Mixed-methods research: What’s in it for economists?
Empirical studies in economics traditionally use a limited range of methods, usually based on particular types of regression analysis. Increasingly, sophisticated regression techniques require the availability of appropriate data sets, often longitudinal and typically collected at a national level....
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| author | Jefferson, Therese Austen, Siobhan Sharp, R. Ong, Rachel Lewin, Gill Adams, V. |
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| description | Empirical studies in economics traditionally use a limited range of methods, usually based on particular types of regression analysis. Increasingly, sophisticated regression techniques require the availability of appropriate data sets, often longitudinal and typically collected at a national level. This raises challenges for researchers seeking to investigate issues requiring data that are not typically included in regular large-scale data. It also raises questions of the adequacy of relying mainly or solely on regression analysis for investigating key issues of economic theory and policy. One way of addressing these issues is to employ a mixed-methods research framework to investigate important research questions. In this article, we provide an example of applying a mixed-methods design to investigate the employment decisions of mature age women working in the aged care sector. We outline the use of a coherent and robust framework to allow the integrated collection and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data. Drawing on particular examples from our analysis, we show how a mixed-methods approach facilitates richer insights, more finely grained understandings of causal relationships and identification of emergent issues. We conclude that mixed-methods research has the capacity to provide surprises and generate new insights through detailed exploratory data analysis. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-258482017-09-13T15:22:40Z Mixed-methods research: What’s in it for economists? Jefferson, Therese Austen, Siobhan Sharp, R. Ong, Rachel Lewin, Gill Adams, V. low-paid workers research methodology mixed methods gender Employment conditions Empirical studies in economics traditionally use a limited range of methods, usually based on particular types of regression analysis. Increasingly, sophisticated regression techniques require the availability of appropriate data sets, often longitudinal and typically collected at a national level. This raises challenges for researchers seeking to investigate issues requiring data that are not typically included in regular large-scale data. It also raises questions of the adequacy of relying mainly or solely on regression analysis for investigating key issues of economic theory and policy. One way of addressing these issues is to employ a mixed-methods research framework to investigate important research questions. In this article, we provide an example of applying a mixed-methods design to investigate the employment decisions of mature age women working in the aged care sector. We outline the use of a coherent and robust framework to allow the integrated collection and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data. Drawing on particular examples from our analysis, we show how a mixed-methods approach facilitates richer insights, more finely grained understandings of causal relationships and identification of emergent issues. We conclude that mixed-methods research has the capacity to provide surprises and generate new insights through detailed exploratory data analysis. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25848 10.1177/1035304614530819 Sage Publications Ltd. fulltext |
| spellingShingle | low-paid workers research methodology mixed methods gender Employment conditions Jefferson, Therese Austen, Siobhan Sharp, R. Ong, Rachel Lewin, Gill Adams, V. Mixed-methods research: What’s in it for economists? |
| title | Mixed-methods research: What’s in it for economists? |
| title_full | Mixed-methods research: What’s in it for economists? |
| title_fullStr | Mixed-methods research: What’s in it for economists? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mixed-methods research: What’s in it for economists? |
| title_short | Mixed-methods research: What’s in it for economists? |
| title_sort | mixed-methods research: what’s in it for economists? |
| topic | low-paid workers research methodology mixed methods gender Employment conditions |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25848 |