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David Rueda Nuffield College Oxford OX1 1NF U.K. Phone: +44 1865 278667 david.rueda@politics.ox.ac.uk http://users.ox.ac.uk/~polf0050/ ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Oxford University: Professor of Comparative Politics, Department of Politics and International Relations, and Professorial Fellow, Nuffield College. 2013-present. Professor of Comparative Politics, Department of Politics and International Relations, and Fellow, Merton College. 2006-2013. University Lecturer in Quantitative Political Science, Department of Politics and International Relations, and Fellow, Merton College. 2004-2006. Binghamton University SUNY: Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science. 2001-2004. Fellowships, Visiting Positions, and Affiliations: Visiting Professor in Political Science and Senior Fellow at the MacMillan Center s Program on Democracy, Yale University. 2015-2016. Affiliated Member, Amsterdam Centre for Inequality Studies (AMCIS), University of Amsterdam, 2013-present. Research Associate, CAGE (the Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy), University of Warwick, 2013-present. Course Provider, Summer School in International Politics, IBEI, Barcelona, 2013 and 2016. Visiting Senior Research Scholar, Center for the Study of Democratic Politics, Princeton University, 2009-2010. Brettschneider Fellow, Cornell University, September 2009. Fellow, Summer Institute on Economy and Society: Trajectories of Capitalism, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, July-August 2006. Associate Member, Nuffield College, University of Oxford, 2006-2011. EDUCATION Cornell University: PhD, Government. 2001. MA, Government. 1998 School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London: MSc, Politics of Asia and Africa. 1994. Franklin and Marshall College: BA, Government, Economics. Cum Laude, with Honors in Government. 1993. 1

PUBLICATIONS Google Scholar page: http://goo.gl/6xpiy Book: Social Democracy Inside Out: Government Partisanship, Insiders, and Outsiders in Industrialized Democracies. 2007. Oxford University Press. Journal Articles: Food Comes First, Then Morals: Redistribution Preferences, Parochial Altruism and Immigration in Western Europe, The Journal of Politics, forthcoming. The Altruistic Rich? Inequality and Other-Regarding Preferences for Redistribution (with Matthew Dimick and Daniel Stegmueller), Quarterly Journal of Political Science, 11, 4(2016): 385-439. The Externalities of Inequality: Fear of Crime and Preferences for Redistribution in Western Europe (with Daniel Stegmueller), American Journal of Political Science, 60, 2(March 2016): 472-489. The State of the Welfare State: Unemployment, Labor Market Policy and Inequality in the Age of Workfare, Comparative Politics, 47, 3(April 2015): 296-314. Dualization, Crisis and the Welfare State, Socio-Economic Review, 12(2014): 381 407. Inequality and Institutions: the Case of Economic Coordination (with Pablo Beramendi), Annual Review of Political Science, 17(2014): 251-271. The Insider-Outsider Dilemma (with Johannes Lindvall), British Journal of Political Science, 44, 2(2014): 460-475. The Politics of Inequality: Voter Mobilization and Left Parties in Advanced Industrial States (with Jonas Pontusson), Comparative Political Studies, 43(June 2010): 675-705. Left Government, Policy, and Corporatism: Explaining the Influence of Partisanship on Inequality, World Politics, 60 (April 2008): 349-89. Cheap Labor: The New Politics of Bread and Roses in Industrial Democracies (with Desmond King), Perspectives on Politics, 6 (June 2008): 279-297. Social Democracy Constrained: Indirect Taxation in Industrialized Democracies (with Pablo Beramendi), British Journal of Political Science, 37 (October 2007): 619-41. Social Democracy and Active Labor Market Policies: Insiders, Outsiders, and the Politics of Employment Promotion, British Journal of Political Science, 36 (July 2006): 385-406. Insider-Outsider Politics in Industrialized Democracies: The Challenge to Social Democratic Parties, American Political Science Review, 99 (February 2005): 61-74. Comparative Political Economy of Wage Distribution: The Role of Partisanship and Labour Market Institutions (with Jonas Pontusson and Christopher Way), British Journal of Political Science, 32 (April 2002): 281-308. Wage Inequality and Varieties of Capitalism (with Jonas Pontusson), World Politics, 52 (April 2000): 350-83. Book Chapters: The Origins of Dualism (with Erik Wibbels and Melina Altamirano), in Pablo Beramendi, Silja Häusermann, Herbert Kitschelt and Hanspeter Kriesi (eds.), The Politics of Advanced Capitalism. Cambridge University Press, 2015. West European Welfare States in Times of Crisis, in Nancy Bermeo and Jonas Pontusson (eds.), Coping with Crisis. Russell Sage Foundation, 2012. Insider-Outsider Politics: Party Strategies and Political Behavior in Sweden (with Johannes Lindvall), in Patrick Emmenegger, Silja Häusermann, Bruno Palier, and Martin Seeleib-Kaiser (eds), The Age of Dualization. Oxford University Press, 2011. 2

Political Agency and Institutions: Explaining the Influence of Left Government and Wage Bargaining on Inequality, in Chris Anderson and Pablo Beramendi (eds), Democracy, Inequality and Representation. Russell Sage Foundation, 2008. Inequality as a Source of Political Polarization: A Comparative Analysis of Twelve OECD Countries (with Jonas Pontusson), in Chris Anderson and Pablo Beramendi (eds), Democracy, Inequality and Representation. Russell Sage Foundation, 2008. Other Publications: Labor Market Institutions and Economic Performance (with Irene Menéndez), in Jennifer Gandhi and Rubén Ruiz-Rufino (eds), Routledge Handbook of Comparative Political Institutions. 2015. Routledge. Review Symposium on Kathleen Thelen s Varieties of Liberalization and the New Politics of Social Solidarity, Socio-Economic Review 13(2), 2015. El precario, un nuevo sujeto politico, La Maleta de Portbou, Noviembre/Diciembre 2014 (8). The insider-outsider dilemma (with Johannes Lindvall), Policy Network Observatory. July 18, 2013. Motsättning mellan arbetande och arbetslösa dilemma för S (with Johannes Lindvall), DN Debatt, op-ed piece. April 4, 2013. Dualization and crisis, Swiss Political Science Review, 2012 18(4): 523 30. Dualización, socialdemocracia y políticas activas del mercado de trabajo, Fundación Alternativas, Colección Política Comparada 1 (2011): 1-13. Hacia un nuevo modelo productivo? (with Pablo Beramendi), El País, op-ed piece. August 29, 2010. El Pozo, el Perro y las Pulgas (with Pablo Beramendi), El País, op-ed piece. May 20, 2010. Cheap Labour is Europe s Outsider Class (with Desmond King). Financial Times, op-ed piece. September 7, 2006. Die Spaltung der Sozialdemokratie in Insider und Outsider: Beschäftigungsförderung und Großbritanniens Third Way. Berliner Debatte Initial, 17 (2006): 199-206. HONORS AND AWARDS Social Science Korea research award for Inequality and Democracy (2014-2017). British Academy Research Development Award for The Political Consequences of Inequality (2008-2010). Leverhulme Research Fellowship for The Political Consequences of Inequality (2008-2010). Declined. Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) award for Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (with John Curtice, Katarina Thomson, directed by Steve Fisher). 2005-2007. Runner-up for APSA s Gregory Luebbert Award for the best article in Comparative Politics published in 1999-2000 (for Wage Inequality and Varieties of Capitalism, World Politics, 52, April 2000, written with Jonas Pontusson). Annual Meeting of the APSA, August 30-September 2, 2001. Esman Prize for Distinguished Scholarship (Best PhD Thesis in the Government Department), Cornell University, May 2001. SSRC International Dissertation Field Research Fellowship, Social Science Research Council/American Council of Learned Societies, 1999-2000. Mario Einaudi Fellowship, Fondazione Luigi Einaudi and Cornell University. 1998-1999. TEACHING Oxford University: Political Economy of Inequality and Democracy. Graduate Course. Applied Statistics for Social Scientists. Graduate Course. Research Design in Comparative Political Science. Graduate Course. 3

Comparative Political Economy. Graduate Course. Panel Data Analysis. Graduate Course. Intermediate Statistics. Graduate Course. Comparative Politics Core Course. Graduate Course. How to Compare Countries. Graduate Course. Comparative Qualitative Research Methods. Graduate Course. Introduction to Politics. Undergraduate Course. Comparative Government. Undergraduate Course. Political Sociology. Undergraduate Course. Yale University: The Political Economy of Inequality in Advanced Democracies. Graduate/Undergraduate Seminar. Spring 2016. IBEI, Barcelona: The Political Economy of Inequality: Redistribution Preferences. Summer Course 2013, 2016. TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS Comparative Political Economy Comparative Politics Comparative Politics of Advanced Industrial Democracies Partisanship and Economic Policy Political Behavior Labor Politics SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES University (Oxford only): Examiner, MSc/MPhil in Politics, Department of Politics and International Relations, Oxford University, 2008-2009, 2010-2012, 2016-present. Politics Research Coordinator, Research Committee, Department of Politics and International Relations, Oxford University, 2014-2015. Member, Oxford Q-Step Executive Committee, Department of Politics and International Relations, Oxford University, 2014-2015. Member, Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowship Committee, Nuffield College, Oxford University, 2013-2014. Director of Research Methods Training and DPhil/MSc Director (Director of Graduate Studies for PhD students) in Politics, Department of Politics and International Relations, Oxford University, 2008-2009, 2010-2012. Member, Graduate Studies Committee, Department of Politics and International Relations, Oxford University, 2008-2009, 2010-2012. Member, Graduate Programme Review Committee, Department of Politics and International Relations, Oxford University, 2011-2012. Member, ESRC Doctoral Training Center management board, Social Science Division, Oxford University, 2011-2012. Member, AHRC University Studentship Panel, Social Science Division, Oxford University, 2012. Member, Research Committee, Department of Politics and International Relations, Oxford University, 2005-2008. Member, Steering Committee, Centre for Research Methods in the Social Sciences, Oxford University, 2006-2012. Member, Executive Committee, ESRC Oxford Spring School in Quantitative Methods for Social Research, Oxford University, 2004-present. 4

Organizer, Conference on Redistribution Preferences in Comparative Perspective, Oxford University, April 15-16, 2011. Co-organizer, Conference on Institutions and Inequality, Oxford University, May 8-9, 2009. Co-organizer, Comparative Political Economy Seminar, Oxford University, 2005-present. Co-organizer, Nuffield Political Science Seminar, Oxford University, 2004-2009. Member, Managing Committee, Oxford Centre for the Study of Inequality and Democracy, Oxford University. 2008-2011. Member, Steering Committee, Centre for Business Taxation, Said Business School, Oxford University. 2009. Member, Academic Review Committee, Merton College, 2005-2008, 2011-2012. Member, Development Committee, Merton College, Oxford University, 2005-2008. Member, Job Search Committees, Oxford University: Comparative Political Economy, Department of Politics and International Relations and Magdalen College, 2011-2012; Quantitative Political Science or Quantitative International Relations, Department of Politics and International Relations and University College, 2008-2009; International Relations, Department of Politics and International Relations and Merton College, 2007; Comparative European Politics, Department of Politics and International Relations and Lincoln College, 2006; Quantitative Political Science, Department of Politics and International Relations and Nuffield College, 2005; Post-Doc in Quantitative Methods, Department of Politics and International Relations, 2006; Post- Doc in Formal Analysis, Department of Politics and International Relations, 2005. Discipline: Editor, Socio-Economic Review, 2012-2016. Member, Editorial Board, Political Science Research and Methods, 2012-present. Member, Advisory Board, Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (CIS), Madrid, Spain. 2008-2011. Chair, Political Economy Section, EPSA, 2012-2013. Chair, European Politics & Society Section, APSA, 2009-2010. Chair, Comparative Politics of Advanced Industrialized Societies Division, APSA, 2010. Member, Council, European Politics & Society Section, APSA, 2007-2010. Member, Luebbert Best Book Award Committee, Comparative Politics Section, APSA, 2016. Member, Best Paper Award of the CES Network, Political Economy and Welfare Research Network, Council for European Studies, 2013-2016. Member, Best Book Award Committee, European Politics and Society Section, APSA, 2013. Member, Best Paper Award Committee, European Politics and Society Section, APSA, 2007. External Member, Job Search Committee, Department of Government, University of Essex: Multiple positions, Reader/Senior Lecturer/Lecturer in Comparative Studies, 2010. External examiner/external member, PhD examinations at: Columbia, Cornell, Essex, LSE, Manchester, Paris, and Salamanca. Reviewer for Journals: American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, Comparative Politics, International Organization, International Political Science Review, Journal of European Public Policy, Journal of Politics, Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Perspectives on Politics, Political Analysis, Revue Économique, Socio-Economic Review, South European Society and Politics, West European Politics, and World Politics. Reviewer for Academic Presses: Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Wiley. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS, INVITED TALKS AND PUBLIC LECTURES 2017. Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research 2016. Conference on Political Economy of Reforms, University of Mannheim (keynote speech). 2016. Centre for Experimental Social Sciences (CESS), Santiago, Chile 2016. Conference on El trabajo en la Europa del siglo XXI, Fundació Josep Irla and Centre Maurits Coppieters, Barcelona (keynote speech). 2016. IBEI/IPEG, Barcelona 5

2016. Workshop on Social and Political Inequality, Vienna University of Economics (paper 2016. Workshop on Party Competition and the Challenges of Post-Industrial Societies, Humboldt University Berlin (paper 2016. Workshop on New Approaches to the Political Economy of Social Policy, University of Cologne (paper presenter and discussant). 2016. Workshop on Redistribution: Politics, Law and Policy, Baldy Center for Law & Social Policy, SUNY Buffalo (co-organizer and paper 2016. Workshop on Preferences over Redistribution, Duke University, (paper 2016. 23 rd International Conference of Europeanists, Philadelphia (paper presenter and panel discussant). 2016. Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, (paper presenter and panel discussant). 2016. Comparative Politics Seminar, Department of Political Science, Columbia University 2016. Political Economy Colloquium, Department of Government, Cornell University 2016. Political Economy Colloquium, Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin Madison 2016. Center for the Study of Inequality (I-CSI), Institution for Social and Policy Studies, Yale University 2016. Conference on The Future of Jobs: The Dual Challenges of Globalization and Robotization, McCulloch Center for Global Initiatives, Mount Holyoke College (public lecture). 2016. Biennial Conference of the Swiss Network for International Studies on Political and Economic Inequality: Concepts, Causes and Consequences, ETH Zurich 2015. Comparative Politics Research Workshop, Department of Political Science, The Ohio State University 2015. Cambridge Series in Comparative Politics, Book Conference on Who Wants What? Redistribution Preferences in Comparative Perspective, MIT (book manuscript author). 2015. Seminar on the State and Capitalism since 1800. Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University 2015. Annual International Politics and Economics Symposium Ill Fares the Land: Inequality in the Twenty-First Century, Middlebury College (public lecture). 2015. Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, (paper 2015. 22 nd International Conference of Europeanists, Paris (paper 2015. Workshop on Party Competition and Voter Alignments in Times of Welfare State Transformation, European University Institute, Florence (paper 2015. Department of Political Science, Electoral Politics Speaker Series, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem 2015. Department of Political Science, Tel Aviv University 2015. 1st Gothenburg-Barcelona Workshop on Experimental Political Science, University of Gothenburg (paper 2015. Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne, (public lecture). 2015. Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, (paper 2015. Conference on Inequality in the Anglo-American Democracies, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto 2014. Conference on The Social Consequences of the Crisis in Europe and Greece: Politics and Policies for Solidarity and Growth, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy, Athens, (invited 2014. Comparative Politics and Comparative Political Economy Workshop, London School of Economics, 2014. Workshop Party Competition and Voter Alignments in Times of Welfare State Transformations, Sciences Po Paris, (paper 2014. Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington DC, (paper 2014. SASE conference, Chicago, (paper presenter and critic in author meets critics). 2014. Kolloquium des Fachbereichs Politik- und Verwaltungswissenschaft. University of Konstanz, 2014. Workshop on Policy Reforms in Europe and Latin America: The Promises and Pitfalls of Cross- Regional Comparisons. University of Lund, (paper 6

2014. Workshop on Institutions in Context: Free Markets. School of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Tampere, (paper 2014. Conference on Reason and Decision Making, Centre for Experimental Social Sciences, Nuffield College, (paper 2014. European Political Economy Seminar, European Institute, London School of Economics, (invited 2014. 9th Annual Doctoral Conference, Doctoral School of Political Science, Public Policy, and International Relations, Central European University, (keynote speech). 2014. International Conference of Europeanists, Washington DC, (paper 2014. Dualización del Mercado de Trabajo, Crisis y Estado del Bienestar, XIV Jornadas, Revista Jurídica, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 2014. Conference on Economic Inequality and the Quality of Democracy, University of British Columbia, (paper 2013. Conference on The Political Economy of Skills and Inequality, Center for European Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, (paper 2013. Leitner Political Economy Seminar, Yale University, 2013. Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, (paper 2013. SASE Mini-Conference on The Political Economy of Skills and Inequality, Milan, (paper 2013. International Conference of Europeanists, Amsterdam, (paper 2013. Annual Meeting of the European Political Science Association, Barcelona, (paper 2013. CAGE Conference on The Political Economy of Redistribution and Income Inequality in Developed Democracies, University of Warwick, (paper 2013. Crisis and Social Policy Seminar Series, Oxford Institute of Social Policy, Oxford University, 2013. Political Economy Seminar Series, The Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, 2013. Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, (paper 2013. Workshop on Identity Politics: The New World versus the New (and Old) Europe. Center for European Studies, University of Texas at Austin, (paper 2013. 2 nd Warwick Political Economy Conference, Venice, (paper 2013. Department of Political Science Seminar Series, Trinity College Dublin, 2013. Department of Government Seminar Series, University of Essex, 2012. Politikon workshop on Generaciones encontradas: Perspectivas sobre la dualidad. Madrid, (keynote speech). 2012. Department of Government, University of Texas at Austin, 2012. Department of Political Science and Government, Aarhus University, 2012. Conference on The Future of Democratic Capitalism, Duke University, (paper 2012. Workshop on Governing the Fed, Nuffield College (discussant). 2012. Workshop on The Political Economy of Skills and Inequality, University of Konstanz (paper 2012. Annual Meeting of the European Political Science Association, Berlin, (paper 2012. Zentrum für Sozialpolitik, University of Bremen, 2012. Political Science seminar. Korea University, Seoul, 2012. Conference on The Changing Welfare States and the Korean Welfare State at the Crossroads. Korea University, Seoul, (paper 2012. 3rd Annual LSE-NYU Conference on Political Science and Political Economy, (discussant). 2012. Political Economy Seminar, Economics Department, University of Warwick. 2012. International Conference of Europeanists, Boston, (paper 2012. Department of Political Science, University of Geneva, 2012. Cleavage 2.1: Revolutions and Conflicts in the 21st Century. SciencesPo, Paris, (participant). 2012. Political Economy Seminar. Institute of Economics, Carlos III University and Instituto Juan March, 2011. Workshop on The Consequences of Labour Market Reforms in Europe. ESRC, Sussex European Institute, Brighton, (discussant). 2011. Workshop on Historical Political and Economic Development in Western Europe: Recent Advances in Comparative Politics. Instituto Juan March, Madrid, (paper 7

2011. Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Seattle, (paper 2011. Chevening Programme, School of Contemporary Chinese Studies, University of Nottingham, 2011. Workshop on the Political and Social Dynamics of Economic Inequality in Europe. European University Institute, San Domenico di Fiesole, (paper 2011. Amsterdam Inequality Lecture series, Amsterdam Centre for Inequality Studies (AMCIS), University of Amsterdam, 2011. Doctoral Programme in Political Science: Macro/micro linkages in comparative sociology and political economy. Bienne, Switzerland, 2011. School of Sociology Seminar Series. University College Dublin, 2010. 2 nd Conference on Comparative Responses to the Economic Crisis in Advanced Industrial States, Russell Sage Foundation, (paper 2010. Harvard Inequality and Social Policy Seminar Series, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. 2010. Seminario de Verano El Estado del Bienestar en la encrucijada, Universidad del País Vasco, Palacio de Miramar, San Sebastián, Spain, 2010. Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, (paper 2010. International Conference of Europeanists, (paper 2010. Harvard-MIT Joint Seminar in Comparative Historical Analysis, MIT, 2010. Harvard /MIT Seminar on Positive Political Economy, Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University, 2010. Center for the Study of Democratic Politics, Princeton University, 2010. Conference on Comparative Responses to the Economic Crisis in Advanced Industrial States, Princeton University, (paper 2010. Leitner Political Economy Seminar, Yale University, 2010. Comparative Seminar, Department of Political Science, Columbia University, 2010. Dualisation Workshop, Oxford University, (paper 2009. Conference on the New Welfare State in Europe. European University Institute, Florence, (paper 2009. Cátedra la Caixa" Economía y Sociedad. Madrid, (public lecture). 2009. Penn-Temple European Studies Colloquium. University of Pennsylvania, 2009. Center for the Study of Democratic Politics, Princeton University, 2009. Workshop on Making Welfare States Work: Citizens, Workers, and Welfare States in Comparative Perspective, Cornell University, (paper 2009. Political Economy Workshop. Duke University, 2009. Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Toronto, (paper 2009. SASE Annual Meeting, Paris, (paper presenter and critic in author meets critics). 2009. Political Science Department, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, 2009. Comparative Politics Series, Department of Political Science, Duke University, 2008. Séminaire Economie Politique du Changement Institutionnel, Centre d'economie de la Sorbonne. Paris, 2008. Kandersteg Seminar on the Welfare State, Remarque Institute, New York University. Kandersteg, Switzerland, (invited participant). 2008. Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, (paper 2008. Reconciling Work and Welfare in Europe, 2 nd Annual Integration Week, 2008. International Conference of Europeanists, Chicago, (paper 2008. Department of Political Science, University of Chicago, 2008. Working Group on Wealth and Power in the Post-Industrial Era, UCLA, 2007. Malcolm Wiener Inequality and Social Policy Seminar Series, Harvard University, ECPR General Conference, Pisa, (paper 2007. Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, (paper 2007. Conference on Changing Institutions (in Developed Democracies): Economics, Politics and Welfare, Ministère de la Recherche, Paris, (paper 2007. Comparative Politics of Inequality and Redistribution Conference, Princeton University. (paper 2007. Center for Policy Research, Maxwell School, Syracuse University, 8

2007. Political Science Colloquium, Korea University, 2007. Labor, the Welfare State and Democracy Conference, Asiatic Research Center, Korea University, (paper 2007. Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, (paper 2006. Political Economy Workshop, University of Essex, 2006. Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, (paper 2006. Challenges to the Welfare State Conference, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University, (paper 2006. Maxwell School, Syracuse University, 2006. Political Economy Research Colloquium. Government Department, Cornell University, (invited 2006. International Conference of Europeanists, Chicago, (paper 2006. Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, 2006. Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (Social Science Research Center Berlin), (invited 2005. Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington DC, (paper 2005. Workshop on Democracy, Inequality and Representation: Europe in Comparative Perspective. Maxwell School, Syracuse University, 2005. Project on Labour Markets, Inequality and Interest Representation. Instituto Juan March, CEACS, Madrid, Spain, 2004. Nuffield Political Science Seminar Series. Nuffield College, University of Oxford, 2004. Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, (paper 2004. International Conference of Europeanists, Chicago, (paper 2004. Workshop on Perceptions, Preferences and Rationalization: Overcoming the Problem of Causal Inference in the Study of Political Behavior. Nuffield College, University of Oxford, (paper 2004. Workshop on the Analysis of Political Cleavages and Party Competition, Duke University, (invited 2003. Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, (paper 2003. Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, (paper 2003. Political Science Forum, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, 2002. Political Science Department, Washington University in Saint Louis, 2002. Comparative Political Economy Workshop, Cornell University, 2002. Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, (paper 2002. Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, (paper 2002. Workshop on the Comparative Political Economy of Inequality in OECD Countries, Cornell University, 2002. International Conference of Europeanists, Chicago, (paper 2001. Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, (paper 2001. Conference on the Political Economy of Developed and Less Developed Countries, Yale University, (paper 2000. Political Science Department, University of Rochester, 2000. Political Science Department, Binghamton University - SUNY, 2000. 12th International Conference of Europeanists, Chicago, (paper 1999. European Political Economy Workshop: Interest and Coalitions, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University, (paper 1999. Political Economy Research Colloquium, Cornell University, 1999. Institute for European Studies, Cornell University, October 6, 1999. 1999. 31st Annual Conference of the Northeastern Political Science Association, Philadelphia, November 11-13, 1999. 1998. 94th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, (paper 1998. 11th International Conference of Europeanists, Baltimore, (paper 1998. Welfare States and Labor Markets: Transatlantic Perspectives, Cornell-Turin Workshop, Cornell University, (paper 1996. 92nd Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, (paper 9