What are Migration Networks?

Thomas Bauer (thomas.bauer@rwi-essen.de), Gil Epstein and Ira Gang

No 200, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: Migration networks are usually captured by the number of people from the migrant’s country in the host region. Using Mexican migration data, we analyze the effects of the usual network variable and two additional origin-village-specific variables on migrants’ location choice.

Keywords: immigration; Location choice; networks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 16 pages
Date: 2000-09
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Published - revised version published as 'Measuring ethnic linkages among migrants' in: International Journal of Manpower, 2009, 30 (1-2), 56-69

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