Cross-National Comparative Labour Market Research Seminar, 2 nd term

Cross-National Comparative Labour Market Research Seminar, 2 nd term 2015-2016 Organized by Hans-Peter Blossfeld (Meetings by appointment) Please register online Contact: Adele.Battistini@EUI.eu Description Post-industrial labor markets are social institutions where social relationships, customs and rules dominate the structure of market exchange. If we want to understand social stratification in advanced economies we need to understand how these labor markets operate. The seminar will familiarize students with a variety of sociological and economic theories about how labor markets work. We will then apply this analytical framework to evaluate empirical research on e.g. the long-term transformation of work, changing job supply and demand, changing qualification requirements (upgrading, downgrading), job mobility and career patterns, different employment and job opportunities for men and women, changes of gender inequality, the role of part-time and atypical work, rising wage inequality and unemployment, the globalization and flexibilization of labor markets in modern societies as well as the impact of immigration. We also want to debate the impact labor market and family policies and different welfare state regimes. Among the public policies offered are social insurance and assistance programs that provide income protection and supportive services to persons experiencing unemployment, retirement, disability, or poverty as well as programs of education. Wherever possible, we will focus on cross-national comparisons. Schedule The seminar will take place on Tuesdays from 11:00 to 13:00, in Seminar Room 2 in the Badia, and will run from Tuesday 12 th January to Tuesday 15 th March. The full list of the seminar sessions is the following: Session 1 Tuesday 12 th January 11:00 13:00 Seminar Room 2 Session 2 Tuesday 19 th January 11:00 13:00 Seminar Room 2 Session 3 Tuesday 26 th January 11:00 13:00 Seminar Room 2 Session 4 Tuesday 2 nd February 11:00 13:00 Seminar Room 2 Session 5 Tuesday 9 th February 11:00 13:00 Seminar Room 2 Session 6 Tuesday 16 th February 11:00 13:00 Seminar Room 2 Session 7 Tuesday 23 rd February 11:00 13:00 Seminar Room 2 Session 8 Tuesday 1 st March 11:00 13:00 Seminar Room 2 Session 9 Tuesday 8 th March 11:00 13:00 Seminar Room 2 Session 10 Tuesday 15 th March 11:00 13:00 Seminar Room 2

Attendance Requirements: The seminar will include a combination of seminar presentations and discussions. At the beginning of the seminar, it will be decided who will prepare and present the specific seminar sessions. Topics will be assigned as much as possible according to researchers preferences. For students who wish to take this seminar for credit (the seminar is worth 20 credits) have to fulfil three main requirements: (1) meeting the Department attendance requirement (minimum 8 seminar attendances) (2) completion of all required readings for each session, (3) active participation in the seminar discussions; and (4) two seminar presentations each with a 3-5 page memo or a PowerPoint presentation in which the presenter reflects on the assigned readings for that session topic and relates them to earlier assigned readings in the seminar. The memos/presentations have to be sent the latest in the afternoon before the day of the seminar to Hans-Peter Blossfeld and also to all the seminar participants. Researchers have the option of writing a term paper based on the debate topics at the end of the term. If they wish to take this option they should discuss the proposed topic with Hans-Peter Blossfeld in advance before the Department s due date for term papers. The term papers should be submitted to Hans-Peter Blossfeld (hp.blossfeld@eui.eu) with a cc: to Adele Battistini adele.battistini@eui.eu). Seminar Overview and Readings Session 1: Introduction to the seminar (Goals of the seminar; introductions to key topics; literature selection) Kalleberg, Arne L., and Aage B. Sørensen (1979). The Sociology of Labor Markets. Annual Review of Sociology 5: 351-379. Granovetter, Mark (2005). The Impact of Social Structure on Economic Outcomes. Journal of Economic Perspectives 19: 33-50. Session 2: Long-term structural changes of occupations and industries and consequences Penn, Roger, Michael Rose and Jill Rubery (eds.) (1994). Skill and Occupational Change. Oxford: Oxford University Press, Chapters 2-4. Fernandez, Roberto M. (2001). Skill-Biased Technological Change and Wage Inequality: Evidence from a Plant Retooling. American Journal of Sociology 107: 273-320. DiPrete, Thomas A. and K. Lynn Nonnemaker (1997). Structural Change, Labor Market Turbulence, and Labor Market Outcomes. American Sociological Review 62: 386-404. European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (2015). Upgrading or Polarization? Long-Term and Global Shifts in the Employment Structure: European Employment Monitor 2015. Publications Office of the European Union.

Session 3: Theoretical issues I: Job search, employer search and labor market dynamics Granovetter, Mark (1986). Labor Mobility, Internal Markets, and Job Matching: A Comparison of the Sociological and Economic Approaches. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 5: 3-39. Logan, John A. (1996). Opportunity and Choice in Socially Structured Labor Markets. American Journal of Sociology 102:114-160. Pissarides, Christopher A. (1985). Job Search and the Functioning of Labour Markets. In Derek Carline, Christopher A. Pissarides, S. W. Siebert, and P. J. Sloane (eds.), Labour Economics. London: Longman, pp. 159-185. Wallerstein, Michael (1999). Wage-Setting Institutions and Pay Inequality in Advanced Industrial Societies. American Journal of Political Science 43: 649-680. Session 4: Theoretical Issues II: Internal labour markets, job ladders and vacancy chains Althauser, R. P. (1989). Internal Labor Markets. Annual Review of Sociology 15: 143-161. Sørensen, Aage B. (1977). The Structure of Inequality and the Process of Attainment. American Sociological Review 42: 965-978. Sørensen, Aage B. (1983). Processes of Allocation to Open and Closed Positions in Social Structure. Zeitschrift für Soziologie 12: 203-224. Burdett, Kenneth, and Elizabeth J. Cunningham (1998). Toward a Theory of Vacancies. Journal of Labor Economics 16: 445-478. Session 5: Employment relationships, labor market structure and unemployment Simon, Herbert A. (1951). A Formal Theory of the Employment Relationship. Econometrica 19: 293-305. Goldthorpe, John H. (2007). Social Class and the Differentiation of Employment Contracts. In John H. Goldthorpe: On Sociology. Volume II: Illustration and Retrospect. 2 nd edition. Stanford: Stanford University Press, pp. 101-124 Gallie, Duncan, Paugam, Serge, and Jacobs, Sheila (2003). Unemployment, Poverty and Social Isolation: Is There a Vicious Circle of Social Exclusion? European Societies 5: 1-32.

Session 6: Gender, family and paid employment Blossfeld, Hans-Peter and Sonja Drobnič. (2001). Theoretical Perspectives on Couples Careers. In: Blossfeld, H.-P. and S. Drobnič (Eds.): Careers of Couples in Contemporary Societies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 16-50. Gornick and M. Meyers (2003). "Reconciling the Conflicts: Toward a Dual-Earner- Dual-Career Society." In J. Gornick and M. Meyers Families that Work: Policies for Reconciling Parenthood and Employment. New York: Russel Sage Foundation. Jacobs, Jerry A. and Kathleen Gerson.(2001). Overworked Individuals or Overworked Families: Explaining Trends in Work, Leisure and Family Time. Work and Occupations 28: 40-63. Blossfeld, Hans-Peter and Sonja Drobnič. (2001). A cross-national comparative approach to couples careers. In Blossfeld, H.-P. and S. Drobnič (eds.): Careers of couples in contemporary societies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 1-15. Session 7: Gender inequality in the labour market Budig, Michelle J. and Paula England. (2001). The Wage Penalty for Motherhood. American Sociological Review 66: 204 225. Jacobs, Jerry A. (1989). Long-Term Trends in Occupational Segregation by Sex. American Journal of Sociology 95: 160-173. Blossfeld, Hans-Peter and Catherine Hakim. (1997). Introduction: A comparative perspective on part-time work (together with Catherine Hakim). In: H.-P. Blossfeld and C. Hakim (eds.): Between equalization and marginalization. Part-time working women in Europe and the United States. Oxford University Press, pp. 1-21. Session 8: Welfare states and labour market policy DiPrete, Thomas A., Paul M. de Graaf, Ruud Luijkx, Michael Tahlin, and Hans-Peter Blossfeld. (1997). Collectivist versus Individualist Mobility Regimes? Structural Change and Job Mobility in Four Countries. American Journal of Sociology 103: 318-358. Mandel, Hadas, and Moshe Semyonov (2006). A Welfare State Paradox: State Interventions and Women s Employment Opportunities in 22 Countries. American Journal of Sociology 111: 1910-1949. Gauthier A. (2000). The Family as a Political Issue. In A. Gauthier's The State and Family: A Comparative Analysis of Families in Industrialized Countries. Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press, pp. 146-162.

Session 9: Globalization and changes in the labour market Mills, Melinda and Hans-Peter Blossfeld. (2005). Globalization, U, ncertainty and the Early Life Course. A Theoretical Framework. In Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Erik Klijzing, Melinda Mills and Karin Kurz) (Eds.): Globalization, uncertainty and youth in society, London et al.: Routledge, 2005, pp. 1-24. Mills, Melinda, Hans-Peter Blossfeld and Erik Klijzing. (2005). Becoming an Adult in Uncertain Times: A 14-Country Comparison of the Losers of Globalization. In: Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Erik Klijzing, Melinda Mills and Karin Kurz (Eds.): Globalization, Uncertainty and Youth in Society, London et al.: Routledge, 2005, pp. 423-441. Mills, Melinda and Hans-Peter Blossfeld. (2008). Globalization, Patchwork Careers and the Individualization of Inequality? A 12-Country Comparison of Men s Mid-Career Job Mobility. In Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Melinda Mills and Fabrizio Bernardi (Eds.): Globalization, Uncertainty and Men s Careers, Cheltenham (UK) and Northampton (MA, USA): Edward Elgar, 2006, pp. 457-482. Hofmeister, Heather and Hans-Peter Blossfeld. (2006). Women s Careers in an Era of Uncertainty: Conclusions From a 13-Country International Comparison. In Hans-Peter Blossfeld and Heather Hofmeister (Eds.): Globalization, Uncertainty and Women s Careers, Cheltenham (UK) and Northampton (MA, USA): Edward Elgar, 2006, pp. 433-450. Hofäcker, Dirk, Sandra Buchholz, and Hans-Peter Blossfeld. (2008). Late Careers in a Globalizing World. A Comparison of Changes in Twelve Modern Societies. In Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Sandra Buchholz and Dirk Hijacker (Eds.): Globalization, Uncertainty and Late Careers in Society, London et al.: Routledge, 2006, pp. 353-371. Session 10: Migration and the labor market Bonacich, Edna (1972). A Theory of Ethnic Antagonism: The Split Labor Market. American Sociological Review 37: 547-559. Nee, Victor, Jimy M. Sanders, and S. Sernau (1994). Job Transitions in an Immigrant Metropolis: Ethnic Boundaries and the Mixed Economy. American Sociological Reviewv 59: 849-872. Portes, Alejandro and Min Zhou (1993). The New Second Generation: Segmented Assimilation and Its Variants. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 530: 74-96. van Tubergen, F., Maas, I., & Flap, H. (2004). The Economic Incorporation of Immigrants in 18 Western Societies: Origin, Destination, and Community Effects. American Sociological Review, 69(5), 704 727.