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Like my father before me: intergenerational occupational status transfer during industrialization (Zeeland, 1811–1915)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2009

RICHARD L. ZIJDEMAN
RICHARD L. ZIJDEMAN
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Interuniversity Centre for Social Science Theory and Methodology/Department of Sociology, Utrecht University.
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Abstract

This article studies the influence of macro-level developments on intergenerational status transfer in the Dutch province of Zeeland between 1811 and 1915. Hypotheses on the effects of industrialization, educational expansion, mass communication, urbanization, geographical mobility, and mass transport are derived from conflicting theories. The influences of these contextual characteristics on status attainment are tested using hierarchical linear models, incorporating data on some 40,000 fathers and sons in over 100 municipalities. The results show regional as well as temporal differences in the association between a father's and a son's occupational status. In contrast to what is supposed by the logic of industrialism thesis, hardly any of the macro-level developments decreased the influence of a father's occupational status on that of his son. On the contrary, a father's status became more influential in the more industrialized areas.

Comme mon père avant moi: le transfert du statut professionnel entre générations en période d'industrialisation en zélande, 1811–1915

Nous étudions ici l'influence qu'a pu avoir le développement macro-économique sur le transfert du statut professionnel de père à fils dans la province hollandaise de Zélande entre 1811 et 1915. Les effets de l'industrialisation, le développement de l'éducation, l'urbanisation, la mobilité géographique ainsi que les communications et transports de masse ont suscité des hypothèses relevant de théories contradictoires. Nous étudions l'influence qu'ont pu avoir ces aspects du contexte social sur le statut professionnel des individus en recourant à des modèles linéaires hiérarchiques, à partir de données concernant quelque 40,000 pères et fils dans plus de cent municipalités. Il en ressort des différences selon les régions et les époques concernant le lien entre les statuts professionnels du père et celui du fils. Contrairement à ce que permettrait de supposer la logique de la thèse industrialiste, on observe qu'aucun des changements au niveau macro-économique, ou presque, n'a sapé l'influence du statut professionnel du père sur celui du fils. Au contraire cette influence a même pu s'accroître dans nombre de zones industrialisées.

Wie schon mein vater vor mir: intergenerationaler transfer des beruflichen status während der industrialisierung (zeeland, 1811–1915)

Dieser Beitrag untersucht, inwiefern Entwicklungen auf der Makro-Ebene den intergenerationellen Statustransfer in der holländischen Provinz Zeeland zwischen 1811 und 1915 beeinflusst haben. Aus konkurrierenden Theorien werden Hypothesen über die Wirkungen der Industrialisierung, der Bildungsexpansion, der Massenkommunikation, der Urbanisierung, der geographischen Mobilität und des Massenverkehrs abgeleitet. Der Einfluss dieser kontextuellen Merkmale auf den erzielten sozialen Status wird mit Hilfe hierarchischer linearer Modelle getestet, wobei Daten über etwa 40,000 Väter und Söhne in über 100 Städten einfließen. Die Ergebnisse zeigen sowohl regionale als auch zeitliche Unterschiede in der Verbindung zwischen dem beruflichen Status von Vater und Sohn. Im Gegensatz zu den Annahmen, die sich aus der Logik der Industrialisierungsthese ergeben, verringerte kaum eine der Entwicklungen auf der Makro-Ebene den Einfluss, den der berufliche Status des Vaters auf den des Sohnes ausübte. Im Gegenteil, in stärker industrialisierten Regionen gewann der Status des Vaters an Einfluss.

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Continuity and Change , Volume 24 , Special Issue 3: SPECIAL ISSUE: SOCIAL INEQUALITY AND MOBILITY IN HISTORY , December 2009 , pp. 455 - 486
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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