Real Utopias for a Social Europe: Universal Benefits Workshop
Real Utopias for a Social Europe consists of technical debate-type workshops on various bold and innovative social policy proposals…
Publications and Events
The economics of class. A dual approach
The aim of this paper is to present a novel proposal to define social classes from the economic perspective. This paper draws on a previous working paper (Muñoz de Bustillo and Esteve, 2022) that discusses the demise of the …
Gender and social status ranking
This presentation on gender and social status ranking by Klarita Gërxhani, is the eighth session of the 2021-2022 DigClass seminar series.
Reconsidering social classes and functional income distribution in the 21st century. A theoretical and empirical assessment
The original assumption behind the measurement of functional income distribution was that this measure would reflect uniquely the income allocated to different social classes. However, this straightforward dichotomy …
The Early Roots of the Digital Divide: Socioeconomic Inequality in Children’s ICT Literacy from Primary to Secondary Schooling
Information and communications technology (ICT) skills are crucial for labour market success and full participation in society. Socioeconomic status (SES) inequality in the development of ICT skills would prevent disadvantaged …
Whom does inflation hurt most?
Western economies are experiencing a rapid increase in inflation rates fuelled by energy prices and the war in Ukraine. Yet, the impact of the price increase is not equally distributed…
Universal Benefits: Universal Inheritance and Basic Income
Real Utopias for a Social Europe: The first two-day workshop on Universal Inheritance and Basic Income.
Technological change and political preferences
This presentation on technological change and political preferences by Alexander Kuo, is the seventh session of the 2021-2022 DigClass seminar series.
Technology, tasks and social classes in Europe
EGP (Erikson-Goldthorpe-Portocarero)-based occupational class schemas, rooted in industrial-age employment relations, are the standard measure of socioeconomic position in social stratification. Previous research highlighted …
Intergenerational persistence of income
This presentation on intergenerational persistence of income by Carina Mood and Per Engzell, is the sixth session of the 2021-2022 DigClass seminar series.