The importance of specificity in occupation‐based social classifications

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Bibliography: Lambert, P.S., Leai Larry Tan, K., Prandy, K., Gayle, V., Max Bergman, M., 2008. The importance of specificity in occupation‐based social classifications. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy 28, 179–192. https://doi.org/10.1108/01443330810881231

Authors:: Robert M. Blackburn, Paul S. Lambert, Koon Leai Larry Tan, Kenneth Prandy, Vernon Gayle, Manfred Max Bergman

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Purpose – This paper aims to present reasons why social classifications which use occupations should seek to adopt ‘‘specific’’ approaches which are tailored to the country, time period and gender of the subjects under study.

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⭐ Important

& Hout and DiPrete (2006) highlight the ‘‘Treiman constant’’ as the single most important empirical generalization to be confirmed through the long history of social stratification studies that they review. The ‘‘con stant’’ is the idea that occupational positions have the same meanings across dif ferent countries and time periods (Treiman, 1977). (p. 3)