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Social capital and immigrants' labour market performance.
- Source :
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Papers in Regional Science . Mar2016 Supplement, Vol. 95, pS107-S126. 20p. 13 Charts. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- This paper analyses the role of social capital on immigrants' labour market outcomes. We use principal component analysis ( PCA) to build an index of social networks and explore its impact on the probability of getting a job and on wage levels using the Households Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia ( HILDA) longitudinal survey data (2002-2010). We find a positive effect of social capital on migrants' employment outcomes and wages, especially for women. Distinguishing employment into blue and white-collar jobs, we find that social capital only affects the probability of getting a white-collar job. These results suggest that promoting opportunities to create social capital has a beneficial effect on migrants' integration in the host country. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *SOCIAL capital
*IMMIGRANTS
*FOREIGN workers
*WAGES
*WHITE collar workers
*EMPLOYMENT
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10568190
- Volume :
- 95
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Papers in Regional Science
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 114119276
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/pirs.12117