2011/07/19 by Bram Lancee · 142 citations
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Bridging (networking) #Demographic economics #Demography #Economic growth #Economics #Ethnic group #Geography #German #Immigration #Interpersonal ties #Migration and Labor Dynamics #Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy #Political science #Psychology #Social Capital and Networks #Social capital #Social change #Social position #Social psychology #Social science #Sociology
paper · open access · doi:10.1080/01419870.2011.591405
published in Ethnic and Racial Studies 35(4), 664-683 (Routledge)
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Using longitudinal data, this paper analyses the effect of different forms of social capital on the likelihood of employment and the occupational status of first generation immigrant men in Germany. This allows me to examine to what extent social capital of the bonding and the bridging types yield different returns. The study considers how contacts with natives, co-ethnic ties and family-based social capital are beneficial to the economic position of immigrant men. Random effects and fixed effects models show that strong inter-ethnic ties are beneficial both for employment and occupational status. There is no effect of co-ethnic ties and family-based social capital. It is concluded that, when using panel data, bridging social capital contributes to a better economic position and bonding social capital does not.