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Unemployment in early career in the UK: a trap or a stepping stone?
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Abstract 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 gr... view more
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.... view less
Keywords
career start; employee; unemployment; level of education attained; job history; highly qualified worker; low qualified worker; job search; career; occupation; social position; occupational reintegration; career advancement; downward occupational mobility; Great Britain
Classification
Occupational Research, Occupational Sociology
Free Keywords
event history analysis; growth curve models; pull vs. push mechanism; scar effect of unemployment; beruflicher Status; Arbeitsmarktrisiko
Document language
English
Publication Year
2011
Page/Pages
p. 251-265
Journal
Acta Sociologica, 54 (2011) 3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/0001699311412626
ISSN
1502-3869
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications
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