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Method and Substance in Macrocomparative Analysis Edited by Lane Kenworthy and Alexander Hicks 9780230_202573_01_prexvi.tex 7/6/2008 16:32 Pagei Method and Substance in Macrocomparative Analysis 9780230_202573_01_prexvi.tex 7/6/2008 16:32 Pageii ResearchMethodsSeries General Editors: Bernhard Kittel, Professor of Social Science Methodology, Department of Social Sciences, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Ger- manyandBenoîtRihoux,ProfessorofPoliticalScience,Universitécatholiquede Louvain(UCL),Belgium. In association with the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), Palgrave Macmillan is delighted to announce the launch of a new book series dedicatedtoproducingcutting-edgetitlesinResearchMethods. Whilepolitical sciencecurrentlytendstoimportmethodsdevelopedinneighbouringdisciplines, the series contributes to developing a methodological apparatus focusing on thosemethodswhichareappropriateindealingwiththespecificresearchprob- lemsofthediscipline. The series provides students and scholars with state-of-the-art scholarship on methodology, methodsandtechniques. Itcomprisesinnovativeandintellectu- allyrigorousmonographsandeditedcollectionswhichbridgeschoolsofthought and cross the boundaries of conventional approaches. The series covers both empirical-analyticalandinterpretiveapproaches, microandmacrostudies, and quantitativeandqualitativemethods. Titlesinclude: AudieKlotzandDeepaPrakash(editors) QUALITATIVEMETHODSININTERNATIONALRELATIONS APluralistGuide LaneKenworthyandAlexanderHicks(editors) METHODANDSUBSTANCEINMACROCOMPARATIVEANALYSIS ResearchMethodsSeries SeriesStandingOrderISBN978–0230–20679–3–hardcover SeriesStandingOrderISBN978–0230–20680–9–paperback (outsideNorthAmericaonly) Youcanreceivefuturetitlesinthisseriesastheyarepublishedbyplacingastand- ingorder.Pleasecontactyourbookselleror,incaseofdifficulty,writetousatthe addressbelowwithyournameandaddress,thetitleoftheseriesandoneofthe ISBNsquotedabove. Customer Services Department, Macmillan Distribution Ltd, Houndmills, Basingstoke,HampshireRG216XS,England 9780230_202573_01_prexvi.tex 7/6/2008 16:32 Pageiii Method and Substance in Macrocomparative Analysis Editedby Lane Kenworthy ProfessorofSociologyandPoliticalScience UniversityofArizona,USA and Alexander Hicks ProfessorofSociology EmoryUniversity,USA 9780230_202573_01_prexvi.tex 7/6/2008 16:32 Pageiv Editorialmatter,selection,andintroduction©LaneKenworthyand AlexanderHicks2008Allremainingchapters©respectiveauthors2008 Allrightsreserved.Noreproduction,copyortransmissionofthis publicationmaybemadewithoutwrittenpermission. Noparagraphofthispublicationmaybereproduced,copiedortransmitted savewithwrittenpermissionorinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofthe Copyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988,orunderthetermsofanylicence permittinglimitedcopyingissuedbytheCopyrightLicensingAgency,90 TottenhamCourtRoad,LondonW1T4LP. Anypersonwhodoesanyunauthorizedactinrelationtothispublication maybeliabletocriminalprosecutionandcivilclaimsfordamages. Theauthorshaveassertedtheirrightstobeidentified astheauthorsofthisworkinaccordancewiththeCopyright,Designs andPatentsAct1988. Firstpublished2008by PALGRAVEMACMILLAN Houndmills,Basingstoke,HampshireRG216XSand 175FifthAvenue,NewYork,N.Y.10010 Companiesandrepresentativesthroughouttheworld PALGRAVEMACMILLANistheglobalacademicimprintofthePalgrave MacmillandivisionofSt.Martin’sPress,LLCandofPalgraveMacmillanLtd. Macmillan®isaregisteredtrademarkintheUnitedStates,UnitedKingdom andothercountries.PalgraveisaregisteredtrademarkintheEuropean Unionandothercountries. ISBN-13:978 0 230 20257 3 hardback ISBN-10:0 230 20257 8 hardback Thisbookisprintedonpapersuitableforrecyclingandmadefromfully managedandsustainedforestsources.Logging,pulpingandmanufacturing processesareexpectedtoconformtotheenvironmentalregulationsofthe countryoforigin. AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Methodandsubstanceinmacrocomparativeanalysis/editedbyLane KenworthyandAlexanderHicks. p.cm. (Researchmethodsseries) Includesindex. ISBN0 230 20257 8(alk.paper) 1. Socialsciences Comparativemethods. 2.Employment(Economic theory) I.Kenworthy,Lane. II.Hicks,AlexanderM. H61.M49155 2008 300.72 dc22 2008016151 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 PrintedandboundinGreatBritainby CPIAntonyRowe,ChippenhamandEastbourne 9780230_202573_01_prexvi.tex 7/6/2008 16:32 Pagev TothememoryofMichaelWallerstein–friend,colleague, exemplarymacrocomparativist This page intentionally left blank 9780230_202573_01_prexvi.tex 7/6/2008 16:32 Pagevii Contents ListofTables ix ListofFigures xii NotesonContributors xiv 1 Introduction 1 LaneKenworthyandAlexanderHicks 2 StatisticalNarrativesandthePropertiesofMacro-Level Variables:LaborMarketInstitutionsandEmployment PerformanceinMacrocomparativeResearch 29 BernhardKittel 3 ComparativeEmploymentPerformance:A Fuzzy-SetAnalysis 67 JessicaEpstein,DanielDuerr,LaneKenworthy,and CharlesRagin 4 DoFamilyPoliciesShapeWomen’sEmployment? AComparativeHistoricalAnalysisofFranceand theNetherlands 91 JoyaMisraandLucianJude 5 TheWelfareState,FamilyPolicies,andWomen’sLabor ForceParticipation:CombiningFuzzy-Setand StatisticalMethodstoAssessCausalRelationsand EstimateCausalEffects 135 ScottR.Eliason,RobinStryker,andEricTranby 6 FamilyPoliciesandWomen’sEmployment: ARegressionAnalysis 196 AlexanderHicksandLaneKenworthy 7 Part-TimeWorkandtheLegacyofBreadwinner WelfareStates:APanelStudyofWomen’s EmploymentPatternsinGermany,the UnitedKingdom,andtheNetherlands,1992–2002 221 JelleVisserandMaraYerkes vii 9780230_202573_01_prexvi.tex 7/6/2008 16:32 Pageviii viii Contents 8 ComparativeRegimeAnalysis:EarlyExitfromWork inEurope,Japan,andtheUSA 260 BernhardEbbinghaus 9 IdentifyingtheCausalEffectofPoliticalRegimes onEmployment 290 AdamPrzeworski Index 315 9780230_202573_01_prexvi.tex 7/6/2008 16:32 Pageix List of Tables 1.1 Analyticalstrengthsofthethreemethodologicalapproaches 7 1.2 Summaryofthecontributions 19 2.1 Cross-sectionalandtimevariancecomponentsofmain variables 40 2.2 Autoregression 40 2.3 Nonstationarity:MaddalaandWu’sFishertest 41 2.4 Serviceemploymentandreplacementrate:panelmodels 45 2.5 Employmentinprivatesectorconsumerservices, cross-sectionalanalysismodel1:cross-sectionmodel,1981 49 2.6 Controllingforotherfactors 53 2.7 Explainingvariationinlong-termchangeofprivateservice employment,1981–91 55 2.8 Pooledmodel,firstdifferences 58 2.9 Scoresforreplacementrate 59 2.10 Reanalysisusingnewdataforreplacementrate 60 3.1 Truthtablefromanalysisofallsixcausalconditions 75 3.2 Examplesofsolutionsets 78 3.3 Fivecausalpathways 82 3A.1 Fuzzy-setscores 87 4.1 Valuesregardingworkandfamily,1990and1999 117 5.1 Decademeansandstandarddeviationsforcumulative leftcabinetincumbency 148 5.2 Decademeansandstandarddeviationsforpercentage civiliangovernmentemployment 149 5.3 Decademeansandstandarddeviationsformaternity leaveindex 150 5.4 Decademeansandstandarddeviationsforpublicdaycare index,childrenages0–2 151 5.5 Decademeansandstandarddeviationsforpublicdaycare index,childrenages3–Schoolage 152 5.6 Decademeansandstandarddeviationsforweeksof extendedleave 153 5.7 DecademeansandstandarddeviationsforCash/Tax Family/ChildBenefitsIndex 154 5.8 Decademeansandstandarddeviationsforfemalelabor forceparticipationrates 154

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Method and Substance in Macrocomparative Analysis Edited by Lane Kenworthy and Alexander Hicks 9780230_202573_01_prexvi.tex 7/6/2008 16:32 Pagei Method and Substance in Macrocomparative Analysis 9780230_202573_01_prexvi.tex 7/6/2008 16:32 Pageii ResearchMethodsSeries General Editors: Bernhard Kittel, Professor of Social Science Methodology, Department of Social Sciences, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Ger- manyandBenoîtRihoux,ProfessorofPoliticalScience,Universitécatholiquede Louvain(UCL),Belgium. In association with the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), Palgrave Macmillan is delighted to announce the launch of a new book series dedicatedtoproducingcutting-edgetitlesinResearchMethods. Whilepolitical sciencecurrentlytendstoimportmethodsdevelopedinneighbouringdisciplines, the series contributes to developing a methodological apparatus focusing on thosemethodswhichareappropriateindealingwiththespecificresearchprob- lemsofthediscipline. The series provides students and scholars with state-of-the-art scholarship on methodology, methodsandtechniques. Itcomprisesinnovativeandintellectu- allyrigorousmonographsandeditedcollectionswhichbridgeschoolsofthought and cross the boundaries of conventional approaches. The series covers both empirical-analyticalandinterpretiveapproaches, microandmacrostudies, and quantitativeandqualitativemethods. Titlesinclude: AudieKlotzandDeepaPrakash(editors) QUALITATIVEMETHODSININTERNATIONALRELATIONS APluralistGuide LaneKenworthyandAlexanderHicks(editors) METHODANDSUBSTANCEINMACROCOMPARATIVEANALYSIS ResearchMethodsSeries SeriesStandingOrderISBN978–0230–20679–3–hardcover SeriesStandingOrderISBN978–0230–20680–9–paperback (outsideNorthAmericaonly) Youcanreceivefuturetitlesinthisseriesastheyarepublishedbyplacingastand- ingorder.Pleasecontactyourbookselleror,incaseofdifficulty,writetousatthe addressbelowwithyournameandaddress,thetitleoftheseriesandoneofthe ISBNsquotedabove. Customer Services Department, Macmillan Distribution Ltd, Houndmills, Basingstoke,HampshireRG216XS,England 9780230_202573_01_prexvi.tex 7/6/2008 16:32 Pageiii Method and Substance in Macrocomparative Analysis Editedby Lane Kenworthy ProfessorofSociologyandPoliticalScience UniversityofArizona,USA and Alexander Hicks ProfessorofSociology EmoryUniversity,USA 9780230_202573_01_prexvi.tex 7/6/2008 16:32 Pageiv Editorialmatter,selection,andintroduction©LaneKenworthyand AlexanderHicks2008Allremainingchapters©respectiveauthors2008 Allrightsreserved.Noreproduction,copyortransmissionofthis publicationmaybemadewithoutwrittenpermission. Noparagraphofthispublicationmaybereproduced,copiedortransmitted savewithwrittenpermissionorinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofthe Copyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988,orunderthetermsofanylicence permittinglimitedcopyingissuedbytheCopyrightLicensingAgency,90 TottenhamCourtRoad,LondonW1T4LP. Anypersonwhodoesanyunauthorizedactinrelationtothispublication maybeliabletocriminalprosecutionandcivilclaimsfordamages. Theauthorshaveassertedtheirrightstobeidentified astheauthorsofthisworkinaccordancewiththeCopyright,Designs andPatentsAct1988. Firstpublished2008by PALGRAVEMACMILLAN Houndmills,Basingstoke,HampshireRG216XSand 175FifthAvenue,NewYork,N.Y.10010 Companiesandrepresentativesthroughouttheworld PALGRAVEMACMILLANistheglobalacademicimprintofthePalgrave MacmillandivisionofSt.Martin’sPress,LLCandofPalgraveMacmillanLtd. Macmillan®isaregisteredtrademarkintheUnitedStates,UnitedKingdom andothercountries.PalgraveisaregisteredtrademarkintheEuropean Unionandothercountries. ISBN-13:978 0 230 20257 3 hardback ISBN-10:0 230 20257 8 hardback Thisbookisprintedonpapersuitableforrecyclingandmadefromfully managedandsustainedforestsources.Logging,pulpingandmanufacturing processesareexpectedtoconformtotheenvironmentalregulationsofthe countryoforigin. AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Methodandsubstanceinmacrocomparativeanalysis/editedbyLane KenworthyandAlexanderHicks. p.cm. (Researchmethodsseries) Includesindex. ISBN0 230 20257 8(alk.paper) 1. Socialsciences Comparativemethods. 2.Employment(Economic theory) I.Kenworthy,Lane. II.Hicks,AlexanderM. H61.M49155 2008 300.72 dc22 2008016151 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 PrintedandboundinGreatBritainby CPIAntonyRowe,ChippenhamandEastbourne 9780230_202573_01_prexvi.tex 7/6/2008 16:32 Pagev TothememoryofMichaelWallerstein–friend,colleague, exemplarymacrocomparativist This page intentionally left blank 9780230_202573_01_prexvi.tex 7/6/2008 16:32 Pagevii Contents ListofTables ix ListofFigures xii NotesonContributors xiv 1 Introduction 1 LaneKenworthyandAlexanderHicks 2 StatisticalNarrativesandthePropertiesofMacro-Level Variables:LaborMarketInstitutionsandEmployment PerformanceinMacrocomparativeResearch 29 BernhardKittel 3 ComparativeEmploymentPerformance:A Fuzzy-SetAnalysis 67 JessicaEpstein,DanielDuerr,LaneKenworthy,and CharlesRagin 4 DoFamilyPoliciesShapeWomen’sEmployment? AComparativeHistoricalAnalysisofFranceand theNetherlands 91 JoyaMisraandLucianJude 5 TheWelfareState,FamilyPolicies,andWomen’sLabor ForceParticipation:CombiningFuzzy-Setand StatisticalMethodstoAssessCausalRelationsand EstimateCausalEffects 135 ScottR.Eliason,RobinStryker,andEricTranby 6 FamilyPoliciesandWomen’sEmployment: ARegressionAnalysis 196 AlexanderHicksandLaneKenworthy 7 Part-TimeWorkandtheLegacyofBreadwinner WelfareStates:APanelStudyofWomen’s EmploymentPatternsinGermany,the UnitedKingdom,andtheNetherlands,1992–2002 221 JelleVisserandMaraYerkes vii 9780230_202573_01_prexvi.tex 7/6/2008 16:32 Pageviii viii Contents 8 ComparativeRegimeAnalysis:EarlyExitfromWork inEurope,Japan,andtheUSA 260 BernhardEbbinghaus 9 IdentifyingtheCausalEffectofPoliticalRegimes onEmployment 290 AdamPrzeworski Index 315 9780230_202573_01_prexvi.tex 7/6/2008 16:32 Pageix List of Tables 1.1 Analyticalstrengthsofthethreemethodologicalapproaches 7 1.2 Summaryofthecontributions 19 2.1 Cross-sectionalandtimevariancecomponentsofmain variables 40 2.2 Autoregression 40 2.3 Nonstationarity:MaddalaandWu’sFishertest 41 2.4 Serviceemploymentandreplacementrate:panelmodels 45 2.5 Employmentinprivatesectorconsumerservices, cross-sectionalanalysismodel1:cross-sectionmodel,1981 49 2.6 Controllingforotherfactors 53 2.7 Explainingvariationinlong-termchangeofprivateservice employment,1981–91 55 2.8 Pooledmodel,firstdifferences 58 2.9 Scoresforreplacementrate 59 2.10 Reanalysisusingnewdataforreplacementrate 60 3.1 Truthtablefromanalysisofallsixcausalconditions 75 3.2 Examplesofsolutionsets 78 3.3 Fivecausalpathways 82 3A.1 Fuzzy-setscores 87 4.1 Valuesregardingworkandfamily,1990and1999 117 5.1 Decademeansandstandarddeviationsforcumulative leftcabinetincumbency 148 5.2 Decademeansandstandarddeviationsforpercentage civiliangovernmentemployment 149 5.3 Decademeansandstandarddeviationsformaternity leaveindex 150 5.4 Decademeansandstandarddeviationsforpublicdaycare index,childrenages0–2 151 5.5 Decademeansandstandarddeviationsforpublicdaycare index,childrenages3–Schoolage 152 5.6 Decademeansandstandarddeviationsforweeksof extendedleave 153 5.7 DecademeansandstandarddeviationsforCash/Tax Family/ChildBenefitsIndex 154 5.8 Decademeansandstandarddeviationsforfemalelabor forceparticipationrates 154

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