In addition to my dissertation research, I am presently working on several other research projects within comparative politics and demography. These projects seek to:

1. Establish a chronology of the development of distinct worlds of welfare,
2. Re-evaluate prominent theories of the determinants of social rights, and
3. Study the linkages between aging, social policies, and intergenerational transfers in Europe.

In my research, I have found the following data sets useful.

• Comparative Welfare Entitlements Data Set
• Comparative Welfare States Data Set
• European Social Survey (ESS)
• Luxembourg Income Study (LIS)
• Social Citizenship Indicator Program (SCIP)
• Standardized World Income Inequality Database (SWIID)
• Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE)