The Structure of Inequality and the Process of Attainment. Discussion Paper 364-76. [Report No.: IRP-DP-364-76

Autor/in	Sorensen, Aage B.
Institution	Wisconsin Univ., Madison. Inst. for Research on Poverty.
Titel	The Structure of Inequality and the Process of Attainment. Discussion Paper 364-76. [Report No.: IRP-DP-364-76
Quelle	(1976), (42 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Economic Opportunities; Economic Research; Income; Job Skills; Labor Economics; Labor Force; Labor Market; Labor Supply; Mathematical Models; Occupational Mobility; Social Mobility; Social Structure; Socioeconomic Status + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wirtschaftsforschung; Einkommen; Produktive Fertigkeit; Arbeitsökonomie; Labour force; Arbeitskraft; Erwerbsbevölkerung; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Labour Supply; Arbeitskräfteangebot; Mathematical model; Mathematisches Modell; Berufliche Mobilität; Soziale Mobilität; Sozialstruktur; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status
Abstract	This paper proposes a model for the process of attaining occupational status and income, where change in attainment is generated by the creation of vacant positions in social structure. The distribution of attainments, or the structure of inequality, is assumed fixed and described by a simple exponential or geometric distribution function, depending on whether attainment levels are assumed discrete or continuous. Persons leaving the labor force create chains of vacancies in this structure that present mobility opportunities for persons entering the labor force. The implications of the model for the attainment process derived from these considerations for status attainment research and stochastic models for job-mobility are discussed. (Author/JM)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01