Social change and status attainment among men and women in contemporary Poland

Bibliographic Data

ID3059934
AuthorsDaniel H Krymkowski, Henryk Domaáski
Year1997
Volume36
Issue4
Pages641-666
Publication date1997-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Science Information (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0539-0184 • E-ISSN: 1461-7412
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/053901897036004004
OpenAlexW2043224460
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited21

This paper tests hypotheses concerning the relationship between social change and occupational and earnings attainment among men and women in contemporary Poland. Utilizing national-level survey data from 1982, 1987, and 1991-3, we examine the effects of social background, educational attainment, and work experience on occupational prestige and earnings. Findings from regression and multilevel models reveal complex patterns of stability and change over time, and a number of interesting results emerge. Most significantly, the effect of years of education on both earnings and occupational prestige was fairly stable before 1989, but has been increasing - concurrently with the rise in the share of the private sector - since the end of state socialism. This increase occurred only among workers outside the service sector of the economy, however. In addition, the results for men and women are highly similar

Demographic economics · Earnings · Economic growth · Economics · Educational attainment · Multilevel model · Occupational prestige · Population · Prestige · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Status attainment · Demography · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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