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: Working Paper ; No. 2002-17
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
International Migration
Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
- Subject
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Enclaves
Ethnic goods
Immigrants
Language skills
Networks
Sprache
Englisch (Sprache)
Ethnische Gruppe
Mexikaner
Netzwerk
USA
Migranten
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Bauer, Thomas
Epstein, Gil S.
Gang, Ira N.
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Rutgers University, Department of Economics
- (where)
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New Brunswick, NJ
- (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
- Epstein, Gil S.
- Gang, Ira N.
- Rutgers University, Department of Economics
Time of origin
- 2002
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