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Title

Positief en negatief sociaal kapitaal van mbo-jongeren: sociale ongelijkheid naar opleidingsniveau?

Authors

de Haan, Joost; Baay, Pieter; Yerkes, Mara

Abstract

The empirical literature on social capital has repeatedly focused on positive social connections and the resources that accrue from them. Nevertheless, social capital theory indicates that social networks may also consist of negative ties and negative resources. This exploratory study among Vocational Education and Training (VET) students confirms the existence of negative social capital; it further demonstrates a relationship between negative and positive social capital. While we find few significant differences in positive and negative forms of social capital across educational levels, the results dearly show that low-educated vocational students are more vulnerable than medium-educated vocational students. This increased vulnerability origi nates from the combination of higher levels of negative social capital and lower levels of positive social capital among loweducated students. Our results suggest social inequality is not just a product of unequal access to positive social capital. Rather, there appears to be a vulnerable group of youth who experiences not only less soda] capital, but also more negative network aspects. Taken together, this could signal further labour market disadvantages and prospects of increasing social inequality.

Publication

Sociologie, 2015, Vol 11, Issue 3/4, p424

ISSN

1574-3314

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.5117/Sociologie/157433142015011003006

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