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Social Capital, Institutional Constraints, and Labor Market Outcomes

Author : Shengchen Du
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (112 download)

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Download or read book Social Capital, Institutional Constraints, and Labor Market Outcomes written by Shengchen Du and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The effect of social capital on labor market outcomes is a key concern in sociological studies. Even though there are extensive studies on this topic, with the worldwide expansion of higher education, insufficient scholarly efforts have so far been devoted to understanding access to social capital in the educational setting and labor market impact of social capital for well-educated individuals. Moreover, studies on social capital and migration tend to focus on the role played by social capital on migration decisions and outcomes, contingency impact of social capital on migrants’ labor market outcomes are not well understood. To fill the knowledge gap, this research is to examine undergraduates’ social capital accumulation and mobilization on campus, and the associated outcomes for their job seeking, with the particular focus on 1) the impact of macro institutions on migrant students’ social capital accumulation and mobilization; 2) contingency impact of social capital on labor market outcomes. Combining primary data from in-depth interviews in Tianjin and secondary data collected in Nanjing, China, I examine the different processes of social capital accumulation and mobilization between local and migrant students on campus, and associated labor market outcomes between local and returned migrant students. Findings of this study suggest that university provides an important context for undergraduates to establish social ties and accumulate social capital. By attending higher education institutions, especially elite ones, students gain opportunities to build exclusive social connections on campus. However, opportunities to accumulate social capital on campus are highly structured between local and migrant students because of the household registration system. Moreover, data from in-depth interviews have demonstrated that migrant students suffer disadvantaged capacities to mobilize social capital compared to their local counterparts. The household registration system deprives migrant populations of access to some local employment opportunities, such as government and government-affiliated organizations, migrant students suffer from weaker job information and influence when mobilizing their social capital. Further, by analyzing survey data from Nanjing, it has verified the institutional contingency impact of social capital upon the household registration system between local and returned migrant students. Both total and university-based social capital increases local students’ chance to get a desirable job but does not do so for returned migrant students. The central argument of the study is that institutional constraints, such as the household registration system, could lead to different capacities for the accessibility and mobilization of social capital among local students, migrant students, and returned migrant students, finally leading to differential labor market outcomes in Chinese cities.

Social Capital and Institutional Constraints

Author : Joonmo Son
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415595223
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (155 download)

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Download or read book Social Capital and Institutional Constraints written by Joonmo Son and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book uses new empirical data to test how social capital works in different societies with diverse political-economic and cultural institutions. Taking a comparative approach, this study focuses on data from three very different societies, China, Taiwan and the United States, in order to reveal the international commonalities and disparities in access to, and activation of, social capital in labor markets. In particular, this book tests whether political economic and cultural differences between capitalist and socialist economic systems and between Western and Confucian cultures create different types of individual social networks and usages.

Social Capital

Author : Rene Dubos
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351490540
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (514 download)

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Download or read book Social Capital written by Rene Dubos and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-12 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading scholars in the field of social networks from diverse disciplines present the first systematic and comprehensive collection of current theories and empirical research on the informal connections that individuals have for support, help, and information from other people. Expanding on concepts originally formulated by Pierre Bourdieu and James Coleman, this seminal work will find an essential place with educators and students in the fields of social networks, rational choice theory, institutions, and the socioeconomics of poverty, labor markets, social psychology, and race. The volume is divided into three parts. The first segment clarifies social capital as a concept and explores its theoretical and operational bases. Additional segments provide brief accounts that place the development of social capital in the context of the family of capital theorists, and identify some critical but controversial perspectives and statements regarding social capital in the literature. The editors then make the argument for the network perspective, why and how such a perspective can clarify controversies and advance our understanding of a whole range of instrumental and expressive outcomes. Social Capital further provides a forum for ongoing research programs initiated by social scientists working at the crossroads of formal theory and new methods. These scholars and programs share certain understandings and approaches in their analyses of social capital. They argue that social networks are the foundation of social capital. Social networks simultaneously capture individuals and social structure, thus serving as a vital conceptual link between actions and structural constraints, between micro- and macro-level analyses, and between relational and collective dynamic processes. They are further cognizant of the dual significance of the "structural" features of the social networks and the "resources" embedded in the networks as defining elements of social c

Institutional Constraints and Social Capital of Individuals in the Labor Markets

Author : Joonmo Son
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780549960171
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book Institutional Constraints and Social Capital of Individuals in the Labor Markets written by Joonmo Son and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Employing the unique Social Capital Project surveys conducted in 2004-5 in the United States, China, and Taiwan with at least 3,000 respondents from each society, I found that institutional constraints played critical roles in determining the amount of accessed social capital and the efficacy of activated social capital in job search process in the labor markets. Applying regression models and structural equation modeling to the identical position generator measures in the three data sets, I identified that China under the twofold institutional constraints of socialist political economy and Confucian culture retained the least amount of accessed social capital in comparison with the other two capitalist societies, the United States and Taiwan according to the SEM latent mean comparison. In regard to the activation of social capital in job search process, I found that the effect of social capital was suppressed under the socialist control in China. I also found that Taiwan experienced the greatest gender inequality in status attainment process due to Confucian cultural influence. I thus suggest that future research should take political and cultural institutions of target societies into account in order to examine the net effect of social capital rather than unconditionally replicating the pre-established conceptual schema in the literature in spite of significant differences in macroinstitutional arrangements varying across societies.

Understanding and Measuring Social Capital

Author : Christiaan Grootaert
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780821350683
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (56 download)

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Download or read book Understanding and Measuring Social Capital written by Christiaan Grootaert and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2002 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work details various methods of gauging social capital and provides illustrative case studies from Mali and India. It also offers a measuring instrument, the Social Capital Assessment Tool, that combines quantitative and qualitative approaches.

Social Capital

Author : Nan Lin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521521673
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (216 download)

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Download or read book Social Capital written by Nan Lin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-05-20 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1. Theories of Capital: The Historical Foundation. 3. 2. Social Capital: Capital Captured through Social Relations. 19. 3. Resources, Hierarchy, Networks, and Homophily: The Structural Foundation. 29. 4. Resources, Motivations, and Interactions: The Action Foundation. 41. 5. The Theory and Theoretical Propositions. 55. 6. Social Capital and Status Attainment: A Research Tradition. 78. 7. Inequality in Social Capital: A Research Agenda. 99. 8. Social Capital and the Emergence of Social Structure: A Theory of Rational Choice. 127. 9. Reputation and Social Capital: The Rational Basis for Social Exchange. 143. 10. Social Capital in Hierarchical Structures. 165. 11. Institutions, Networks, and Capital Building: Societal Transformations. 184. 12. Cybernetworks and the Global Village: The Rise of Social Capital. 210. 13. The Future of the Theory. 243. . References. 251. . Index. 267.

Social Capital in Status Attainment

Author : Shanhui Wu
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book Social Capital in Status Attainment written by Shanhui Wu and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using a multilevel sample of 167 cities and 3529 individuals from China, the present dissertation investigates the roles of individual- and city-level factors in the three processes---social capital acquisition, activation and the returns to it---through which social capital (measured by the position generator methodology) affects status attainment. Based on the results from multilevel analyses, this research reaches the following conclusions: (1) Residents of a more developed city and a city with a high political ranking have more social capital. (2) Long-term and short-term mobility across cities enhance individuals' social capital. (3) Father's network extensity positively influences individuals' social capital, but this effect is reduced by economic development. (4) Being a supervisor increases the probability of social capital activation measured as receiving job information from network contacts. (5) People who live in a more developed city are more capable of activating their social capital. (6) Unemployment rate in a city increases social capital activation. (7) Social capital and its activation significantly affect current job status, and these effects are not contingent on the degree to which a labor market is restrained by bureaucratic regulations. Theses findings suggest a two-level social embeddedness. First, individuals' labor market actions and outcomes are embedded in the structures of social networks. Second, individuals' network relations and network behavior are embedded in the social structures at the macro level.

Causal Effects of Social Capital

Author : Yunsong Chen
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811959129
Total Pages : 485 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (119 download)

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Download or read book Causal Effects of Social Capital written by Yunsong Chen and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-10-02 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a series of studies focusing on the role of social capital in the labor market and beyond. Using the effect of individual social capital on labor markets as an example, this book pays special attention to the origins of and solutions to the endogeneity problem. It uses several identification strategies to systematically test for the causal effects of social capital. First, this book constitutes the first attempt to offer a systematic account of the progress made by social scientists in improving causal inferences into the role of social capital in labor markets. Second, the book adopts specialized approaches—both classical and new—toward different sources of endogeneity. Incorporating the latest research from outside fields, such as economics, into sociological research is a small but significant methodological innovation. Third, in addition to empirical research, this book undertakes an innovative exploration of the theory of social capital. It creatively explains the dynamic evolution of social capital, which helps balance objectivism and subjectivism when analyzing interpersonal actions. For sociologists who focus on quantitative research methods and social capital, scholars who study Chinese societies, and related students, this book provides both advanced methods and rich empirical research.

Social Capital and Its Institutional Contingency

Author : Nan Lin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135012326
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Social Capital and Its Institutional Contingency written by Nan Lin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-12 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a collection of original studies based on one of the first research programs on comparative analysis of social capital. Data are drawn from national representative samples of the United States, China and Taiwan. The three societies selected for study allow the examination of how political-economic regimes (command versus market) and cultural factors (family centrality versus diverse social ties) affect the characteristics of social ties and social networks from which resources are accessed and mobilized.

Social Capital as a Policy Resource

Author : John D. Montgomery
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1475765312
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (757 download)

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Download or read book Social Capital as a Policy Resource written by John D. Montgomery and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-14 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Social Capital

Author : Partha Dasgupta
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780821350041
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Social Capital written by Partha Dasgupta and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2000 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains a number of papers presented at a workshop organised by the World Bank in 1997 on the theme of 'Social Capital: Integrating the Economist's and the Sociologist's Perspectives'. The concept of 'social capital' is considered through a number of theoretical and empirical studies which discuss its analytical foundations, as well as institutional and statistical analyses of the concept. It includes the classic 1987 article by the late James Coleman, 'Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital', which formed the basis for the development of social capital as an organising concept in the social sciences.

People People

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 55 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (848 download)

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Download or read book People People written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite indications that people skills are important for understanding individual labor-market outcomes and have become more important over the last decades, there is little analysis by economists. This paper shows that people skills are important determinants of labor-market outcomes, including occupations and wages. We show that technological and organizational changes have increased the importance of people skills in the workplace. We particularly focus on how the increased importance of people skills has affected the labor-market outcomes of under represented groups. We show that the acceleration rate of increase in the importance of people skills between the late 1970s and early 1990s can help explain why women's wages increased more rapidly while the wages of blacks grew more slowly over these years relative to earlier years

People to people : social capital and the labor-market outcomes of underrepresented groups

Author : Bas ter Weel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789053214046
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book People to people : social capital and the labor-market outcomes of underrepresented groups written by Bas ter Weel and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite indications that interpersonal interactions are important for understanding individual labor-market outcomes and have become more important over the last decades, there is little analysis by economists. This paper shows that interpersonal interactions are important determinants of labor-market outcomes, including occupations and wages. We show that technological and organizational changes have increased the importance of interpersonal interactions in the workplace. We particularly focus on how the increased importance of interpersonal interactions has affected the labor-market outcomes of underrepresented groups. We show that the acceleration in the rate of increase in the importance of interpersonal interactions between the late 1970s and early 1990s can help explain why women's wages increased more rapidly, while the wages of blacks grew more slowly over these years relative to earlier years.

Social Institutions

Author : Karl-Dieter Opp
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351328786
Total Pages : 507 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (513 download)

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Download or read book Social Institutions written by Karl-Dieter Opp and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-04-27 with total page 507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to present a synthesis of rational choice theory and sociological perspectives for the analysis of social institutions.The origin of social institutions is an old concern in social theory. Currently it has re-emerged as one of the most intensely debated issues in social science. Among economists and rational choice theorists, there is growing awareness that most, if not all, of the social outcomes that are of interest to explain are at least partly a function of institutional constraints. Yet the role of institutions is negligible both in general equilibrium theory and in most neoclassical economic models. There is a burgeoning substantive interest in institutions ranging from social movements, to formal organizations, to states, and even international regimes.Rational choice theorists have made great strides in elucidating the effects of institutions on a variety of social outcomes, but they have paid insufficient attention to the social dynamics that lead to the emergence of these institutions. Typically, these institutions have been assumed to be a given, rather than considered as outcomes requiring explanation in their own right. Sociological theorists, in contrast, have long appreciated the role of social structural constraints in the determination of outcomes but have neglected the role of individual agents.Michael Hechter is professor emeritus in the department of Sociology at the University of Washington. He is the author of numerous books. He became an Elected Fellow to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2004 and has been featured in Who's Who. He is also currently on editorial boards for a numerous amount of journals.Karl-Dieter Opp is professor of sociology at Univesitat Leipzig. He has been a Fellow of the European Academy of Sociology since 1999 and has been member of the Council and Treasurer since 2000. He is also current on the advisory board for the magazine Mind and Society.Reinhard Wippler is professor of theoretical sociology at the University of Utrecht and scientific director of the Interuniversity Center for Sociological Theory and Methodology.

Social Capital in the Knowledge Economy

Author : Hans Westlund
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540353666
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Social Capital in the Knowledge Economy written by Hans Westlund and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-09-24 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes the social capital of the growing knowledge economy, from both theoretical and empirical points of view. The theoretical section discusses social capital as an economic concept, developing a theory of the social capital of the enterprise. The empirical section compares aspects of the social capital of three different socio-economic systems: the US, Japan and Sweden. The book discusses a number of issues for further research.

Social Capital Versus Social Theory

Author : Ben Fine
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415241809
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (418 download)

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Download or read book Social Capital Versus Social Theory written by Ben Fine and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume traces the origins of social capital through the work of Becker, Bourdieu and Coleman, and comprehensively reviews the literature across the social sciences.

Social Capital

Author : Rene Dubos
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9781138532700
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (327 download)

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Download or read book Social Capital written by Rene Dubos and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-13 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading scholars in the field of social networks from diverse disciplines present the first systematic and comprehensive collection of current theories and empirical research on the informal connections that individuals have for support, help, and information from other people. Expanding on concepts originally formulated by Pierre Bourdieu and James Coleman, this seminal work will find an essential place with educators and students in the fields of social networks, rational choice theory, institutions, and the socioeconomics of poverty, labor markets, social psychology, and race. The volume is divided into three parts. The first segment clarifies social capital as a concept and explores its theoretical and operational bases. Additional segments provide brief accounts that place the development of social capital in the context of the family of capital theorists, and identify some critical but controversial perspectives and statements regarding social capital in the literature. The editors then make the argument for the network perspective, why and how such a perspective can clarify controversies and advance our understanding of a whole range of instrumental and expressive outcomes. Social Capital further provides a forum for ongoing research programs initiated by social scientists working at the crossroads of formal theory and new methods. These scholars and programs share certain understandings and approaches in their analyses of social capital. They argue that social networks are the foundation of social capital. Social networks simultaneously capture individuals and social structure, thus serving as a vital conceptual link between actions and structural constraints, between micro- and macro-level analyses, and between relational and collective dynamic processes. They are further cognizant of the dual significance of the "structural" features of the social networks and the "resources" embedded in the networks as defining elements of social capital.