Social mobility and occupational attainments of university graduates

L'article présente une analyse du changement dans les taux de mobilité sociale et de réussite professionnelle chez 2137 hommes ontariens qui ont reçu le BA OU Ie BSC en 1960, 1964 et 1968. Malgré une certaine ambivalence dans les résultats, ceux-ci confirme d'une façon générale les hypothèses suivantes: que la proportion des gradués universitaires récents qui sont susceptibles d'être en mobilité ascendante diminue et que cette diminution s'observe davantage chez les gradués provenant d'un niveau socioéconomique moyen que chez ceux venant d'un milieu inférieur. L'analyse porte également sur des hypothèses concernant l'effet de l'origine socioéconomique, de l'année de graduation, du domaine principal d'étude et de la formation postgraduée sur la réussite professionelle.
This paper presents an analysis of the changing rates of social mobility and the changes in occupational attainment patterns of 2137 Ontario males who received BA or BSC degrees in 1960, 1964, and 1968. Although some findings are mixed, there is general support for hypotheses that a declining proportion of recent university graduates are likely to be upwardly mobile and that this decline will be more pronounced for graduates from middle level socioeconomic backgrounds than for those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. Hypotheses relating the effect of socioeconomic background, year of graduation, major field of study, and postgraduate training on occupational attainment are also tested.     

Jumping on the Bandwagon with the Underdog: The Impact of Attitude Polls on Polling Behavior

An experimental design was used to examine the effect whichprevious polling information about candidate preference hadupon subsequent polling responses. Subjects were given one ofthree types of information (Carter commanding a lead, Reagancommanding a lead, no information about current poll results)at two different points in time. This yielded nine informationconditions. The data clearly demonstrate that both strengthof attitude and candidate preference are influenced by knowledgeof previous polling results. The patterns of both shift in attitudeand switching candidate preference are explained in terms ofan oppositional reactivity hypothesis.     

The world according to iTunes: mapping urban networks of music production

In this article, I present a social network analysis that explores and maps relational urban networks of production within the global recorded music industry. Within the analysis, recorded music albums are viewed as temporary market‐based projects that bring together teams of skilled creative workers in recording studios across the globe. New tools and techniques for networking studios in geographically distant locations give mobile musically creative workers the ability to coordinate musical recordings on a global scale, resulting in new relational geographies of music production. An innovative approach is taken to the social network analysis to assess the connectedness of cities and determine the centrality and power of cities within networks of production for three major Anglophone digital music markets. The result is a mapping of the relational urban networks of music production as indicated through the interdependencies between projects, studios and local urban agglomerations.     

PENSIONS AND WAGE PREMIA

We hypothesize that the magnitude of the pension-wage compensating differential should vary by sector, because sectoral differences in firms 'technologies result in cost differences in providing non-wage benefits'. Using data from the Survey of Consumer Finances, we find that the pension-wage compensating differential is smaller in the union sector and large firms than in small, nonunion firms. Controls for sectoral selectivity do not alter the results. Thus, workers at unionized and large firms pay a lower implicit price for their pensions either because pensions have productivity-enhancing effects, or because these firms pay workers economic rents via pensions. (JEL 532, J31, 541)     

Serial Order Preference in Survey Research

Serial order preference was examined over a range of attitudinalmeasurements. The ordering of the response options did not havea substantive effect on either single-item measures or attitudescales. Continued attention to serial order preference in surveyresearch does not seem warranted