Occupational closure and wage inequality: How occupational closure effects vary between workers

Abstract: Occupational closure continuously establishes, contests, or reinforces institutional boundaries around occupations. Occupational closure thereby interferes with wage-setting processes in the labor market. Recent research shows a substantial impact of occupational closure on wage determination processes in Germany. However, research on occupational closure is based on the assumption that all incumbents of an occupation benefit in the same way. We challenge this assumption by showing that occupational closure works differently for different workers. Using the 2006 sample of the German Structure of Earnings Survey, we distinguish nine worker profiles (three educational groups crossed with three career stages). For each of these profiles we investigate the effects of five closure sources (credentialism, standardization, licensure, representation by occupational associations, and unionization) on the expected mean wages of occupations, employing a two-step multilevel regression model. O

Object Details

• Alternative title: Berufliche Schließung und Lohnungleichheit: Wie berufliche Schließungseffekte zwischen Arbeitnehmergruppen variieren
• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Postprint ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; In: Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie ; 72 (2020) Suppl. 1 ; 157-195

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Mannheim
• (who): SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
• (when): 2020
• Creator: Giesecke, Johannes ; Groß, Martin ; Stuth, Stefan

Further information

• DOI: 10.1007/s11577-020-00677-0
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022090813101720795196
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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