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Benefit or Burden? Social Capital, Gender, and the Economic Adaptation of Refugees

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ID11380997
AuthorsRyan Allen (0000-0003-1456-4088, University of Minnesota, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume43
Issue2
Pages332-365
Publication date2009-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Migration Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0197-9183 • E-ISSN: 1747-7379
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1111/j.1747-7379.2009.00767.x
OpenAlexW2152498210
LanguageEN
Citations received48
References cited42

This paper examines the role of co-ethnic social capital on the earnings of refugees, using a unique data set for adult refugees who resettled in Portland, Maine, between 1998 and 2004. Multiple regression models test the effect of access to co-ethnic social capital on the log earnings of refugees in their first and most recent years of work. Results show that over time access to co-ethnic social capital upon arrival decreased earnings for female refugees. The paper concludes with a discussion of the implications of the findings for social capital and immigration research

Capital (architecture · Demographic economics · Earnings · Economics · Ethnic group · Geography · Immigration · Political science · Refugee · Social capital · Employment and Welfare Studies · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Finance

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