Abstract

FERNANDO, Osvaldo Esteban. Social networks and participation in the labor market: the case of Argentinean immigrants in Spain (1976-2006). Trab. soc. [online]. 2015, n.25, pp.313-328. ISSN 1514-6871.

The aim of the paper is to study the employment of Argentinean immigrants in Spain analyzing social networks of immigrants. The article presents a case study in the city of Madrid through a qualitative research perspective. This was accomplished through semi-structured interviews with former economic migrants and political exiles emigrated between 1976 and 2004. The main results show that: a) Mainly, the networks were composed of "weak ties" (friends and acquaintances); b) Social networks were crucial to the economic integration in Spain, especially for immigrants without work permits; c) Employment was in the secondary segment of the labor market; d) Social networks had a supporting role in the (horizontal and vertical) labor mobility; e) Sources and effects of social capital are different from former exiles and economic migrants.

Keywords : Social networks; Immigration; Employment; Argentina; Spain.

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