Enclaves, Language and the Location Choice of Migrants

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

Departmental Working Papers from Rutgers University, Department of Economics

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: Enclaves; Ethnic goods; Immigrants; Language skills; Networks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 J15 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002-07-30
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