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Title: Occupational Mobility in a Dual Economy
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Tolbert, Charles M., II |
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Occupational Mobility in a Dual Economy Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Georgia, 1980 Cohort(s): Older Men Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning Keyword(s): Career Patterns; Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Mobility One important assumption of economic segmentation theory requires that mobility between economic sectors be constrained. The present research employs a major variant of these theories--dual economy theory--in an analysis of occupational mobility. Career mobility patterns within core (oligopolistic) and periphery (competitive) economic sectors are examined with conventional occupational mobility tables and nonmetric multidimensional scaling. Results of this analysis appear to indicate greater within-sector than between-sector mobility. Similar trends are evident in an analysis of intergenerational occupational mobility as sons tend to begin their careers and to continue to work in the same economic sectors as their fathers. Further analysis suggests that the influence of economic sectors on occupational mobility cannot be reduced to individual levels of human capital. It is concluded that our understanding of mobility could be enhanced through a reorientation of contemporary individualistically-oriented theory and policy that takes account of dimensions of the social organization of production such as economic segmentation. |
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Tolbert, Charles M., II. Occupational Mobility in a Dual Economy. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Georgia, 1980. |