Measuring Class Hierarchies in Postindustrial Societies: A Criterion and Construct Validation of EGP and ESEC Across 31 Countries
| Autor: | O. Smallenbroek, F. Hertel, C. Barone |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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bepress|Social and Behavioral Sciences|Sociology|Work
Economy and Organizations bepress|Social and Behavioral Sciences|Sociology SocArXiv|Social and Behavioral Sciences|Sociology SocArXiv|Social and Behavioral Sciences|Sociology|Race Gender and Class bepress|Social and Behavioral Sciences|Sociology|Quantitative Qualitative Comparative and Historical Methodologies Sociology and Political Science SocArXiv|Social and Behavioral Sciences|Sociology|Inequality Poverty and Mobility SocArXiv|Social and Behavioral Sciences|Sociology|Methodology bepress|Social and Behavioral Sciences SocArXiv|Social and Behavioral Sciences bepress|Social and Behavioral Sciences|Sociology|Inequality and Stratification SocArXiv|Social and Behavioral Sciences|Sociology|Economic Sociology Social Sciences (miscellaneous) |
| Zdroj: | Sociological Methods & Research. :004912412211345 |
| ISSN: | 1552-8294 0049-1241 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/00491241221134522 |
| Popis: | In social stratification research, the most frequently used social class schema are based on employment relations (EGP and ESEC). These schemes have been propelled to paradigms for research on social mobility and educational inequalities and applied in cross-national research for both genders. Using the European Working Conditions Survey, we examine their criterion and construct validity across 31 countries and for both genders. We investigate whether classes are welldelineated by the theoretically assumed dimensions of employment relations and we assess how several measures of occupational advantage differ across classes. We find broad similarity in the criterion validity of EGP and ESEC across genders and countries as well as satisfactory levels of construct validity. However, the salariat classes are too heterogeneous and their boundaries with the intermediate classes are blurred. To improve the measurement of social class, we propose to differentiate managerial and professional occupations within the lower and higher salariat respectively. We show that implementing these distinctions in ESEC and EGP improves their criterion validity and allows to better identify privileged positions. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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