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Bridging Social Capital
A set of connections linking the individual with others outside his or her group of affiliation (i.e., individuals from different ethnicities, classes, or religious groups), which provides access to a wider range of employment and educational opportunities.
Relation to social mobility
According to numerous studies, bridging social capital has been found to be associated with positive employment outcomes, such as more personal recommendations to employers, increased knowledge and employment opportunities, higher productivity at work, low unemployment rates, and even higher wages.
Sources
Brown, M., Setren, E., & Topa, G. (2016). Do informal referrals lead to better matches? Evidence from a firm’s employee referral system. Journal of Labor Economics, 34(1), 161–209
McDonald, S. (2015). Network effects across the earnings distribution: Payoffs to visible and invisible job finding assistance. Social Science Research, 49, 299–313.
Smith, S. S. (2016). Job finding among the poor: Do social ties matter? In D. Brady & L. M. Burton (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of the social science of poverty (pp. 438–461). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Greve, A., Benassi, M., & Sti, A. D. (2010). Exploring the contributions of human and social capital to
productivity. International Review of Sociology, 20(1), 35–58.