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On the way to becoming a society of downward mobility? Intergenerational occupational mobility in seven West German birth cohorts (1944-1978)
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Abstract Many studies on social mobility use operationalizations of social positions that do not take occupational upgrading into account. In order to estimate social mobility patterns net of occupational upgrading, I propose an operationalization involving administrative data to measure social positions by ... mehr
Many studies on social mobility use operationalizations of social positions that do not take occupational upgrading into account. In order to estimate social mobility patterns net of occupational upgrading, I propose an operationalization involving administrative data to measure social positions by applying a percentile approach. Based on this measurement I calculate absolute and relative intergenerational mobility patterns. Using this operationalization, I aim to answer the question of how far intergenerational mobility patterns have changed over time in West Germany. Therefore, I analyze the occupational data of 7,416 38- to 42-year-olds born between 1944 and 1978 belonging to the sixth starting cohort of the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS). Compared to previous studies, I observe significantly higher rates of downward mobility. However, I do not find any cohort trends in absolute mobility rates and do not detect any changes in social fluidity patterns. I therefore conclude that there are no cohort trends in absolute or relative intergenerational mobility in West Germany, implying that it is not on its way to becoming a society of downward mobility. In contrast to previous studies, my results indicate high social fluidity and no changes in relative mobility over time. Hence, the picture of a rigid German social structure should be reconsidered.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Intergenerationenmobilität; Kohortenanalyse; Sozialstruktur; soziale Mobilität; soziale Position; Berufsmobilität
Klassifikation
Allgemeine Soziologie, Makrosoziologie, spezielle Theorien und Schulen, Entwicklung und Geschichte der Soziologie
Berufsforschung, Berufssoziologie
Freie Schlagwörter
West Germany; Cohorts; Social fluidity; Administrative data; NEPS, Starting Cohort Adults, doi:10.5157/NEPS:SC6:11.0.0, between 2008 and 2013; Microcensus (1973-2018)
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2021
Seitenangabe
S. 1-11
Zeitschriftentitel
Research in Social Stratification and Mobility (2021) 73
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2021.100609
ISSN
0276-5624
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)