abstract: 'Research on the role of co-ethnic ties in immigrants'' labour market

  outcomes has reached mixed conclusions. Some argue they are a valuable

  resource, increasing immigrants'' labour force participation and wages;

  others find negative effects such as trapping workers in low-quality

  employment. Thus far very few quantitative studies have investigated

  systematically the circumstances under which migrant networks work.

  Taking advantage of unique data on Senegalese men in France, Italy and

  Spain, this paper shows that the receiving context shapes the role of

  pre-migration ties. In France, where the Senegalese community is

  well-established and socio-economically diverse, networks lead to better

  economic prospects. In contrast, pre-migration ties in Italy and Spain

  mostly lead to the perpetuation of ethnic niches developed by the

  Senegalese in small and precarious trade activities. The article

  emphasizes the benefits of adopting a comparative and diachronic

  approach and calls for future work on the factors shaping the role of

  networks.'
affiliation: 'Toma, S (Corresponding Author), Ecole Natl Stat \& Adm Econom, Lab Sociol
  Quantitat, Malakoff, France.

  Toma, Sorana, Ecole Natl Stat \& Adm Econom, Lab Sociol Quantitat, Malakoff, France.'
author: Toma, Sorana
author-email: sorana.toma@ensae.fr
author_list:
- family: Toma
  given: Sorana
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1080/01419870.2015.1078480
eissn: 1466-4356
files: []
issn: 0141-9870
journal: ETHNIC AND RACIAL STUDIES
keywords: 'Migrant networks; social capital; labour market; sub-Saharan African

  immigrants; Europe; destination context'
keywords-plus: 'IMMIGRANT SELF-EMPLOYMENT; MEXICAN MIGRANTS; SOCIAL TIES; WAGES;

  HYPOTHESES; MIGRATION; ENCLAVES'
language: English
number: '4'
number-of-cited-references: '56'
orcid-numbers: Toma, Sorana/0000-0002-1013-5211
pages: 593-613
papis_id: 447f3eda5cc39034cbdd268d4cd2948f
ref: Toma2016rolemigrant
times-cited: '15'
title: 'The role of migrant networks in the labour market outcomes of Senegalese men:
  how destination contexts matter'
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000375413000003
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '29'
volume: '39'
web-of-science-categories: Ethnic Studies; Sociology
year: '2016'