Is the "Third Generation" of the Polish Transformation More Economically Liberal? Inter-Cohort Differences in Job Entrance and Egalitarian Attitudes

• Autorzy: Ireneusz Sadowski , Bogdan W. Mach
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This article looks at changes in early career, self-evaluation of economic standing, and egalitarian attitudes in three Polish birth cohorts. The first cohort is sometimes labeled the "crisis generation" (those born in 1957-59), the second is called the "transition generation" (1970-71), while the third is named the "open-borders generation" (1988-89). As the members of these generations were socialized in substantially different economic, social, and institutional contexts it is hypothesized that they will have distinct views on the economic order. To verify the hypothesis it was necessary to dissect age, period, and cohort effects. We did so using data from "The Three Generations of the Polish Transformation" project in conjunction with two older datasets. This allowed us to harmonize data (replicated questions, post-stratification) and synchronize data (the same biographical point) for the purpose of a suitable parametrization of statistical models. The results show that substantially different job experience has generated a significant cohort effect in the youngest of the three cohorts studied. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Generation; Professional career; Social and economic conditions

PL

Pokolenia; Kariera zawodowa; Sytuacja społeczno-ekonomiczna

• Czasopismo: Polish Sociological Review
• Rocznik: 2021
• Numer: nr 1 (213)
• Strony: 3--26

Twórcy

autor

Ireneusz Sadowski

• Polish Academy of Sciences

autor

Bogdan W. Mach

• Polish Academy of Sciences

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DOI

10.26412/psr213.01