Bryan, Mark L. and Jenkins, Stephen P. ORCID: 0000-0002-8305-9774 (2016) Multilevel modelling of country effects: a cautionary tale. European Sociological Review, 32 (1). 3 - 22. ISSN 0266-7215
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Abstract
Country effects on outcomes for individuals are often analysed using multilevel (hierarchical) models applied to harmonised multi-country datasets such as ESS, EU-SILC, EVS, ISSP, and SHARE. We point out problems with the assessment of country effects that appear not to be widely appreciated, and develop our arguments using Monte-Carlo simulation analysis of multilevel linear and logit models. With large sample sizes of individuals within each country but only a small number of countries, analysts can reliably estimate individual-level effects but estimates of parameters summarising country effects are likely to be unreliable. Multilevel modelling methods are no panacea.
Item Type: | Article |
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Official URL: | http://esr.oxfordjournals.org/ |
Additional Information: | © 2016 The Authors |
Divisions: | Social Policy |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
Date Deposited: | 26 Mar 2015 14:26 |
Last Modified: | 03 Oct 2024 05:51 |
Projects: | Analysing Life Changes in Europe project RES-062-23-1455, RES-518-28-001 |
Funders: | Economic and Social Research Council, University of Essex |
URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/61357 |
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