Multilevel analysis

Rosche, B. (2024). Micro-level determinants of macro-level outcomes. The micro-macro link with empirical methods.

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Explaining how macro-level outcomes emerge from their constituting parts at the micro-level is a complex undertaking. In empirical research, however, statistical methods that feature trivial aggregation functions dominate because methods to study more complex aggregation processes remain underdeveloped. In this thesis, I contribute to the development of empirical-statistical methods for the study of micro-macro links. … Read more

Rosche, B. (2024). A multilevel model for coalition governments: Uncovering dependencies within and across governments due to parties.

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Most multilevel analyses examine how lower-level units, such as persons, are affected by their embedding in contextual/aggregate units at a higher level (macro-to-micro link). The generalized multiple-membership multilevel model (MMMM) conceptually reverses this multilevel setup. It allows studying how the effects of units at lower levels propagate to a higher level (micro-to-macro link). Previous studies … Read more