Immigrant Performance in the Labour Market
Bonding and Bridging Social Capital
Distributed for Amsterdam University Press
184 pages
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6 x 9
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© 2012
This definitive study offers an in-depth analysis of the role of social capital in Western labor markets. To address the vital question of how migrants take advantage of social relations between indigenous people and their own ethnic group, Bram Lancee surveys the impact of various forms of social capital on the integration of immigrants into their new labor markets in Germany and the Netherlands, producing an important comparative study for those two bordering countries.
Contents
List of figures and tables
Acknowledgements
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
References
Acknowledgements
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
References
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