Gradationalism Revisited: Intergenerational Occupational Mobility Along Axes of Occupational Characteristics.

Autor/inn/en	York, Hunter; Song, Xi; Xie, Yu
Titel	Gradationalism Revisited: Intergenerational Occupational Mobility Along Axes of Occupational Characteristics. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Der Gradationalismus neu betrachtet: Berufliche Mobilität zwischen den Generationen entlang der Achsen beruflicher Merkmale.
Quelle	In: The American journal of sociology, 130 (2025) 4, S. 976-1027 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1537-5390
DOI	10.1086/733122
Schlagwörter	Intergenerationenmobilität; Soziale Ungleichheit; Soziale Mobilität; Mutter; Sohn; Tochter; Vater; Indikator; Mobilitätsforschung; Soziale Klasse; Sozialer Status; Ausdauer; Berufliche Mobilität; Berufliche Stellung; Berufsforschung; Berufsgruppe; Qualifikationsprofil; Tätigkeitsmerkmal; Berufsbeschreibung; Soziale Differenzierung; USA
Abstract	"Studies of intergenerational occupational mobility typically characterize occupations quantitatively in one of two ways: gradationally or categorically. Both methods likely grossly oversimplify the complex realities of the transmission mechanisms of occupations across generations. With recent advances in the amount and quality of occupation data, such quantitative characterizations have become a nontrivial decision for researchers. This study provides a multidimensional gradational method as an alternative to existing methods by focusing on occupational traits such as work-related knowledge, values, abilities, work activities, and required skills to understand how occupations are transmitted across generations. Our results show that the multidimensional gradational perspective provides more parsimonious and comprehensive explanations of occupational reproduction and mobility than traditional unidimensional gradational or categorical accounts alone. In doing so, we demonstrate the persistence of occupational characteristics themselves, across generations within mother-daughter, mother-son, father-daughter, and father-son pairs and between occupations that span class boundaries." The study refers to the period 1966-2021 (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2025/2