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The Long Path from Periphery to Core: Social Mobility in Southern European Countries |
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| Creator | Manuel Herrera-Usagre |
| Title | The Long Path from Periphery to Core: Social Mobility in Southern European Countries |
| Contributor | Ildefonso Marqués-Perales, Carlos J. Gil-Hernández |
| Publisher | Faculty of Social Administration, Thammasat University |
| Publication Year | 2567 |
| Journal Title | Journal of Social Policy, Social Change and Development |
| Journal Vol. | 2 |
| Journal No. | 1 |
| Page no. | 1-18 |
| Keyword | Intergenerational social mobility, Log-linear models, Modernization, Invariance, Southern European countries, Social class |
| URL Website | https://so10.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/journalspsd/issue/view/146 |
| Website title | Journal of Social Policy, Social Change and Development |
| ISSN | 2985-0800 |
| Abstract | This article analyzes absolute and relative social mobility patterns in Southern European Countries (Spain, Greece, Italy and Portugal) through three cohorts of men and women who reached occupational maturity from 1969 to 2004, a period of profound economic, political and cultural transformations. Previous research literature on these countries has been scarce. The main objective of this study is to test the two most common hypotheses applied in research on social mobility by using constrained and unconstrained log-linear models: First, the Invariance hypothesis (H1), which postulates that relative social mobility rates undergo no or only insignificant change; secondly, the Industrialism hypothesis (H2), which posits that relative social mobility rates have experienced a profound or moderate but significant change towards a more open society. The results show a small but significant intergenerational improvement in social fluidity, confirming what we have called the Weak Improvement hypothesis (H3). This improvement has been more acute in women than in men, and differences can be found among selected countries, with Italy being the country where social mobility rates have improved the most. |
