Table of contents - Special Issue: Work and social stratification
Guest Editors: Dr Robert M. Blackburn
A new indicator of technical complexity at work
Jorge Rodríguez MenésThis paper aims to conceptualise and measure the technical aspects of the division of labour (DoL) with a new survey indicator of technical complexity (ITC) at work.
The importance of specificity in occupation‐based social classifications
Paul S. Lambert, Koon Leai Larry Tan, Kenneth Prandy, Vernon Gayle, Manfred Max BergmanThis paper aims to present reasons why social classifications which use occupations should seek to adopt “specific” approaches which are tailored to the country, time period and…
Business services and the knowledge economy in Malaysia
Jennifer Jarman, Parminder Singh ChopraThis paper aims to argue that the World Bank‐sanctioned strategy of investing in knowledge economy infrastructure will not make a developing country competitive in the highest…
Intergenerational transfer of occupational status in nineteenth century Zeeland, The Netherlands: A test of the influence of industrialisation, mass communication and urbanisation in 117 municipalities
Richard L. ZijdemanThis paper seeks to study the influence of industrialisation, urbanisation and means of communication on the association between father's and son's occupational status in all 117…
Modelling socioeconomic trajectories: an optimal matching approach
Juliet Stone, Gopalakrishnan Netuveli, David BlaneThe aim of this paper is to describe the use of sequence analysis to model trajectories of life‐course economic activity status, within a broader research agenda aimed at…
Minority ethnic men in British labour market (1972‐2005)
Yaojun Li, Anthony HeathThis paper seeks to investigate ethnic disadvantages in the UK labour market in the last three decades. Design/methodology/approach – Drawing on data from the most authoritative…
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