TY  - JOUR
A1  - Fritsch, Nina-Sophie
A1  - Liedl, Bernd
T1  - Who belongs to the middle income class in Europe?
T2  - International journal of sociology
N2  - For many years scholars and politicians discuss the economic importance of the middle income class. Our article contributes to broaden the present state of research by not only examining the structure of the middle class whilst focusing on individual attributes, but by especially taking the role of gender-specific occupational characteristics and country-specific conditions into account. Based on the EU-SILC data 2020 for 17 countries, we analyze which factors affect the structure of the middle income class on the individual, on the occupational and country level. Our findings show that occupational attributes (e.g. part-time rate) prove to be highly relevant in this realm. Moreover, significant gender differences can be observed: women who work in an occupation which is mainly performed by women bear a higher risk of belonging to the lower income class as compared to men.
KW  - multi-level analysis;structure of the middle income class
KW  - gender-specific occupational
KW  - characteristics
KW  - social stratification
KW  - European comparison
Y1  - 2022
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/64028
SN  - 0020-7659
SN  - 1557-9336
VL  - 53
IS  - 1
SP  - 59
EP  - 82
PB  - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
CY  - Abingdon
ER  -