Dr. Miriam Schmaus

Research fellow

Contact

Chair of Sociology, area Social Stratification

Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg
Feldkirchenstraße 21/ Room: 01.54
D-96052 Bamberg

Tel: +49-(0)951-863-3648
Email: miriam.schmaus(at)uni-bamberg.de

Research interests

Migration, discrimination, experimental research

Publications

Schmaus, M. & Kristen, C. (2021): Foreign accents in the early hiring process: A field experiment on accent-related ethnic discrimination in Germany. International Migration Review., https://doi.org/10.1177/01979183211042004

Schmaus, M. (2021): Disproportionate identification of special needs for ethnic and language minority students in England: Patterns and explanations. British Journal of Sociology of Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2021.2002682

Schmaus, M. (2020): Ethnic differences in labour market outcomes: The role of language-based discrimination. European Sociological Review, 36(1): 82-103, https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcz044.

Schmaus, M. (2020): Language-based discrimination and its role for ethnic inequalities in the educational system and the labor market. Cumulative dissertation. University Bamberg. https://fis.uni-bamberg.de/bitstream/uniba/46949/3/fisba46949_A3a.pdf

Vita

2013 - present: Research fellow,  Chair of Sociology, area Social Stratification, University of Bamberg

03/2019 - 09/2019: Research fellow at the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LifBi), educational aspirations.

2013-2018: PhD "Language-based discrimination and its role for ethnic inequalities in the educational system and the labor market", University of Bamberg.

05/2017 - 08/2017: Visiting researcher (project intern),  CCRP, CLS, University College London.

2006-2012: Diploma in Sociology, University of Bamberg and Universita degli Studi di Messina.

2010-2012: Student assistant at the Chair of Sociology, area Social Stratification, University of Bamberg.