“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”
I am Tim Metzler and you found my website. Take a look around and you will find some projects I am working on. My interests include sociology of work, econometrics and quantitative research methods in general.
Education
M.A. Sociology
University Bielefeld
Research interests include:
- Sociology of work and economics
- Econometrics
- Quantitative research methods
M.A. Sociology - Erasmus
University of Salzburg
B.A. Sociology, Philosophy, Educational Sciences
University of Münster
B.A. Philosophy, Economics
University of Saarland
Accomplishments
SQL Fundamentals
Associate Data Scientist
The competency domains assessed included, but were not limited to: Data Management, Exploratory Analysis, Statistical Experimentation, Modeling, Programming for Data Science, Communication and Visualization.
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Projects
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This post shows how to implement the difference-in-differences method design in R. The data is taken from Marcus, Jan, Thomas Siedler, and Nicolas R. Ziebarth. 2022. “The Long-Run Effects of Sports Club Vouchers for Primary School Children.” American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 14 (3): 128-65.
A datacamp project using the leaflet package to find new possible Chiptole locations
In this project binomial logistic regression and a random forest model will be used to solve a classification problem in R
In this post a multilevel model is applied to European Social Survey data to look into the relation of income inequality and demand for redistribution in Austria
This post shows how to implement a regression discontinuity design in R. The data is taken from Tuttle, C. (2019), Snapping Back: Food Stamp Bans and Criminal Recidivism, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 11(2), S. 301-327.