Social Capital and the Wages of Mexican Migrants: New Hypotheses and Tests

By Michael B. Aguilera, D. Massey. 2003

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science

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Social Contacts and the Economic Performance of Immigrants: A Panel Study of Immigrants in Germany 1 (2012, background): “that having co-ethnic family and friends in the host-country facilitates the economic integration of immigrants, in particular by providing assistance in finding a job and higher earnings (Aguilera 2002, 2003, 2005; Aguilera and Massey 2003; Amuedo-Dorantes and Mundra 2008, Hagan 1998; Nee et al. 19”
The Impact of Origin and Host Country Schooling on the Economic Performance of Immigrants (2009, methodology): “Specific studies in the field of migration have equally shown that contacts with family and friends promote the economic performance of immigrants (Aguilera 2003; Aguilera and Massey 2003; Nee, Sanders and Sernau 1994; Sanders and Nee 1996; Sanders, Nee and Sernau 2002).”
How do refugees use their social capital for successful labor market integration? An exploratory analysis in Germany (2017, result): “These studies have also generated inconsistent findings (e.g., Aguilera & Massey, 2003; Lancee, 2010; Li, 2004).”
The Economic Returns of Immigrants’ Bonding and Bridging Social Capital: The Case of the Netherlands 1 (2010, background): “Researchers have suggested that possessing social capital contributes to economic outcomes such as access to the labour market (Aguilera 2002; Granovetter 1995), wages (Aguilera and Massey 2003; Aguilera 2003; Boxman, De Graaf, and Flap 1991) or occupational status (Lin, Ensel, and Vaughn 1981; Lin ”
The role of social contacts in the employment status of immigrants (2011, background): “That could maybe explain why having family and friends in the host-country lead to increased immigrant employment and wages in the United States (Aguilera and Massey, 2003; Hagan, 1998), whereas there is no direct effect of frequency of contacts with relatives, friends and neighbours and…”
The Employment Experience of Refugees in the Netherlands (2010, positive): “…that include social capital as an explanation of economic outcomes among immigrants have focused on the extent to which immigrants employ social contacts with family and with other co-ethnics to get ahead in the labor market (Aguilera & Massey, 2003; Ross-Sheriff, 2001; Wilson & Portes, 1980).”
International Labor Migration from a Tropical Development Frontier: Globalizing Households and an Incipient Forest Transition (2008, background): “” Explanatory models for migration posit a set of drivers ranging from household cost-benefit calculations, risk minimization, and overcoming barriers to capital and credit as forwarded by the “new economics of labor migration” (Stark and Bloom 1985; Taylor 1999) to social capital development, as ex”
Gender, Job Searching, and Employment Outcomes among Mexican Immigrants (2006, background): “With one exception ( Aguilera & Massey 2003, who found no relationship between job search method and wages among Mexican immigrants), the quantitative work that has focused on Latino natives and immigrants in the U.S.”