The direct effect of social origin on men’s occupational attainment over the early life course: An Italian–Dutch comparison

Passaretta, Giampiero; Barbieri, Paolo; Wolbers, M.H.J.; Visser, Mark

doi:10.1016/j.rssm.2018.04.002

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“…For what concerns the analysis of career mobility (bottom of Figure ), results confirm the patterns found by the analysis of intergenerational mobility. However, the estimated probabilities of having an episode of upward career mobility are lower than that of the intergenerational mobility, confirming the lower level of career mobility in the Italian setting, where the first entry into the labour market is decisive for the further career (Passaretta, Barbieri, Wolbers, & Visser, ). Therefore, lower social mobility reduces the differences among stayers and different types of movers.…”

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Internal Migration Trajectories, Occupational Achievement and Social Mobility in Contemporary Italy. A Life Course Perspective

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Panichella

2019

Population Space and Place

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This work analyses the interrelation among migration, student career, job experiences and family formation. It focuses on Italian South-to-North internal migration. Empirical analyses first describe the life patterns experienced by internal migrants, and then study the selection into different migration trajectories, as well as their association with different occupational achievements and social mobility pathways. The analyses are based on longitudinal data from IHLS and use Sequence Analysis and Logit Models. Results show that different migration trajectories are characterised by a marked selectivity of movers, and that they have different, even opposite, association with individual life chances. Some trajectories create social closure because they 'reproduce' the southern upper classes in the North. Other types are more widespread among the lower classes, but they do not guarantee better opportunities of social mobility. Finally, there are forms of mobility that represent valid routes of upward mobility for the middle and lower classes.

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Section: Empirical Evidencementioning

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Internal Migration Trajectories, Occupational Achievement and Social Mobility in Contemporary Italy. A Life Course Perspective

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Panichella

2019

Population Space and Place

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“…To account for inter-and intra-generational social mobility a few recent studies have examined occupational trajectories and career progression of individuals with different social and educational backgrounds (e.g. Barone, Lucchini and Schizzerotto 2011;Härkönen and Bihagen 2011;Manzoni, Härkönen and Mayer 2014;Schulz and Maas 2012;Passaretta et al 2018). Whereas this literature documented differences in career advancement between these groups and over time, we contribute to previous research by looking at within-group differences in occupational careers among degree-holders.…”

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“…multilevel growth curve models, to account for social origin differences in career advancement (e.g. Barone, Lucchini and Schizzerotto 2011;Härkönen and Bihagen 2011;Manzoni, Härkönen and Mayer 2014;Schulz and Maas 2012;Passaretta et al 2018). However, all of these studies consider the whole working population without modelling interacting effects between social origin and educational attainment on career development.…”

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Social Origin, Field of Study and Career Progression: Heterogeneity in Graduates’ Occupational Mobility

Jacob¹,

Klein²

2019

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Research on stratification and mobility has consistently shown that there is a direct impact of social origin on occupational destination net of educational attainment even for degree-holders. However, only a few studies applied a longitudinal and dynamic perspective on how intergenerational mobility shapes graduates’ working careers. Using multilevel growth curve modelling and data from the 1970 British cohort study (BCS70), we contribute to this research by looking at the emergence of social inequalities during the first ten years since labour market entry. We further distinguish between graduates of different fields of study as we expect social disparities to develop differently due to differences in initial occupational placement and upward mobility processes. We find that parental class does not affect occupational prestige over and above prior achievement. Separate analyses by the field of study show that initial differences in occupational prestige and career progression do not differ between graduates from different classes of origin in STEM fields and arts and humanities. It is only in the social sciences that working class graduates start with lower occupational prestige but soon catch up with their peers from higher classes. Overall, our results indicate no direct effect of social origin on occupational attainment for degree-holders once we broaden our focus to a dynamic life course perspective.

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“…In recent years, social stratification scholars have used new approaches of dynamic statistical modelling, that is, multilevel growth curve models, to account for social origin differences in career advancement (e.g., Barone, Lucchini and Schizzerotto ; Härkönen and Bihagen ; Manzoni et al ; Passaretta et al ; Schulz and Maas ). However, all of these studies consider the whole working population without modelling interacting effects between social origin and educational attainment on career development.…”

Section: Previous Research: Social Origin Field Of Study and Labour mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…To account for inter‐ and intra‐generational social mobility a few recent studies have examined occupational trajectories and career progression of individuals with different social and educational backgrounds (e.g., Barone, Lucchini and Schizzerotto ; Härkönen and Bihagen ; Manzoni, Härkönen and Mayer ; Passaretta, Barbieri, Wolbers and Visser ; Schulz and Maas ). Whereas this literature documented differences in career advancement between these groups and over time, we contribute to previous research by looking at within ‐group differences in occupational careers among degree‐holders.…”

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Social origin, field of study and graduates’ career progression: does social inequality vary across fields?

Jacob

Klein

2019

British Journal of Sociology

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Research on stratification and mobility has consistently shown that in the UK there is a direct impact of social origin on occupational destination net of educational attainment even for degree‐holders. However, only a few studies applied a longitudinal and dynamic perspective on how intergenerational mobility shapes graduates’ working careers. Using multilevel growth curve modelling and data from the 1970 British cohort study (BCS70), we contribute to this research by looking at the emergence of social inequalities during the first ten years since labour market entry. We further distinguish between graduates of different fields of study as we expect social disparities to develop differently due to differences in initial occupational placement and upward mobility processes. We find that parental class does not affect occupational prestige over and above prior achievement. Separate analyses by the field of study show that initial differences in occupational prestige and career progression do not differ between graduates from different classes of origin in STEM fields, and arts and humanities. It is only in the social sciences that working‐class graduates start with lower occupational prestige but soon catch up with their peers from higher classes. Overall, our results indicate no direct effect of social origin on occupational attainment for degree‐holders once we broaden our focus to a dynamic life course perspective.

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The direct effect of social origin on men’s occupational attainment over the early life course: An Italian–Dutch comparison

Cited by 22 publications

References 36 publications

Internal Migration Trajectories, Occupational Achievement and Social Mobility in Contemporary Italy. A Life Course Perspective

Internal Migration Trajectories, Occupational Achievement and Social Mobility in Contemporary Italy. A Life Course Perspective

Social Origin, Field of Study and Career Progression: Heterogeneity in Graduates’ Occupational Mobility

Social origin, field of study and graduates’ career progression: does social inequality vary across fields?

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