Social Networks and (Political) Assimilation in the Age of Mass Migration

Yves Zenou, Costanza Biavaschi and Corrado Giulietti

No 16182, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: This paper investigates the pathways through which immigrant communities (social networks) influence individual naturalization. Specifically, we examine the impact that a fraction of naturalized co-ethnics, residing in the same block as a new immigrant in New York City in 1930, have on the probability of said immigrant becoming a U.S. citizen in 1940. Our results indicate that the concentration of naturalized co-ethnics residing in the block positively predicts individual naturalization and that this relationship operates through one main channel: information dissemination. Indeed, immigrants who live among naturalized co-ethnics are more likely to naturalize because they have greater access to critical information about the benefits and procedures of naturalization.

Keywords: Social Networks; Assimilation; Naturalization; Migration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J61 J62 N32 Z1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-05
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