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.
In sum, this volume is well suited for graduate students and social science scholars with at least a basic training in quantitative and qualitative methods... The book succeeds in providing an overview of the differing approaches used in contemporary macro-comparative analysis and offers substance insights into how policies and institutions affect labour market performance. It should therefore be of great value to all those who plan to conduct a macro-comparative analysis of their own but are unsure about which research design and technique to use. -- Oliver Pamp, 'Czech Sociological Review'
The chapters in this volume use different methods to analyze data on employment rates in affluent nations. As a result, the book is much more focused than the typical edited collection. -- David Weakliem, 'Contemporary Sociology'
Lane Kenworthy is Professor of Sociology and Political Science at the University of Arizona. He studies the causes and consequences of poverty, inequality, mobility, employment, economic growth, and social policy in affluent countries.
Alexander Hicks is Winship Distinguished Research Professor of Sociology at Emory University.
Daniel Duerr is a PhD candidate in sociology at the University of Arizona. His research focuses on the development of the welfare state, stratification and income equality, and the causes of poverty in affluent countries.
Bernhard Ebbinghaus is Professor of Sociology and Director, Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES), University of Mannheim, Germany.
Scott Eliason is Associate Professor of Sociology, and Faculty Affiliate of the Minnesota Population Center, at the University of Minnesota. He is also a Faculty Fellow at the Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality at Stanford University.
Jessica Epstein is a PhD candidate in Sociology at the University of Arizona. Her research interests are the political economy of food and agriculture, political ecology, and research methods.
Lucian Jude is a former doctoral student in Sociology at the University of Massachusetts – Amherst.
Bernhard Kittel is full Professor of Social Science Methodology at the University of Oldenburg, Germany. His research interests include methodology of cross-national research, in particular of the welfare state and industrial relations, and the experimental study of political decision making.
Joya Misra is Associate Professor of Sociology and Public Policy at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Her research focuses on comparative welfare states and the intersection of race/ethnicity, nationality, gender, and class in labor markets and social policy.
Adam Przeworski is the Carroll and Milton Petrie Professor of Politics at New York University.
Charles C Ragin is Professor of Sociology and Political Science at the University of Arizona.
Robin Stryker is Professor of Sociology and Affiliated Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota.
Eric Tranby is a PhD candidate in sociology at the University of Minnesota. His research interests include gender and racial inequality in contemporary social life, comparative public policy, and life course research.
Jelle Visser is Professor of Sociology at the University of Amsterdam, where he directs the Amsterdam Institute of Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS).
Mara Yerkes is a post-doctoral research fellow in sociology at the Erasmus University, Rotterdam. Her research interests include industrial relations, labor policy, work and care issues, and comparative welfare state research.
