Measuring Occupational Closure
WZB - Berlin Social Science Center. Data File Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.7802/1.1989
Abstract: How are employee’s risk of being temporary employed linked to occupational closure? Stefan Stuth (2017) derived various measures for occupational closure to answer this question. The data set includes these measures for different Dictionaries of occupational titles in Germany for the years 2000, 2004, and 2007 (KldB 1992 with 4 digits, KldB 1992 with 3 digits, KldB 2010 with 5 digits). The closure measures provided by the data are:
1) Credentialism. Stuth calculates a "credential inflation index (CIX)" which relates the number of all newly awarded occupation-specific credentials to the numb ... more Availability: Restricted Access
Subject area: [Sozialwissenschaften [=] Industrie- und Betriebssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie]
Methodology
Date(s) of Data Collection: 2010; 2015
Geographic coverage: Germany / DE
Universe: Working population in the German Microcensus
Temporal Research Design: Longitudinal (repeated cross-section)
Mode of Data Collection: Aggregation
Bibliographic information
Primärforschende, Institution: Stuth, Stefan; Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung
Publication year: 2020
DOI: 10.7802/1.1989
Study number: SDN-10.7802-1.1989
Publisher: WZB - Berlin Social Science Center
Versions
Current Version: 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.7802/1.1989
Reference publications
Publications: Stuth, Stefan (2017): Closing in on Closure. Occupational Closure and Temporary Employment in Germany. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. http://hdl.handle.net/10419/201802 | Stuth, Stefan (2017): Zusammenhänge zwischen Beruf und befristeter Beschäftigung. In: WISTA - Wirtschaft und Statistik, Iss. 1, pp. 110-122. http://hdl.handle.net/10419/1 ... more 
