A standard international socio-economic index of occupational status

In this paper we present an International Socio-Economic Index of occupational status (ISEI), derived from the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO), using comparably coded data on education, occupation, and income for 73,901 full-time employed men from 16 countries. We use an...

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Published in:Social science research 1992-03, Vol.21 (1), p.1-56
Main Authors: Ganzeboom, Harry B.G., De Graaf, Paul M., Treiman, Donald J.
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