New Publication by Williams and Co-Authors Explores the Role of Social Capital in Migration
Posted: 12/10/2021 (CSDE in the News)
CSDE Affiliate Nathalie Williams along with a number of co-authors published a new study on how variation in context mediates the effects of social capital on migration. The authors argue that destinations for which migration is logistically difficult to arrange give rise to brokerage industries and hypothesize that brokers, in turn, substitute for the informational capital typically provided by social networks. Their results suggest that migration research should consider the growing role of brokerage agencies and that theorizations of social capital more broadly must contend with how it is delimited by brokers.