Showing papers by "Wout Ultee published in 1997"

Ontwikkelingen in de opbrengsten van diploma's op de arbeidsmarkt: Structurele veranderingen én veranderde samenhang?

Abstract: In this article we examine whether decreasing returns to educational credentials can simply be explained by changes in the distributions of the labour force according to educational attainment and level of occupation (structural changes), or that these should also be attributed to shifted preferences of employers and employees which modify the net association between schooling and level of occupation. In order to answer this question we use data from the 1960 Census and four Labour Force Surveys as held in 1973, 1977, 1985, and 1991. A loglinear analysis showed that the net association between education and occupation has increased since 1960. We conclude that the process of credential inflation is not only the result of structural changes, but also the outcome of shifted preferences of both employers and employees. These shifted preferences are largely connected with the business cycle: in times of high unemployment levels employers increasingly select employees on education. We also found some support for the modernisation theory, but as soon as we account for the business cycle the impact of modernisation becomes non-significant. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]; Copyright of Mens en Maatschappij is the property of Amsterdam University Press and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

Huwende jongmans en jongdochters naar leeftijd bruid en bruidegom: Leeftijdsverhoudingen binnen eerste huwelijken in Nederland, 1942-1994

Abstract: In this article we examine trends in age homogamy in first marriages in the Netherlands since 1942.... We analyze population data collected by Statistics Netherlands. Controlling for the age distribution of first-marrying men and women, chances are greatest to have married a partner of the same age. These relative chances decrease with rising age at marriage, and increase over historical time. The association between spouses' ages in age-divergent marriages is greater when the husband is older than his wife. This asymmetry in the association decreased until 1970, but increased up until 1994.

Eindeloos praten in vele tongen over het Nederlandse experiment

Abstract: Hans Righart's De eindeloze jaren zestig: Geschiedenis van een generatie-conflict ([The Endless Sixties: History of a Generation Conflict] 1995) & James C. Kennedy's Nieuw Babylon in aanbouw: Nederland in de jaren zestig ([Building New Babylon: The Netherlands in the Sixties] 1995) are reviewed, focusing on questions asked, explanations rejected, theories used, & compliance with sociological methodology. It is held that Kennedy's account is exceedingly rhetorical & may have been more convincing if similar ideas from Max Weber's interpretative sociology had been incorporated. Righart's explanation would have gained explanatory power if a distinction had been made between the goods market & government-supplied goods & if the attitudes caused by the government's inadequate supply of housing & pop music had been recognized. Subsequently, an attempt is made to reconcile Kennedy's & Righart's explanations in a technological-ideological evolutionary approach in which technological development is related to increasing activism; the Netherlands' eventual yielding to an expensive activist worldview is attributed to the unexpected finding of a huge natural gas deposit. International aspects are discussed briefly. 14 References. Adapted from the source document.