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Articles in peer-reviewed journals<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oesch, D., Morris, K., Westenberger, G.-J. (2025) Polarised upgrading: the changing
occupational structure of large cities in Germany and the UK, 1991\u20132021. Journal for Labour Market Research<\/em> 1-21 pdf \"image_pdf\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oesch, D., Lipps, O., Shahbazian, R., Bihagen, E. and Morris, K. (2025) Occupational earning potential: a new measure of social hierarchy in Europe and the US. European Sociological Review<\/em> 1-21 pdf \"image_pdf\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Morris, K. and Oesch, D. (2025) Uneven shifts: the geography of occupational change in France, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom, 1992-2018. European Societies<\/em> 27(1): 4-30 pdf \"image_pdf\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moawad, J. and Oesch, D. (2025) The myth of the middle class squeeze: employment and  income by class in six western countries, 1980\u20132020. Comparative Political Studies<\/em> 58(8): 1636-1669 pdf \"image_pdf\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goulart, K. and Oesch, D. (2024) Job tenure in Western Europe, 1993-2021: decline or stability?, European Journal of Industrial Relations <\/em>30(3):329-346 pdf \"image_pdf\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oesch, D., K\u00f6ster, F., Studer, M. and Baumann, I. (2023) Employment and well-being after plant closure: Survey evidence from Switzerland on the mid and long run. Economic and Industrial Democracy <\/em>45(4): 964-986 pdf \"image_pdf\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oesch, D. and Vigna, N. (2023) Subjective social class has a bad name, but predicts life chances well. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility<\/em> 83 pdf \"image_pdf\"<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Di Nallo, A. and Oesch, D. (2023) The intergenerational transmission of family dissolution: how it varies by social class origin and birth cohort. European Journal of Population<\/em> 39(3): 1-33 pdf \"image_pdf\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oesch, D. and Vigna, N. (2022) A decline in the social status of the working class? Conflicting evidence for 8 western countries, 1987\u20132017. Comparative Political Studies <\/em>55(7): 1130-1157 pdf<\/a> \"image_pdf\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Di Nallo, A., Lipps, O., Oesch, D. and Voorpostel, M. (2022) The effect of unemployment on couples separating in Germany and the UK. Journal of Marriage and Family<\/em> 84(1): 310-329 pdf<\/a> \"image_pdf\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Di Nallo, A. and Oesch, D. (2021) No stratified effect of unemployment on incomes: How the market, state, and household compensate for income loss in the United Kingdom and Switzerland, European Sociological Review<\/em>, 37(5): 783\u2013798 pdf<\/a> \"image_pdf\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Combet, B. and Oesch, D. (2021) The social-origin gap in university graduation
by gender and immigrant status: a cohort analysis for Switzerland, Longitudinal and Life Course Studies <\/em>12(2): 119-146 pdf \"image_pdf\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oesch, D. (2020) Discrimination in the hiring of older jobseekers: Combining a survey experiment with a natural experiment in Switzerland, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility <\/em>65: 1-12 pdf \"image_pdf\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oesch, D. and Piccitto, G. (2019) The polarization myth: Occupational upgrading in Germany, Spain, Sweden and the UK, 1992-2015, Work and Occupations <\/em>46(4): 441\u2013469 pdf \"image_pdf\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Combet, B. and Oesch, D. (2019) The gender wage gap opens long before motherhood. Panel evidence on early careers in Switzerland, European Sociological Review<\/em> 35(3): 332-345 pdf \"image_pdf\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Korber, M. and Oesch, D. (2019) Vocational versus general education: Employment and earnings over the life course in Switzerland, Advances in Life Course Research<\/em> 40: 1-13 pdf \"image_pdf\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oesch, D. and Rennwald, L. (2018) Electoral competition in Europe\u2019s new tripolar political space: Class voting for the left, centre-right and radical right, European Journal of Political Research<\/em> 57<\/span>: 783\u2013807 <\/span>pdf \"image_pdf\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Murphy, E. and Oesch, D. (2018) Is employment polarisation inevitable? Occupational change in Ireland and Switzerland, 1970-2010, Work, Employment and <\/em>Society<\/em> 32(6): 1099\u20131117 pdf \"image_pdf\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lipps, O. and Oesch. D. (2018) The working class left behind? The class gap in life satisfaction in Germany and Switzerland over the last decades, European Societes <\/em>20(4): 549-571 pdf \"image_pdf\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oesch, D., McDonald, P. and Lipps, O. (2017) The wage penalty for motherhood: Evidence on discrimination from panel data and a survey experiment for Switzerland, Demographic Research<\/em> 37: 1793-1824 pdf \"image_pdf\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oesch, D. and von Ow, A. (2017) Social Networks and Job Access for the Unemployed: Work Ties for the Upper-Middle Class, Communal Ties for the Working Class, European Sociological Review <\/em>33(2): 275-291 pdf \"image_pdf\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Murphy, E. and Oesch, D. (2016) The Feminization of Occupations and Change in Wages: A Panel Analysis of Britain, Germany, and Switzerland, Social Forces<\/em> 94(3): <\/em>1221\u20131255 pdf \"image_pdf\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oesch, D. and Baumann, I. (2015) Smooth transition or permanent exit? Evidence on job prospects of displaced industrial workers, Socio-Economic Review<\/em> 13(1): 101-123 pdf \"image_pdf\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oesch, D. (2015) Welfare regimes and change in the employment structure: Britain, Denmark and Germany since 1990, Journal of European Social Policy <\/em>25 (1): 94-110 pdf\"image_pdf\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oesch, D. and Lipps, O. (2013) Does unemployment hurt less if there is more of it around? A panel data analysis for Germany and Switzerland, European Sociological Review<\/em> 29 (5): 955\u2013967 pdf \"image_pdf\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oesch, D. (2012) Recruitment, retention and exit from union membership. An analysis of member flows in Swiss union locals, British Journal of Industrial Relations <\/em>50 (2): 287\u2013307 pdf \"image_pdf\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oesch, D. and Rodr\u00edguez Men\u00e9s, J. (2011) Upgrading or polarization? Occupational change in Britain, Germany, Spain and Switzerland, 1990-2008, Socio-Economic Review<\/em> 9 (3): 503-531 pdf \"image_pdf\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oesch, D. (2010) What explains high unemployment among low-skilled workers? Evidence from 21 OECD countries, European Journal of Industrial Relations<\/em> 16 (1): 39-55 pdf \"image_pdf\"<\/a>
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Oesch, D. and Rennwald, L. (2010) The class basis of Switzerland’s cleavage between the New Left and the Populist Right, Swiss Political Science Review<\/em> 16 (3): 343-372 pdf \"image_pdf\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oesch, D. (2008) Explaining workers\u2019 support for right-wing populist parties in Western Europe: Evidence from Austria, Belgium, France, Norway and Switzerland, International Political Science Review<\/em> 29 (3): 349-373 pdf \"image_pdf\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oesch, D. (2008) The changing shape of class voting: an individual-level analysis of party support in Britain, Germany and Switzerland, European Societies<\/em> 10 (3): 329-355 pdf \"image_pdf\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oesch, D. (2008) Stratifying welfare states: class differences in pension coverage in Britain, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland, Swiss Journal of Sociology<\/em> 34 (3): 533-554 pdf \"image_pdf\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oesch, D. (2007) Weniger Koordination, mehr Markt? Kollektive Arbeitsbeziehungen und Neokorporatismus in der Schweiz seit 1990, Swiss Political Science Review <\/em>13 (3): 337-368 pdf \"image_pdf\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oesch, D. (2006) Coming to grips with a changing class structure. An analysis of employment stratification in Britain, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland, International Sociology <\/em>21 (2): 263-288 pdf \"image_pdf\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mach, A. and Oesch, D. (2003) Collective bargaining between decentralization and stability: a sectoral model explaining the Swiss experience during the 1990s, Industrielle Beziehungen<\/em> 10 (1): 160-182 pdf \"image_pdf\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oesch, D. (2003) Labour market trends and the Goldthorpe class schema: a conceptual reassessment, Swiss Journal of Sociology <\/em>29 (2): 241-262 pdf \"image_pdf\" <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gaillard, S. und Oesch, D. (2002) Wodurch erkl\u00e4ren sich die Unterschiede in der Steuerbelastung der Kantone?, Swiss Political Science Review<\/em> 8 (2): 81-99 pdf \"image_pdf\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oesch, D. (2001) L’in\u00e9galit\u00e9, frein \u00e0 la croissance? L\u2019effet de l\u2019in\u00e9galit\u00e9 des revenus sur les taux de croissance de dix pays de l\u2019Europe de l\u2019Ouest, Swiss Political Science Review <\/em>7 (2) : 27-48 pdf \"image_pdf\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Articles in other Journals<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Combet, B. und Oesch, D. (2019) Die Lohnungleichheit zwischen Frauen und M\u00e4nnern beginnt lange vor der Familiengr\u00fcndung. Social Change in Switzerland <\/em>Nr 18 pdf \"image_pdf\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Translated in: Combet, B. et Oesch, D. (2017) L\u2019in\u00e9galit\u00e9 salariale entre hommes et femmes commence bien avant la fondation d\u2019une famille. Social Change in Switzerland <\/em>No 18 pdf \"image_pdf\" ]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oesch, D. und Murphy, E. (2017) Keine Erosion, sondern Wachstum der Mittelklasse. Der Wandel der Schweizer Berufsstruktur seit 1970. Social Change in Switzerland <\/em>Nr 12 pdf \"image_pdf\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Translated in: Oesch, D. et Murphy, E. (2017) La classe moyenne n\u2019est pas en d\u00e9clin, mais en croissance. L\u2019\u00e9volution de la structure des emplois en Suisse depuis 1970. Social Change in Switzerland <\/em>No 12 pdf \"image_pdf\" ]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oesch, D. und Murphy, E. (2017) Keine Polarisierung in der Schweizer Berufsstruktur. Volkswirtschaft <\/em>12: 20-23 pdf \"image_pdf\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Translated in: Oesch, D. et Murphy, E. (2017) Pas de polarisation dans la structure de l\u2019emploi en Suisse, Vie \u00c9conomique <\/em>12: 20-23 pdf \"image_pdf\"<\/a> ]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Korber, M. und Oesch, D. (2016) Berufslehre bietet bessere Lohnaussichten f\u00fcr M\u00e4nner. Volkswirtschaft<\/em> 11 : 44-47 pdf \"image_pdf\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Translated in: Korber, M. et Oesch, D. (2016) L\u2019apprentissage am\u00e9liore les perspectives salariales des hommes. Vie \u00c9conomique<\/em> 11 : 44-47 pdf \"image_pdf\"<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Korber, M. et Oesch, D. (2016) Quelles perspectives d\u2019emploi et de salaire apr\u00e8s un apprentissage ? Social Change in Switzerland<\/em> No 6 (juin) pdf \"image_pdf\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Translated in: Korber, M. und Oesch, D. (2016) Besch\u00e4ftigungs- und Lohnperspektiven nach einer Berufslehre. Social Change in Switzerland  <\/em>Nr. 6 (Juni) pdf \"image_pdf\"<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baumann, I. und Oesch, D. (2013) Massenentlassungen in der Schweiz und ihre Wirkungen: Eine empirische Untersuchung. Volkswirtschaft <\/em>10: 50-53 (Oktober) pdf \"image_pdf\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Translated in: Baumann, I. et Oesch, D. (2013) Licenciements collectifs en Suisse: un probl\u00e8me surtout pour les travailleurs \u00e2g\u00e9s. Vie \u00c9conomique<\/em> <\/em>10: 50-53 (octobre) pdf \"image_pdf\"<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lalive, R., Bonoli, G., Oesch, D., Turtschi, N., von Ow, A. (2013) L\u2019impact des r\u00e9seaux sociaux sur le retour \u00e0 l\u2019emploi des ch\u00f4meurs. Vie \u00c9conomique<\/em> 9 (septembre) pdf \"image_pdf\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Translated in: Lalive, R., Bonoli, G., Oesch, D., Turtschi, N., von Ow, A. (2013) Soziale Netzwerke: Ein wertvoller Trumpf bei der Arbeitssuche f\u00fcr waadtl\u00e4ndische Arbeitslose. Volkswirtschaft<\/em> 9: 64-66 (September) pdf \"image_pdf\"<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oesch, D. (2012) Die Bedeutung von Gesamtarbeitsvertr\u00e4gen f\u00fcr die Arbeitsmarktregulierung in der Schweiz, Zeitschrift f\u00fcr Arbeitsrecht und Arbeitslosenversicherung.<\/em> Sonderausgabe, 120-127 pdf \"image_pdf\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oesch, D. (2007) Zur Analyse der Klassenstruktur von Dienstleistungsgesellschaften: soziale Schichtung in Deutschland und der Schweiz. Widerspruch <\/em>52: 59-74 pdf \"image_pdf\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book review<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oesch, D. (2011) G\u00f8sta Esping-Andersen: The Incomplete Revolution: Adapting to Women\u2019s New Roles.<\/em> European Sociological Review <\/em>27 (2): 288-290 pdf \"image_pdf\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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