Determinants of Social Isolation

• Applicant: Dr. Jan Eckhard
• Subject Area: Empirical Social Research
• Term: from 2014 to 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 267156871

The project involves research on the disparities and determinants of social isolation based on panel data. Social isolation is defined as an absence of personal relationships. The first phase of research brought out new insights on the predictors of social isolation in Germany. The second period of the project is concerned with the question whether the influencing factors of social isolation and their outcome depend on contextual conditions, such as social policy, social inequality, or culture. Data are retrieved from the European Community Household Panel and from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe. This is the fist project to analyse determinants of social isolation in an international perspective by using international panel data and panel-regression.

• DFG Programme: Research Grants
• Co-Investigator: Professor Dr. Thomas Klein