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Scaling the prestige, authority, and income potential of college curricula

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Wilson, KL; Smith-Lovin, L
Published in: Social Science Research
January 1, 1983

This paper develops the concept of "targeted education," a theoretical ranking of college curricula, into a multidimensional framework. The new scales, based on the traditional stratification dimensions, prestige, authority, and income, are then used in a study of sex differences in the process of occupational achievement among men and women with college degrees. The targeted education scales predict occupational prestige and wages 7 years after the college degree, and they point out interesting differences between male and female attainment processes. In general, targeted education has a greater quantitative impact for men's occupational outcomes than for women's prestige and income, but results also suggest significant qualitative differences between men and women. A large proportion of women target their education toward, and end up in, an under-employed labor pool for the primary and secondary school system. © 1983.

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Social Science Research

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0049-089X

Publication Date

January 1, 1983

Volume

12

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2

Start / End Page

159 / 186

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  • Sociology
 

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Wilson, K. L., & Smith-Lovin, L. (1983). Scaling the prestige, authority, and income potential of college curricula. Social Science Research, 12(2), 159–186. https://doi.org/10.1016/0049-089X(83)90004-2
Wilson, K. L., and L. Smith-Lovin. “Scaling the prestige, authority, and income potential of college curricula.” Social Science Research 12, no. 2 (January 1, 1983): 159–86. https://doi.org/10.1016/0049-089X(83)90004-2.
Wilson KL, Smith-Lovin L. Scaling the prestige, authority, and income potential of college curricula. Social Science Research. 1983 Jan 1;12(2):159–86.
Wilson, K. L., and L. Smith-Lovin. “Scaling the prestige, authority, and income potential of college curricula.” Social Science Research, vol. 12, no. 2, Jan. 1983, pp. 159–86. Scopus, doi:10.1016/0049-089X(83)90004-2.
Wilson KL, Smith-Lovin L. Scaling the prestige, authority, and income potential of college curricula. Social Science Research. 1983 Jan 1;12(2):159–186.
Journal cover image

Published In

Social Science Research

DOI

ISSN

0049-089X

Publication Date

January 1, 1983

Volume

12

Issue

2

Start / End Page

159 / 186

Related Subject Headings

  • Sociology