Peter van der Zwan will discuss longitudinal research settings in the first online-offline hybrid session of the series Empirical Methods in Legal Research at Leiden Law School. Longitudinal research settings refer to panel datasets, that is, datasets with repeated observations for the same individual, firm or country. For example, individuals can be followed for various years to retrieve information about their perceptions of the legal environment in their country, and the developments over time. In his talk, Van der Zwan will present various methods for analyzing panel (or longitudinal) data with legal applications.

Peter van der Zwan studied Econometrics and obtained his PhD at Erasmus University Rotterdam (School of Economics). He has been affiliated with Leiden Law School (Department of Business Studies) since 2017. He has published mainly quantitative studies in the area of entrepreneurship. You can find these studies on this link. You can also read van der Zwan’s contributions on data analysis in the Leiden Law Methods Portal.

The working language of this session is English. Please register with Asmaa Khadim by 25 October 2021 (a.n.khadim@law.leidenuniv.nl). You will receive an email confirmation with more details about the venue in Leiden or the link needed to access the session.