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Mark Williams

@mwilliamsqmul.bsky.social

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Prof @ Queen Mary University of London. Interested in social stratification, job quality, point and clicks, WHU. Views are my own. Web: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/sbm/staff/academic/profiles/mwilliams.html.

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Are Skeie Hermansen @aresherman.bsky.social · Jul 16

IN OTHER NEWS: check out our new COIN paper on immigrant--native pay gaps in advanced economies published in @nature.com this afternoon! Specifically, we study the relative contribution of within-job unequal pay vs between-job segregation to earnings disparities across immigrant generations. 1/9

Immigrant–native pay gap driven by lack of access to high-paying jobs - Nature

Data from nine European and North American countries reveal that the disparity in earnings between immigrants and natives is largely a result of segregation of immigrant workers into lower-paying jobs...

www.nature.com

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Mark Williams @mwilliamsqmul.bsky.social · Jun 24

Thanks Dave!

Mark Williams @mwilliamsqmul.bsky.social · Jun 23

Thank you!

Mark Williams @mwilliamsqmul.bsky.social · Jun 23

🙏 Thank you to the CIPD for the data - this research would not exist without their support @cipd.bsky.social / @cipdpolicy.bsky.social

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Mark Williams @mwilliamsqmul.bsky.social · Jun 23

💡I speculate segregation across workplaces has something to do with it (think Russell Group vs. non-Russell Group in academia; similar distinctions in most other occupations). Workplace data in the UK is scarce, so I just don’t know

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Mark Williams @mwilliamsqmul.bsky.social · Jun 23

💵 Our findings are a nail in the coffin for the thesis that those from lower social origins trading lower earnings for doing more interesting or fulfilling work… Although we do find they select into higher non-pay job quality / lower pay occupations, they do the lowest quality jobs within them...

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Mark Williams @mwilliamsqmul.bsky.social · Jun 23

📢New paper!📢

"Social Class Origin and Job quality in Higher Managerial and Professional Occupations" out in @sociologyjnl.bsky.social

Those from lower social origins suffer lower
❌ top job attainment
❌ pay

In this new research, we show they also suffer lower
❌ non-pay job quality

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Mark Williams @mwilliamsqmul.bsky.social · Apr 4

Have expertise in expertise in industrial relations or social dialogue?

Call for Expressions of Interest to establish a database of remunerated experts by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions www.eurofound.europa.eu/en/about/pro...

Call for Expressions of Interest (CEI) to establish a database of external remunerated experts: EUROFOUND/2025/CEI/0011 | European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions

www.eurofound.europa.eu

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Sergio Torrejón @sergiotorrejon.com · Mar 3

📢 Book Alert! "Global Trends in Job Polarisation and Upgrading: A Comparison of Developed and Developing Economies" is out!

Published by Palgrave Macmillan/ Springer, this volume examines global patterns of job creation at a global scale | 🔗 link.springer.com/book/10.1007... #EconSky #sociology

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Mark Williams @mwilliamsqmul.bsky.social · Dec 12

They are in London!

Mark Williams @mwilliamsqmul.bsky.social · Dec 12

Was thinking the same.

In the UK, you'd need an act of god and to navigate 20 layers of admin to just even have it considered.

Mark Williams @mwilliamsqmul.bsky.social · Dec 12

You could be a graduate, own your home, earn well, and still be in NS-SEC 6 or 7.

You'd probably have to inherit grandma's house and do all the overtime under the sun though...

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Mark Williams @mwilliamsqmul.bsky.social · Dec 12

I'm more shocked about Quality Street being second?!

Mark Williams @mwilliamsqmul.bsky.social · Dec 12

And they're not wrong!

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Resolution Foundation @resfoundation.bsky.social · Dec 12

Workers from low-to-middle income families want similar things from work as those on higher incomes, but are less likely to get them. 77% were ‘very’ or ‘fairly’ satisfied with their jobs, compared to 84% of high income workers.

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Mark Williams @mwilliamsqmul.bsky.social · Nov 26

The Class Question: What role do employers play in social mobility?

How can organisations move beyond awareness and monitoring their ‘socio-economic diversity’ to make a positive difference?

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Mark Williams @mwilliamsqmul.bsky.social · Nov 26

🚨SOCIAL MOBILITY EVENT🚨

With stagnant growth in middle class jobs and a degree no longer a guarantee, who employers select to get in is more important than ever.

Some ARE ACTUALLY TRYING to recruit beyond their usual middle class origin privately educated base though.

Come along to find out more!

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Virginia Doellgast @vdoellgast.bsky.social · Nov 25

I set up a ‘labor research and policy’ starter pack. It’s almost at the 150 person capacity… but let me know if I should add you to a ‘part 2’ list… go.bsky.app/55FK3m7

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Anthony Rafferty @arafferty.bsky.social · Nov 21

Call for papers!! www.ilo.org/rdw2025 9th ILO RDW with WEI co-organisers @workequalities.bsky.social

9th Regulating for Decent Work Conference

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Mark Williams @mwilliamsqmul.bsky.social · Nov 19

Would be helpful if you could also explain and share

Mark Williams @mwilliamsqmul.bsky.social · Nov 19

Here is a question for sociologists and HR/EDI people. What is the best term to use:

1️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/dxhPSW/1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ascriptive characteristics?
2️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/dxhPSW/2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ascribed characteristics?
3️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/dxhPSW/3" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Something else? (please comment)

📊 Show results

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Jonathan Burton @jonburton.bsky.social · Nov 8

Blog by Ying Zhou, Min Zou, and Mark Williams: Downward career moves – do they always hurt?
Uses ten years of @usociety.bsky.social data to look at patterns of job satisfaction for up to 3 years before a downward move, and up to 5 years afterwards.

www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/blog/2024/11...

Downward career moves – do they always hurt? - Understanding Society

Job satisfaction varies if career includes unemployment Job satisfaction varies if career includes unemployment

www.understandingsociety.ac.uk

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