Ethnic Networks and the Employment of Asylum Seekers: Evidence from Germany

Felix Stips and Krisztina Kis-Katos

No 12903, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: Using novel registry data on the population of asylum seekers in Germany for the period from 2010 to 2016, and quasi-experimental variation induced by German allocation policies, we identify causal effects of the size and composition of local co-national networks on formal labor market access of asylum seekers. While the individual employment probability is not linked to network size, it increases with the number of employed local co-national asylum seekers and decreases with the number of non-employed network members, thereby underlining the central importance of network quality.

Keywords: dispersal policies; Germany; employment; refugees; social networks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 J61 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 23 pages
Date: 2020-01
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-eur, nep-mig, nep-net and nep-ure
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Published - published as 'The impact of co-national networks on asylum seekers' employment: Quasi-experimental evidence from Germany.' in: PLOS One , 2020, 15 (8), e0236996

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