John Harry Goldthorpe is a British sociologist, an emeritus Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford, whose main research interests lie in social stratification and mobility and comparative macro-sociology. He also writes on methodological issues concerning how to integrate empirical, quantitative research and theory, with particular attention to questions of causation.
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Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account BirthplaceSourced to the subject's own accountGreat Houghton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England 1 Nationality / CultureSourced to the subject's own account Defining ContributionSourced to the subject's own accountCo-developed the Erikson-Goldthorpe-Portocarero (EGP) class schema, widely used in comparative research on social mobility. 1 Notable WorkSourced to the subject's own accountThe Constant Flux: A Study of Class Mobility in Industrial Societies (1992) 1 Connections
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Goldthorpe class schema, built from employment relations rather than income alone, became one of the most widely used empirical measures of social class stratification.
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John Harry Goldthorpe (born 27 May 1935) is a British sociologist.
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John Harry Goldthorpe CBE, FBA (born 27 May 1935) is a British sociologist.
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Goldthorpe was born in Great Houghton, a remote mining village in the then West Riding of Yorkshire.
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John Harry Goldthorpe is a British sociologist.
Research section
In the course of this work the Erikson-Goldthorpe-Portocarero (EGP) class schema was developed and has subsequently been widely used in comparative social research.
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1992 The Constant Flux: A Study of Class Mobility in Industrial Societies. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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