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, qual
Method and Substance in Macrocomparative Analysis
β Scribed by Lane Kenworthy, Alexander Hicks (eds.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 340
- Series
- Research Methods Series
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Introduction....Pages 1-28
Statistical Narratives and the Properties of Macro-Level Variables: Labor Market Institutions and Employment Performance in Macrocomparative Research....Pages 29-66
Comparative Employment Performance: A Fuzzy-Set Analysis....Pages 67-90
Do Family Policies Shape Womenβs Employment? A Comparative Historical Analysis of France and the Netherlands....Pages 91-134
The Welfare State, Family Policies, and Womenβs Labor Force Participation: Combining Fuzzy-Set and Statistical Methods to Assess Causal Relations and Estimate Causal Effects....Pages 135-195
Family Policies and Womenβs Employment: A Regression Analysis....Pages 196-220
Part-Time Work and the Legacy of Breadwinner Welfare States: A Panel Study of Womenβs Employment Patterns in Germany, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands, 1992β2002....Pages 221-259
Comparative Regime Analysis: Early Exit from Work in Europe, Japan, and the USA....Pages 260-289
Identifying the Causal Effect of Political Regimes on Employment....Pages 290-313
Back Matter....Pages 315-324
β¦ Subjects
Methodology of the Social Sciences; Comparative Politics; Political Science; Political History
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