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

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Label

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

Title remainder

bonding and bridging social capital

Statement of responsibility

Bram Lancee

Creator

• Lancee, Bram

Subject

• Foreign workers

Language

eng

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

Member of

• IMISCOE research

Cataloging source

NLGGC

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Series statement

IMISCOE research