This IMR Research Note examines the impact of the level of bonding social capital on access to employment among newly arrived Afghan refugees in Victoria (Australia). Based on a mixed-methods analysis of biographical interviews with 80 Afghan refugees, it examines their use of social capital, year by year, during the first three years after their arrival. Our analysis shows that higher levels of bonding social capital are associated with greater success in finding employment during the first and second year of settlement. In the third year, however, bonding social capital for Afghan refugees in Victoria is no longer a significant predictor of employment. This Research Note helps clarify inconsistent findings in the literature on the effects of social capital on obtaining employment by suggesting that bonding social capital’s impact on refugee employment success changes significantly across the first three years after arrival. This finding has important implications for migration policy and the prioritization of resources toward services for newly arrived refugees.

该IMR研究说明研究了社会资本的结合水平对维多利亚州（澳大利亚）新来的阿富汗难民的就业机会的影响。根据对80名阿富汗难民进行的传记采访的混合方法分析，该报告逐年检查了他们抵达后的头三年中对社会资本的使用情况。我们的分析表明，在定居的第一年和第二年，更高水平的社会资本联结会带来更大的就业成功率。但是，在第三年，维州的阿富汗难民与社会资本的联结不再是就业的重要指标。该研究报告通过阐明社会资本对难民就业成功的影响在抵达后的头三年中发生了显着变化，从而有助于澄清有关社会资本对就业的影响的文献中不一致的发现。这一发现对移民政策和为新来的难民提供服务的资源优先次序具有重要意义。