The volume presents an updated overview of the background ideas of the NEPS and its
conceptional framework. It informs about the longitudinal structure of the multicohort sequence
design and discusses its key methodological challenges as well as data protection issues. It
also describes the organizational structure of the consortium of leading educational scientists
and research institutions who have not only jointly developed the basic design but are
continuously further adjusting it. Finally it provides background information for users who
want to utilize NEPS Scientific Use Files for their research projects. The volume is a revised
edition of the ZfE Special Issue on the NEPS which appeared in 2011. Contents¿ Longitudinal
design of the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS)¿ Research instruments to capture
educational processes and competence development over the life course¿ Sampling issues and
methodological challenges of the NEPS AudienceThe book is written for students and researchers
interested in educational processes and competence development over the life course from
disciplines such as psychology educational science sociology economics demography
migration studies statistics or survey methods. It provides also important information for
educational practitioners such as teachers school administrators educational experts or
policy makers. EditorsProfessor Dr. Dr. h. c. Hans-Peter Blossfeld holds the Chair of Sociology
I at the University of Bamberg and was the first Principal Investigator of the National
Educational Panel Study (NEPS). Professor (em.) Dr. Hans-Günther Roßbach held the Chair for
Early Childhood Education at the University of Bamberg and was the second principal
investigator of the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) and the founding director of the
Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi).
