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Patrick Emmenegger is affiliated with the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Their research primarily spans the field of Social Sciences, with a concentrated focus on Political Science and International Relations as well as Economics and Econometrics. They have published extensively, with over 90 works in political science and international relations and nearly 50 publications related to economics and econometrics.

Their work addresses topics including electoral systems and political participation, social policy and reform studies, political influence and corporate strategies, game theory and voting systems, fiscal policy and economic growth, local government finance and decentralization, and corporate taxation and avoidance. These subjects reveal a broad interest in the intersection of political structures, economic policies, and governance.

Patrick Emmenegger has authored several recent papers:

  • Agency in historical institutionalism: Coalitional work in the creation, maintenance, and change of institutions (2021, Theory and Society)
  • Social partner involvement in collective skill formation governance. A comparison of Austria, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland (2020, Transfer European Review of Labour and Research)

In addition to their individual work, they frequently collaborate with other researchers. Significant co-authors include André Walter, Lucas Leemann, Martin B. Carstensen, Scherwin M. Bajka, and Alexandra Strebel.

Patrick Emmenegger's research has appeared in a variety of publication venues. Among these, the most frequent are:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • Swiss Political Science Review
  • Regulation & Governance
  • Journal of European Public Policy
  • European Political Science Review

Their interdisciplinary approach covers a combination of social science disciplines with an emphasis on political and economic analysis. This is reflected in their engagement with both theoretical and applied aspects of governance, coordination, and institutional development across different national contexts.

Best Publications

  • The age of dualization : the changing face of inequality in deindustrializing societies

    Patrick Emmenegger;Silja Häusermann;Bruno Palier;Martin Seeleib-Kaiser

  • Barriers to Entry : Insider/Outsider Politics and the Political Determinants of Job Security Regulations

    Patrick Emmenegger

  • How we Grow Unequal

    Patrick Emmenegger;Silja Häusermann;Bruno Palier;Martin Seeleib-Kaiser

  • Making Democratic Citizens: The Effects of Migration Experience on Political Attitudes in Central and Eastern Europe

    Romana Careja;Patrick Emmenegger

  • Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism: The making of a classic

    Patrick Emmenegger;Jon Kvist;Paul Marx;Klaus Petersen

  • The Power to Dismiss: Trade Unions and the Regulation of Job Security in Western Europe

    Patrick Emmenegger

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  • Job security regulations in Western democracies: A fuzzy set analysis

    Patrick Emmenegger

  • Labour Market Disadvantage, Political Orientations and Voting: How Adverse Labour Market Experiences Translate into Electoral Behaviour

    Patrick Emmenegger;Paul Marx;Dominik Schraff

  • QCA, the Truth Table Analysis and Large-N Survey Data : The Benefits of Calibration and the Importance of Robustness Tests

    Patrick Emmenegger;Dominik Schraff;André Walter

  • Defending the organisation, not the members: Unions and the reform of job security legislation in Western Europe

    Johan Bo Davidsson;Patrick Emmenegger

  • The Age of Dualization

    Patrick Emmenegger;Silja Häusermann;Bruno Palier;Martin Seeleib-Kaiser

  • Religion and the Gender Vote Gap Women’s Changed Political Preferences from the 1970s to 2010

    Patrick Emmenegger;Philip Manow

  • The Long Road to Flexicurity: The Development of Job Security Regulations in Denmark and Sweden

    Patrick Emmenegger

  • Specificity versus replaceability: the relationship between skills and preferences for job security regulations

    Patrick Emmenegger

  • Agency in historical institutionalism coalitional work in the creation, maintenance, and change of institutions

    Patrick Emmenegger

  • Business and the development of job security regulations: the case of Germany

    Patrick Emmenegger;Paul Marx

  • From dilemma to dualisation: Social and migration policies in the ‘reluctant countries off immigration

    Romana Careja;Patrick Emmenegger

  • The governance of decentralised cooperation in collective training systems: a review and conceptualisation

    Patrick Emmenegger;Lukas Graf;Christine Trampusch

  • Book Review of Alexander A. Caviedes (2010): Prying Open Fortress Europe: The Turn to Sectoral Labour Migration. Lanham: Lexington

    Patrick Emmenegger

  • Strategic Re‐framing as a Vote Winner: Why Vote‐seeking Governments Pursue Unpopular Reforms

    Christian Elmelund-Præstekær;Patrick Emmenegger

  • Off to a bad start: Unemployment and political interest during early adulthood

    Patrick Emmenegger;Paul Marx;Dominik Schraff

  • The Long Arm of Justice: U.S. Structural Power and International Banking

    Patrick Emmenegger

  • Making the Most of Configurational Comparative Analysis: An Assessment of QCA Applications in Comparative Welfare State Research

    Patrick Emmenegger;Jon Kvist;Svend-Erik Skaaning

Frequent Co-Authors

Silja Häusermann
Silja Häusermann University of Zurich
Bruno Palier
Bruno Palier Sciences Po
Martin Seeleib-Kaiser
Martin Seeleib-Kaiser University of Tübingen
Klaus Armingeon
Klaus Armingeon University of Zurich
Giuliano Bonoli
Giuliano Bonoli University of Lausanne
Philip Manow
Philip Manow University of Siegen
Svend-Erik Skaaning
Svend-Erik Skaaning Aarhus University
Jochen Clasen
Jochen Clasen University of Edinburgh

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