descriptive comparison of various characteristics, including personality traits, this article uses a machine learning approach. ... |
Vielfalt von hochschulischen Bildungsverläufen.Ordemann, J., Peter, F., & Buchholz, S. (Hrsg.) (2023).Vielfalt von hochschulischen Bildungsverläufen.Wege in das, durch das und nach dem Studium. Wiesbaden: Springer (online first). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-39657-2 Abstract
Individual educational and life paths are far more diverse today than is often assumed. Many paths with and without a university entrance qualification lead to higher education at different points in time. Diversity persists in higher education and beyond. Students have different backgrounds, change their course of study, interrupt their studies, or drop out. The current findings in this anthology impressively explore this diversity, from the paths to a degree program to the labor market. |
Vielfalt von hochschulischen Bildungsverläufen – neue Aspekte, Erkenntnisse und Entwicklungen.Ordemann, J., Peter, F., & Buchholz, S. (2023).Vielfalt von hochschulischen Bildungsverläufen – neue Aspekte, Erkenntnisse und Entwicklungen. In J. Ordemann, F. Peter, & S. Buchholz (Hrsg.), Vielfalt von hochschulischen Bildungsverläufen (S. 1-20). Wiesbaden: Springer (online first). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-39657-2_1 Abstract
Educational and employment careers do not always follow a straight line, as the nine chapters of this volume demonstrate. The chapters cover various topics related to access to higher education and transition to the labour market. They address the direct and indirect pathways to higher education, the potential complexity of the decision-making involved, and possible returns to the multiple educational pathways. The variety of educational trajectories, the focus of the volume, has gained importance in empirical educational research, not least because there are now rich longitudinal data sets such as the DZHW Panel Study of School Leavers or the National Education Panel (NEPS). Only by monitoring individuals over an extended period ... |
Gender Gap bei Einkommenserwartungen: Schon kurz nach dem Abitur rechnen Frauen mit niedrigerem Gehalt als Männer.Leibing, A., Peter, F., & Spieß, K. C. (2022).Gender Gap bei Einkommenserwartungen: Schon kurz nach dem Abitur rechnen Frauen mit niedrigerem Gehalt als Männer. (DIW Wochenbericht 42|2022). Berlin: DIW Berlin. |
List of presentations & conferences
Successful career paths to full professorship - A typology and analysis of influencing factors.Kizilirmak, J. M., Buchholz, S., & Peter, F. (2024, September).Successful career paths to full professorship - A typology and analysis of influencing factors. Vortrag auf der Konferenz Adressing inequalities in incomplete revolutions, European Consortium for Sociological Research, Barcelona, Spanien. |
Skills to equalize the bills: How skills affect the early gender wage gap of college graduates.Trennt, F. (2024, September).Skills to equalize the bills: How skills affect the early gender wage gap of college graduates. Vortrag auf der Konferenz Addressing inequalities in incomplete revolutions ECSR 2024 conference, European Consortium for Sociological Research, Socio-Demography Group (DemoSoc) of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra of Barcelona, Barcelona. |
Skills to equalize the bills: How skills affect the early gender pay gap of college graduates.Lorenz, N. (2024, Juni).Skills to equalize the bills: How skills affect the early gender pay gap of college graduates. Poster auf der Konferenz Fourteenth International Workshop on Applied Economics of Education, Catanzaro, Italien. |
Skills to equalize the bills: How skills affect the early gender pay gap of college graduates.Lorenz, N. (2024, Juni).Skills to equalize the bills: How skills affect the early gender pay gap of college graduates. Vortrag auf der Konferenz 6th Forum "Higher Education and the Labour Market", DZHW und IAB, Hannover, Deutschland. |
6th Forum Higher Education and the Labour Market (HELM) with special focus on " The Bologna Process After 25 Years: Continuities, Changes, and Evaluations " .Peter, F., Ordemann, J., & Christoph, B. (2024, Juni).6th Forum Higher Education and the Labour Market (HELM) with special focus on "The Bologna Process After 25 Years: Continuities, Changes, and Evaluations", DZHW und IAB. Scientific Committee: Silke Anger (IAB & Univ. of Bamberg), Sandra Buchholz (DZHW & Univ. of Hanover), Bernhard Christoph (IAB), Anja Gottburgsen (DZHW), Monika Jungbauer-Gans (DZHW & Univ. of Hanover), Jessica Ordemann (DZHW), Frauke Peter (DZHW), Malte Sandner (TH Nuremberg & IAB), Hannover. |
Skills to equalize the bills: How skills affect the early gender pay gap of college graduates.Lorenz, N. (2024, März).Skills to equalize the bills: How skills affect the early gender pay gap of college graduates. Vortrag auf der Konferenz 9th LEER Conference on Education Economics, Leuven, Belgien. |
(Permanent) Position at a non-university institution? A personal career example.Peter, F. (2023, November).(Permanent) Position at a non-university institution? A personal career example. Vortrag im Rahmen des BAGSS & LIfBi Joint Lunchtime Talk, Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories, Bamberg. |
" Wird Studieren unbezahlbar? " .Peter, F. (2023)."Wird Studieren unbezahlbar?". Stellungnahme für den Artikel in der ZEIT, Nr. 46, S. 37, Hintergrundgespräch mit Anja Reiter.
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High School Grades, Non-Cognitive Capabilities and Social Inequality in Higher Education Enrolment.Grüttner, M., Peter, F., & Buchholz, S. (2023, Oktober).High School Grades, Non-Cognitive Capabilities and Social Inequality in Higher Education Enrolment. Vortrag auf der Konferenz 2023 SLLS Annual Conference, Life Courses in Times of Uncertainty, Society for Life Course and Longitudinal Studies, München. |
Career paths to professorship in Germany: A classification and description of critical factors.Kizilirmak, Jasmin M. (2023, Oktober).Career paths to professorship in Germany: A classification and description of critical factors. In J. Ordemann & K. Briedis (Vorsitz), Research in Higher Education in Germany: A Symposium on Longitudinal Studies in the Perspective of Institutional Contexts and Reforms. auf der Tagung SLLS Annual Conference: Life Courses in Times of Uncertainty, Munich, Germany. |
Fernsehinterview zum Thema Bildungsgerechtigkeit im Rahmen eines Berichtes über BAföG.Peter, F. (25.7.2023).Fernsehinterview zum Thema Bildungsgerechtigkeit im Rahmen eines Berichtes über BAföG. Gespräch mit S. Becker (Moderation), Nachrichtensendung SWR Aktuell Rheinland-Pfalz. SWR Fernsehen, Mainz. |
Professional Experience
since 11/2019
Senior researcher (Post Doc) at German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW), Research Area "Educational Careers and Graduate Employment"
04/2013 - 10/2019
Senior Researcher (Post Doc) at DIW Berlin, Department Education and Family
10/2008 - 03/2013
Junior Researcher (Ph.D. candidate) at DIW Berlin, Department German Socio-Economic Panel Study, from January 2012 Department of Education and Family
02/2008
Internship at Urban Institute, Washington D.C., Center of Labor, Human Services, and Population, with Prof. Robert I. Lehrman
12/2007
Internship, Federal Ministry for Family Affairs in Berlin, Department of International Affairs and family-related benefits
Education and academic degrees
09/2007 - 01/2013
Ph.D. in Economics, Freie Universität Berlin, summa cum laude, received January 2013; Supervisors: Professor C. Katharina Spiess and Professor Ronnie Schöb
09/2005 - 11/2006
M.Sc. Economics, Royal Holloway University of London, pass with distinction, received November 2006
01/2003 - 08/2005
B.A. International Economics, American University of Paris, summa cum laude, received August 2005