Inequality in social capital and labour market re-entry among unemployed people

Bonoli, Giuliano; Turtschi, Nicolas

doi:10.1016/j.rssm.2015.09.004

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“…The questionnaire was administered during an information session that all newly unemployed people must attend to receive unemployment benefits. Thus, we were able to obtain a very high response rate of approximately 95 per cent (Bonoli & Turtschi, 2015;Bonoli et al, 2013).…”

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“…Our analyses are based on a novel dataset that was collected in 2012 and allows us to study the labour market trajectory of newly registered unemployed individuals in the Swiss Canton of Vaud over a period of 12 months following their registration at the local job centre. 2 This information was subsequently matched with a comprehensive questionnaire on social capital and job search strategies (Socnet data, 3 Bonoli et al, 2013). The questionnaire was administered during an information session that all newly unemployed people must attend to receive unemployment benefits.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Marsden and Gorman, 2001). For instance, research has shown that unemployed people with more friends tend to experience shorter unemployment spells (Bonoli & Turtschi, 2015;Brandt, 2006;Korpi, 2001). (Larsen, 2008) shows that informal networks are particularly important for the long-term unemployed.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…3. These data were collected starting in February 2012 in the framework of the the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research LIVES -"Overcoming vulnerability: life course perspectives"based at the University of Lausanne (Bonoli et al,. 2013).…”

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Immigrant groups, especially those originating from non‐European countries, tend to experience disadvantages in the labour market and to be overrepresented among the recipients of welfare benefits in many European countries. In the public debate, this outcome is sometimes explained with reference to migration‐related factors such as weaker work values than natives (i.e., acceptability of remaining on benefits), smaller and lower quality of informal networks and lower levels of psychological well‐being. Indeed, we find that these factors significantly influence unemployment duration in the expected direction. However, they explain only a small share of the overall disadvantage that some immigrant groups experience. We conclude that at least some of the large differences we observed in unemployment durations are likely to be due to other factors including discrimination by employers.

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“…And given that social capital is unequally distributed, it becomes a factor amplifying the social inequalities with which individuals enter the labour market (Bonoli and Turtschi, 2015).…”

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Martí²,

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Este artículo presenta un análisis orientado a identificar la relación entre contactos personales y empleo en una muestra de 250 jóvenes de entre 20 y 34 años en el área metropolitana de Barcelona. El análisis, que se basa en los datos obtenidos en una encuesta de redes personales, muestra que el peso de los contactos en la inserción laboral de los jóvenes es mayor que el señalado en estudios precedentes y que es una característica estructural del mercado de trabajo estudiado. El uso de contactos para acceder al empleo tiene un peso importante antes y durante el periodo de crisis, en categorías profesionales altas y bajas, aunque está asociado a las formas más inestables de empleo. Los resultados señalan que movilizar «pocos» y «buenos» contactos se asocia a la obtención de mejores empleos.

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Child health and its effect on adult social capital accumulation

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Although studies have demonstrated important effects of poor health in childhood on stocks of human and health capital, little research has tested economic theories to investigate the effect of child health on social capital in adulthood. Studies on the influence of child health on adult social capital are mixed and have not used sibling fixed effects models to account for unmeasured family and genetic characteristics, that are likely to be important. Using the Add‐Health sample, health in childhood was assessed as self‐rated health, the occurrence of a physical health condition or mental health condition, while social capital in adulthood was measured as volunteering, religious service attendance, team sports participation, number of friends, social isolation, and social support. We used sibling fixed effects models, which attenuated several associations to non‐significance. In sibling fixed effects models there was significant positive effects of greater self‐rated health on participation in team sports and social support, and negative effect of mental health in childhood on social isolation in adulthood. These results suggest that children with poor health require additional supports to build and maintain their stock of social capital and highlight further potential benefits to efforts that address poor child health.

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Inequality in social capital and labour market re-entry among unemployed people

Cited by 36 publications

References 20 publications

Why do immigrants have longer periods of unemployment? Swiss evidence

Why do immigrants have longer periods of unemployment? Swiss evidence

Las redes personales en la inserción laboral juvenil en tiempos de crisis Un análisis en Barcelona

Child health and its effect on adult social capital accumulation

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