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In conclusion, in Italy, women’s higher social mobility than that of men is more likely indicative of persistent traditional work–family choices among the better-off than a signal of growing equality of opportunity. 7/7

However, upper-class women (especially those becoming mothers at a comparatively young age) demonstrated lower occupational achievements across birth cohorts → perverse fluidity: not-exploited advantages. 6/7

We found that middle- and working-class women exhibited upgraded average occupational achievements across birth cohorts in conjunction with educational expansion → more meritocracy. 5/7

As to why, we hypothesized three different mechanisms: (1) increased meritocracy, (2) perverse fluidity driven by the motherhood penalty and related intragenerational downward mobility, and (3) perverse fluidity due to upper-class women not exploiting their origin-related advantages. 4/7

As to whether Italian women are (increasingly) more socially mobile than men, definitely yes! 3/7

We asked whether and why women show greater and increasing social fluidity compared to men. We focused on the IT case and leveraged retrospective data collected in 2016 by ISTAT (Multipurpose Survey on Households: Families, Social Subjects and Life Cycle). 2/7

Do you know that women are more socially mobile than men in Southern EU countries, where institutional familialism and a strong influence of class of origin reign supreme? Any idea why? Take a look at our (w/ @zamberlanna.bsky.socialsociologicalscience.com/articles-v11... 1/7

Successfully defended my PhD on Feb 23rd! 🚀 Thanks to the commission (@hermwerf.bsky.social@csisunitn.bsky.social