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Social Capital at Work
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The authors investigated the extent to which an individual's social capital relates to their labour market outcomes and explored the relationships between social capital and labour force status and social capital, and job search method using data collected from a national random sample of Australians.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.read more
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