Termen H10

Question 1

human capital

Answer 1

people’s knowledge and skills insofar as these are relevant to the labor market (education and work experience)

Question 2

human capital theory

Answer 2

precisely because education is ‘capital’, and it is such an important determinant for getting a (good) job in the labor market, people deliberately make investments in their educational resources

Question 3

human capital and job outcomes proposition

Answer 3

the higher people’s human capital, the better their labor market position

Question 4

strong ties and job outcomes proposition

Answer 4

a single strong tie is more important in getting a job than a single weak tie

Question 5

structural hole

Answer 5

social network characteristic which refers to the lack of social ties between communities

Question 6

brokerage

Answer 6

network position which connects (otherwise disconnected) communities

Question 7

social resources

Answer 7

valuable labor-market-related resources that are embedded in personal networks

Question 8

position generator

Answer 8

measure of social resources which captures the occupational positions of respondents’ connections

Question 9

brokerage and job outcomes proposition

Answer 9

people who have a brokerage position in the social network of an organization have more favorable job outcomes

Question 10

social resources and job outcomes proposition

Answer 10

the more people’s social resources, the better their labor market position

Question 11

labor market discrimination

Answer 11

employer’s unequal treatment of individuals with the same human capital, based on their group affiliation

Question 12

cumulative discrimination

Answer 12

discrimination that occurs in multiple transitions in the life course

Question 13

inequality of outcomes

Answer 13

the relationship between social background and labor market outcomes

Question 14

discrimination and job outcomes proposition

Answer 14

the more strongly the groups to which people belong are discriminated against in the labor market, the worse their labor market position

Question 15

inequality of opportunity

Answer 15

the relationship between social background and access to resources

Question 16

inequality of returns

Answer 16

the relationship between resources and labor market outcomes

Question 17

correspondence testing

Answer 17

field experimental method which uses resumes to detect discrimination

Question 18

audit testing

Answer 18

field experimental method which uses actors to detect discrimination

Question 19

motherhood penalty

Answer 19

finding that mothers have less favorable positions in the labor market than non-mothers

Question 20

career ambitions and job outcomes proposition

Answer 20

the higher people’s career ambitions, and the more strongly these ambitions are approved in their environment, the better their labor market position

Question 21

gender essentialist belief

Answer 21

belief that there are traits that are distinctively male and female