Social class and the risk of unemployment. Trends, gender differences and the contribution of education.

Autor/inn/en	Lahtinen, Hannu; Sirniö, Outi; Martikainen, Pekka
Titel	Social class and the risk of unemployment. Trends, gender differences and the contribution of education. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Soziale Klasse und Arbeitslosigkeitsrisiko. Trends, geschlechtsspezifische Unterschiede und der Beitrag der Bildung.
Quelle	In: Acta sociologica, 63 (2020) 3, S. 303-321 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0001-6993; 1502-3869
DOI	10.1177/0001699318817594
Schlagwörter	Soziale Ungleichheit; Frau; Arbeitslosigkeit; Finnland; Frau; Mann; Soziale Ungleichheit; Soziale Klasse; Auswirkung; Entwicklung; Qualifikation; Soziale Klasse; Arbeitslosigkeit; Arbeitsmarktrisiko; Qualifikation; Auswirkung; Entwicklung; Geschlechtsspezifik; Mann; Finnland
Abstract	"Previous research has shown that an advantaged social class position protects individuals from unemployment, but less is known about how this relationship has developed after the turn of the millennium, how it varies by gender and to what extent education contributes to the association between these factors. We assess these questions using register-based data on the Finnish labour force over a 28-year period between 1988 and 2015. The overall risk of unemployment was 2.7 - 3.7-fold among manual classes compared to upper non-manual classes, and 1.4 - 1.7-fold among lower compared to upper non-manual classes. Controlling for education attenuated the differences between social classes by about two-thirds. Social class disparities were somewhat more distinct among men than among women, but gender differences narrowed over time. Overall, temporal changes were small, especially among men, except for a curvilinear pattern observed for the relative unemployment risk of the lower non-manual class. To conclude, despite a comparatively egalitarian context and drastic changes in economic conditions and labour market structures over time, social stratification in unemployment has been substantial and considerably persistent. This is in line with the conceptualization of social class underpinning differing employment relations and, therefore, inherently creating variation in labour market risks." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2019/2