The economic returns of bonding and bridging social capital for immigrant men in Germany

Bram Lancee (1)

1 Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Using longitudinal data, this paper analyses the effect of different forms of social capital on the likelihood of employment and the occupational status of first generation immigrant men in Germany. This allows me to examine to what extent social capital of the bonding and the bridging type yield different returns. It is studied how contacts with natives, co-ethnic ties and family-based social capital are beneficial to the economic position of immigrant men. Random effects and fixed effects models show that strong inter-ethnic ties are beneficial both for employment and occupational status. There is no effect of co-ethnic ties and family-based social capital. It is concluded that, also when using panel data, bridging social capital contributes to a better economic position and bonding social capital does not.

Mots clés: Social Sciences & Humanities

Domaines: Anthropologie sociale et ethnologie

Bram Lancee. The economic returns of bonding and bridging social capital for immigrant men in Germany. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 2011, PP (PP), ⟨10.1080/01419870.2011.591405⟩. ⟨hal-00713342⟩