Asymmetries in the opportunity structure. Intergenerational mobility trends in Europe

Esping‐Andersen, Gøsta; Wagner, Stefan

doi:10.1016/j.rssm.2012.06.001

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“…The postponement of tracking may thus have fostered equality of opportunity with regard to educational attainment and income in opening up access to higher education, but those with a higher-income background may have simultaneously begun to deploy resources other than education to maintain their privileges. This finding reflects the asymmetric mobility pattern Esping-Andersen and Wagner (2012) describe: they suggest that Nordic welfare-state policies foster equality only among those who are disadvantaged in terms of family conditions, without influencing those with more affluent parents.…”

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confidence: 57%

Cohort differences in intergenerational income transmission in Finland

2016

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Major social changes such as occupational restructuring, educational expansion and increasing income inequality are likely to significantly influence the intergenerational transmission of income. The aim in this article is to investigate this question in an analysis of the transmission of low and high income in Finland in five birth cohorts born between 1956 and 1978. The focus is on the contribution of parental social class and personal educational level to this association. The analyses are based on a longitudinal register-based data set that is a representative 11-percent sample of the Finnish population. The level of intergenerational income transmission among those with a low-and a high-income parental background is stable among men, and is increasing slightly among women. Simultaneously, the role of achieved education as a mechanism strengthens slightly upon entry to the lowest income level, and declines upon entry to the highest level. These results indicate that despite the increasing income inequality, intergenerational transmission remains rather stable, but the mediating role of educational qualifications may have changed. Occupational restructuring seems to have no clear influence on the process.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 57%

Cohort differences in intergenerational income transmission in Finland

2016

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“…The “countervailing” factors that can mute Matthew effects (p617 in [ 87 ]) are ceiling or floor effects, intergenerational dispersion of resources, social policy, etc. [ 84 , 87 , 93 ]. For example, the ceiling effect is often considered when discussing older adults and the Internet, since it is expected that as generations change, the increase of users in industrialized societies will slow down reaching an asymptotic limit (100%).…”

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confidence: 99%

Social capital and Internet use in an age-comparative perspective with a focus on later life

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Older adults (aged 65+) are still less likely to adopt the Internet when compared to other age groups, although their usage is increasing. To explore the societal effects of Internet usage, scholars have been using social capital as an analytical tool. Social capital pertains to the resources that are potentially available in one’s social ties. As the Internet becomes a prominent source of information, communication, and participation in industrialized countries, it is critical to study how it affects social resources from an age-comparative perspective. Research has found a positive association between Internet use and social capital, though limited attention has been paid to older adults. Studies have also found a positive association between social capital and wellbeing, health, sociability, and social support amongst older adults. However, little is known about how Internet usage or lack thereof relates to their social capital. To address this gap, we used a mixed-methods approach to examine the relationship between Internet usage and social capital and whether and how it differs by age. For this, we surveyed a representative sample of 417 adults (18+) living in Lisbon, Portugal, of which 118 are older adults. Social capital was measured through bonding, bridging, and specific resources, and analyzed with Latent Class Modeling and logistic regressions. Internet usage was measured through frequency and type of use. Fourteen follow-up semi-structured interviews helped contextualize the survey data. Our findings show that social capital decreased with age but varied for each type of Internet user. Older adults were less likely to have a high level of social capital; yet within this age group, frequent Internet users had higher levels than other users and non-users. On the one hand, the Internet seems to help maintain, accrue, and even mobilize social capital. On the other hand, it also seems to reinforce social inequality and accumulated advantage (known as the Matthew effect).

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“…Economic inequalities may have a number of negative social impacts. Among these are: negative influences on social cohesion (Wilkinson and Pickett, ); physical and mental health (Thorbecke and Charumilind, ; Wilkinson and Pickett, ; Kawachi et al ., ); civic and political participation (Uslaner and Brown, ; Solt, ; Lancee and Van de Werfhorst, ); solidarity (Paskov and Dewilde, ); homicide and violent crime (Thorbecke and Charumilind, ; Elgar and Aitken, ); drug abuse (Wilkinson and Pickett, ); education (Thorbecke and Charumilind, ; Costa‐Font and Gil, ); obesity (Costa‐Font and Gil, ); life satisfaction (Delhey and Kohler, ); imprisonment (Wilkinson and Pickett, ); social mobility (Esping‐Andersen and Wagner, ); social trust (Rothstein and Uslaner, ; Uslaner and Brown, ); and child well‐being (Cunha and Heckman, ) and malnutrition (Larrea and Kawachi, ).…”

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Unintended Environmental Consequences of Improvement Actions: A Qualitative Analysis of Systems' Structure and Behavior

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We qualitatively analysed how and why environmental improvement actions often lead to unintended environmental consequences. Different theories are integrated to delineate the underlying system structure causing this system behavior. Causal loop diagram technique is utilized to explore and visualize: how incremental improvements in material and energy efficiency can unintendedly cause consumption to increase; how this consumption rebound effect is linked to generation of waste and pollution; and how this can give rise to social and negative externalities, economic inequalities and other broad unintended consequences in our society. Consumption and incremental innovation are found to be the highest leverage points and reinforcing factors driving unintended environmental consequences in this complex system. The paper in addition explores two potential modes of behaviour dissimilar to those of unintended environmental consequences. These emerging modes of behaviour are product-service systems and environmental policy instruments. Their combination forms a prominent transition pathway from a production-consumptiondispose economy to a so-called circular economy.

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Asymmetries in the opportunity structure. Intergenerational mobility trends in Europe

Cited by 68 publications

References 35 publications

Cohort differences in intergenerational income transmission in Finland

Cohort differences in intergenerational income transmission in Finland

Social capital and Internet use in an age-comparative perspective with a focus on later life

Unintended Environmental Consequences of Improvement Actions: A Qualitative Analysis of Systems' Structure and Behavior

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