Journal article
Age Stratification at Work: Trends in Occupational Age Segregation in the United States, 1950-2000
Research in social stratification and mobility, Vol.24(3), pp.299-310
11/01/2006
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/104678
Abstract
This paper adjudicates between competing accounts of recent trends in the amount & patterning of occupational age segregation. These accounts rely on narratives about: (1) the decline of age-graded mobility, (2) the rise of occupational volatility, & (3) the existence of dual labor markets, in particular increasingly bimodal age distributions in low-skill occupations. Using new log-multiplicative models & related methods, the findings show that overall age segregation declined between 1950 & 1990, which is consistent with the decline of age-graded mobility. Among women, though not among men, the findings show increasingly bimodal age distributions in particular low-skill occupations, which is consistent with a dual labor market. Starting in 1990, age segregation increased among men & may have increased among women, which is consistent with the occupational volatility narrative. Tables, Figures, References. [Copyright 2006 Elsevier Ltd.]
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- Title
- Age Stratification at Work: Trends in Occupational Age Segregation in the United States, 1950-2000
- Creators
- Alair MacLean
- Publication Details
- Research in social stratification and mobility, Vol.24(3), pp.299-310
- Academic Unit
- Sociology, Department of
- Identifiers
- 99900546860801842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article