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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"Occupational structure"”.
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The occupational structure of late Imperial China, 1736-1898
The occupational structure of late Imperial China, 1736-1898 Cheng Yang Today’s enormous global disparities in national average income levels are overwhelmingly a product of differential rates of economic growth over the last 200 years. China was the world’s most developed economy at the beginning …
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The male occupational structure of England and Wales, 1600-1850
… builds on existing work by members of the ‘Occupational Structure of Britain 1379-1911’ project, led by Leigh Shaw-Taylor and E.A. Wrigley. It addresses three central problems of the project, namely (a) the lack of geographical and temporal coverage by the project’s existing data sources …
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The occupational structure of the Yangtze Valley in the twentieth century
… which allows me to reconstruct the changing occupational structure of twentieth-century China. Jiapu record individual-level information of descent groups with a common ancestor together with biographies detailing the life course of some members. The value of this source for studies of …
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eThekwini's changing occupational structure : a question of deindustrialization and racial inequality
… has had different effects on the occupational structure of South African cities. Some have argued for a polarisation of the occupational structure, where the decline of the manufacturing sector is argued to result in a loss of middle-income jobs. This is accompanied by large growth …
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QUALIFICATION MISMATCH AND OCCUPATIONAL CHANGE: THE ROLE OF DEMAND, SUPPLY AND INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS IN EXPLAINING CROSS-NATIONAL VARIATIONS
The occupational structure of advanced economies has undergone significant changes over the past decades. On the demand side, technological change intensified and has been considered the main driver behind these transformations, with competing predictions concerning its impact on society. On the …
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Differing responses to an industrialising economy: occupations in rural communities in the Heart of England from the Restoration to the Railway Age (c. 1660 – c. 1840). Male occupational structure in the hinterland of the market town of Alcester, Warwickshire
This is a study of male occupational structure in the hinterland of the market town of Alcester, Warwickshire, c.1660 – c.1840. Various primary sources are used including the 1841 census, probate records, marriage licences and parish registers in order to compare occupations in thirty-six rural …
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The Growth of Trade Unionism in the London clearing banks, 1960-1970:a sociological interpretation
… attention is concentrated on the internal occupational structure of banking and the changing characteristics of the labour force recruited to this structure. It is argued that the increasingly bureaucratized and feminized character of bank employment during the 'sixties was the central …
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Social and Cultural Influences on Nontraditional Students' Decision to Seek Higher Education
… students are reacting to changes in the occupational structure of the United States. The six propositions of social exchange theory developed by George Homans were used to guide the research. A questionnaire was distributed to the entire population of full-time nontraditional …
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Each child brings its own fortune : an enquiry into the value of children in a Javanese village
… of a community in central Java, with a mixed occupational structure which gives rise to socioeconomic contrasts that are related to perceptions of the value of children. These, in turn, are related to the fertility and family planning behaviour of community members. Various issues of …
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Each child brings its own fortune : an enquiry into the value of children in a Javanese village
… of a community in central Java, with a mixed occupational structure which gives rise to socioeconomic contrasts that are related to perceptions of the value of children. These, in turn, are related to the fertility and family planning behaviour of community members. Various issues of …
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William Faulkner as Sociologist: An Adventure in the Sociology of Literature
… the regionalism, social class and mobility, and occupational structure as reflected in his major literary themes, symbolic constructions and character developments
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A demographic, economic and social analysis of the immigrant Irish community in the township of Birkenhead, 1841-1877
… the size of the settlement, household size and structure, age profileand occupational structure. To facilitate comparison with the host population, a 10 per cent random sample of non-Irish households has been collected from the same census years and similarly analysed. In addition to …
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An examination of the Halifax textile industry in a period of intense technological change, 1700 to 1850
… inhabitants resorted to industry. By 1700 the occupational structure indicates exceptional industrialisation. The study examines developments as additional products were introduced, each with distinct origins and technology, and industry transferred from cottages to factories. In 1700 Halifax …
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The structure and development of commercial gardening businesses in Fulham and Hammersmith, Middlesex, c. 1680-1861..
… and 1861. The dissertation exploits sources with occupational descriptors, including livery company apprentice registers, bankruptcies and insolvencies, clandestine marriage registers, Bank of England accounts, and fire insurance policies, not used previously for a statistical examination of …
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What is a ‘Good’ Job? Cultural Logics of Occupational Prestige
… way that inequality is reproduced in the occupational structure. While much research has been devoted to the causes and consequences of material valuation of occupations (especially pay), this overemphasis on class has neglected status. Sociologists have traditionally measured status …
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Technologies, labour markets and workers: three essays on the consequences of technological change on labour
… organization of work across labour markets and occupational groups. It combines a comparative cross-national perspective with case-study evidence from Germany in order to capture the labour market dynamics related to technological change at both the macro and micro levels. Substantively, the …
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Relaciones humanas the potential for public relations practitioners as cultural intermediaries in Mexico City.
… understand the make-up of public relations as an occupational culture. It explores the values and experiences relevant to practitioners and emphasises the need to recognise the role of practitioners as intermediaries in the development of society. In contrast to the prevalence of …
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Essays in Empirical Microeconomics
… played by local production, consumption and city structures; the standard of living enjoyed by workers with different human capitals; and policy recommendations for the future minimum wage law and city planning regulations. I use local occupation and geographic information to assess how highly …
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Explaining changes in post-apartheid income and earnings inequality
… in labour market participation, employment, occupational structure and unobserved characteristics. The results show that key drivers of an increase in earnings inequality between 1993 and 2012 were changes in the endowments of working age individuals. This effect was partially counteracted by …
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A comparison of the vocational training system of Britain and West Germany as experienced by minimum-age school leavers.
The sectoral and occupational structure of Britain and West Germany has increasingly changed over the last fifty years from a manual manufacturing based to a non-manual service sector based one. There has been a trend towards more managerial and less menial type occupations. Britain employs a …
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