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Immigrant performance in the labour market : bonding and bridging social capital /
"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, inc...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press,
©2012.
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| Colección: | IMISCOE research.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "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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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (184 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-184). |
| ISBN: | 9789048516612 9048516617 9789048514953 9048514959 9781280667015 128066701X 9786613643940 6613643947 |