Bonding Social Capital, Afghan Refugees, and Early Access to Employment Vergani, Matteo, Yilmaz, Ihsan, Barton, Greg, Barry, James, Bashirov, Galib and Barton, SM 2021, Bonding Social Capital, Afghan Refugees, and Early Access to Employment, International Migration Review, vol. 55, no. 4, pp. 1152-1168, doi: 10.1177/01979183211000282. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Bonding Social Capital, Afghan Refugees, and Early Access to Employment Author(s) Vergani, Matteo orcid.org/0000-0003-0546-4771 Yilmaz, Ihsan orcid.org/0000-0001-8409-3045 Barton, Greg orcid.org/0000-0002-2134-0704 Barry, James orcid.org/0000-0002-8965-5665 Bashirov, Galib orcid.org/0000-0002-4093-2916 Barton, SM Journal name International Migration Review Volume number 55 Issue number 4 Article ID ARTN 01979183211000282 Start page 1152 End page 1168 Total pages 17 Publisher SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC Publication date 2021-12-01 ISSN 0197-9183 1747-7379 Keyword(s) Social Sciences Demography social capital bridging bonding Summary This IMR Research Note examines the impact of the level of bonding social capital on access to employment among newly arrived Afghan refugees in Victoria (Australia). Based on a mixed-methods analysis of biographical interviews with 80 Afghan refugees, it examines their use of social capital, year by year, during the first three years after their arrival. Our analysis shows that higher levels of bonding social capital are associated with greater success in finding employment during the first and second year of settlement. In the third year, however, bonding social capital for Afghan refugees in Victoria is no longer a significant predictor of employment. This Research Note helps clarify inconsistent findings in the literature on the effects of social capital on obtaining employment by suggesting that bonding social capital’s impact on refugee employment success changes significantly across the first three years after arrival. This finding has important implications for migration policy and the prioritization of resources toward services for newly arrived refugees. Language eng DOI 10.1177/01979183211000282 Field of Research 14 Economics 16 Studies in Human Society HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30149710 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 01 Apr 2021, 11:03:44 EST Fri, 02 Apr 2021, 04:02:17 EST Wed, 07 Apr 2021, 08:01:38 EST Sat, 10 Apr 2021, 02:32:14 EST Sat, 17 Apr 2021, 06:04:04 EST Mon, 19 Apr 2021, 16:01:51 EST Mon, 19 Apr 2021, 16:03:45 EST Mon, 19 Apr 2021, 16:12:47 EST Sat, 01 May 2021, 02:31:06 EST Mon, 28 Mar 2022, 15:32:33 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 1 times in TR Web of Science Cited 1 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 255 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 01 Apr 2021, 11:03:44 EST