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abstract: 'Long-standing literature argues that social capital is closely
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implicated in labour market outcomes. However, this hypothesis has yet
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to be tested in Latin America, the most unequal region in the world. We
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focus on Chile, one of the most stratified countries in Latin America.
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This study examines the relationship between social capital and four
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measures of status attainment, including job prestige and employment
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income. We use data from the first wave of the Longitudinal Social Study
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of Chile (ELSOC), a representative survey of the Chilean urban
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population aged 18-75 years. We analyse a subsample of 1,351 individuals
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who are currently employed. A Bayesian model of over-dispersion with
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relational data is used to estimate the size of the network, a novel
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measure of social capital. We analyse the data set using linear and
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logistic regression models and a complementary path analysis, first
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estimating models for the entire sample, and then splitting the sample
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into three groups to evaluate differences within individuals''
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socioeconomic background. Results indicate that contacts'' occupational
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prestige has a positive association with job prestige and employment
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income, while the size of the network increases individuals'' salaries
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and labour participation. We also observe that social capital flows
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through stratified networks which tend to favour individuals from high
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socioeconomic backgrounds. We discuss the need to conduct more in-depth
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evaluations of how better creation of social capital and its effects on
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status attainment could be closely linked to positions of privilege and
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advantage accumulation processes in highly unequal contexts.'
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affiliation: 'Contreras, D (Corresponding Author), Univ Chile, Fac Econ \& Business,
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Dept Econ, Santiago Ctr, Diagonal Paraguay 257, Santiago 8330015, Chile.
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Contreras, Dante, Univ Chile, Fac Econ \& Business, Dept Econ, Santiago Ctr, Diagonal
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Paraguay 257, Santiago 8330015, Chile.
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Otero, Gabriel, Univ Amsterdam, Dept Sociol, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Diaz, Juan D., Univ Chile, Fac Econ \& Business, Dept Management Control \& Informat
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Syst, Santiago, Chile.
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Suarez, Nicolas, Univ Chile, Fac Econ \& Business, Dept Econ, Santiago, Chile.'
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author: Contreras, Dante and Otero, Gabriel and Diaz, Juan D. and Suarez, Nicolas
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author-email: 'dcontrer@fen.uchile.cl
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gabriel.otero@uva.nl
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juadiaz@fen.uchile.cl
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nsuarez@fen.uchile.cl'
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author_list:
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- family: Contreras
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given: Dante
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- family: Otero
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given: Gabriel
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- family: Diaz
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given: Juan D.
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- family: Suarez
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given: Nicolas
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1016/j.socnet.2019.02.002
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eissn: 1879-2111
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files: []
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issn: 0378-8733
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journal: SOCIAL NETWORKS
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keywords: 'Social capital; Contacts; Network size; Job prestige; Income; Status
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attainment'
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keywords-plus: 'INCOME; MOBILITY; OPPORTUNITIES; RESOURCES; STRENGTH; PEOPLE; ACCESS;
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TIES'
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language: English
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month: JUL
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number-of-cited-references: '76'
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orcid-numbers: 'Chavarria, Nicolas Suarez/0000-0002-1359-9783
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Otero, Gabriel/0000-0001-9768-5699'
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pages: 59-77
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papis_id: a2e5051b037d4792fb34f1ef492f6ec5
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ref: Contreras2019inequalitysocial
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researcherid-numbers: 'Chavarria, Nicolas Suarez/F-6366-2019
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times-cited: '21'
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title: 'Inequality in social capital in Chile: Assessing the importance of network
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size and contacts'' occupational prestige on status attainment'
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000472813200006
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usage-count-last-180-days: '3'
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usage-count-since-2013: '24'
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volume: '58'
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web-of-science-categories: Anthropology; Sociology
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year: '2019'
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