6 Occupations

Food Processing Occupations

Computer and office equipment .................................................. $11.68 Measuring and controlling devices ............................................. 11.43 Electrical industrial apparatus .................................................... 10.61 Communications equipment ....................................................... 10.23 Electronic components and accessories ..........

Path Dependence and Occupations∗

Path dependence in occupations refers to the observed occupational distribution in a population or in a sub-population at a point in time that depends on changes that occurred years or centuries earlier. Path dependence in occupations can be the outcome of the cumulative concentration of certain productive activities in specific regions over time, it can emerge through the effect of parental in...

The Divferentiation of Occupations*

*This is a revised version of a ~a~er prepared for presentation at tP,E; August 1975 meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco. During the preparation of this paper the authors were supported by a National Institute of General Medical Sciences' Training Program in Methodology and Statistics (5-T01-GMOI526-09). The research reported here was supported in part by funds grant...

The Regulation of Occupations

An essential task of democratic societies is to establish a proper balance between freedom and order. From this general principle of democratic governments, we examine the regulation of occupations by the state. The issue of regulation involves the role of government in reconciling the special interests of the members of the occupation with the general concerns of the public. These special inte...

Food Processing Occupations