Numerous authors have suggested that religious belief has a positive association, possibly
causal, with prosocial behavior. This article critiques evidence regarding this “religious …

Despite the increasing popularity of comparative work on other-regarding preferences, the
implications of different models of altruism are not always fully understood. This article …

Many surveys of respondents from multiple countries or subnational regions have now been
fielded on multiple occasions. Social scientists are regularly using multilevel models to …

Korpi and Palme's (1998) classic “The Paradox of Redistribution and Strategies of Equality”
claims that universal social policy better reduces poverty than social policies targeted at the …

Why is the difference in redistribution preferences between the rich and the poor high in
some countries and low in others? In this article, we argue that it has a lot to do with the rich …

Why do some people support redistributive policies such as a generous welfare state, social
policy or protections for the poor, and others do not? The (often implicit) model behind much …

Altruism is an important omitted variable in much of the political economy literature. While
material self-interest is the base of most approaches to redistribution (first affecting …

How do parties decide which issues to emphasize during electoral competition? We argue
that the answer to this question depends on how parties of the left and of the right respond to …

This paper provides an overview over the application of mixed models (multilevel models) to
comparative survey data where the context units of interest are countries. Such analyses …

The role of religion in explaining fertility differences is often overlooked in demographic
studies, particularly in Western Europe, where there has been a substantial decline in …