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Identifying the Causal Effect of Political Regimes on Employment

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Method and Substance in Macrocomparative Analysis

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The question studied here is whether political regimes, dichotomized as democracies and autocracies, affect the rate of growth of employment. But broader issues are at stake.

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  1. University of Arizona, USA

    Lane Kenworthy (Professor of Sociology and Political Science) (Professor of Sociology and Political Science)

  2. Emory University, USA

    Alexander Hicks (Professor of Sociology) (Professor of Sociology)

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Przeworski, A. (2008). Identifying the Causal Effect of Political Regimes on Employment. In: Kenworthy, L., Hicks, A. (eds) Method and Substance in Macrocomparative Analysis. Research Methods Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230594081_9

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