The Social Mobility of Women

A Causal Model of Socioeconomic Success

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2275902
AutoresMary Elizabeth Ayella (University of California, Berkeley), John B Williamson (0000-0001-9456-1797, Boston College)
Ano1976
Volume17
Fascículo4
Páginas534-554
Data de publicação1976-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSociological Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0038-0253 • E-ISSN: 1533-8525
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1533-8525.1976.tb01721.x
OpenAlexW1978763598
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas26

This paper extends the analysis of socioeconomic achievement initiated by Blau and Duncan and subsequently developed by both Jencks and Rainwater. The major extensions are the specification of models for female heads of household in the labor force and the inclusion of several previously neglected predictors of socioeconomic achievement including some which require panel data. Our analysis suggests that a different model is needed for females than for males and that a different model is needed for black females than for white females. The evidence also suggests that the socioeconomic success of women is more fixed by background, education, and occupational factors, and is less a function of individual ability than is the case for men. The evidence supporting this conclusion is particularly compelling for black women

Causal model · Demographic economics · Economics · Inclusion (mineral) · Population · Social class · Social mobility · Social science · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Statistics · Demography · Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Mathematics · Psychology · Social Psychology