Summary Social Inequality Week 2: Occupational and Educational Inequality
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Social Inequality
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Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen (RU)
Very detailled summary of week 2 of the course social inequality. This summary is about occupational and educational inequality explained by using the status attainment model (Social origin -> Educational attainment -> Social Destination).
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, Social Inequality Week 2: Occupational and Educational Inequality
Status Attainment Model (O-E-D Triangle)
Indicators of occupational success
- Employment
- Occupational status
- Social class
- Prestige
- Income
- Permanent contract
- Working hours?
Occupational Inequality
Social Origin → Social Destination (total effect)
The total effect is mediated by education
Which type of inequality? inequality of opportunities
Inequality in what? occupational success
Between whom? different social origins
Where? mostly in NL, some country comparisons
When? mostly birth cohort trends (starting from 1950 till 1990), some period trends.
Trend from ascription (birth/social origin) to achievement
(education/knowledge; meritocracy)
Meritocracy: inequality between talented and motivated versus untalented and unmotivated
Economic modernization (industrialization)
Cultural modernization (individualization)
- Social Origin matters less
Social origin still matters even when the effect of social origin is controlled for educational
attainment
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