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The Difficulty of Measuring Institutions: a Methodological Approach to the Comparative Analysis of Institutions

verfasst von: Patricia Frericks, Julia Höppner, Ralf Och

Erschienen in: Social Indicators Research | Ausgabe 3/2018

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In the social sciences it is hardly contested that “institutions matter”. Consequently the analysis of differences and similarities of institutions should be a routine task. Prevailing methods to the measurement of institutions are however problematic, in particular when they have to deal with different levels of measurement. To overcome this, in this paper we present an innovative method to the quantification of qualitative institutional data. We do this by, first, developing benchmarks for comparison based on Weberian ideal types. Then we identify and operationalise the dimensions and indicators to a nuanced measurement of institutions, after which we apply a careful and differentiated scoring, weighting and aggregation procedure in order to guarantee the highest standards of comparability, transparency and reliability of the method. Finally, we demonstrate our method by applying it to the analysis of institutional individualisation in European welfare institutions.

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Titel: The Difficulty of Measuring Institutions: a Methodological Approach to the Comparative Analysis of Institutions
verfasst von: Patricia Frericks
Julia Höppner
Ralf Och
Publikationsdatum: 23.05.2017
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: Social Indicators Research / Ausgabe 3/2018
Print ISSN: 0303-8300
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-0921
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-017-1638-9

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