Arbeitspapier
Enclaves, Language and the Location Choice of Migrants
Empirical studies in the migration literature have shown that migration enclaves (networks) negatively affect the language proficiency of migrants. These studies, however, ignore the choice of location as a function of language skills. Using data on Mexican migration to the US, we show that migrants choose smaller networks as their English language proficiency improves.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 558
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
International Migration
Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
- Subject
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immigrants
language skills
enclave
networks
ethnic goods
ethnic concentration
Migranten
Sprache
Englisch
Ethnische Gruppe
Mexikaner
Netzwerk
Wohnstandort
Vereinigte Staaten
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Bauer, Thomas K.
Epstein, Gil S.
Gang, Ira N.
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- (where)
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Bonn
- (when)
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2002
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Bauer, Thomas K.
- Epstein, Gil S.
- Gang, Ira N.
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Time of origin
- 2002
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