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| Author: | Weeden, K. A. |
| Title: | Why do some occupations pay more than others? Social closure and earnings inequality in the United States |
| Journal: | American Journal of Sociology
2002 : JUL, VOL. 108:1, p. 55-101 |
| Index terms: | INEQUALITY OCCUPATIONAL STATUS PAY USA |
| Freeterms: | SOCIAL CLOSURE |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This article elaborates and evaluates the neo-Weberian notion of social closure to investigate positional inequality in the United States. It argues that social and legal barriers around occupations raise the rewards of their members by restricting the labor supply, enhancing diffuse demand, channeling demand, or signaling a particular quality of service. |
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