The role of social capital in the job-related regional mobility decisions of unemployed individuals |
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| Institution: | 1. Chair of Sociology and Empirical Social Research – Sociology of the Labour Market, Department of Business and Economics, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Findelgasse 7/9, D-90402 Nuremberg, Germany;2. Research Department – Panel Study “Labour Market and Social Security”, Institute for Employment Research (IAB) of the Federal Employment Agency (BA), Regensburger Strasse 104, D-90478 Nuremberg, Germany;1. Institute of Sociology, University of Bern, Fabrikstr. 8, 3012 Bern, Switzerland;2. Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Edcuation and Training (SFIVET), Kirchlindachstr. 79, 3052 Zollikofen, Switzerland;3. Institute of Sociology, University of Zurich, Andreasstr. 15, 8050 Zurich, Switzerland;1. The Institute of Empirical Social Sciences Research, Xi’an Jiaotong University, No. 28, Xianning West Road, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710049, China;2. School of Social Sciences and Communications, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria 3086, Australia;3. Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota, 267 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States;1. Moscow State Technological University STANKIN, Vadkovsky per. 1, Moscow 127994, Russia;2. National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Kashirskoeshosse 31, Moscow 115409, Russia;3. National University of Science and Technology MISIS, Leninsky prospect 4, Moscow 119049, Russia;1. Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 18, 00014, Finland;2. Department of Political and Economic Studies, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 54, 00014, Finland |
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| Abstract: | Social capital is an important factor in interregional mobility. Although most prior research has focused on its role in the job-finding process, this study investigates the function of social networks and the social capital embedded therein after an interregional job offer has been received. This subject is particularly important for the unemployed, who should be able to exploit a mobility strategy to re-enter the labour market. Unemployed persons rely on their social networks to cope with joblessness, but there is evidence that social contexts can also act as mobility traps for this group (Windzio, 2004). We examine whether the unemployed weight social capital in a unique manner when making decisions regarding mobility.To investigate these issues, we combine a factorial survey module (FSM) with data from the German “Labour market and social security” (PASS) panel study to generate representative samples of both unemployed and employed persons with a randomised mobility stimulus in the form of hypothetical interregional job offers. Our results reveal the mobilising effects of exposure to conflict-laden relationships with the social network and the household. These are particularly pronounced for unemployed persons, highlighting the importance of factors that influence decision making about mobility beyond simple economic considerations. |
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| Keywords: | Social capital Interregional mobility Unemployment Factorial survey |
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