abstract: 'Long-standing literature argues that social capital is closely

  implicated in labour market outcomes. However, this hypothesis has yet

  to be tested in Latin America, the most unequal region in the world. We

  focus on Chile, one of the most stratified countries in Latin America.

  This study examines the relationship between social capital and four

  measures of status attainment, including job prestige and employment

  income. We use data from the first wave of the Longitudinal Social Study

  of Chile (ELSOC), a representative survey of the Chilean urban

  population aged 18-75 years. We analyse a subsample of 1,351 individuals

  who are currently employed. A Bayesian model of over-dispersion with

  relational data is used to estimate the size of the network, a novel

  measure of social capital. We analyse the data set using linear and

  logistic regression models and a complementary path analysis, first

  estimating models for the entire sample, and then splitting the sample

  into three groups to evaluate differences within individuals''

  socioeconomic background. Results indicate that contacts'' occupational

  prestige has a positive association with job prestige and employment

  income, while the size of the network increases individuals'' salaries

  and labour participation. We also observe that social capital flows

  through stratified networks which tend to favour individuals from high

  socioeconomic backgrounds. We discuss the need to conduct more in-depth

  evaluations of how better creation of social capital and its effects on

  status attainment could be closely linked to positions of privilege and

  advantage accumulation processes in highly unequal contexts.'
affiliation: 'Contreras, D (Corresponding Author), Univ Chile, Fac Econ \& Business,
  Dept Econ, Santiago Ctr, Diagonal Paraguay 257, Santiago 8330015, Chile.

  Contreras, Dante, Univ Chile, Fac Econ \& Business, Dept Econ, Santiago Ctr, Diagonal
  Paraguay 257, Santiago 8330015, Chile.

  Otero, Gabriel, Univ Amsterdam, Dept Sociol, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

  Diaz, Juan D., Univ Chile, Fac Econ \& Business, Dept Management Control \& Informat
  Syst, Santiago, Chile.

  Suarez, Nicolas, Univ Chile, Fac Econ \& Business, Dept Econ, Santiago, Chile.'
author: Contreras, Dante and Otero, Gabriel and Diaz, Juan D. and Suarez, Nicolas
author-email: 'dcontrer@fen.uchile.cl

  gabriel.otero@uva.nl

  juadiaz@fen.uchile.cl

  nsuarez@fen.uchile.cl'
author_list:
- family: Contreras
  given: Dante
- family: Otero
  given: Gabriel
- family: Diaz
  given: Juan D.
- family: Suarez
  given: Nicolas
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1016/j.socnet.2019.02.002
eissn: 1879-2111
files: []
issn: 0378-8733
journal: SOCIAL NETWORKS
keywords: 'Social capital; Contacts; Network size; Job prestige; Income; Status

  attainment'
keywords-plus: 'INCOME; MOBILITY; OPPORTUNITIES; RESOURCES; STRENGTH; PEOPLE; ACCESS;

  TIES'
language: English
month: JUL
number-of-cited-references: '76'
orcid-numbers: 'Chavarria, Nicolas Suarez/0000-0002-1359-9783

  Otero, Gabriel/0000-0001-9768-5699'
pages: 59-77
papis_id: a2e5051b037d4792fb34f1ef492f6ec5
ref: Contreras2019inequalitysocial
researcherid-numbers: 'Chavarria, Nicolas Suarez/F-6366-2019

  '
times-cited: '21'
title: 'Inequality in social capital in Chile: Assessing the importance of network
  size and contacts'' occupational prestige on status attainment'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000472813200006
usage-count-last-180-days: '3'
usage-count-since-2013: '24'
volume: '58'
web-of-science-categories: Anthropology; Sociology
year: '2019'