In a business environment characterized by labor shortages, the under-utilization of existing
potential is a problem for both companies and governments. Nevertheless, the development …

In this paper, we use multilevel growth-curve analysis to model occupational stratification
across West German careers for cohorts born between 1919 and 1971. We argue that a life …

Most research on social inequalities in higher education (HE) graduates' labour market
outcomes has analysed outcomes at one or two points in time, thus providing only …

This study develops an empirically based typology of life course regimes using data on life
histories of individuals in 14 European countries from the third wave of the Survey of Health …

The article examines trends of social inequalities in educational attainment in the second
half of the twentieth century in Italy, comparing two approaches. The traditional approach …

This study develops and applies a framework for analyzing variability in individuals'
occupational prestige trajectories and changes in average variability between birth cohorts …

Using retrospective occupational biography data from West Germany and Sweden we
analyze gender inequalities in occupational careers in three birth cohorts (1920s to early …

Recent studies document a social-origins gap or direct effect of social origin (DESO) on
labour market outcomes over and above respondents' education, challenging the idea that …

Research on stratification and mobility has consistently shown that in the UK there is a direct
impact of social origin on occupational destination net of educational attainment even for …

This paper investigates how labour market flexibilisation strengthens the role of social origin
in conditioning inter-and intragenerational mobility chances. Drawing on the upper-class …