Social Change and Innovation in the Labour Market
Evidence from the Census SARs on Occupational Segregation and Labour Mobility, Part-Time Work and Students' Jobs, Homework and Self-Employment
Published on 26. March 1998
Book
Hardback
338 pages
978-0-19-829381-1 (ISBN)
Description
In the mid-1990s the Census Office released for the first time 1% and 2% Samples of Anonymised Records (SARs) from the 1991 British Census. This pathbreaking study presents the results of the first analysis of labour market data from the new SARs, drawing comparisons with research results for the USA and other Western European countries.
The author describes a distinctive, new category of integrated occupations, employing men and women equally in highly qualified work; the diversification of part-time work; the emergence of a new category of marginal jobs; and the expansion of student jobs. Fresh insight is offered into the pay gap, social stratification, occupational differences in labour mobility, current trends in homework, travel to work patterns, self-employment and small firm creation, and the impact of housing choice on female workrates.
The book presents a case-study of pharmacists to illustrate these developments as well as an excellent introductory guide for future SAR users - warning them of pitfalls in the data, as well as pointing out advantages to be exploited.
The author describes a distinctive, new category of integrated occupations, employing men and women equally in highly qualified work; the diversification of part-time work; the emergence of a new category of marginal jobs; and the expansion of student jobs. Fresh insight is offered into the pay gap, social stratification, occupational differences in labour mobility, current trends in homework, travel to work patterns, self-employment and small firm creation, and the impact of housing choice on female workrates.
The book presents a case-study of pharmacists to illustrate these developments as well as an excellent introductory guide for future SAR users - warning them of pitfalls in the data, as well as pointing out advantages to be exploited.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
line figures, tables
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
675 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-829381-1 (9780198293811)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Content
1. Introduction ; 2. Profiles of Integrated and Segregated Occupations ; 3. Occupational Segregation, Social Stratification and the Pay Gap ; 4. Women with Discontinuous Employment Histories ; 5. A Differentiated Part-Time Workforce: Marginal Jobs, Half-Time Jobs and Reduced Hours Jobs ; 6. Working Students ; 7. Homework and Travel to Work Patterns ; 8. Small Firms and the Solo Self-Employed ; 9. The Drug Dealers: A Case Study of Pharmacy, an Integrated Occupation ; 10. Conclusions ; Annex A. Labour Market Data in the 1991 Census 1% and 2% SARs ; Annex B. 1991 Census 10% Sample Data on the Occupational Structure and Sex Ratios ; Annex C. The International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO88): occupational sex ratios and part-time work rates by type of occupation