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Gøsta Esping-Andersen

Gøsta Esping-Andersen

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
47
Citations
78375
World Ranking
1527
National Ranking
15

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Gøsta Esping-Andersen is affiliated with Pompeu Fabra University in Spain and conducts research primarily within the field of Social Sciences. Their work concentrates on Sociology and Political Science, Demography, Political Science and International Relations, Gender Studies, and Urban Studies.

Their research contributions cover several main topics including:

  • Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies
  • Family Dynamics and Relationships
  • Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
  • Income, Poverty, and Inequality
  • Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
  • Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics

Recent publications by Gøsta Esping-Andersen include:

  • Social mobility and partnering. The salience of mobility homogamy, 2022, Social Science Research
  • Reproducing advantage. The glass floor of the salariat class(es?) revisited, 2024, International Review of Sociology

Other notable recent papers where Gøsta Esping-Andersen is a co-author or author include works by frequent collaborators, but only Esping-Andersen's own authored papers are listed here. The scholar frequently publishes in venues such as the SSRN Electronic Journal, Nature Human Behaviour, Social Science Research, and International Review of Sociology.

Frequent co-authors of Gøsta Esping-Andersen include:

  • Zachary Parolin
  • Peter Fallesen
  • Diederik Boertien
  • Rafael Pintro-Schmitt
  • Rafael Schmitt

The research outputs reflect contributions to interdisciplinary social science topics, with an emphasis on inequality, poverty persistence, family dynamics, and social mobility across generations.

Among recognized distinctions, Gøsta Esping-Andersen was named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2007.

Best Publications

  • The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism

    Gøsta Esping-Andersen

  • Social foundations of postindustrial economies

    Gøsta Esping-Andersen

  • Why we need a new welfare state

    Gøsta Esping-Andersen

  • Politics against Markets: The Social Democratic Road to Power

    Gøsta Esping-Andersen

  • As três economias políticas do welfare state

    Gosta Esping-Andersen

  • Book Reviews : The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism: Princeton, NJ, Princeton University Press; Cambridge, Polity Press, 1990, pp. xi + 248 ISBN 0745 606652

    Gosta Esping-Andersen;Guy Standing

  • Changing classes : stratification and mobility in post-industrial societies

    Gøsta Esping-Andersen

  • Re-theorizing Family Demographics

    Gøsta Esping-Andersen;Francesco C. Billari

  • Welfare States in Transition

    Gøsta Esping-Andersen

  • Welfare States in Transition: National Adaptations in Global Economies.

    Geoffrey McNicoll;Gosta Esping-Andersen

  • 4 The Three Political Economies of the Welfare State

    Gøsta Esping-Andersen

  • The three political economies of the welfare state

    Gosta Esping-Andersen

  • A Child‐Centred Social Investment Strategy

    Gøsta Esping‐Andersen

  • 2 From Poor Relief to Institutional Welfare States: The Development of Scandinavian Social Policy

    Gösta Esping-Andersen;Walter Korpi

  • After the Golden Age? Welfare State Dilemmas in a Global Economy

    Gøsta Esping-Andersen

  • Why deregulate labour markets

    Gøsta Esping-Andersen;Marino Regini

  • Hybrid or Unique?: the Japanese Welfare State Between Europe and America:

    Gøsta Esping-Andersen

  • How Do Changes in Gender Role Attitudes Towards Female Employment Influence Fertility? A Macro-Level Analysis

    Bruno Arpino;Gøsta Esping-Andersen;Léa Pessin

  • Towards the Good Society, Once Again?

    Gøsta Esping‐Andersen

  • Social Foundations of Postindustrial Economies

    Fred Block;Gosta Esping-Andersen

  • Politics against Markets

    Gøsta Esping-Andersen

  • Welfare States in Transition: National Adaptations to Global Economies

    Steen Mangen;Gosta Esping-Andersen

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian Nolan
Brian Nolan University of Oxford
Joseph E. Stiglitz
Joseph E. Stiglitz Columbia University
David Stuckler
David Stuckler Bocconi University
Jane Waldfogel
Jane Waldfogel Columbia University
Irwin Garfinkel
Irwin Garfinkel Columbia University
George Steinmetz
George Steinmetz University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
David Knoke
David Knoke University of Minnesota
Francesco C. Billari
Francesco C. Billari Bocconi University
Guy Standing
Guy Standing School of Oriental and African Studies
Wen Jui Han
Wen Jui Han New York University

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