Intergenerational Inequality: A Sociological Perspective

By R. Erikson, J. Goldthorpe. 2002

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Subfields: Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science

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The Economic Returns of Immigrants’ Bonding and Bridging Social Capital: The Case of the Netherlands 1 (2010, background): “Furthermore, the labour force status of an individual is affected by its socio-economic background (Erickson and Goldthorpe 2002; Solon 2002).”
The psychological impact of intragenerational social class mobility (2011, background): “Indeed, there are mental health differences across broad social classes, which are typically differentiated according to ownership, skill-level, and whether one performs physical or mental labor (Erikson and Goldthorpe, 2002; Wright, 1976).”
The Three Worlds of Inequality1 (2012, background): “Although class analysts have long argued that classes are “not consistently ordered according to some inherent hierarchical principal” (Erikson and Goldthorpe 2002, p. 31), we find that the hierarchical principal was already dominant in the 1970s and, if anything, became more dominant in the…”
Educational choices and the selection process: before and after compulsory schooling (2012, unknown): “Direct effects, whether genetic or cultural, create disparities in ‘demonstrated ability’ depending on the social origin (Erikson and Goldthorpe 2002 ).”
Intergenerational Earnings Mobility: Changes across Cohorts in Britain (2008, background): “Thus, it is easy to prove that β is related to ρ by the following equation: 2 We refer to Solon (1999), Björklund and Jäntti (2000), Bowles and Gintis (2002), and Erikson and Goldthorpe (2002) for a review. x y ~ ~ σ σ ρβ = , (3) where 2~kσ is the variance of k ~ , yk ~~ = or x~ .”
“Fair” Inequality? Attitudes toward Pay Differentials: The United States in Comparative Perspective (2006, methodology): “Sociologists have a long history of comparative studies investigating social class and occupational mobility (e.g., Breen and Jonsson 2005; Erikson and Goldthorpe 1985, 1992, 2002; Grusky and Hauser, 1984) which conclude that whether income or occu- 4 See, for example, the review essays on…”
THE EUROPEAN SOCIO-ECONOMIC CLASSIFICATION: A NEW SOCIAL CLASS SCHEMA FOR COMPARATIVE EUROPEAN RESEARCH (2007, background): “Since the schema is designed to capture qualitative differences in employment relationships, ‘the classes are not consistently ordered according to some inherent hierarchical principle’ (Erikson and Goldthorpe 2002 : 33).”