David Soskice (economist)
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David Soskice is a British economist.
Currently, he is Research Professor of Comparative Political Economy
and Senior Research Fellow at Nuffield College, University of Oxford
.
Frank Soskice in London. He shares his first name with his grandfather, the Russian revolutionary journalist David Soskice, who had fled to England.
Soskice studied Political science
, Philosophy
and Economics
at Nuffield and Trinity College
of the University of Oxford.
Between 1967 and 1990, he worked as Lecturer
in Economics at University College, Oxford
. After the Fall of the Berlin Wall he went to the newly founded Berlin Social Science Research Center
, where he worked as Research professor and director of the working group 'Employment and Economic change'. After his retirement in 2007, he returned to Nuffield as Research Professor of Comparative Political Economy and Senior Research Fellow.
Soskice was Visiting Professor at Harvard
, Yale
, Stanford
, Berkeley
, Cornell
and, every spring semester at Duke University
. Between 2004 and 2007, he was appointed Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics
. He counselled the OECD, the British Labour Party
und the governments of United Kingdom
, France
, and Germany
in questions of employment and education.
and production regimes.
The 2001 published book Varieties of Capitalism
, written by Soskice and the Harvard professor Peter A. Hall enjoyed large popularity both in Political Economy (due to its macroeconomic implications) and Business
(because of its analytical focus on the organizational structure of the individual firm). The book typecasts and analyzes two distinct types of capitalist economies: the liberal and coordinated market economies.
Currently, he is Research Professor of Comparative Political Economy
Political economy
Political economy originally was the term for studying production, buying, and selling, and their relations with law, custom, and government, as well as with the distribution of national income and wealth, including through the budget process. Political economy originated in moral philosophy...
and Senior Research Fellow at Nuffield College, University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
.
Life
Soskice was born as son of the British Home SecretaryHome Secretary
The Secretary of State for the Home Department, commonly known as the Home Secretary, is the minister in charge of the Home Office of the United Kingdom, and one of the country's four Great Offices of State...
Frank Soskice in London. He shares his first name with his grandfather, the Russian revolutionary journalist David Soskice, who had fled to England.
Soskice studied Political science
Political science
Political Science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and political behavior...
, Philosophy
Philosophy
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
and Economics
Economics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
at Nuffield and Trinity College
Trinity College, Oxford
The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in the University of Oxford, of the foundation of Sir Thomas Pope , or Trinity College for short, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It stands on Broad Street, next door to Balliol College and Blackwells bookshop,...
of the University of Oxford.
Between 1967 and 1990, he worked as Lecturer
Lecturer
Lecturer is an academic rank. In the United Kingdom, lecturer is a position at a university or similar institution, often held by academics in their early career stages, who lead research groups and supervise research students, as well as teach...
in Economics at University College, Oxford
University College, Oxford
.University College , is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. As of 2009 the college had an estimated financial endowment of £110m...
. After the Fall of the Berlin Wall he went to the newly founded Berlin Social Science Research Center
Berlin Social Science Research Center
The Social Science Research Center Berlin , also known by its German initials WZB, is an internationally renowned research institute for the social sciences, the largest such institution in Europe not affiliated with a university....
, where he worked as Research professor and director of the working group 'Employment and Economic change'. After his retirement in 2007, he returned to Nuffield as Research Professor of Comparative Political Economy and Senior Research Fellow.
Soskice was Visiting Professor at Harvard
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
, Yale
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
, Stanford
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
, Cornell
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
and, every spring semester at Duke University
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
. Between 2004 and 2007, he was appointed Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
. He counselled the OECD, the British Labour Party
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
und the governments of United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, and Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
in questions of employment and education.
Research
Within his research area, Political Economy, Soskice's focusses on the study of labor markets, systems of Vocational educationVocational education
Vocational education or vocational education and training is an education that prepares trainees for jobs that are based on manual or practical activities, traditionally non-academic, and totally related to a specific trade, occupation, or vocation...
and production regimes.
The 2001 published book Varieties of Capitalism
Varieties of Capitalism
Varieties of Capitalism is a title of book written by political economists Peter A. Hall and David Soskice. In this book, they analyzes two distinct types of capitalist economies: liberal market economies and coordinated market economies...
, written by Soskice and the Harvard professor Peter A. Hall enjoyed large popularity both in Political Economy (due to its macroeconomic implications) and Business
Business
A business is an organization engaged in the trade of goods, services, or both to consumers. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies, where most of them are privately owned and administered to earn profit to increase the wealth of their owners. Businesses may also be not-for-profit...
(because of its analytical focus on the organizational structure of the individual firm). The book typecasts and analyzes two distinct types of capitalist economies: the liberal and coordinated market economies.
Further reading
- 2006: Macroeconomics: Imperfections, Institutions and Policies (with Wendy Carlin)
- 2001: Varieties of Capitalism: the Institutional Foundations of Comparative Advantage (ed. with Peter A. Hall).
- 2000: Unions, Employers and Central Banks: Wage Bargaining and Macroeconomic Regimes in an Integrating Europe (ed. with Torben Iversen, and Jonas Pontusson).
- 1995: Institutional Frameworks and Labour Market Performance (ed. with Friedrich Buttler, Wolfgang Franz, and Ronald Schettkat).
- 1990: Macroeconomics and the Wage Bargain: A Modern Approach to Employment, Inflation and Exchange Rates (with Wendy Carlin).
- 1983: Unionism, Economic Stabilisation and Incomes Policies: European Experience, (ed. with Robert Flanagan and Lloyd Ulman).