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Self-placement of the Unemployed in the Social Hierarchy. Evidence from European Countries
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This document is a part of the following document:
Social Inequality in the Eyes of the Public: A Collection of Analyses Based on ISSP Data 1987-2009
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften
Abstract Unemployment has risen during the recent recession. However, the experience of unemployment varies considerably across European countries (Gallie 2013b). To study the
unemployment experience in different European countries, a social exclusion approach was combined with a social stratification appro... view more
Unemployment has risen during the recent recession. However, the experience of unemployment varies considerably across European countries (Gallie 2013b). To study the
unemployment experience in different European countries, a social exclusion approach was combined with a social stratification approach utilizing a measure of subjective social position which indicates how people perceive their relative position in the social hierarchy. In evaluating their social position people make comparisons within societal contexts. We hypothesize that the country-level economic and institutional context impacts the experience of unemployment, the way people interpret it, and thus affects the subjective social position of the unemployed. Our main goal was to study the impact of different macro-level economic and social characteristics on the subjective social position of the unemployed. We focused on a comparison of the subjective social position of unemployed persons against the remaining populations of 18 European countries using data from the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) 2009 Social Inequality module.... view less
Keywords
unemployment; Europe; international comparison; exclusion; social stratification; social position; inequality; difference in income; unemployed person; perception; subjectivity
Classification
General Sociology, Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Sociology, Sociological Theories
Collection Title
Social Inequality in the Eyes of the Public: A Collection of Analyses Based on ISSP Data 1987-2009
Editor
Edlund, Jonas; Bechert, Insa; Quandt, Markus
Document language
English
Publication Year
2017
City
Köln
Page/Pages
p. 119-136
Series
GESIS-Schriftenreihe, 17
ISSN
1869-2869
ISBN
978-3-86819-027-4
Status
Published Version; reviewed