TY - JOUR
T1 - Testing the modernization hypothesis and the socialist ideology hypothesis
T2 - a comparative sibling analysis of educational attainment and occupational status
AU - Sieben, Inge
AU - Graaf, Paul M. de
N1 - Relation: http://www.rug.nl/
date_submitted:2006
Rights: University of Groningen
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - In this study, we present a comparative sibling analysis. This enables us to test two major social mobility hypotheses, i.e. the modernization hypothesis and the socialist ideology hypothesis. We employ survey data on brothers in England, Hungary, the Netherlands, Scotland, Spain, and the USA, covering a historical period from 1916 till 1990. Results show that the effects of parental social class on educational attainment are smaller in technologically advanced societies, and that the effects of parental social class on occupational status are smaller in socialdemocratic and communist societies. In addition, the total family impact on occupational status declines with modernization. But overall, we observe that the family of origin has not lost its importance for its sons’ educational attainment and occupational status yet.
AB - In this study, we present a comparative sibling analysis. This enables us to test two major social mobility hypotheses, i.e. the modernization hypothesis and the socialist ideology hypothesis. We employ survey data on brothers in England, Hungary, the Netherlands, Scotland, Spain, and the USA, covering a historical period from 1916 till 1990. Results show that the effects of parental social class on educational attainment are smaller in technologically advanced societies, and that the effects of parental social class on occupational status are smaller in socialdemocratic and communist societies. In addition, the total family impact on occupational status declines with modernization. But overall, we observe that the family of origin has not lost its importance for its sons’ educational attainment and occupational status yet.
KW - comparative research
KW - sibling analysis
KW - status attainment
KW - Social stratification
U2 - 10.1080/00071310120071133
DO - 10.1080/00071310120071133
M3 - Article
VL - 52
SP - 441
JO - British Journal of Sociology
JF - British Journal of Sociology
IS - 3
ER -