Home-Country Internet and Immigrants' Well-Being

Alexander Yarkin

AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2025, vol. 115, 432-37

Abstract: This paper documents the effects of home-country internet expansion on immigrants' health and subjective well-being (SWB). Combining data from the European Social Survey with data on 3G and overall internet expansion, I find that immigrants' SWB increases following home-country internet expansion. This result is observed in two-way fixed effects and event study frameworks. The effects are stronger for (i) first-generation immigrants, (ii) those less socially integrated, and (iii) those with stronger family ties abroad. Thus, while recent evidence finds negative effects of the internet and social media on well-being, the effects are different for immigrants.

JEL-codes: I12 I31 J15 L82 L96 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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