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Method and Substance in Macrocomparative Analysis

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  • © 2008

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Editors:
  1. Lane Kenworthy

    1. University of Arizona, USA

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  2. Alexander Hicks

    1. Emory University, USA

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Part of the book series: ECPR Research Methods (REMES)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction

    • Lane Kenworthy, Alexander Hicks
    Pages 1-28

  3. Statistical Narratives and the Properties of Macro-Level Variables: Labor Market Institutions and Employment Performance in Macrocomparative Research

    • Bernhard Kittel
    Pages 29-66

  4. Comparative Employment Performance: A Fuzzy-Set Analysis

    • Jessica Epstein, Daniel Duerr, Lane Kenworthy, Charles Ragin
    Pages 67-90

  5. Do Family Policies Shape Women’s Employment? A Comparative Historical Analysis of France and the Netherlands

    • Joya Misra, Lucian Jude
    Pages 91-134

  6. The Welfare State, Family Policies, and Women’s Labor Force Participation: Combining Fuzzy-Set and Statistical Methods to Assess Causal Relations and Estimate Causal Effects

    • Scott R. Eliason, Robin Stryker, Eric Tranby
    Pages 135-195

  7. Family Policies and Women’s Employment: A Regression Analysis

    • Alexander Hicks, Lane Kenworthy
    Pages 196-220

  8. Part-Time Work and the Legacy of Breadwinner Welfare States: A Panel Study of Women’s Employment Patterns in Germany, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands, 1992–2002

    • Jelle Visser, Mara Yerkes
    Pages 221-259

  9. Comparative Regime Analysis: Early Exit from Work in Europe, Japan, and the USA

    • Bernhard Ebbinghaus
    Pages 260-289

  10. Identifying the Causal Effect of Political Regimes on Employment

    • Adam Przeworski
    Pages 290-313

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 315-324
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Macrocomparative researchers use a variety of methodological approaches. This book features analyses of a single substantive topic, comparative employment performance in affluent countries, using three of the most common macrocomparative techniques: pooled cross-section time-series regression, qualitative comparative analysis, and small-N analysis.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Arizona, USA

    Lane Kenworthy

  • Emory University, USA

    Alexander Hicks

About the editors

LANE KENWORTHY is Professor of Sociology and Political Science at the University of Arizona, USA. He studies the causes and consequences of poverty, inequality, mobility, employment, economic growth, and social policy in affluent countries. His books include Jobs with Equality (2008), Egalitarian Capitalism (2004), and In Search of National Economic Success (1995).
ALEXANDER HICKS is Winship Distinguished Research Professor of Sociology, Emory University, USA. Author or co-editor of books including Social Democracy and Welfare Capitalism and first author of papers in leading sociology and political science journals, he twice served as editorial board member for the American Sociological Review and was inaugural co-editor of the Socio-Economic Review.

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