Occupations and Inequality: Theoretical Perspectives and Mechanisms

Haupt, Andreas; Ebner, Christian

doi:10.1007/s11577-020-00685-0

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“…The field of work component of the vocational self-concept relates to a conglomerate of vocational interests, competencies and personal values (Gottfredson, 1981). This description resembles the sociological conceptualization of occupations as unique bundles of skills, tasks, institutional regulations and cultures (for a theoretical overview see Haupt and Ebner, 2020). Holland's theory of vocational personalities and work environments (e.g.…”

Section: Compromises Towards Psychological Self: Field Of Workmentioning

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Career Compromises and Dropout from Vocational Education and Training in Germany.

Beckmann¹,

Wicht²,

Siembab³

2021

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This study investigates the relevance of career compromises (i.e. the discrepancy between expected and attained training position) for dropping out from vocational education and training (VET), focusing on compromises in terms of field of work, social status and gender type. Moreover, it examines whether apprentices’ enjoyment of training ex-plains this association. Using longitudinal data on 5,600 apprentices from the German National Educational Panel Study (NEPS, Starting Cohort 4), the results of discrete event history models show that all types of compromises are crucial for VET dropout, but especially compromises regarding field of work and downward discrepancies in gen-der type. Furthermore, the link between compromises and VET dropout is partly mediated by apprentices’ enjoyment of training, which itself is highly correlated with dropping out. These findings draw attention to the role of pre-entry VET policies, such as career counselling, in minimising the incidence of career compromises.

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Section: Compromises Towards Psychological Self: Field Of Workmentioning

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Career Compromises and Dropout from Vocational Education and Training in Germany.

Beckmann¹,

Wicht²,

Siembab³

2021

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“…There is also evidence to suggest that employment characteristics are significant determinants of wages. Specifically, the literature suggests that differences in wages can be found across occupations (Haupt and Ebner, 2020;De Byer and Knight, 1989), between the public sector and private sector (Tansel et al, 2020;Depalo et al, 2015) and between full-time and part-time workers (Antonie et al, 2020). The role of employment characteristics in wage determination in Barbados is captured by the occupation, employment type and employment status variables.…”

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Does it pay to be green? An exploratory analysis of wage differentials between green and non-green industries

Jackman

Moore

2021

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PurposeThis paper investigates the potential wage impacts of a shift to more environmentally sustainable production patterns.Design/methodology/approachThe empirical analysis is carried out using labour force survey data and interval regressions.FindingsEstimates at the individual level suggest that small wage differentials exist: individuals employed in green industries earn about seven per cent more than those working in non-green industries.Originality/valueTo date, very little is known about the characteristics of jobs in the green industry and by extension, the labour force effects that can emerge or change as a result of transitioning towards a greener economy. While exploratory in nature, this analysis seeks to shed light on an underdeveloped area of research, namely, wage inequalities associated with transitioning towards green growth.

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“…In dem Maße, in dem Berufsgruppen bzw. ihre Gewerkschaften oder andere Lobbyorganisationen in der Lage sind, staatliche Regulation so zu manipulieren, dass sie die Konkurrenz um den Marktzugang beschränken, schaffen sie Renten, die den Beschäftigten in diesen Berufen zugutekommen (Haupt, 2016;Haupt & Ebner, 2020;Weeden, 2002…”

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Was (ver-)messen eigentlich Klassen? Zum Zusammenhang zwischen unterschiedlicher Operationalisierung sozialer Klassen und ihrer Erklärungskraft mit Blick auf Stratifikation und Ungleichheit in Deutschland

Hertel¹

2021

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Deutsch: Darüber, wie die soziale Position in einer Gesellschaft am besten gemessen werden sollte, besteht keine Einigkeit. Da die Operationalisierung jedoch weitreichende Folgen für Forschungsdesign und Interpretation der Ergebnisse hat, werden hier sieben Konzeptionen sozialer Positionen auf ihre Erklärungskraft für ganz unterschiedliche Phänomene hin verglichen. Die Analyse sucht damit die vor allem methodische Frage zu beantworten, ob und wie sich die einzelnen Klassenmessungen in ihrer Erklärungskraft bezüglich Stratifikation und Klassenungleichheit bei 35 Eigenschaften von rund 25.000 Allbus-Befragten in Deutschland unterscheiden. Die Ergebnisse weisen darauf hin, dass Klassenzugehörigkeit Menschen nur in wenigen der hier untersuchten Eigenschaften wirklich stratifiziert. Gleichzeitig lassen sich aber bedeutende Klassenungleichheiten bei objektiven Statusindikatoren und intergenerationalen Mobilitätsmessungen finden. Während insgesamt Mikroklassen die höchste Erklärungskraft aufweisen, sind die Unterschiede in Bereichen, in denen aggregierte Klassifikationen eine besondere Erklärungsleistung für sich beanspruchen, marginal. Die Ergebnisse empfehlen neben den quasi paradigmatischen ESEC-Klassen auch andere der hier vorgestellten Klassifizierungen ergänzend in der Ungleichheitsanalyse einzusetzen. English: There is little agreement how to best measure social class position in contemporary societies. The chosen measurement, however, has substantial implications for a study‘s design and the interpretation of its findings. Therefore, I empirically compare the explanatory power of nine alternative social class concepts regarding their ability to map stratification and identify class inequality. The analysis is repeated for 35 characteristics measured in the Allbus data 1980 to 2018 for almost 25,000 individuals. Results indicate that class membership stratifies only few of the studied attributes. At the same time class concepts are able to detect meaningful class inequality especially in terms of but not limited to objective SES measures and social mobility indicators. While microclasses outperform more aggregated class measures in general, the differences are rather small in subject areas for which the latter theoretically claim particular explanatory power. In the spirit of parsimony, the results hence would seem to suggest the use of the more aggregated classifications at least with regard to some subject matters. I suggest to complement the almost exclusive usage of ESEC in contemporary stratification research with alternative class measures.

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Occupations and Inequality: Theoretical Perspectives and Mechanisms

Cited by 22 publications

References 119 publications

Career Compromises and Dropout from Vocational Education and Training in Germany.

Career Compromises and Dropout from Vocational Education and Training in Germany.

Does it pay to be green? An exploratory analysis of wage differentials between green and non-green industries

Was (ver-)messen eigentlich Klassen? Zum Zusammenhang zwischen unterschiedlicher Operationalisierung sozialer Klassen und ihrer Erklärungskraft mit Blick auf Stratifikation und Ungleichheit in Deutschland

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