The derivation of the IPICS class scheme

Abstract

While none of the reviewed class schemes is fully adapted to the task at hand, each class scheme provides unique elements that are necessary to derive a conceptualization of the inequality space for the analysis of social mobility in post-industrial societies. Each scheme employs a distinct logic for the assignment of occupational positions to classes. While Goldthorpe argues that it is the employment relations which differentiate occupations appropriately with regards to asset endowment and career prospects, Oesch and Esping-Andersen favor work logic and individual credentials or occupational skill sets to delimit class locations.