Method and Substance in Macrocomparative Analysis

1. Introduction
Lane Kenworthy, Alexander Hicks

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

3. Comparative Employment Performance: A Fuzzy-Set Analysis
Jessica Epstein, Daniel Duerr, Lane Kenworthy, Charles Ragin

4. Do Family Policies Shape Women’s Employment? A Comparative Historical Analysis of France and the Netherlands
Joya Misra, Lucian Jude

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
Scott R. Eliason, Robin Stryker, Eric Tranby

6. Family Policies and Women’s Employment: A Regression Analysis
Alexander Hicks, Lane Kenworthy

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
Jelle Visser, Mara Yerkes

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

9. Identifying the Causal Effect of Political Regimes on Employment
Adam Przeworski

Nyckelord: Social Sciences, Methodology of the Social Sciences, Comparative Politics, Political Science, Political History