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Occupational Prestige and Gendered Polarisation
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Social Studies. University of Gothenburg, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8638-5735
University of Gothenburg, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7635-2895
2024 (English)In: Scrutinising Polarisation: Patterns and Consequences of Occupational Transformation in the Swedish Labour Market / [ed] Tomas Berglund and Ylva Ulfsdotter Eriksson, Oxon: Routledge, 2024, p. 56-72Chapter in book (Refereed)
Sustainable development
SDG 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
Abstract [en]

Occupations are at the core of the restructuring of labour markets. It is occupations that, due to technologisation, stand the risk of being fundamentally changed or even eliminated. Occupations are the ‘backbone’ of social stratification. Financial rewards, like wages and other benefits, and symbolic rewards in terms of recognition and prestige, define the ranking of occupations in the social order. This chapter explores polarisation based on changes in how employees are distributed across the occupational prestige hierarchy, as well as how changes in the labour market have affected the prestige of occupations. Drawing on quantitative data, the chapter shows some alterations and that, despite a narrowing of the occupational prestige range, the occupational prestige score stands strong. However, there are some upgrading tendencies for women’s employment, while there are signs of polarisation for men. The increase of women in high-prestige occupations seems to have affected the prestige scores, as the negative effect from the share of women has increased over time.

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Oxon: Routledge, 2024. p. 56-72
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Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Work, Professions and Organisations
Keywords [en]
occupational prestige, polarisation, gender, status
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Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)
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Social Sciences, Sociology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-129806DOI: 10.4324/9781003412861-4Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85183057309ISBN: 9781003412861 (electronic)ISBN: 9781032536347 (print)ISBN: 9781032536361 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-129806DiVA, id: diva2:1863852
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Polariseringens utmaningar på den svenska arbetsmarknaden
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Forte, Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare, 2016-07204Available from: 2024-06-01 Created: 2024-06-01 Last updated: 2025-01-22Bibliographically approved

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