The Distribution and Return of Social Capital: Evidence From Sweden

Behtoui, Alireza

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“…Because of institutional and historical processes ethnic minorities occupy different, usually much lower, socio-economic positions than the ethnic majority in a country, and because of personal preferences and/or unequal contact opportunities members of deprived ethnic minorities are mainly interacting with one another in social networks with poor resources (Lin, 2001;McPherson, Smith-Lovin and Cook, 2001;Völker, Pinkster and Flap, 2008). European and North-American studies have indeed shown ethnic differences in the socio-economic network composition (Parks-Yancy, 2006;Behtoui, 2007;Li, Savage and Warde, 2008;Völker, Pinkster and Flap, 2008;McDonald, Lin and Ao, 2009). Most of these studies found that ethnic minorities (especially the socio-economically deprived ones) do not differ from natives in the size of their networks, but that they have fewer and poorer network resources.…”

Section: Ethnic Inequalities In Family Social Capitalmentioning

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Socio-economic and Ethnic Inequalities in Social Capital from the Family among Labour Market Entrants

Verhaeghe¹,

Li²,

Putte³

2012

European Sociological Review

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This study investigates how the socio-economic positions of the parents shape the access to social capital of their children. We examine the influence of three parental socio-economic positions on the access to three job-finding resources from the family among labour market entrants. In addition, we examine how ethnic differences in family social capital are rooted in the unequal socio-economic positions of different ethnic categories. For these purposes, we collected data from 2,176 labour market entrants in Belgium and designed an instrument to measure three types of job-finding resources: labour market information, job information, and encouragement to search for a job. Moreover, we used a multidimensional perspective on social stratification by examining the educational levels, the social class positions, and the employment statuses of the parents. Our results show substantial socio-economic inequalities in family social capital: labour market entrants whose parents are higher educated, employed and/or from the service class have more access to job-finding resources from the family. Moreover, ethnic minorities in Belgium, especially the Turks, Moroccans, and Balkans, have less access to job-finding resources from the family than natives. These findings demonstrate the powerful interplay of parental socio-ethnic influences in shaping inequalities in social capital. Moreover, it is the first crucial step to establish how socio-economic inequalities are reproduced over generations through the functioning of social capital.

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Section: Ethnic Inequalities In Family Social Capitalmentioning

confidence: 99%

Socio-economic and Ethnic Inequalities in Social Capital from the Family among Labour Market Entrants

Verhaeghe¹,

Li²,

Putte³

2012

European Sociological Review

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“…Furthermore, social capital may also facilitate transfers of valuable resources such as lending money on favourable terms. Previous studies have demonstrated that access to social capital is related to higher wages, higher status jobs, lower unemployment, shorter time to re‐employment, easier access to the housing market, and better health (Behtoui ; Hällsten, Edling and Rydgren ; Röper, Völker and Flap ; Song and Lin ; Sprengers, Tazelaar and Flap ; Verhaeghe, Van der Bracht and Van de Putte ; Völker and Flap ).…”

Section: Social Capital and Its Transnational Effectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Another aspect of social capital inequality is differences depending on ethnicity and immigration. Several studies have found that immigrants or ethnic minorities have access to less social capital (Behtoui ; Chua, Mathews and Loh ; Li, Savage and Warde ; Lin ; Moren Cross and Lin ; Völker, Pinkster and Flap ). But a number of European studies, mostly on young people, do not find disadvantages for ethnic minorities.…”

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The intersection of class origin and immigration background in structuring social capital: the role of transnational ties

Andersson

Edling

Rydgren

2017

British Journal of Sociology

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The study investigates inequalities in access to social capital based on social class origin and immigration background and examines the role of transnational ties in explaining these differences. Social capital is measured with a position generator methodology that separates between national and transnational contacts in a sample of young adults in Sweden with three parental backgrounds: at least one parent born in Iran or Yugoslavia, or two Sweden-born parents. The results show that having socioeconomically advantaged parents is associated with higher levels of social capital. Children of immigrants are found to have a greater access to social capital compared to individuals with native background, and the study shows that this is related to transnational contacts, parents' education and social class in their country of origin. Children of immigrants tend to have more contacts abroad, while there is little difference in the amount of contacts living in Sweden across the three groups. It is concluded that knowledge about immigration group resources help us predict its member's social capital, but that the analysis also needs to consider how social class trajectories and migration jointly structure national and transnational contacts.

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“…Individuals with high education tend to have larger networks than individuals with low education (Behtoui, 2007;Lin, Fu, & Hsung, 2001). Accordingly, well-educated respondents seem to have better access to concrete social resources than less educated ones (Häuberer, 2014).…”

Section: Social Capital and Its Originmentioning

confidence: 99%

Social Capital of Non-traditional Students at a German University. Do Traditional and Non-traditional Students Access Different Social Resources?

Brändle¹,

Häuberer²

2014

IJHE

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The Distribution and Return of Social Capital: Evidence From Sweden

Cited by 62 publications

References 15 publications

Socio-economic and Ethnic Inequalities in Social Capital from the Family among Labour Market Entrants

Socio-economic and Ethnic Inequalities in Social Capital from the Family among Labour Market Entrants

The intersection of class origin and immigration background in structuring social capital: the role of transnational ties

Social Capital of Non-traditional Students at a German University. Do Traditional and Non-traditional Students Access Different Social Resources?

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