Mathieu Ferry
Biographic Data
| ID | 3840596 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mathieu Ferry |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mathieu |
| FAMILY NAME | Ferry |
| SIGNATURE | FERRY M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9588-6032 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Assimilation or third-generation disadvantage? Educational and occupational attainment among the grandchildren of immigrants in France
The grandchildren of immigrants have long been regarded as a litmus test for whether immigrant-origin populations successfully incorporate into the destination societies. Yet, we know very little about the ‘new’ third generation—that is, the grandchildren of immigrants who immigrated in the postwar era to Europe. Here, we rely on new, large-scale French data providing a unique opportunity to study the socioeconomic attainment of third-generation …
Le prix du végétarisme. Légitimité et autonomie culturelle de la caste en Inde contemporaine
Dans l’Inde contemporaine, le végétarisme reste un marqueur social de la religion et de la position de caste. L’abstinence à la consommation d’aliments non-végétariens (les viandes, les poissons et les œufs) est d’autant plus forte que les ménages appartiennent à une caste hindoue de statut social élevé, et est particulièrement importante au sein des castes brahmanes. Mais le rôle distinctif de ce régime alimentaire interroge dans une société mar…
Shades of Égalité: Educational Mobility and Ethnoracial Hierarchy Over Three Generations in France
The long-term incorporation of immigrant-origin populations is a crucial question in liberal democracies. While much research has focused on the second generation, less is known about the grandchildren of immigrants. Investigating this “third generation” is key to assessing whether migration societies offer equal opportunity to their members regardless of their origins—that is, whether family background shapes life chances in a similar way among …
Immigration et mobilité sociale: Revue de la littérature internationale sur les tendances observées et leurs mécanismes explicatifs
Dans cet article, nous passons en revue la littérature empirique internationale sur la mobilité sociale intergénérationnelle au sein des familles immigrées. Si les immigrés connaissent souvent un déclassement social à leur arrivée dans le pays de destination, leurs enfants sont plus susceptibles de connaître une mobilité ascendante en termes de diplôme et de statut professionnel. Cependant, la mobilité relative, ou fluidité sociale, correspondant…
Who do they think you are? Inconsistencies in self- and proxy-reports of education within families
Estimates of intergenerational educational mobility are generally computed using a combination of self- and proxy-reports of one’s and one’s parents’ education. Such reports are easily collected, offering a cost-effective alternative to collecting multiple self-reports or register data. However, the bias that proxy-reports could introduce in the measurement of intergenerational educational mobility is rarely assessed. Our study fills this gap and…
Which Degree for Which Occupation? Vertical and Horizontal Mismatch Among Immigrants, Their Children, and Grandchildren in France
Prior research has found that immigrants are often overeducated: their educational attainment is higher than required or commonly observed in their occupation. Yet, less is known about the education–occupation mismatch among immigrants’ children and grandchildren (the second and third generations). Using the French Trajectories and Origins 2 (TeO2, 2019–2020) survey, we test theoretically grounded hypotheses on the level of vertical (educational …
Divya Vaid. Uneven Odds: Social Mobility in Contemporary India
Despite the existence of a large body of literature on intergenerational social mobility within Indian society, UnEven Odds by sociologist Divya Vaid offers a unique contribution to the field. \nIt is the first comprehensive study of the whole country that theoretically questions and quantitatively tests the links between class of origin and destination, as well as caste and gender identities, and rural-urban locations. \n\nUnEven Odds is not onl…
Where Does Ascribed Privilege Get You in? Structural and Net Effects of Caste and Religious Belonging in India
Socio-economically advantaged upper castes tend to claim that Indian society is 'post-caste', suggesting that individuals from historically marginalized castes and religious groups do not face specific social barriers when attempting to move into white-collar positions. Alleged intergenerational mobility and the emergence of a 'new middle class' related to the growth of the private sector is widely used to counter affirmative action initiatives i…
What goes around meat eating, comes around: Vegetarianism as a status marker in contemporary India
Le prix de la chair : le végétarisme comme marqueur statutaire dans l'Inde contemporaine Depuis 2010, plus de deux cent cas de violence liés à la vente ou à la consommation présumée de bœuf ou de produits non végétariens, à l'encontre de minorités religieuses et de basses castes, ont eu lieu en Inde. Comment l’alimentation peut-elle déclencher des attaques aussi violentes ? En étudiant les transformations de la structure sociale, ma thèse suggère…
What’s India’s Beef with Meat? Hindu Orthopraxis and Food Transition in India Since the 1980 s
Does development affect food practices? The nutrition transition model correlates positively meat consumption levels with gross domestic product per capita, except in India. In this article, I analyze food diets in this country since the 1980s by mapping out households’ practices in animal product consumption depending on their social positions. Applying multiple factor analysis on the Consumer Expenditures data of the National Sample Survey Offi…
Héritiers, aristocrates d’entreprise et « méritocrates »: L’espace social du grand patronat en Inde
Cet article présente une analyse de l’espace social des présidents et directeurs généraux des 100 plus importantes entreprises indiennes en 2012, en mobilisant une analyse des correspondances multiples (ACM). L’analyse vise à comprendre les divisions internes au champ du pouvoir économique, en examinant les clivages en termes de capital scolaire, de capital hérité (capital familial), de capital social (en tirant partie d’une analyse de réseau de …
Heirs, corporate aristocrats and 'Meritocrats: The social space of top CEOs and Chairmen in India
This article proposes an analysis of the social space inhabited by the CEOs and Chairmen of the top 100 Indian companies in 2012, using a Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA). The analysis aims to understand the internal divisions to be found in the field of economic power, by looking at the divisions along the lines of educational capital, inherited capital (family capital), caste and social capital (drawing on a network analysis of interlocki…
Seeking the Indian Social Space: A Multidimensional Portrait of the Stratifications of Indian Society
This article takes as its specific starting point the idea that the Indian society constitutes a relational space, marked by the interdependency of various sub-spaces. It more precisely aims at producing a synthetic representation of the Indian social space. In order to do so, we draw upon the 2011-2012 data from the “Household Consumer Expenditure” survey of the National Sample Survey Office. The analysis leads us to produce a multidimensional t…
When Cracking the JEE is not Enough: Processes of Elimination and Differentiation, from Entry to Placement, in the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs)
Exempted from the application of reservation policies at first, the Indian Institutes of Technology tend to be perceived as institutions that produce a meritocratic elite, freed from the contingencies related to caste and their political exploitation. However, some former students, products of this institution that was marked by a very strong social homogeneity when it was first conceived, see the introduction of quotas for the Scheduled Castes (…
Heirs, corporate aristocrats and 'Meritocrats: The social space of top CEOs and Chairmen in India
This article proposes an analysis of the social space inhabited by the CEOs and Chairmen of the top 100 Indian companies in 2012, using a Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA). The analysis aims to understand the internal divisions to be found in the field of economic power, by looking at the divisions along the lines of educational capital, inherited capital (family capital), caste and social capital (drawing on a network analysis of interlocki…
When Cracking the JEE is not Enough: Processes of Elimination and Differentiation, from Entry to Placement, in the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs)
Exempted from the application of reservation policies at first, the Indian Institutes of Technology tend to be perceived as institutions that produce a meritocratic elite, freed from the contingencies related to caste and their political exploitation. However, some former students, products of this institution that was marked by a very strong social homogeneity when it was first conceived, see the introduction of quotas for the Scheduled Castes (…
Which Degree for Which Occupation? Vertical and Horizontal Mismatch Among Immigrants, Their Children, and Grandchildren in France
Prior research has found that immigrants are often overeducated: their educational attainment is higher than required or commonly observed in their occupation. Yet, less is known about the education–occupation mismatch among immigrants’ children and grandchildren (the second and third generations). Using the French Trajectories and Origins 2 (TeO2, 2019–2020) survey, we test theoretically grounded hypotheses on the level of vertical (educational …
What’s India’s Beef with Meat? Hindu Orthopraxis and Food Transition in India Since the 1980 s
Does development affect food practices? The nutrition transition model correlates positively meat consumption levels with gross domestic product per capita, except in India. In this article, I analyze food diets in this country since the 1980s by mapping out households’ practices in animal product consumption depending on their social positions. Applying multiple factor analysis on the Consumer Expenditures data of the National Sample Survey Offi…
Shades of Égalité: Educational Mobility and Ethnoracial Hierarchy Over Three Generations in France
The long-term incorporation of immigrant-origin populations is a crucial question in liberal democracies. While much research has focused on the second generation, less is known about the grandchildren of immigrants. Investigating this “third generation” is key to assessing whether migration societies offer equal opportunity to their members regardless of their origins—that is, whether family background shapes life chances in a similar way among …
Seeking the Indian Social Space: A Multidimensional Portrait of the Stratifications of Indian Society
This article takes as its specific starting point the idea that the Indian society constitutes a relational space, marked by the interdependency of various sub-spaces. It more precisely aims at producing a synthetic representation of the Indian social space. In order to do so, we draw upon the 2011-2012 data from the “Household Consumer Expenditure” survey of the National Sample Survey Office. The analysis leads us to produce a multidimensional t…
When Cracking the JEE is not Enough: Processes of Elimination and Differentiation, from Entry to Placement, in the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs)
Exempted from the application of reservation policies at first, the Indian Institutes of Technology tend to be perceived as institutions that produce a meritocratic elite, freed from the contingencies related to caste and their political exploitation. However, some former students, products of this institution that was marked by a very strong social homogeneity when it was first conceived, see the introduction of quotas for the Scheduled Castes (…
Héritiers, aristocrates d’entreprise et « méritocrates »: L’espace social du grand patronat en Inde
Cet article présente une analyse de l’espace social des présidents et directeurs généraux des 100 plus importantes entreprises indiennes en 2012, en mobilisant une analyse des correspondances multiples (ACM). L’analyse vise à comprendre les divisions internes au champ du pouvoir économique, en examinant les clivages en termes de capital scolaire, de capital hérité (capital familial), de capital social (en tirant partie d’une analyse de réseau de …
Heirs, corporate aristocrats and 'Meritocrats: The social space of top CEOs and Chairmen in India
This article proposes an analysis of the social space inhabited by the CEOs and Chairmen of the top 100 Indian companies in 2012, using a Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA). The analysis aims to understand the internal divisions to be found in the field of economic power, by looking at the divisions along the lines of educational capital, inherited capital (family capital), caste and social capital (drawing on a network analysis of interlocki…
Seeking the Indian Social Space: A Multidimensional Portrait of the Stratifications of Indian Society
This article takes as its specific starting point the idea that the Indian society constitutes a relational space, marked by the interdependency of various sub-spaces. It more precisely aims at producing a synthetic representation of the Indian social space. In order to do so, we draw upon the 2011-2012 data from the “Household Consumer Expenditure” survey of the National Sample Survey Office. The analysis leads us to produce a multidimensional t…
What’s India’s Beef with Meat? Hindu Orthopraxis and Food Transition in India Since the 1980 s
Does development affect food practices? The nutrition transition model correlates positively meat consumption levels with gross domestic product per capita, except in India. In this article, I analyze food diets in this country since the 1980s by mapping out households’ practices in animal product consumption depending on their social positions. Applying multiple factor analysis on the Consumer Expenditures data of the National Sample Survey Offi…
What goes around meat eating, comes around: Vegetarianism as a status marker in contemporary India
Le prix de la chair : le végétarisme comme marqueur statutaire dans l'Inde contemporaine Depuis 2010, plus de deux cent cas de violence liés à la vente ou à la consommation présumée de bœuf ou de produits non végétariens, à l'encontre de minorités religieuses et de basses castes, ont eu lieu en Inde. Comment l’alimentation peut-elle déclencher des attaques aussi violentes ? En étudiant les transformations de la structure sociale, ma thèse suggère…
Divya Vaid. Uneven Odds: Social Mobility in Contemporary India
Despite the existence of a large body of literature on intergenerational social mobility within Indian society, UnEven Odds by sociologist Divya Vaid offers a unique contribution to the field. \nIt is the first comprehensive study of the whole country that theoretically questions and quantitatively tests the links between class of origin and destination, as well as caste and gender identities, and rural-urban locations. \n\nUnEven Odds is not onl…
Where Does Ascribed Privilege Get You in? Structural and Net Effects of Caste and Religious Belonging in India
Socio-economically advantaged upper castes tend to claim that Indian society is 'post-caste', suggesting that individuals from historically marginalized castes and religious groups do not face specific social barriers when attempting to move into white-collar positions. Alleged intergenerational mobility and the emergence of a 'new middle class' related to the growth of the private sector is widely used to counter affirmative action initiatives i…
Which Degree for Which Occupation? Vertical and Horizontal Mismatch Among Immigrants, Their Children, and Grandchildren in France
Prior research has found that immigrants are often overeducated: their educational attainment is higher than required or commonly observed in their occupation. Yet, less is known about the education–occupation mismatch among immigrants’ children and grandchildren (the second and third generations). Using the French Trajectories and Origins 2 (TeO2, 2019–2020) survey, we test theoretically grounded hypotheses on the level of vertical (educational …
Le prix du végétarisme. Légitimité et autonomie culturelle de la caste en Inde contemporaine
Dans l’Inde contemporaine, le végétarisme reste un marqueur social de la religion et de la position de caste. L’abstinence à la consommation d’aliments non-végétariens (les viandes, les poissons et les œufs) est d’autant plus forte que les ménages appartiennent à une caste hindoue de statut social élevé, et est particulièrement importante au sein des castes brahmanes. Mais le rôle distinctif de ce régime alimentaire interroge dans une société mar…
Shades of Égalité: Educational Mobility and Ethnoracial Hierarchy Over Three Generations in France
The long-term incorporation of immigrant-origin populations is a crucial question in liberal democracies. While much research has focused on the second generation, less is known about the grandchildren of immigrants. Investigating this “third generation” is key to assessing whether migration societies offer equal opportunity to their members regardless of their origins—that is, whether family background shapes life chances in a similar way among …
Immigration et mobilité sociale: Revue de la littérature internationale sur les tendances observées et leurs mécanismes explicatifs
Dans cet article, nous passons en revue la littérature empirique internationale sur la mobilité sociale intergénérationnelle au sein des familles immigrées. Si les immigrés connaissent souvent un déclassement social à leur arrivée dans le pays de destination, leurs enfants sont plus susceptibles de connaître une mobilité ascendante en termes de diplôme et de statut professionnel. Cependant, la mobilité relative, ou fluidité sociale, correspondant…
Who do they think you are? Inconsistencies in self- and proxy-reports of education within families
Estimates of intergenerational educational mobility are generally computed using a combination of self- and proxy-reports of one’s and one’s parents’ education. Such reports are easily collected, offering a cost-effective alternative to collecting multiple self-reports or register data. However, the bias that proxy-reports could introduce in the measurement of intergenerational educational mobility is rarely assessed. Our study fills this gap and…
Assimilation or third-generation disadvantage? Educational and occupational attainment among the grandchildren of immigrants in France
The grandchildren of immigrants have long been regarded as a litmus test for whether immigrant-origin populations successfully incorporate into the destination societies. Yet, we know very little about the ‘new’ third generation—that is, the grandchildren of immigrants who immigrated in the postwar era to Europe. Here, we rely on new, large-scale French data providing a unique opportunity to study the socioeconomic attainment of third-generation …
Sociology (8 works) · Economics (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Social science (5 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Immigration (4 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (3 works) · Demographic economics (3 works) · Educational attainment (3 works) · Geography (3 works)