Ethnically diverse settings provide opportunities for interethnic friendship but can also
increase the preference for same-ethnic friendship. Therefore, same-ethnic friendship …

While previous research has shown that personality shapes social networks, we know very
little about the relationship between these important psychological characteristics and the …

To what extent can different forms of social capital help immigrants make headway on the
labour market? An answer to this pressing question begins here. Taking the Netherlands …

Undocumented migration is a huge global phenomenon, yet little is known about the reality
of life for those involved. Sans Papiers combines a contemporary account of the theoretical …

If a person is overqualified in the sense that an employee's level of training exceeds the job
requirements, then some human capital lies idle and cannot be converted into appropriate …

This study investigates socio-economic and ethnic inequalities in social capital and their
effects on the process of the labour market entry. We use longitudinal data about the …

This article draws on data from qualitative interviews with ethnic enclave and ethnic
economy business entrepreneurs from Chinese, Bangladeshi and Turkish-speaking …

The article draws on data from in-depth interviews and testimonies with 75 young
undocumented migrants from Brazil, China, Kurds from Turkey, Ukraine and Zimbabwe …

In recent years, refugee women's experiences have received considerable attention in the
academic discourse on immigrant labor market integration. Taking a dynamic perspective …

Empirically identifying the causal effect of social capital on immigrants' economic prospects
is a challenging task due to the non-random residential sorting of immigrants into locations …