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Class and stratification analysis / edited by Gunn Elisabeth Birkelund.

Contributor(s): Series: Comparative social research ; v. 30.Publisher: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2013Edition: First editionDescription: xx, 379 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1781905371 :
  • 9781781905371 :
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Class and stratification analysisLOC classification:
  • HM1 .C622 v.30
  • HT608 .C53 2013
Contents:
Introduction / Gunn Elisabeth Birkelund -- Class, occupation, wages, and skills : the iron law of labor market inequality / Carl le Grand, Michael Tåhlin -- Educational choices and social interactions : a formal model and a computational test / Gianluca Manzo -- Occupational standing and occupational stratification by cognitive ability / Min-Hsiung Huang -- Analysing intergenerational transmissions : from social mobility to social reproduction / Steffen Hillmert -- Inching up : the labour market position of the second-generation immigrants in Britain and the United States (1990-2000) / Yaojun Li -- Lifestyles and social stratification : an explorative study of France and Norway / Gunn Elisabeth Birkelund, Yannick Lemel -- From abstract to concrete : the practical relevance of parents' economic and cultural capital for persistence in higher education / Liza Reisel -- Completion of upper secondary education : what mechanisms are at stake? / Martin D. Munk -- Identifying and explaining hidden disadvantage within the non-manual group in higher education access / Delma Byrne, Selina McCoy -- Measuring social inequality in educational attainment / Ottar Hellevik -- Reproduction of economic inequalities : are the figures for the United States and United Kingdom too high? / Gary N. Marks -- The international standard classification of education 2011 / Silke L. Schneider.
Summary: This volume of Comparative Social Research emphasizes unsolved issues and new developments within class and stratification analysis, discussing both theoretical and methodological innovations and revisions.
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Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Main Collection HT 608 .C53 2013 v.30 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 5149412

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction / Gunn Elisabeth Birkelund -- Class, occupation, wages, and skills : the iron law of labor market inequality / Carl le Grand, Michael Tåhlin -- Educational choices and social interactions : a formal model and a computational test / Gianluca Manzo -- Occupational standing and occupational stratification by cognitive ability / Min-Hsiung Huang -- Analysing intergenerational transmissions : from social mobility to social reproduction / Steffen Hillmert -- Inching up : the labour market position of the second-generation immigrants in Britain and the United States (1990-2000) / Yaojun Li -- Lifestyles and social stratification : an explorative study of France and Norway / Gunn Elisabeth Birkelund, Yannick Lemel -- From abstract to concrete : the practical relevance of parents' economic and cultural capital for persistence in higher education / Liza Reisel -- Completion of upper secondary education : what mechanisms are at stake? / Martin D. Munk -- Identifying and explaining hidden disadvantage within the non-manual group in higher education access / Delma Byrne, Selina McCoy -- Measuring social inequality in educational attainment / Ottar Hellevik -- Reproduction of economic inequalities : are the figures for the United States and United Kingdom too high? / Gary N. Marks -- The international standard classification of education 2011 / Silke L. Schneider.

This volume of Comparative Social Research emphasizes unsolved issues and new developments within class and stratification analysis, discussing both theoretical and methodological innovations and revisions.

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