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Ethnic enclaves and immigrant economic integration

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  • Simone Schüller

    (DJI, Germany, FBK-IRVAPP, Italy, and IZA, Germany)

  • Tanika Chakraborty

    (IIM Calcutta, India, and IZA, Germany)

Abstract

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.

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  • Simone Schüller & Tanika Chakraborty, 2022. "Ethnic enclaves and immigrant economic integration," World of Labour, LISER, pages 287-287, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:iza:izawol:journl:2022:n:287
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    2. Alexander M. Danzer & Carsten Feuerbaum & Marc Piopiunik & Ludger Woessmann, 2022. "Growing up in ethnic enclaves: language proficiency and educational attainment of immigrant children," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 35(3), pages 1297-1344, July.
    3. Stips, Felix & Kis-Katos, Krisztina, 2020. "Ethnic Networks and the Employment of Asylum Seekers: Evidence from Germany," IZA Discussion Papers 12903, IZA Network @ LISER.
    4. Kashif Raza, 2025. "Nested [Broader-Selective] Integration of South Asians: Mediating Role of Language and Ethnic Networks," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Springer, vol. 26(1), pages 639-667, March.
    5. Felix Stips & Krisztina Kis-Katos, 2020. "The impact of co-national networks on asylum seekers’ employment: Quasi-experimental evidence from Germany," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(8), pages 1-22, August.

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    JEL classification:

    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
    • R23 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population
    • Z10 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - General

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