Social Mobility: Is There an Advantage in Being English in Scotland?

Maarten van Ham, Allan M. Findlay (), David Manley () and Peteke Feijten ()
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Allan M. Findlay: University of St. Andrews
David Manley: University of Bristol
Peteke Feijten: University of St. Andrews

No 4797, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This paper seeks to unpick the complex effects of migration, country of birth, and place of residence in Scotland on individual success in the labour market. We pay specific attention to the labour force experience of English-born residents in Scotland, whom the cross sectional literature suggests are more likely to achieve high occupational status than the Scottish born residents. Using data from the Scottish Longitudinal Study – linking individual records from the 1991 and 2001 Censuses – and logistic regressions we show that those living in, or moving to Edinburgh, and those born in England and Wales are the most likely to experience upward occupational mobility.

Keywords: Scotland; social mobility; social class; escalator region; longitudinal data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J24 J61 J62 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 18 pages
Date: 2010-03
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-lab, nep-mig and nep-ure
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Published - published as 'Migration, Occupational Mobility, and Regional Escalators in Scotland' in: [Urban Studies Research] , 2012 (2012), Article ID 827171

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