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The Class Pay Gap in Higher Professional and Managerial Occupations.

This article demonstrates how class origin shapes earnings in higher professional and managerial employment. Taking advantage of newly released data in Britain’s Labour Force Survey, we examine the relative openness of different high-status occupations and the earnings of the upwardly mobile within...

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Published in:American Sociological Review Vol. 81; no. 4; pp. 668 - 696
Main Authors: Laurison, Daniel, Friedman, Sam
Format: Article
Published: Sage Publications Inc. Aug2016
Subjects:
United Kingdom
United States
Income gap
Class differences
Social classes
Labor supply
Occupations
Employment
Wages
Socioeconomic factors
Professional employees
Executives
Surveys
Management
Questionnaires
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