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Social Capital at Work

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2023

Wendy Stone ,
Matthew Gray  and
Jody Hughes
Wendy Stone
Affiliation:
The Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
Jody Hughes
Affiliation:
The Australian Institute of Family Studies respectively
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Abstract

A great deal of the research into the determinants of labour market outcomes has focussed on the role of human capital and the structure of the labour market. Relatively little attention has been paid to the role of social capital. This paper investigates the extent to which an individual’s social capital relates to their labour market outcomes. The relationships between social capital and labour force status and social capital and job search method are explored using data collected from a national random sample of Australians. Both a network and typology approach to measuring social capital are used.

Type
Symposium on Social Inclusion
Information
The Economic and Labour Relations Review , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , January 2004 , pp. 235 - 255
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s) 2004

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Footnotes

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We are indebted to Edgar Carson, David de Vaus, Boyd Hunter, Ann Sanson, the Editor Peter Saunders and an anonymous referee for comments on an earlier version of this paper. The views expressed in this paper do not necessarily reflect those of the Australian Institute of Family Studies or the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute.

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