Why do so many doctors, accountants, and solicitors have parents who did the same profession?
In a new paper with Maria Koumenta (QMUL), we show that occupational regulation increases intergenerational occupational persistence in the UK, thereby reducing social mobility.
doi.org/10.1111/irel...
IN OTHER NEWS: check out our new COIN paper on immigrant--native pay gaps in advanced economies published in @nature.com this afternoon! Specifically, we study the relative contribution of within-job unequal pay vs between-job segregation to earnings disparities across immigrant generations. 1/9
Thanks Dave!
Thank you!
🙏 Thank you to the CIPD for the data - this research would not exist without their support @cipd.bsky.social / @cipdpolicy.bsky.social
💡I speculate segregation across workplaces has something to do with it (think Russell Group vs. non-Russell Group in academia; similar distinctions in most other occupations). Workplace data in the UK is scarce, so I just don’t know
📖 Read it here doi.org/10.1177/0038....
💵 Our findings are a nail in the coffin for the thesis that those from lower social origins trading lower earnings for doing more interesting or fulfilling work… Although we do find they select into higher non-pay job quality / lower pay occupations, they do the lowest quality jobs within them...
📢New paper!📢
"Social Class Origin and Job quality in Higher Managerial and Professional Occupations" out in @sociologyjnl.bsky.social
Those from lower social origins suffer lower
❌ top job attainment
❌ pay
In this new research, we show they also suffer lower
❌ non-pay job quality
Have expertise in expertise in industrial relations or social dialogue?
Call for Expressions of Interest to establish a database of remunerated experts by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions www.eurofound.europa.eu/en/about/pro...
📢 Book Alert! "Global Trends in Job Polarisation and Upgrading: A Comparison of Developed and Developing Economies" is out!
Published by Palgrave Macmillan/ Springer, this volume examines global patterns of job creation at a global scale | 🔗 link.springer.com/book/10.1007... #EconSky #sociology
They are in London!
Was thinking the same.
In the UK, you'd need an act of god and to navigate 20 layers of admin to just even have it considered.
Workers from low-to-middle income families want similar things from work as those on higher incomes, but are less likely to get them. 77% were ‘very’ or ‘fairly’ satisfied with their jobs, compared to 84% of high income workers.
You could be a graduate, own your home, earn well, and still be in NS-SEC 6 or 7.
You'd probably have to inherit grandma's house and do all the overtime under the sun though...
I'm more shocked about Quality Street being second?!
And they're not wrong!
Call for papers!! www.ilo.org/rdw2025 9th ILO RDW with WEI co-organisers @workequalities.bsky.social
I set up a ‘labor research and policy’ starter pack. It’s almost at the 150 person capacity… but let me know if I should add you to a ‘part 2’ list… go.bsky.app/55FK3m7
🚨SOCIAL MOBILITY EVENT🚨
With stagnant growth in middle class jobs and a degree no longer a guarantee, who employers select to get in is more important than ever.
Some ARE ACTUALLY TRYING to recruit beyond their usual middle class origin privately educated base though.
Come along to find out more!
Would be helpful if you could also explain and share
Here is a question for sociologists and HR/EDI people. What is the best term to use:
1️⃣ Ascriptive characteristics?
2️⃣ Ascribed characteristics?
3️⃣ Something else? (please comment)
📊 Show results
Blog by Ying Zhou, Min Zou, and Mark Williams: Downward career moves – do they always hurt?
Uses ten years of @usociety.bsky.social data to look at patterns of job satisfaction for up to 3 years before a downward move, and up to 5 years afterwards.
www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/blog/2024/11...