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La transmission du statut social : l'échelle et le fossé

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  • Michel Gollac
  • Pierre Laulhé

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[eng] The transmission of social status : the ladder and the gap - If there is, in effect, a social ladder whose rungs are to be climbed, there is also a significant gap given that movement is practically nil between extreme categories. Almost no cadre's son becomes a laborer; few laborers' sons become cadres. Between agricultural workers and other categories, it is a one-way street : one does not become a farmer if one's father is not one already. Among cadres, the professions assure their sons the greatest social success. In the intermediate professions, teachers' sons have the best chances of a rise in social status. [fre] S'il y a bien une échelle sociale dont on gravit les échelons, on peut également parler de fossé puisque les mouvements sont presque nuls entre les catégories extrêmes : presque aucun fils de cadre ne devient ouvrier, peu de fils d'ouvrier deviennent cadres. Entre les agriculteurs et les autres catégories, c'est de sens unique qu'il s'agit : on ne devient pas paysan si le père ne l'est déjà. Parmi les cadres, ce sont les professions libérales qui assurent à leur fils la réussite sociale la plus élevée. Dans les professions intermédiaires, les fils d'instituteurs ont les meilleures possibilités d'ascension sociale. [spa] La transmision del estatuto social : La escala y el foso - Si bien es cierto que existe una escala social dentro de la cual es factible elevarse en la jerarquia, se puede hablar asimismo de foso, ya que los movimientos son casi inexistentes en las categorias extremas : casi ningún hijo de ejecutivo se convierte en obrero y pocos hijos de obreros llegan a ser ejecutivos. Entre los agricultures y las otras categorias, se trata de una dirección única : no se es campesino si el padre no lo es ya. Entre los ejecutivos, los intégrantes de la categoria de profesiones liberales aseguran a sus hijos el exito social más elevado. En el sector de las profesiones intermediarias, los hijos de maestros son los que cuentan con las mejores posibilidades de ascenso en la jerarquia social.

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  • Michel Gollac & Pierre Laulhé, 1987. "La transmission du statut social : l'échelle et le fossé," Économie et Statistique, Programme National Persée, vol. 199(1), pages 85-93.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:ecstat:estat_0336-1454_1987_num_199_1_5095
    DOI: 10.3406/estat.1987.5095
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    1. Daniel Bertaux, 1970. "L'hérédité sociale en France," Économie et Statistique, Programme National Persée, vol. 9(1), pages 37-47.
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    1. Pierre Laulhé, 1988. "1980-1985 : les difficultés de l'insertion," Économie et Statistique, Programme National Persée, vol. 216(1), pages 27-33.

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