Unemployment in early career in the UK: a trap or a stepping stone?

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In this article, I analyse the consequences of unemployment on the re-entry occupational status and subsequent occupational status growth of different educational groups in the first years of employment in the UK. I argue that phases of unemployment mean different things for different educational groups. The sequential nature of job offers causes job searchers either to accept a job offer immediately or to wait for the next offer. Higher aspirations and higher levels of savings mean that high-educated people are more likely to wait until they are offered a job that improves their occupational position. In the case of low-educated workers, however, waiting for a better job offer might not be the best strategy, because they might never get one; in addition, the low level of unemployment benefits from previous salaries, the regime of sanctions linked to the right to receive unemployment benefits and low household incomes push them into employment. I use growth curve models and parameterize in one model both the pre-unemployment and the post-unemployment phases. Based on British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) data, the results confirm my argumentation: high-educated people gain status while low-educated entrants lose status upon re-entering the labour market after unemployment.

Angaben zum Objekt

• ISSN: 1502-3869
• Umfang: Seite(n): 251-265
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anmerkungen: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Acta Sociologica, 54(3)

Klassifikation und Themen

• Thema: Wirtschaft ; Berufsforschung, Berufssoziologie ; Berufseinmündung ; Arbeitnehmer ; Arbeitslosigkeit ; Bildungsabschluss ; Berufsverlauf ; hoch Qualifizierter ; niedrig Qualifizierter ; Arbeitsuche ; Karriere ; Beruf ; soziale Position ; berufliche Reintegration ; beruflicher Aufstieg ; beruflicher Abstieg ; Großbritannien

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Schmelzer, Paul
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wo): Vereinigtes Königreich
• (wann): 2011

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0001699311412626
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-405328
• Rechteinformation: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 21.06.2024, 16:26 MESZ