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Scrutinising Polarisation : Patterns and Consequences of Occupational Transformation in the Swedish Labour Market / edited by Tomas Berglund, Ylva Ulfsdotter Eriksson
Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Work, Professions and Organisations SeriesPublisher: Oxford : Routledge, 2024Description: 1 Online-Ressource (225 p.)ISBN:- 9781003412861
- 9781040033265
- 9781040033364
- 303.409485 23/eng/20241104
- HN573.5
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Summary: Through a series of empirical studies, this book scrutinizes polarization in Sweden, identifying patterns and variations in labour market transformation and exploring the consequences in terms of jobs, income, prestige, unionization, and employment security, as well the effects on different social groupsPPN: PPN: 1919909893Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-94-OAB
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: Scrutinising Polarisation: An introduction -- Introduction -- Transformation of Labour Markets -- Four Factors for Transformation -- Technological Development -- Globalisation -- Changing Labour Supply -- Institutional Changes -- The Swedish Polarisation Debate -- Some Key Concepts -- Occupation, Skills and Wages -- Polarisation -- Ethical Implications of Polarisation
Scrutinising Polarisation in Various Swedish Labour Market Contexts -- References -- Chapter 2: The Swedish Labour Market Model in Transition -- Introduction -- The Rise of the Swedish Model -- The Crisis of the Model -- The Reconstruction of the Swedish Model -- A New Macroeconomic Regime -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: The Transformation of the Occupational Structure in Sweden -- Introduction -- Perspectives of Upgrading and Polarisation -- Wages as an Indicator of Occupational Change -- Data -- Occupational Change in Sweden -- Wage quintiles and skill requirements
Job Characteristics of Wage Quintiles -- Organisational Change in the Public Sector and Polarisation -- Social Categories and Employment Conditions in Occupational Quintiles -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 4: Occupational Prestige and Gendered Polarisation -- Introduction -- Occupations and Prestige in a Transforming Labour Market -- Methods -- Employment in the Occupational Prestige Hierarchy -- Changes and Stability in Prestige Scores between 2002 and 2018 -- Structuring of the Occupational Prestige Scores -- Concluding Discussion -- References
Chapter 5: Polarised perceptions of occupational prestige? -- Introduction -- Prestige perceptions and polarisation -- Prestige perceptions -- Polarisation of prestige perceptions? -- Methods -- Uniformity and dispersion in perceptions -- Dimensions of occupational prestige perceptions -- Concluding discussion -- References -- Chapter 6: Transmitted inequalities?: The second generation and migration history penalties on the Swedish labour market -- Introduction -- The mobility patterns and penalties of the second generation -- The second generation in Sweden and changes on the labour market
Data and methods -- Labour market outcomes 2001 and 2014 -- Mobility patterns and labour market attachment -- Mobility patterns and earnings -- Concluding discussion -- References -- Chapter 7: Work environment trajectories and consequences for trends for sickness absence and occupational disorders -- Introduction -- Developments of prevention of work-related health and safety -- Social insurance compensating sickness absence and occupational injuries -- Working conditions and work-related health -- Method -- Trends in working conditions
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