2016
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcw041
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Abstract: We investigate claims originating in the work of Daniel Bell that in post-industrial societies educational qualifications obtained prior to labour market entry increasingly determine individuals' class positions-while opportunities for achieving upward class mobility over the course of working life correspondingly diminish. We apply optimal matching techniques of sequence analysis as a basis for constructing typologies of class histories for men and women in three British birth cohorts whose lives span the per… Show more

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“…The white-collar affinity effect AF1 is stronger for men than for women and the general inheritance effect IN1 is also stronger for men, although to a smaller extent (with p = 0:060). As regards the first of these differences, what should be noted is that women, even if from white- collar backgrounds, tend to be concentrated in their own employment in the lowest white-collar status groups, mainly those of routine office and sales workers (Chan and Goldthorpe (2004), pages 388-389) and are more likely than men to remain at this level within the white-collar world during their working lives rather than achieving upward mobility-as, say, from class 3 to class 1 or 2 positions (Bukodi et al, 2016a). As regards the second difference, a general tendency exists-and is found in our own data (the results are available on request)-for greater class immobility to occur among men than among women because of a stronger propensity for men to follow their fathers in specific occupations than for women to follow either their fathers or their mothers; or, we could say, men tend to be more favoured by, or responsive to, family occupational traditions (Jonsson et al, 2009;Erikson et al, 2012).…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The white-collar affinity effect AF1 is stronger for men than for women and the general inheritance effect IN1 is also stronger for men, although to a smaller extent (with p = 0:060). As regards the first of these differences, what should be noted is that women, even if from white- collar backgrounds, tend to be concentrated in their own employment in the lowest white-collar status groups, mainly those of routine office and sales workers (Chan and Goldthorpe (2004), pages 388-389) and are more likely than men to remain at this level within the white-collar world during their working lives rather than achieving upward mobility-as, say, from class 3 to class 1 or 2 positions (Bukodi et al, 2016a). As regards the second difference, a general tendency exists-and is found in our own data (the results are available on request)-for greater class immobility to occur among men than among women because of a stronger propensity for men to follow their fathers in specific occupations than for women to follow either their fathers or their mothers; or, we could say, men tend to be more favoured by, or responsive to, family occupational traditions (Jonsson et al, 2009;Erikson et al, 2012).…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Yet past evidence has shown a persistent direct link between social origins and destinations which cannot be fully explained by educational attainment (Bernardi and Ballarino ; Breen and Goldthorpe ; Bukodi and Goldthorpe ; Devine and Li ; Gutierrez, Micklewright and Vignoles ). The view that the direct role of social origins is declining has been challenged by recent research (Bukodi, Goldthorpe, Halpin and Waller ), and there remains a consensus that the ‘origins‐education‐destinations’ (OED) triangle retains a direct origins‐destinations link (Breen ). A growing literature has explored the potential mechanisms underpinning this residual direct link, including the role of social networks (Gutierrez et al ) and so‐called ‘soft’ or ‘non‐cognitive’ skills (Blanden, Gregg and Macmillan ; Jackson ).…”
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“…Although Halpin and Chan (), two decades ago, argued that SA had a promising future in studying class mobility, relatively few studies have used this tool for this purpose (but see, e.g., Chan ; Bühlmann ; Bison ; Bukodi, Goldthorpe, Halpin and Waller ). Of particular relevance for the present study is Bühlmann's () analysis of pathways to the British service class as he draws attention to different class fractions separating the careers of managers, professionals and associate professionals.…”
Section: Temporality and The Class Structurementioning
confidence: 99%