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Overview

Pamela Paxton is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research spans primarily within the broad field of Social Sciences, with a focus on Sociology and Political Science. Additional subfields of study include Health, Strategy and Management, Public Administration, and General Health Professions.

The main research topics covered in their work include Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering, Religion, Society, and Development, Political Conflict and Governance, Political Influence and Corporate Strategies, Public Policy and Administration Research, Social Capital and Networks, and Intimate Partner and Family Violence.

Paxton has a significant number of publications in well-established academic venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • American Sociological Review
  • Social Currents
  • American Journal of Sociology
  • Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Pamela Paxton include:

  • Does Use of Emotion Increase Donations and Volunteers for Nonprofits?, 2020, American Sociological Review
  • V-Dem Codebook v11, 2021, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • V-Dem Dataset v11.1, 2021, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • V-Dem Codebook V10, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • V-Dem Codebook v14, 2024, SSRN Electronic Journal

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Paxton include:

  • Kristopher Velasco
  • Michael Coppedge
  • John Gerring
  • Carl Henrik Knutsen
  • Staffan I. Lindberg

Best Publications

  • IS SOCIAL CAPITAL DECLINING IN THE UNITED STATES? A MULTIPLE INDICATOR ASSESSMENT

    Pamela Marie Paxton

  • An Empirical Evaluation of the Use of Fixed Cutoff Points in RMSEA Test Statistic in Structural Equation Models

    Feinian Chen;Patrick J. Curran;Kenneth A. Bollen;James Kirby

  • Social Capital and Democracy: An Interdependent Relationship

    Pamela Marie Paxton

  • Conceptualizing and Measuring Democracy: A New Approach

    Michael Coppedge;Michael Coppedge;John Gerring;David Altman;Michael Bernhard

  • Women, Politics, and Power: A Global Perspective

    Pamela M.Marie Paxton;Melanie M. Hughes

  • Improper Solutions in Structural Equation Models Causes, Consequences, and Strategies

    Feinian Chen;Kenneth A. Bollen;Pamela Paxton;Patrick J. Curran

  • V-Dem Dataset V6.2

    Michael Coppedge;John Gerring;Staffan I. I. Lindberg;Svend-Erik Skaaning

  • Women's Political Representation: The Importance of Ideology

    Pamela Marie Paxton;Sheri Kunovich

  • Gender in Politics

    Pamela Paxton;Sheri Kunovich;Melanie M. Hughes

  • Subjective Measures of Liberal Democracy

    Kenneth A. Bollen;Pamela Paxton

  • Association Memberships and Generalized Trust: A Multilevel Model Across 31 Countries

    Pamela Marie Paxton

  • V-Dem Codebook V8

    Michael Coppedge;John Gerring;Carl Henrik Knutsen;Staffan I. Lindberg

  • How do We Learn to Trust? A Confirmatory Tetrad Analysis of the Sources of Generalized Trust:

    Jennifer L. Glanville;Pamela Paxton

  • Monte Carlo Experiments: Design and Implementation

    Pamela Marie Paxton;Patrick J. Curran;Kenneth A. Bollen;Jim Kirby

  • The international women's movement and women's political representation, 1893-2003

    Pamela Marie Paxton;Melanie M. Hughes;Jennifer L. Green

  • Women in National Legislatures: A Cross-National Analysis☆☆☆★

    Pamela Paxton

  • Pathways to Power: The Role of Political Parties in Women’s National Political Representation

    Sheri L. Kunovich;Pamela Paxton

  • Growth in women's political representation: A longitudinal exploration of democracy, electoral system and gender quotas

    Pamela Paxton;Melanie M. Hughes;Matthew A. Painter

  • Women’s Political Empowerment: A New Global Index, 1900-2012

    Aksel Sundström;Pamela Paxton;Yi Ting Wang;Yi Ting Wang;Staffan I. Lindberg

  • Individual and Country-Level Factors Affecting Support for Foreign Aid

    Pamela Marie Paxton;Stephen Knack

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth A. Bollen
Kenneth A. Bollen University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Patrick J. Curran
Patrick J. Curran University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
John Gerring
John Gerring The University of Texas at Austin
James Moody
James Moody Duke University
David Jacobs
David Jacobs The Ohio State University
John R. Hipp
John R. Hipp University of California, Irvine
Elaine Howard Ecklund
Elaine Howard Ecklund Rice University
Barbara Schneider
Barbara Schneider Michigan State University
Glen H. Elder
Glen H. Elder University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Johannes C. Eichstaedt
Johannes C. Eichstaedt Stanford University

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