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Immigrant performance in the labour market : bonding and bridging social capital / Bram Lancee

Author
Lancee, Bram
Published
Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2012]
Copyright Date
©2012
Physical Description
1 online resource (184 pages) : illustrations
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Language Note
English.
Restrictions on Access
Open Access Unrestricted online access
Contents
1. Introduction and research questions -- Research questions -- Structure of the book -- 2. Social capital theory -- Introduction -- Collective versus individual-level social capital -- Bonding social capital -- Bridging social capital -- Conclusion -- 3. Immigrants in Germany and the Netherlands -- Introduction -- Migration history and background of the ethnic groups -- Immigration regime and integration policy -- The labour market -- Social capital in Germany and the Netherlands -- Immigrants' social capital in Germany and the Netherlands -- Differences and similarities in the macro-context -- 4. Immigrants' social capital and labour market outcomes -- Introduction -- Labour market outcomes -- Hypotheses referring to bridging -- Hypotheses referring to bonding -- Human capital -- Social capital and labour market outcomes for men and women -- 5. The case of the Netherlands -- Introduction -- Results -- Conclusion -- 6. The case of Germany -- Introduction -- Data and measurement -- Results -- Conclusion -- 7. Interethnic and intra-ethnic friendships and unemployment -- duration for Turkish immigrants and native Germans -- Introduction -- Hypotheses -- Data and measurement -- Results -- Conclusion -- 8. Conclusions on immigrants' bonding and bridging social -- capital -- Overview -- Findings -- Open questions -- Appendix: The measurement of social capital using cumulative scaling.
Summary
"To what extent can different forms of social capital help immigrants make headway on the labour market? An answer to this pressing question begins here. Taking the Netherlands and Germany as case studies, the book identifies two forms of social capital that may work to increase employment, income and occupational status and, conversely, decrease unemployment. New insights into the concepts of bonding and bridging arise through quantitative research methods, using longitudinal and crosssectional data. Referring to a dense network with 'thick' trust, bonding is measured as family ties, co-ethnic ties and trust in the family. Bridging is seen in terms of interethnic ties, thus implying a crosscutting network with 'thin' trust. Immigrant Performance in the Labour Market reveals that although bonding allows immigrants to get by, bridging enables them to get ahead"--Publisher's description.
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ISBN
9789048516612 (electronic bk.)
9048516617 (electronic bk.)
9789048514953 (electronic bk.)
9048514959 (electronic bk.)
9789089643575
9089643575
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-184).
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