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Title: Occupational Standing and Occupational Differentials in Cognitive Ability
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Huang, Min-Hsiung |
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Occupational Standing and Occupational Differentials in Cognitive Ability Presented: Atlanta, GA, Population Association of America Annual Meetings, May 2002 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Cognitive Ability; I.Q.; Occupational Prestige; Occupational Status; Occupations; Wisconsin Longitudinal Study/H.S. Panel Study (WLS) Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Some psychologists suggest that occupational differentials in social standing primarily reflect occupational differentials in intellectual demand. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 Cohort and the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, I examine (1) the rankings of occupations by mean IQ, (2) the correlation between ratings of occupational standing and occupations' average levels of measured cognitive ability, (3) the percentage of variance in IQ within occupations, and (4) whether or not the intra-occupational standard deviation of IQ decreases as the level of occupational standing increases. While occupations differ in incumbents' mean IQs, the variance of incumbents' IQs in an occupation is not much less than the variance of IQ in the general population. Moreover, the intra-occupational variance in IQ does not become smaller as the level of occupational standing increases. Therefore, the argument raised by some psychologists regarding the importance of cognitive ability in shaping occupational stratification is overstated. |
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Huang, Min-Hsiung. "Occupational Standing and Occupational Differentials in Cognitive Ability." Presented: Atlanta, GA, Population Association of America Annual Meetings, May 2002. |