Enclaves, Language and the Location Choice of Migrants

Ira Gang, Thomas Bauer and Gil Epstein

No 3527, CEPR Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Policy Research

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Immigrants; Language skills; Enclave; Networks; Ethnic goods; Ethnic concentration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 J15 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002-09
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