Abstract
This chapter presents the importance of considering mobility in a multidimensional context. It highlights the utility of a multilevel view of social structure. The chapter examines the degree of career mobility that actually occurs between economic sectors. It proposes a specific test with respect to career mobility for an industrial segmentation model. The chapter suggests that a labor market segmentation model presupposes easy movement within segments and immobility between segments. It also proposes that industry mobility tests must factor out occupational persistence. The chapter also examines the structure of an industrial mobility table within cells of an occupational mobility table. Mobility tables have reclaimed their place alongside regression models of status attainment in the study of social mobility. Mobility is an important assumption underlying any hypothesis regarding labor market segmentation. The requirements of labor market segmentation theory correspond closely with statistical for models for collapsing categories in mobility tables.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Industries, Firms, and Jobs |
Subtitle of host publication | Sociological and Economic Approaches: Expanded Edition |
Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
Pages | 43-63 |
Number of pages | 21 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781351512688 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780202304809 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2017 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance(all)
- General Business, Management and Accounting