Dr. Jessica Ordemann is a social demographer working as a senior researcher and project lead of the German Student Survey at the German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW). Her research focusses on the individual and societal consequences of changes in the education system. She investigates educational inequalities and the associated life chances over the life course with a special focus on long-term returns on education.
Dr. Jessica Ordemann
Research Area Educational Careers and Graduate Employment
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Academic research fields
Educational inequalities, labor market
Projects
List of projects
Publications
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Presentations
List of presentations & conferences
Forty and Over The Academic Hill - Altersdiskriminierung in wissenschaftlichen Karrierewegen?Naegele, L., & Ordemann, J. (2022, September).Forty and Over The Academic Hill - Altersdiskriminierung in wissenschaftlichen Karrierewegen? Vortrag auf der Konferenz Altern im Spannungsfeld von Resilienz und Vulnerabilität, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gerontologie und Geriatrie e.V. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geriatrie e.V., Frankfurt am Main. |
The Evolution of Educational Wage Differentials for Women and Men, from 1996 to 2019.Ordemann, J., & Pfeiffer, F. (2022, Juni/Juli).The Evolution of Educational Wage Differentials for Women and Men, from 1996 to 2019. Vortrag auf der Konferenz SOEP 2022 - 14th International German Socio-Economic Panel User Conference, DIW, Berlin, Deutschland. |
Changing Academic Careers II Lecture Series.
Workshop Changing Academic Careers II Lecture Series, DZHW, Universität Würzburg, LCSS, Universität Hannover, Hannover (online). |
Vocationally Qualified Alumni and the Labor Market. Income Trajectories of Higher Education Alumni with and without Occupational Experience.Ordemann, J. (2022, April).Vocationally Qualified Alumni and the Labor Market. Income Trajectories of Higher Education Alumni with and without Occupational Experience. Vortrag auf der Konferenz Social Stratification and Social Policy for a Post-Covid19 World (RC28 Spring Meeting), London School of Economics, UK, London, United Kingdom. |
Vocationally qualified alumni and the labor market. Different shades of human capital.Ordemann, J. (2022, März).Vocationally qualified alumni and the labor market. Different shades of human capital. In C. Artelt, J. Baumert, & H.-G. Rossbach (Vorsitz), C01-Longitudinal analysis using NEPS data. auf der Tagung 9. GEBF-Jahrestagung, Universität Bamberg und Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsverläufe (LIfBi), Bamberg. |
It’s the personality stupid? Structural and individual determinants of tertiary education and degree attainment.Ordemann, J. (2022, März).It’s the personality stupid? Structural and individual determinants of tertiary education and degree attainment. Vortrag auf der Tagung 9. GEBF-Jahrestagung, Universität Bamberg und Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsverläufe (LIfBi), Bamberg. |
Vertical and Horizontal (Mis)match Among Highly Qualified - Measurement Issues, Determinants and Consequences.
Vertical and Horizontal (Mis)match Among Highly Qualified - Measurement Issues, Determinants and Consequences, DZHW Research Cluster "Returns to Tertiary Education", DZHW Hannover. |
No Free Lunch: Machine Learning & Qualitative Dokumentenanalyse – Practical and Methodological Insights.Gerchen, A., Ordemann, J., Walther, L., & İkiz-Akıncı, D. (2021).Symposium No Free Lunch: Machine Learning & Qualitative Dokumentenanalyse – Practical and Methodological Insights, Deutsches Zentrum für Hochschule und Wissenschaft (DZHW), Hannover. |
Two is better than one? Social origin and the role of vocational/academic double qualification in Germany.Ordemann, J., Buchholz, S., Spangenberg, H., & Kerst, C. (2021, Oktober).Two is better than one? Social origin and the role of vocational/academic double qualification in Germany. Vortrag auf der Konferenz CIDER-LERN Konferenz 2021 , Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Deutsches Zentrum für Hochschul- und Wissenschaftsforschung (DZHW), Leibniz-Forschungsnetzwerk Bildungspotenziale (LERN) sowie Kolleg für interdisziplinäre Bildungsforschung (CIDER), Berlin, Deutschland. |
Occupational Pathways into Higher Education and the Labor Market.Ordemann, J. (2021, September).Occupational Pathways into Higher Education and the Labor Market. Vortrag auf der Tagung 3rd Forum „Higher Education and the Labour Market“ (HELM), Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) und Deutsches Zentrum für Hochschul- und Wissenschaftsforschung (DZHW), Nürnberg, Deutschland. |
Kein Abi und trotzdem erfolgreich? Studierfähigkeit und der akademische und berufliche Erfolg von Mehrfachqualifizierern.Ordemann, J. (2021, September).Kein Abi und trotzdem erfolgreich? Studierfähigkeit und der akademische und berufliche Erfolg von Mehrfachqualifizierern. Vortrag auf der Tagung 16. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Hochschulforschung (GfHf 2021), Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Gießen, Deutschland. |
Educational Wage Differentials Over Time – The German Case.Ordemann, J., & Pfeiffer, F. (2021, September).Educational Wage Differentials Over Time – The German Case. Vortrag auf der Konferenz ECER 2021 “Education and Society: expectations, prescriptions, reconciliations”, European Educational Research Association, Geneva (online), Schweiz. |
The Evolution of Educational Wage Differentials for Women and Men, 1996 to 2019.Ordemann, J., & Pfeiffer, F. (2021, August).The Evolution of Educational Wage Differentials for Women and Men, 1996 to 2019. Vortrag auf der Konferenz ASA 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting (VAM), American Sociological Association, Chicago, USA. Abstract
From the perspective of the higher education expansion in Germany, the paper concentrates on the development of the higher education wage premium from 1996 to 2018. We ask how the wage premium develops over that time frame and which factors explain the trend we find. Using 206,904 observations of individual-level data of the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) we show a general upward trend in wage premiums. At the same time the wage premiums for university graduates lose their upward dynamic towards the end of the observation window, especially for men. |
Curriculum Vitae
Professional Career
04/2025
Project lead (Senior Researcher) 'The Student Survey in Germany'
11/2020 - 03/2025
Researcher (Post-Doc) at the German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW)
11/2018 - 10/2020
Scientific Coordinator at the DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education
02/2017 - 09/2018
Junior Researcher at the DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education
04/2014 - 01/2017
Junior Researcher at the University of Leipzig
04/2012 - 03/2014
Junior Researcher at the University of Hamburg
04/2009 - 03/2012
Student Researcher at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW)
Education and Academic Degrees
2014 - 2019
PhD in sociology at the University of Leipzig
2010 - 2011
Master in sociology at the Free University Berlin
2006 - 2010
Bachelor in cultural studies with focus on sociology at the Long Distance Learning University Hagen
Memberships and positions
- Elected Member of the Executive Committee of the Society of Longitudinal and Lifecourse Studies (SLLS)
- Research Committee on Social Stratification (RC28) of the International Sociological Association (ISA)
- Academy of Sociology
- German Sociological Association
