2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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abstract: 'While there has been much research on the influence of educational
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attainment on occupational status and earnings, relatively little is
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known about its impact on other qualities of work, such as job
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complexity. This article explores how educational credentials affect
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access to jobs that provide challenging work. To do so it uses
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longitudinal data on black, Hispanic, and white men and women who
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attended the City University of New York after it initiated its landmark
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open-admissions policy in 1970. That program was designed to boost
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educational attainments among disadvantaged minority students and to
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enhance opportunities for desirable jobs. Analyses reveal that overall
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the jobs held by these minorities involved less complex work than those
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held by whites. These inequalities are explained partly by disparities
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in educational attainment, but differences in employment sector also are
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important: the minorities were more often in the public sector, where
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work was generally less challenging. Gender differences in work
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complexity are related to the varying distribution of sex-typed jobs in
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the public and private sectors. Policies such as open admissions add to
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opportunity in the labor market, but effects are limited by wider
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institutional conditions.'
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affiliation: 'HYLLEGARD, D (Corresponding Author), CUNY,OFF INST RES \& ANAL,555 W
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57TH ST,NEW YORK,NY 10019, USA.
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CUNY,LEHMAN COLL,DEPT SOCIOL,NEW YORK,NY 10036.
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CUNY,GRAD SCH,NEW YORK,NY 10036.
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CUNY,UNIV CTR,NEW YORK,NY 10036.'
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author: HYLLEGARD, D and LAVIN, DE
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author_list:
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- family: HYLLEGARD
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given: D
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- family: LAVIN
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given: DE
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1007/BF01125042
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files: []
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issn: 0884-8971
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journal: SOCIOLOGICAL FORUM
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keywords: HIGHER EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; GENDER; INEQUALITY; WORK
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keywords-plus: 'EQUAL-EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY; OCCUPATIONAL STRUCTURE;
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COMMUNITY-COLLEGES; MOBILITY; STRATIFICATION; ORGANIZATION; ACHIEVEMENT;
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ATTAINMENT; INDUSTRIAL; AUTHORITY'
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language: English
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month: JUN
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number: '2'
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number-of-cited-references: '68'
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pages: 239-260
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papis_id: 823edca9c743357af5c7deec907d02f8
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ref: Hyllegard1992highereducationchall
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times-cited: '12'
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title: HIGHER-EDUCATION AND CHALLENGING WORK - OPEN ADMISSIONS AND ETHNIC AND GENDER
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DIFFERENCES IN JOB COMPLEXITY
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:A1992HX29000002
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usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
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usage-count-since-2013: '11'
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volume: '7'
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web-of-science-categories: Sociology
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year: '1992'
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