Enclaves, Language and the Location Choice of Migrants

Thomas Bauer (), Gil Epstein and Ira Gang

No 558, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

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: ethnic concentration; language skills; enclave; networks; immigrants; ethnic goods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 J15 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 15 pages
Date: 2002-08
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Published - published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2005, 18 (4), 649–662

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