Success or Selection? [The Effect of Migration on Occupational Mobility in a Dutch Province, 1840-1950.]
Year: 1998
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: . The relationship between geographical and social mobility is investigated by comparing the life courses of movers and stayers in a Dutch province in the XIXth and XX century. Intergenerational mobility is measured by comparing the occupational position of the groom at the time of his marriage with that of his father at the time of his birth. The occupation of the husband is compared with that of the bride's father and the occupation at age fifty with the occupation at marriage. Mobility tables of movers and stayers show conspicuous differences. Geographically mobile persons tended to be more mobile in an occupational sense as well. However, migration experience did not improve the chances of upward mobility. Multivariate analysis shows that occupational success was related to « selective » variables, such as father's age or his early death. Migration effects on occupational success were weak and even opposite: frequent moves decreased occupational status whereas long-distance moves increased status.
Source: Histoire & Mesure
Authors: Henk Delger, Jan Kok
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2058661102