Occupational origin effects on wage and market income (inequality): the cases of Spain and Germany

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• dc.contributor.author Giangregorio, Luca
• dc.date.accessioned 2024-01-08T06:55:26Z
• dc.date.available 2024-01-08T06:55:26Z
• dc.date.issued 2023
• dc.description.abstract Most of the economic and sociological literature focuses on the role of social origin background on class, or wage outcomes. Yet, two individuals may have similar wages, but very different market incomes, so that the role of social origin may differ between these two individuals. This paper aims to explore the social origin associations – net of individual occupation – on two types of monetary outcomes: standard annual salaries and market income. The study compares Spain and Germany to analyse variations in social origin associations within their distinct labour market structures and institutional frameworks. Using unconditional quantile regressions, the findings reveal that Spain exhibits a significant “residual effect of social origins” on both wage and market income. Spain also demonstrates significant class-ceiling effects, signalling barriers to upward mobility. Conversely, Germany shows a limited residual origin correlation and no significant class barriers, aligning well with the human capital theory. Additionally, Spain experiences a significant increase in inequality between 2002 and 2017, primarily attributed to changes in the characteristics of the labour market structure. On the other hand, Germany is again found to be a more mobile country with no significant dynamic changes in inequalities.
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• dc.identifier.citation Giangregorio L. Occupational origin effects on wage and market income (inequality): the cases of Spain and Germany. Res Soc Stratif Mobil. 2023;87:100838. DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2023.100838
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2023.100838
• dc.identifier.issn 0276-5624
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/58631
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Elsevier
• dc.relation.ispartof Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. 2023;87:100838.
• dc.rights © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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• dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• dc.subject.keyword Social origin effect
• dc.subject.keyword Intergenerational transmission
• dc.subject.keyword Income inequality
• dc.subject.keyword Labour markets
• dc.title Occupational origin effects on wage and market income (inequality): the cases of Spain and Germany
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