A Multiple-Labor Market Model of Occupational Achievement. Report No. 225

A Multiple-Labor Market Model of Occupational Achievement. Report No. 225 [electronic resource] / Linda S. Gottfredson.

Research was conducted to re-emphasize the importance of functional differences among jobs by showing how they help to better explain the income and status differences that are the main concern of recent stratification research. Status attainment, social class, and vocational psychological approache...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author: Gottfredson, Linda S.
Corporate Author: Johns Hopkins University. Center for the Study of Social Organization of Schools
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1977.
Subjects:
Adolescents.
Adults.
Age Groups.
Classification.
Economic Status.
Educational Experience.
Employment Level.
Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Income.
Labor Market.
Males.
Models.
Occupations.
Promotion (Occupational)
Racial Differences.
Salaries.
Sex Differences.
Social Attitudes.
Social Differences.
Social Science Research.
Socioeconomic Background.
Socioeconomic Influences.
Socioeconomic Status.
Work Experience.
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Summary:Research was conducted to re-emphasize the importance of functional differences among jobs by showing how they help to better explain the income and status differences that are the main concern of recent stratification research. Status attainment, social class, and vocational psychological approaches to occupational and social differences were integrated into a multiple-market model, which suggests that the value of a determinant varies considerably by kind of work. Also the model's simultaneous use of situs as well as status of work provides a new perspective for developing a more comprehensive theory of social differentiation, for assessing social inequality more accurately, and for reducing inequality more effectively. A subsample of white men (black men, women, and men in artistic work were excluded) taken from a 1/1000 sample of the 1970 census was used to test the value of the multiple-market model in predicting income as opposed to the traditional one-market model. Results showed that the multiple-market model predicts statistical interactions between situs and other determinants of income. In contrast, the one-market predicts no interactions and no situs differences. (Author/TA)
Item Description:ERIC Document Number: ED142809.
Sponsoring Agency: National Inst. of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC.
Contract Number: NE-C-00-3-0114.
Contract Number: 5-TO1-MH11997.
Physical Description:96 p.

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