Ethnic enclaves and immigrant economic integration

Artikel

Immigrants tend to live in clusters within host countries. Does clustering in ethnic enclaves explain the persistent differences in skill, employment rates, and earnings between immigrants and the native population? Empirical studies consistently find that residing in an enclave can increase earnings. While it is ambiguous whether employment probabilities are also affected or whether earnings benefits accrue to all immigrants, irrespective of their skill levels, it is clear that effects are driven by enclave "quality" (in terms of income, education, and employment) rather than enclave size.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: IZA World of Labor ; ISSN: 2054-9571 ; Year: 2022 ; Bonn: Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination ; Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population; Neighborhood Characteristics ; Cultural Economics; Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology: General
• Subject: immigrant concentration ; ethnic networks ; immigrant labor market integration

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Schüller, Simone ; Chakraborty, Tanika
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2022

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.15185/izawol.287.v2
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/260706
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET