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Accumulation of social capital is the mechanism by which members of a community, potentially candidates for emigration, gain migration-related knowledge and resources through relatives or friends who have already traveled and moved to the destination area. Social networks also named migration networks lower the cost associated with migration by providing new migrants with information and help in finding work, shelter etc.
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Accumulation of social capital is the mechanism by which members of a community, potentially candidates for emigration, gain migration-related knowledge and resources through relatives or friends who have already traveled and moved to the destination area. Social networks also named migration networks<ref>{{Cite journal
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| volume = 2
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| pages = 699–708
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| last = Bustamante
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| first = J. A.
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| coauthors = G. Jasso, J. E. Taylor, P. T. Legarreta
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| title = The selectivity of international labor migration and characteristics of Mexico-to-US migrants: Theoretical considerations
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| journal = Migration between Mexico and the United States
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| accessdate = 2012-10-01
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| date = 1998
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| url = http://www.utexas.edu/lbj/uscir/binpapers/v2b-2bustamante.pdf
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Accumulation of social capital is the mechanism by which members of a community, potentially candidates for emigration, gain migration-related knowledge and resources through relatives or friends who have already traveled and moved to the destination area. Social networks also named migration networks[1] lower the cost associated with migration by providing new migrants with information and help in finding work, shelter etc.

  1. Bustamante, J. A.; G. Jasso, J. E. Taylor, P. T. Legarreta (1998). "The selectivity of international labor migration and characteristics of Mexico-to-US migrants: Theoretical considerations". Migration between Mexico and the United States 2: 699–708. http://www.utexas.edu/lbj/uscir/binpapers/v2b-2bustamante.pdf. Retrieved 2012-10-01.