Method and Substance in Macrocomparative Analysis

✍ Scribed by Lane Kenworthy, Alexander Hicks

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 341
• Series: Research Methods Series
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 8
List of Tables......Page 10
List of Figures......Page 13
Notes on Contributors......Page 15
1 Introduction......Page 18
2 Statistical Narratives and the Properties of Macro-Level Variables: Labor Market Institutions and Employment Performance in Macrocomparative Research......Page 46
3 Comparative Employment Performance: A Fuzzy-Set Analysis......Page 84
4 Do Family Policies Shape Women’s Employment? A Comparative Historical Analysis of France and the Netherlands......Page 108
5 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......Page 152
6 Family Policies and Women’s Employment: A Regression Analysis......Page 213
7 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......Page 238
8 Comparative Regime Analysis: Early Exit from Work in Europe, Japan, and the USA......Page 277
9 Identifying the Causal Effect of Political Regimes on Employment......Page 307
C......Page 332
D......Page 333
F......Page 334
I......Page 335
L......Page 336
N......Page 337
P......Page 338
U......Page 339
W......Page 340