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ESRC/OISP Comparative Methods

The Workshop in Comparative Methods took place at the Oxford Institute of Social Policy on 12-14 January 2012; it provided an overview of and introduction into various comparative methods. The workshop presentations were based on the research project 'Integrating macro and micro perspectives in cross-national comparison: Dynamic policy structures and individual outcomes', which is funded as one of the four projects within the ESRC Methods for Comparative Cross-National Research Initiative.

Chapters

Welcome to the ESRC/OISP Workshop in Comparative Methods

7:35

Read by Martin Seeleib-Kaiser

Introduction to Comparative Analysis (part 1)

40:35

Read by Martin Seeleib-Kaiser

Introduction to Comparative Analysis (part 2)

27:45

Read by Martin Seeleib-Kaiser

Ideal Types and Welfare Regimes: An Application

53:32

Read by Emanuele Ferragina

Challenges and Limits of Macro-Quantitative Analysis

58:45

Read by Emanuele Ferragina

An Introduction to Structural Equation Modelling in Comparative Social Analysis

47:04

Read by Mark Tomlinson

Merging Macro and Micro Data?

39:00

Read by Mark Tomlinson

Conclusion

1:39

Read by Martin Seeleib-Kaiser