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Enclaves, Language and the Location Choice of Migrants

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Bauer, Thomas K. (IZA Bonn and CEPR)
Epstein, Gil S. (Bar Ilan University, CEPR and IZA Bonn)
Gang, Ira N. () (Rutgers University and IZA Bonn)

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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.

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Paper provided by Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in its series IZA Discussion Papers with number 558.

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Keywords: immigrants; language skills; enclave; networks; ethnic goods; ethnic concentration;

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J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities and Races; Non-labor Discrimination
J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration

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