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Immigranten in Deutschland: Ethnische Enklaven schwächen die Sprachkompetenz, mehr Bildung stärkt sie (Ethnic enclaves tend to weaken language proficiency of immigrants - education strengthens it)

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  • Danzer, Alexander M.

    (Royal Holloway College, University of London, Department of Economics)

  • Yaman, Firat

    (IAB)

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"Proficiency of the German language is one of the key factors affecting labour market performance in Germany. Ethnic enclaves tend to reduce the German language proficiency, but only to a limited extend if we consider that immigrants with a relatively weak knowledge of the German language select themselves into neighbourhoods with a high concentration of immigrants of the same ethnic origin. In contrast, higher education levels are strongly correlated with higher levels of German language proficiency." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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  • Danzer, Alexander M. & Yaman, Firat, 2010. "Immigranten in Deutschland: Ethnische Enklaven schwächen die Sprachkompetenz, mehr Bildung stärkt sie (Ethnic enclaves tend to weaken language proficiency of immigrants - education strengthens it)," IAB-Kurzbericht 201017, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany].
    • Handle: RePEc:iab:iabkbe:201017
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