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Unequal returns to social capital: the study of Malays in Singapore through a network lens.
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- Author(s): Chua, Vincent1 (AUTHOR) ; Ng, Irene Y.H.2 (AUTHOR)
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Asian Ethnicity. Sep2015, Vol. 16 Issue 4, p480-497. 18p.
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Using the concepts of ‘social capital deficit’ and ‘return deficit’, this study considers the social network aspects of social disadvantage among Malays in Singapore, as compared to Singaporean Chinese. Analysing a 2005 representative survey, we find Malays have less social capital than Chinese, a social capital deficit partly explained by their lower educational attainment. We find no return deficit in earnings: that is, every additional unit of social capital increases earnings equally for Chinese and Malays. However, we find return deficits in education: every additional unit of social capital (e.g. ties to educated parents) increases educational attainment more for Chinese than Malays. In all, this study offers a social capital explanation for Malay ‘plight’, complementing the more conventional explanations of human and economic capital. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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