Causal effects of social capital : labor markets and beyond / / Yunsong Chen

• Autore: Chen Yunsong <1975->
• Pubblicazione: Singapore : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2022]; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (485 pages)
• Disciplina: 363
• Soggetto topico: Infrastructure (Economics); Social capital (Sociology)
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- References -- Part I Causality in Social Capital Studies -- 2 On Endogeneity Problems: Challenges and Strategies of Causal Inference -- 1 Identification Challenges and Strategies -- Omitted Variable Bias -- Self-Selection Bias -- Sample-Selection Bias -- Simultaneity Bias -- 2 New Identification Methods -- Regression Discontinuity -- Randomized Experiment -- Difference-in-Differences Estimator -- Endogenous Switching Regression -- References -- 3 Placing Causality at the Heart of Social Capital Research: A Literature Review -- 1 A Literature Review of Three Strands -- Estimating the Treatment Effects of Using Contacts -- Estimating the Effects of the Used Social Capital -- Estimating the Effects of Accessed Social Capital -- The Exogenous Effects of Accessed Social Capital -- The Endogenous Effects of Accessed Social Capital -- 2 Discussion -- References -- Untitled -- Part II Contact Usage and Resources -- 4 Using Contacts is Hardly Beneficial: The Treatment Effects of Using Social Capital -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Review -- 3 The First-Difference Model -- 4 Results from the GDR Data -- 5 Results from the Chinese Data -- 6 Further Discussion -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- 5 Contact Resources and Homophily Both Pay Off: The Effects of Used Social Capital -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Mouw-Lin Debate: A Critical Review -- Homophily as Confounder: Mouw's Challenge -- Questionable Operationalization of Homophily: Lin's Refutation -- Revisiting the Debate: Occupational Homophily as a Moderator -- 3 Replication and Extension -- Beyond the "Same-Occupation" Tangle: Model Identification Issues -- 4 Models and Strategies -- The Case of the GDR -- The Case of China -- 5 Heterophily Versus Homophily in the Selection of Network Members. ; 6 Conclusion and Discussion -- References -- Part III Network Resources -- 6 Village Networks and Migrants' Salaries the Impact of Acquaintance Networks -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background -- Origin-Based Networks and Job-Seeking -- Village Outflow as the Origin-Based Migration Network -- Migration as a Selection Process -- 3 Models and Identification Issues -- Sources of Endogeneity -- Heckman's Two-Stage Approach -- Natural Disaster as the IV -- OLS, Heckit and IV Models -- 4 Data and Variables -- Definition of Migration -- Dependent Variable -- Independent Variable -- IV and Regional Dummies -- Other Controls -- 5 Estimation Results -- 6 Interpretation of the IV Estimate -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- 7 Colleague Networks and Wages: The Influence of Occupational Interactions -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Occupational Interaction: A Social Capital Inside/Outside the Workplace -- Theoretical Context of Occupational Interaction -- The Function of Occupational Interaction -- Concepts of Internal/Outward Occupational Interactions -- Three Hypotheses of Occupational Interaction -- 3 Omitting Variables: Causal Inference Strategy -- 4 Data Variables: First Job and Present Job -- Dependent Variable -- Occupational Interaction -- Control Variable -- Demographic Characteristics -- Unit Characteristics -- Occupational Stigma -- 5 Analysis and Results -- Benchmark Difference Model -- Precise Difference Model -- Marketization Discrepancies in the Rate of Return of Occupational Interaction -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- 8 Friendship Networks and Job Status: The Role of Educational Attainments of Friends -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background -- The Selection Problem in the Literature -- Job-Seeking and Network Resources in China -- 3 Models and Methods -- 4 Data and Variables -- Network Resource Measure -- Labour Market Outcomes -- Other Controls -- Instrumental Variable. ; 5 Results from Single-Equation Models -- 6 Results from IV Models -- 7 Interpretation and Discussion -- 8 Conclusion -- References -- Part IV Beyond Labour Markets -- 9 Guanxi and Associations Both Affect Political Trust: Informal and Formal Ties -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Social Connections and Political Trust -- Formal Social Ties and Political Trust -- Informal Social Ties and Political Trust -- 3 Symbiotic Sphere: State-Dominant Associations in China -- 4 Provisional Publics: Guanxi-Based Networks in China -- 5 Hypotheses -- 6 Data, Variables, and Method -- Political Trust -- Social Trust and Interpersonal Trust -- Associational Involvement -- Guanxi Networking -- Other Variables -- Estimation Strategies -- 7 Results of Analyses -- 8 Instrumental Variable Analysis -- 9 Conclusion -- References -- 10 How Religion Affects Happiness: Social Networks Versus Social Status -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Religion and Subjective Well-Being -- 3 The Rise of Religion in the New China -- 4 Public and Private Practice Mechanisms in the New China -- 5 The Role of Subjective Status in the New China -- 6 Data, Variables, and Analytic Strategy -- 7 Results -- The Relationship Between Religion and Well-Being -- The Roles of Social Capital, Public, and Private Aspects -- The Mediating Role of Subjective Status -- The Issue of Reverse Causality -- Variation Across Religious Traditions -- 8 Conclusions -- References -- Part V Miscellaneous -- 11 Identifying Typology of Tie Strength: A Latent Class Analysis -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Research Questions -- 3 Data and Method -- Latent Class Analysis -- Data Descriptions -- Tie Strength Measure -- Stratification and Job Outcomes Variables -- Control Variables -- 4 Results and Discussion -- Typology of Tie Strength -- Tie Strength Distributed by Class and Status -- Middling Ties and Job Outcomes -- Mechanism of Middling Ties. ; 5 Conclusion -- References -- 12 Toward a Dynamic Model: Habitus, Fields, and a Tale of Two Manchus -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Reflecting Social Capital -- Transmutations of Fortune of Nian -- A Fictive Seminar on Nian's Social Capital -- Unveiling Interactions Between Nian and Yong -- 3 Constructivism as the Ignored Side -- Split Between Objectivity and Subjectivity -- Habitus and Fields -- Rethinking Social Capital -- 4 Establishing a Cumulative Psychological Scheme -- Evaluated Distribution of Initial Event -- Evaluated Distribution of Accumulated Events -- 5 Toward a Dynamic Model -- Re-Conceptualizing Social Capital -- References -- Part VI Coda -- 13 Conclusions and Future Directions -- 1 Empirical Findings -- 2 Limitations -- 3 Extension -- References -- Appendix -- Part G the OProbit Model and IV-O Probit Model Predicting Political Trust -- References -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Causal effects of social capital
• ISBN: 9789811959127; 9789811959110
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910616368303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II