A research agenda for skills and inequality / edited by Michael Tåhlin (professor of sociology, Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI), Stockholm University, Sweden).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tåhlin, Michael, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Elgar research agendas

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Equality--Social aspects.

Equality.

Equality--Research--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Life skills.

Vocational qualifications.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (348 pages).

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2023.

Summary:

Skills and inequality have long been a central theme in analyses of social structure and economic development. A Research Agenda for Skills and Inequality offers an insightful cross-disciplinary framework for research on how unequal living conditions form, persist and change in interplay with human skill formation and development. Drawing on prominent new advances in the field, this incisive Research Agenda builds a forward-thinking framework for research. Spanning an extensive eighteen chapters, each examining a specific but major aspect of the general theme of skills and inequality, the book provides a comprehensive overview of links between the two. Against the backdrop of established insights from related but separate fields of inquiry, including economics, sociology, demography, human resource management, political science, philosophy and psychology, the Research Agenda presents an exciting overview of recent advances in analyses of skills and inequality. Opening vistas for future research based on extensive literature reviews and new findings, this Research Agenda offers compact, ground-breaking essays for students, policy makers, and advanced researchers in many disciplines including social policy, business management, and employment relations.

Contents:

Contents: 1. Skills and inequality - Introduction and overview / Michael Tåhlin

2. Skills, class and gender / Charlotta Magnusson and Michael Tåhlin

3. Culture, skills, job tasks and inequality / George Farkas

4. Skills and structural change / Johan Westerman and Edvin Syk

5. Skills and occupational sex segregation in Europe / Amanda Almstedt Valldor and Karin Halldén

6. Skills and adult educational choice: Gender (in) equality in a new form of Swedish vocational education / Margarita Chudnovskaya, Erik Nylander, and Rebecca Ye

7. Occupational skills and subjective social status / Anton B. Andersson and Arvid Lindh

8. Skill and job quality: Polarisation in a 'liberal' economy? / Duncan Gallie

9. Occupational skills, ethnic stratification, and labor market assimilation across immigrant generations / Are Skeie Hermansen, Jon Horgen Friberg, and Arnfinn H. Midtbøen

10. Can work protect against age-related decline of cognitive skills?: An empirical test of the use-it-or-lose-it hypothesis / Mark Levels and Rolf van der Velden

11. Reconceptualizing human capital / Paula England and Nancy Folbre

12. Parental education-occupation matching and offspring earnings / Dirk Witteveen

13. Skill and power at work: A relational inequality perspective / Dustin Avent-Holt and Donald Tomaskovic-Devey

14. The meaning of job-required education / Michael J. Handel

15. Skills and educational systems / Heike Solga and Herman G. van de Werfhorst

16. Skills and collective wage bargaining / Christian Kjellström and Irene Wennemo

17. Skills and macro-level economic inequality / Tomas Korpi, Michael Tåhlin and Johan Westerman

18. Skilled work and ethics: How can we expand opportunities for meaningful work? / Andrea Veltman

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781800378469 (e-book)

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