Social Status, Labour Market Frictions and Endogenous Growth

2017 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 226-250
Author(s):  
Hung-Ju Chen ◽  
Dongpeng Liu ◽  
Xiangbo Liu
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Endogenous Growth ◽  
Market Frictions

scholarly journals 'People take you more seriously': the perceived value of a PhD degree and the skills mismatch in the labour market

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Heuritsch ◽  
Cathelijn Waaijer ◽  
Inge van der Weijden
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Doctoral Education ◽  
Perceived Value ◽  
Academic Careers ◽  
Career Goals ◽  
Skills Mismatch ◽  
Scientific Skills ◽  
Dutch Universities

Increasing numbers of doctorate graduates work outside academia. This raises the question to what extent doctoral education offers the skills that are required for non-academic employability. In a survey of 2,193 recently graduated PhDs from Dutch universities, we studied what recent PhD graduates perceive as the main value of a PhD degree. In addition, they indicated to which extent they developed certain skills during the PhD and the extent to which they need them in their current job. The main values that doctorate holders attach to their doctoral education and degree are preparation for career goals, development of research skills, enjoyment, and social status. Most of the values mentioned are geared towards academic careers. Furthermore, we show that scientific skills are developed sufficiently during doctoral education, but management and social skills are not. This mismatch is larger for PhD holders working outside the academia than within academia.

scholarly journals Social status and living with a chronic illness: An exploration of assessment and meaning attributed to work and employment

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 273-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivaylo Vassilev ◽  
Anne Rogers ◽  
Caroline Sanders ◽  
Sudeh Cheraghi-Sohi ◽  
Christian Blickem ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Illness ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
North West ◽  
Term Condition ◽  
Management Interventions

Background Traditional measures of social status are predicated on position in the labour market. There has been less attention directed to the meanings of social position for people with a long-term condition whose relationship to employment is precarious. Previous research has demonstrated that the MacArthur scale is capable of capturing contextualised aspects of social status, which makes it a useful tool for exploring changes in meaning. Aims The paper explores the meanings and experiences of social status of people living with a long-term condition with particular reference to employment status. Methods A sample of 300 participants was drawn from diabetes and chronic heart disease registers of General Practices in North West England. A cross-sectional survey with nested qualitative interviews was used in collecting and analysing the data. Findings Having financial independence and participating in valued activities are more important for people with chronic illness than power and status mediated through the labour market. Income and the lack and loss of employment were given a central role in respondents’ narratives reflecting the absence of acceptable alternative routes through which social status for those with a long-term condition can realistically be rebuilt outside of participation in the labour market. Conclusion Social participation, where people with chronic illness feel valued and of tangible utility to other people, might offer some opportunities for rebuilding social status outside the labour market. Chronic illness management interventions need to focus on improving people’s engagement with such activities.

TRANSFORMACIÓN Y DESIGUALDAD ECONÓMICA EN LA INDUSTRIALIZACIÓN EN EL ÁREA DE BARCELONA, 1715-1860

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel Brea-Martínez ◽  
Joana-Maria Pujadas-Mora
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Economic Structure ◽  
Economic Sectors ◽  
Tertiary Sector ◽  
Primary Sector ◽  
Secondary Sector ◽  
Market Transformation

AbstractLabour market transformation and inequality were fundamental aspects in the transition to the industrialisation. This article reconstructs the Barcelona’s area economic structure across the 18thand 19thcenturies through the Marriage Licences of the Barcelona’s Cathedral. These documents registered a proportional tax paid by the spouses’ according to their occupational and social status. Since 1780, an important decrease in the primary sector and an increase in the secondary and tertiary sectors are observed. Inequality between economic sectors rose and also within the secondary sector (textile) due to the proletarianization of the workers. Conversely, there was not an increase in inequality in the primary sector while it decreased in the tertiary sector.

scholarly journals The Moral Boundary Drawing of Class: Social Inequality and Young Precarious Workers in Poland and Germany

Sociology ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 003803852098579
Author(s):  
Vera Trappmann ◽  
Alexandra Seehaus ◽  
Adam Mrozowicki ◽  
Agata Krasowska
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Social Inequality ◽  
Class Structure ◽  
Market Conditions ◽  
Economic Wealth ◽  
Youth Transition ◽  
Country Specific

This article explores the relational and moral aspects of the perception of class structure and class identifications by young people in objectively vulnerable labour market conditions in Poland and Germany. Drawing on 123 biographical interviews with young people in both countries, it demonstrates that young precarious Poles and Germans tend to identify themselves against the ‘middle class’ – understood variously in the two countries – and attribute the sources of economic wealth and social status in their societies to individual merits and entrepreneurship. Positioning oneself in the broad middle and limited identification with the precariat is explained by the youth transition phase, country-specific devaluation of class discourses and the effects of individualisation.

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