Federico Podestà
Biographic Data
| ID | 284391 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Federico Podestà |
| GIVEN NAMES | Federico |
| FAMILY NAME | Podestà |
| SIGNATURE | PODESTÀ F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Fondazione Bruno Kessler |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0307-8041 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Conventional Emptiness of Human Beings: Reviewing Archer’s Theory of Agency through Nagarjuna’s Looking Glass
Margaret Archer is probably the critical realist who has most significantly affected the debate around the relationship between social structure and agency. In the volume, Being Human: The Problem of Agency, she aims to better define what is meant by the properties and causal powers of agency itself, i.e., self-consciousness and reflexivity. In this paper, this theoretical attempt is reviewed through the critical standpoint of Nagarjuna. Nagarjun…
Another battle of the have-nots? the impact of immigration on the poverty risk of Western European natives
This paper explores the influence of immigration on the risk of poverty among native populations in Western European countries. Given that the risk of poverty can vary across nations due to factors such as labour market engagement and access to public programmes, it is hypothesised that immigration's impact operates through both the labour market and public finance channels. Using an aggregate panel dataset covering 16 Western European countries …
Contrasting and combining the historical counterfactual method and the synthetic control method
In recent years, many efforts have been made to bring quantitative and qualitative methods into dialogue. This article also moves in that direction. However, in contrast to most works, the present attempt does not concern the large-N/small-N issue but focuses instead on the sole single case study framework. Within this framework, two counterfactual methods, the historical counterfactual method, the qualitative one, and the synthetic control metho…
Public Pension Generosity and Old-Age Poverty in OECD countries
Pension adequacy is gaining importance as old-age poverty remains a pressing problem. In many advanced welfare states, the population is ageing rapidly and recent pension reforms have led to cuts in public pension provision. There are, however, few comparative longitudinal studies on the relationship between pension generosity and old-age poverty. This study provides a comparative empirical assessment of how the prevalence and depth of old-age po…
Combining process tracing and synthetic control method: Bridging two ways of making causal inference in evaluation research
This article discusses potential ways of combining two methods of evaluation in single-case studies: the synthetic control method and the process tracing method. Both are designed to examine certain events/programmes that take place in given cases but view these events/programmes from different causal perspectives. Seeing an event/programme as a cause, synthetic control estimates its impact on one or more outcomes. Conversely, starting from a cer…
Did the conservative resurgence matter? A counterfactual replication of Pierson’s analysis on Reagan and Thatcher’s welfare state retrenchments
The impact of ‘free choice’: Family reforms of France and Belgium, a synthetic control analysis
Between the 1980s and the late 1990s, France and Belgium introduced two long‐leave schemes and several measures to support childcare at home. Although this change was presented under the umbrella of the ‘free‐choice‐for‐women’ rhetoric, it moved both countries towards a more familistic model. To evaluate the impact of this reform phase on female labour force participation, the present study employed the synthetic control method. This approach mad…
Operationalizing De-commodification and De-familization Outcomes via the Relative Poverty Approach: An Application to Western European Countries
Partisanship, state intervention and economic well-being in 13 developed countries, 1980–2000
Public Pension Generosity and Old-Age Poverty in OECD countries
Pension adequacy is gaining importance as old-age poverty remains a pressing problem. In many advanced welfare states, the population is ageing rapidly and recent pension reforms have led to cuts in public pension provision. There are, however, few comparative longitudinal studies on the relationship between pension generosity and old-age poverty. This study provides a comparative empirical assessment of how the prevalence and depth of old-age po…
Combining process tracing and synthetic control method: Bridging two ways of making causal inference in evaluation research
This article discusses potential ways of combining two methods of evaluation in single-case studies: the synthetic control method and the process tracing method. Both are designed to examine certain events/programmes that take place in given cases but view these events/programmes from different causal perspectives. Seeing an event/programme as a cause, synthetic control estimates its impact on one or more outcomes. Conversely, starting from a cer…
Did the conservative resurgence matter? A counterfactual replication of Pierson’s analysis on Reagan and Thatcher’s welfare state retrenchments
Partisanship, state intervention and economic well-being in 13 developed countries, 1980–2000
Operationalizing De-commodification and De-familization Outcomes via the Relative Poverty Approach: An Application to Western European Countries
The impact of ‘free choice’: Family reforms of France and Belgium, a synthetic control analysis
Between the 1980s and the late 1990s, France and Belgium introduced two long‐leave schemes and several measures to support childcare at home. Although this change was presented under the umbrella of the ‘free‐choice‐for‐women’ rhetoric, it moved both countries towards a more familistic model. To evaluate the impact of this reform phase on female labour force participation, the present study employed the synthetic control method. This approach mad…
Did the conservative resurgence matter? A counterfactual replication of Pierson’s analysis on Reagan and Thatcher’s welfare state retrenchments
Combining process tracing and synthetic control method: Bridging two ways of making causal inference in evaluation research
This article discusses potential ways of combining two methods of evaluation in single-case studies: the synthetic control method and the process tracing method. Both are designed to examine certain events/programmes that take place in given cases but view these events/programmes from different causal perspectives. Seeing an event/programme as a cause, synthetic control estimates its impact on one or more outcomes. Conversely, starting from a cer…
Public Pension Generosity and Old-Age Poverty in OECD countries
Pension adequacy is gaining importance as old-age poverty remains a pressing problem. In many advanced welfare states, the population is ageing rapidly and recent pension reforms have led to cuts in public pension provision. There are, however, few comparative longitudinal studies on the relationship between pension generosity and old-age poverty. This study provides a comparative empirical assessment of how the prevalence and depth of old-age po…
The Conventional Emptiness of Human Beings: Reviewing Archer’s Theory of Agency through Nagarjuna’s Looking Glass
Margaret Archer is probably the critical realist who has most significantly affected the debate around the relationship between social structure and agency. In the volume, Being Human: The Problem of Agency, she aims to better define what is meant by the properties and causal powers of agency itself, i.e., self-consciousness and reflexivity. In this paper, this theoretical attempt is reviewed through the critical standpoint of Nagarjuna. Nagarjun…
Another battle of the have-nots? the impact of immigration on the poverty risk of Western European natives
This paper explores the influence of immigration on the risk of poverty among native populations in Western European countries. Given that the risk of poverty can vary across nations due to factors such as labour market engagement and access to public programmes, it is hypothesised that immigration's impact operates through both the labour market and public finance channels. Using an aggregate panel dataset covering 16 Western European countries …
Contrasting and combining the historical counterfactual method and the synthetic control method
In recent years, many efforts have been made to bring quantitative and qualitative methods into dialogue. This article also moves in that direction. However, in contrast to most works, the present attempt does not concern the large-N/small-N issue but focuses instead on the sole single case study framework. Within this framework, two counterfactual methods, the historical counterfactual method, the qualitative one, and the synthetic control metho…
Political science (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Poverty (4 works) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (4 works) · Development economics (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Control (management (2 works) · Demographic economics (2 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (2 works)