@article{aup:/content/journals/10.5117/MEM2011.4.HOUT, author = "van Houten, Jasper M.A. and Visser, Mark and Ultee, Wout C.", title = "De Tweede Wereldoorlog en statusverwerving", journal= "Mens & Maatschappij", year = "2011", volume = "86", number = "4", pages = "372-394", doi = "https://doi.org/10.5117/MEM2011.4.HOUT", url = "https://www.aup-online.com/content/journals/10.5117/MEM2011.4.HOUT", publisher = "Amsterdam University Press", issn = "1876-2816", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "World War II and occupational status attainment. In this study we include personal war experiences in Duncan’s path model of status attainment to answer the following research question: To what extent can personal war experiences explain the occupational status of Dutch people who experienced World War II? We expect that personal war experiences have a detrimental effect on the human capital formation, which in turn leads to a lower educational level and a lower occupational status. To test our hypotheses, we use unique individual-level data from the ‘Onderzoek naar Doorsnee Nederlanders in de oorlog’, which was conducted from 2005 to 2010 (N = 346). The results of our path analysis show that people who were forced to work in Germany or the Netherlands during the war obtained a lower educational level and subsequently a lower occupational status. Physical destruction of one’s house also has a negative effect on occupational status through education. In addition, we found some direct effects of personal war experiences on the occupational status.", }