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September 10, 2025European Sociological ReviewOpen Access

Occupational earning potential: a new measure of social hierarchy in Europe and the US

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DODaniel OeschOLOliver LippsRSRoujman Shahbazian

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Overview

This research presents a scale based on occupational earning potential, showing its correlation with social mobility and education in various countries.

Key Points

  • Occupational earning potential serves as a new measure of social hierarchy, predicting economic advantage with intuitive interpretation.
  • The common OEP scale explains a quarter of the variance in earnings, correlating with education and social mobility outcomes.
  • National OEP scales were constructed using decades of microdata across five countries, indicating significant consistency over time and place.
  • This approach offers a straightforward indicator of occupational advantage, applicable across different genders and nations.

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Oesch et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c19f7f54b1d3bfb60dac23https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf035
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