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

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 664-683

  Lancee, Bram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Germany; immigrants; labour market; longitudinal analysis; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; IMMIGRANT; LABOR MARKET; OCCUPATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK;

GERMANY;

EID: 84860870778     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: 14664356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2011.591405     Document Type: Article

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