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Social capital, job search and labor market outcomes

In: Handbook on Inequality and Social Capital

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  • Gerhard Krug

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This chapter gives an overview of the role of social capital in job search. Based on the conceptual distinction between accessed, activated and mobilized social capital, the author first posits a theoretical model of how social capital relates to individuals’ job search behavior and shapes labor market outcomes. This model is used to specify the contributions of a variety of empirical studies from disciplines such as sociology, labor market economics and social psychology to the social capital literature. The author also reviews empirical studies on employers’ use of social capital and social networks and studies on the role of personal contacts as intermediaries between job seekers and employers seeking to fill a vacancy. The chapter concludes with a discussion of frequently encountered methodological problems in research on social capital and job search and of possible directions for future research.

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  • Gerhard Krug, 2024. "Social capital, job search and labor market outcomes," Chapters, in: Steve McDonald & Rochelle Côté & Jing Shen (ed.), Handbook on Inequality and Social Capital, chapter 25, pages 382-396, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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