the core family structure and contacts with parents and children away (in Britain) increases the probability of self-employment … employment. Finally, disaggregating different types of social networks along their compositional characteristics, we find that …-ethnic social networks facilitates paid employment among minority individuals. These findings hint at a positive role of social …

influence individual employment outcomes. We find that (i) 'strong ties', measured by contacts with parents and children away …, increase the probability of self-employment, while 'weak social ties', measured by engagement in voluntary organizations, are … more likely to channel members of ethnic minorities into paid employment; (ii) 'ethnic networks', measured by interactions …