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Aguilera, Michael. "The Impact of Social Capital on Informal Labor Market Participation of Undocumented and Documented Mexican Migrants" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta Hilton Hotel, Atlanta, GA, Aug 16, 2003 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p106905_index.html>

Aguilera, M. B. , 2003-08-16 "The Impact of Social Capital on Informal Labor Market Participation of Undocumented and Documented Mexican Migrants" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta Hilton Hotel, Atlanta, GA Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p106905_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: This study focuses on the social networks of Mexican migrants and how such networks impact their informal labor market participation. I test three hypotheses about how social networks impact informal labor markets. To test these hypotheses, I utilize the Mexican Migration Project (MMP71) data. I find substantial support for the three hypotheses tested. The results show that social networks are an important determinant of informal labor markets, as personal networks lead undocumented Mexican migrants into the formal labor market. I also find that strong ties (familial and friendship ties) are linked with formal labor market participation for undocumented migrants, but weak ties (paisano ties) are not. Finally, undocumented Mexican migrants receive higher rewards for use of their social capital than documented migrants. Unlike previous informal labor market studies which focused on factors external to the worker, I show that undocumented migrants influence their labor markets and highlight how actors whose legal status greatly hinders their economic adaptation are able to manipulate their economic conditions.

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